RICHTON PARK–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2013– Southland College Prep, 4601 Sauk Trail, Richton Park, will host the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Regional Individual Events -Speech Contest Saturday, February 2. Eleven high schools: Bremen, Crete-Monee, Homewood-Flossmoor, Marian Catholic, Rich East, Thornridge, Thornton Fractional South, Thornton Township, Thornwood, Tinley Park, and host Southland[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Administration Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Recommended Preventive Services Policy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. The Obama administration today issued proposed rules for public comment regarding contraceptive coverage with no cost sharing under the health care law. The proposed rules provide women with coverage for preventive care that includes contraceptive services with no co-pays, while also respecting the concerns of some[Read More…]
New NIH Resources Help Growing Number of Americans With Vision Loss
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. A 20-page large-print booklet and a series of videos to help people adapt to life with low vision are available from the National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health. The materials were released during Low Vision Awareness Month, February 2013. The[Read More…]
Social Networking: Gen Xers Connect Online as Often as They Socialize in Person
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. Young adults in Generation X are as likely to connect with friends, family and co-workers online as they are in person, according to a University of Michigan study. In a typical month, adults in their late 30s report that they engaged in about 75 face-to-face contacts[Read More…]
Human Rights Watch: U.S. Immigration Reform Should Uphold Rights
White House, Senate Proposals a Good Start Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. The US government should urgently reform its unfair immigration system to uphold the basic rights of non-citizens and provide a path to legal status for the country’s unauthorized immigrants, Human Rights Watch said in a policy briefing released today. While the Senate[Read More…]
Mali: Malian Army, Islamist Groups Executed Prisoners
Government, International Forces Should Prevent Further Atrocities Enlarge© 2013 Human Rights Watch Bamako–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. Malian government forces summarily executed at least 13 suspected Islamist supporters and forcibly disappeared five others from the garrison town of Sévaré and in Konna during January 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Islamist armed[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Meets with Inaugural Class of Chicago Economics Growth Fellows
Chicago Companies Providing Employees to Serve City Pro Bono Mayor Emanuel Meets with Inaugural Class of Chicago Economic Growth Fellows (Photo Credit: Brooke Collins – City of Chicago) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel met yesterday with the inaugural class of Fellows on loan from Chicago area companies to support[Read More…]
Video Report: Are You Dan Marino’s Love Child?
Are you Dan Marino’s love child? Probably not. He has at least one, though. Report above, courtesy the Sun-Times.
Planned Parenthood Hails President’s Commitment to Protecting Medicaid Coverage for Women and Families
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2013. Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards released this statement following comments today by President Obama’s senior economic advisor, Gene Sperling, that the president will not support any cuts to the Medicaid program: “This is welcome news for the millions of hardworking women and families[Read More…]
Study: Marijuana Smoking Not Associated With Greater Mortality Risk Among Heart Attack Survivors
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. The use of cannabis among patients with established coronary disease is not associated with increased mortality risk, according to trial data published online in the American Heart Journal. Investigators at the Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, conducted a prospective study assessing the[Read More…]
