Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2013. U.S. house prices rose 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis fromOctober to November, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House PriceIndex (HPI). The previously reported 0.5 percent increase in October was revised upward to a0.6 percent increase. For the 12 months ending in[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Thailand: Editor Convicted for Insulting Monarchy
Sentence Continues Aggressive Judicial Action on Lese Majeste New York–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2013. The conviction of a prominent Thai magazine editor and his harsh 11-year sentence for “insulting the monarchy” will further chill freedom of expression in Thailand. On January 23, 2013, the Bangkok Criminal Court found Somyot Prueksakasemsuk guilty[Read More…]
Syria: Attacks on Religious Sites Raise Tensions
Armed Clashes Cause Mass Displacement of Minorities New York–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2013. Armed opposition groups appeared to have deliberately destroyed religious sites in mixed areas of Northern Syria, in November and December 2012, Human Rights Watch said following investigations in Latakia and Idlib governorates. An armed opposition group destroyed a Shia[Read More…]
Black Patients with Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure Are Not Being Prescribed Beneficial, Inexpensive Diuretic Drug
Weill Cornell Researchers Report Important Treatment Guidelines are Being Ignored in More Than Half of Patients Studied NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2013 — A research study of more than 600 black patients with uncontrolled hypertension found that less than half were prescribed a diuretic drug with proven benefit that costs just[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012 Union Membership Numbers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2013. Working women and men urgently need a voice on the job today, but the sad truth is that it has become more difficult for them to have one, as today’s figures on union membership demonstrate. Union membership impacts every other economic outcome that matters to all[Read More…]
Panel Recommends Changing Name of Common Disorder in Women
Urges further research to advance understanding and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2013. An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health has concluded that the name of a common hormone disorder in women, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), causes confusion and is a barrier to research[Read More…]
Galileo’s Search and Rescue System Passes First Space Test
Galileo search and rescue repeater signal EU–(ENEWSPF)–23 January 2013. The first switch-on of a Galileo search and rescue package shows it to be working well. Its activation begins a major expansion of the space-based Cospas–Sarsat network, which brings help to air and sea vessels in distress. The second pair of[Read More…]
Union Membership Rate in 2012 is 11.3%, Down From 11.8% in 2011
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2013. In 2012, the union membership rate–the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of a union–was 11.3 percent, down from 11.8 percent in 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.4[Read More…]
Knights of Columbus- Nina Council #3602 to Hold Annual Lenten Fish Fry
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2013. The Knights of Columbus-Nina Council #3602 will hold their annual Lenten Fish Fry for 6 consecutive Fridays beginning Friday, February 15, 2013. Each week’s Lenten Fish Fry will be held at St. Irenaeus Church’s School Gym located at south Orchard and Indianwood Boulevard, Park Forest. Serving[Read More…]
Bills Filed to Establish Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Program and Reduce Penalties for Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana
OKLAHOMA CITY–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2013. State Sen. Constance Johnson has filed separate bills to establish a medical marijuana program in Oklahoma and to reduce the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. S.B. 902 directs the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to develop and adopt rules that allow individuals[Read More…]
