Day: August 18, 2014

Two Suburban Men Indicted on Federal Gun Charges for Allegedly Illegally Possessing 40 Firearms

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. Two suburban men are facing federal gun charges for allegedly illegally possessing 40 firearms, and one of them was also charged with selling firearms without a federal license between 2010 and 2011, federal law enforcement officials announced today. One defendant, WALTER FREEMAN, also known as “Charlie”[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel, Department Of Streets and Sanitation Announce 46 Percent Improvement in Response Times to Graffiti Removal Requests

Faster response time has also greatly reduced number of open graffiti removal requests CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) announced today that response times to graffiti removal requests received from residents have improved by 46 percent, due to a combination of continued[Read More…]

Court Upholds Federal Rule That Will Ease Transition from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy

Victory: Order 1000 will ensure regional coordination to keep rates for customers down Photo Credit: Shutterstoc Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) landmark Order No. 1000, which breaks down longstanding barriers to modernizing the grid and hastening a shift[Read More…]

Durbin, Bustos Announce Hiring of Warden at Thomson Prison

THOMSON, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014.  The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has taken an essential step in the activation of Thomson Correctional Center by hiring a warden for the new federal prison, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17) announced today at the facility in Thomson. They[Read More…]

Amnesty International USA Calls for Investigation of Police Tactics in Ferguson, MO

Kalaya’an Mendoza, one of Amnesty’s 13-person human rights delegation, on the ground in Ferguson (Photo Credit: Amnesty USA). Organization On the Ground in Ferguson Monitoring Policing of Protests FERGUSON, MO–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014.  As communities across the nation stand witness to the killing of an unarmed African American teenager by a[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, August 18, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT MIDDLE EAST PEACE SYRIA / IRAQ TERRORIST DESIGNATIONS NORTH KOREA INDIA / PAKISTAN EGYPT MIDDLE EAST PEACE UKRAINE LIBYA GERMANY AFGHANISTAN IRAQ TRANSCRIPT:   1:16 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Hello, everyone. Happy Monday. Welcome to the daily press briefing. Welcome back,[Read More…]

Former Rabobank LIBOR Submitter Pleads Guilty for Scheme to Manipulate Yen LIBOR

Defendant Is Second Former Rabobank Employee to Plead Guilty in LIBOR Rigging Scandal Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2014. A former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) Japanese Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) submitter pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud by manipulating Rabobank’s[Read More…]

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