UK–(ENEWSPF)–8 April 2013. A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated. The new type of material consists of thousands of connected water droplets, encapsulated within lipid films, which can perform some of the functions of the cells[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Bosley, Inc. Settles FTC Charges That It Illegally Exchanged Competitively Sensitive Business Information With Rival Firm, Hair Club, Inc.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. Bosley, Inc., the nation’s largest manager of medical/surgical hair restoration procedures, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally exchanged competitively sensitive, nonpublic information about its business practices with one of its competitors, HC (USA), Inc., commonly known as Hair Club. In settling the FTC’s[Read More…]
Chinese Business Executive Convicted for Illegal Trade in Rhino Horn
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. Shusen Wei, 45, a citizen of China, pleaded guilty on Friday in Miami federal court to charges stemming from his involvement in the smuggling of a carved rhinoceros horn from the United States to China, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment &[Read More…]
Miami-Based Health Care Clinic and Its Owners and Operators Sentenced for $50 Million Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2013. The owners and operators of Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, and the clinic itself were sentenced on Friday for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili[Read More…]
International Credit Card Trafficker Sentenced to 88 Months in Prison
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, aka “BadB,” was sentenced on Friday to serve 88 months in prison for trafficking in millions of stolen credit and debit cards and for his role in the theft of more than $9 million dollars from an Atlanta-based credit card processor. The sentence[Read More…]
First-of-its-Kind New Report Finds New Jersey Jails Packed With Pretrial Inmates Unable to Pay Often Nominal Bail Amounts
First-of-its-Kind Finds New Jersey Jails Packed With Pretrial Inmates Unable to Pay Often Nominal Bail Amounts Trenton—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2013. County jails in New Jersey are packed with individuals who are incarcerated solely because they cannot afford their often nominal bail amounts, according to a new report released today by Luminosity[Read More…]
GE Industry Practice of ‘Stacking’ Insecticides Called into Question by Researchers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. Given the rise of target plant and animal pests that resistant to the tactics of the biotechnology industry, companies that produce genetically engineered (GE) crops have begun producing plants with “stacked” traits. For herbicide resistant crops, this means adding traits that incorporate crop resistance to increasingly[Read More…]
ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, April 8, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013 – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a facilitator with ties to multiple terrorist organizations during an operation in Ishkamish district, Takhar province, today. The facilitator is believed to be an improvised explosive device expert who has done work for the Taliban and the Islamic[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of April 8, 2013
Are you ready for swimming weather at the Park Forest Aqua Center? (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2013. This year’s Park Forest Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m. at Freedom hall, 410 Lakewood Boulevard. A reception for the inductees will[Read More…]
Sample Ballot for Park Forest April 09, 2013 Consolidated General Election
(Image: Cook County Clerk) Candidates: April 09, 2013 Consolidated General Election Representative, 2nd District (Unexpired Term) 2 Year Term, Vote For 1 Candidate Name Party Ballot # Robin Kelly Democratic 1 Paul McKinley Republican 2 LeAlan M. Jones Green 3 Curtiss Llong Bey Independent 4 Marcus Lewis Independent 5 Elizabeth "Liz" Pahlke[Read More…]
