Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2014. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will screen the documentary movie ‘Do the Math’ on Friday, March 28. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with an optional vegetarian pot luck dinner. The movie will begin at 7 p.m. with[Read More…]
Day: March 21, 2014
Readout of Secretary of Defense Hagel’s Call with Malaysian Defense Minister and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin, March 21, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2014. Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke this morning with the Malaysian Defense Minister and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein about the ongoing search for Malaysia Air Flight 370. Minister Hishammuddin thanked Secretary Hagel for the[Read More…]
Readout of Secretary of Defense Hagel’s Call With Ukrainian Minister of Defense Tenyukh, March 21, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2014. Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby provided the following readout: “Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke again today with Ukrainian Minister of Defense Ihor Tenyukh. “In the 35-minute conversation, Secretary Hagel repeated his praise for the restraint demonstrated by Ukrainian forces in Crimea. He also[Read More…]
Suspended Physician Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge
Admits Exchanging Thousands of Prescription Doses for Sex CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2014. A suspended physician formerly affiliated with three Chicago hospitals pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of illegally distributing a prescription drug in exchange for sex in 2009. The defendant, JOSHUA D. BARON, a pediatric neurologist, also admitted that[Read More…]
Lake County Man Indicted in Eight Armed Robberies of Retail Stores Across Lake and Northern Cook Counties
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2014. A Lake County man is now facing federal charges for allegedly committing eight armed robberies, which netted more than $1,700, over 10 days last August of retail stores across Lake County and northern Cook County. In one of the robberies, shots were fired from the getaway car,[Read More…]
Former Cook County Official Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Steering Contracts in Return for Nearly $35,000 in Kickbacks
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2014. A Cook County official was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for steering four county contracts, each just under $25,000, to four acquaintances and then taking a portion of the contract payments as kickbacks from each of them, totaling $34,700. The defendant, EUGENE MULLINS, who[Read More…]
Senator Wyden Statement on Majority Leader’s Letters Regarding CIA’s Unauthorized Access of Intelligence Committee Computer Files
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2014. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement in response to letters sent by Majority Leader Harry Reid to CIA Director John Brennan and Attorney General Eric Holder expressing concern over the CIA’s searches of computers designated for the Senate Intelligence committee and allegations of[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Economists Challenge Value of Using Randomized Tests
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2014. A Roosevelt University economics professor and his 24-year-old student are breaking new ground with a comprehensive analysis of the use of randomized testing in medicine and economics, concluding the method of experimentation is neither effective nor ethical. Roosevelt Economics Professor Stephen T. Ziliak (above right) and Edward[Read More…]
With Tensions High, UN Secretary General Ban Urges ‘Real’ Dialogue Between Kyiv and Moscow to Resolve Crisis
Kyiv–(ENEWSPF)–21 March 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged “real dialogue” between Kyiv and Moscow to peacefully resolve the current crisis, during a visit to the Ukrainian capital following discussions with Russian officials yesterday. “These are some of the most dramatic and difficult times in the history of[Read More…]
UN Spotlights Civilian Suffering in Syria by Screening ‘Viral’ Image in New York, Tokyo
The iconic image of a huge crowd waiting for UNRWA food parcels in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, Damascus has gone up simultaneously on the “Jumbotron” billboard in New York’s Times Squareand in Tokyo’s Shubyia district on the same day Photo: Alexandra Eurdolian and Smita Sharma for unrwa.org GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–21[Read More…]
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