WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Green Power Partnership released an updated list of the Top 50 organizations that are choosing to use electricity from clean, renewable sources. “We applaud the leadership demonstrated by organizations that are helping reduce carbon pollution and spur the growth of[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Detroit-Area Home Health Agency Office Manager Convicted in $5.8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 18, 2013. A federal jury in Detroit yesterday convicted the office manager of a home health agency for her participation in a $5.8 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending April 13, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 352,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 348,000. The 4-week moving average was 361,250, an increase of 2,750 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Climate Change Augments Agricultural Chemical Impacts on Lake Erie
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. With hotter and more frequent extreme weather events, scientists say harmful algal blooms caused by pesticides and fertilizer inputs will strike more often in water bodies like Lake Erie, to the detriment of aquatic life and surrounding wildlife. All trends, show that the conditions that caused[Read More…]
ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, April 18, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan—(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013 – An Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader and one other insurgent during an operation in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, today. The leader is accused of directing and participating in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout Panjwa’i and Kandahar districts. He is[Read More…]
Movie Review: 42
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski When I learned that the famed 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” was not (as we are given the impression in the play based on that trial, Inherit the Wind) based on the struggles of one man against the System, I must admit that I[Read More…]
FBI Response to Reports of Suspicious Letters Received at Mail Facilities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. A second letter containing a granular substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin was received at an offsite mail screening facility. The envelope, addressed to the President, was immediately quarantined by U.S. Secret Service personnel, and a coordinated investigation with the FBI was initiated. It is[Read More…]
Gambino Family Administration Member Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Two Murders
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013. Following a five-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn today found Bartolomeo Vernace, a member of the administration of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Gambino family”), guilty of a racketeering conspiracy spanning 1978 through 2011. As part of the racketeering conspiracy,[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Senate Blocking Gun Reform Legislation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2013 – 5:35 P.M. EDT MR. BARDEN: Hello. My name is Mark Barden. Just four months ago, my wife Jackie and I lost our son, and our children, James and Natalie, they lost their little brother Daniel. Daniel was a first-grader at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Our[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama Welcoming the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2013 – 3:54 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you. Welcome to the White House. Thank you, Rick, for your introduction and for your leadership at the VA. And I want to thank all of you for coming out today. This is actually good[Read More…]
