MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Six members of the Vice Lords gang in Detroit pleaded guilty this week to various racketeering and firearms offenses based on their roles in the gang-related shooting of four individuals. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade[Read More…]
Day: January 28, 2016
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Carter on Force of the Future Reforms in the Pentagon, Jan. 28, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER: Sorry to be late. Meeting at the White House lasted a lot longer than I thought. So, I’m sorry to keep you waiting. I assume everybody has gotten dug out of the snow successfully. But any way, thanks for being here,[Read More…]
28th Annual Jazz Fest at Prairie State College Feb. 19
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Some of the nation’s top jazz artists will perform at Prairie State College’s (PSC) 28th Annual Jazz Fest at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 19, in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St.[Read More…]
Terry L. Chambers Joins Prairie State College TRiO Student Support Services
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Prairie State College (PSC) recently named Terry L. Chambers director, Student Support Services/TRiO Programs. In that role, he provides direct oversight and supervision of all activities and collaborative efforts in accordance with the established goals and objectives of the TRiO grant project. He is responsible for[Read More…]
Senate Approves Kirk-Sponsored Nuclear Energy Amendment
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. The U.S. Senate today overwhelmingly approved an amendment, introduced by Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), that would increase collaboration among private industry, universities and national laboratories, such as Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Ill., to facilitate the development of advanced nuclear technologies. The amendment, approved[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Introduces Major New Retirement Security Legislation to Give Every Worker Access to a Retirement Savings Plan
As Center for American Progress Action Fund releases new report detailing the impact of a universal retirement savings option for American workers, Merkley introduces legislation to put this idea into action WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley unveiled the American Savings Act, major new national[Read More…]
Study: CBD Oil ‘Highly Promising’ In Pediatric Epilepsy Treatment
ISRAEL–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. The administration of cannabis oil extracts high in cannabidiol reduces seizure frequency in children with intractable epilepsy, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the journal Seizure. Israeli researchers retrospectively evaluated the effects of CBD oil in a multicenter cohort of 74 patients with[Read More…]
Study: Medical Cannabis Registrants Often Over 50 Years Of Age
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Patients who are registered to use medicinal cannabis in compliance with state law are often over the age of 40, according to a demographic assessment published online ahead of print in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. An investigator with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of[Read More…]
Study: THC Inhibits Weight Gain
Calgary, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. THC administration prevents weight gain in mice fed a high fat diet, according to preclinical trials data published in the journal PLOS ONE. Investigators at the University of Calgary and at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Ontario assessed the impact of small, daily[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: No Town Too Small, No Suburb Too Wealth to Avoid Heroin Epidemic
At Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator points to prescription narcotic drugs as a dangerous and growing source of opioid addiction, and shares treatment efforts in Dixon, Illinois as model for addressing the growing crisis WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Yesterday at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Attacking America’s Epidemic of Heroin and[Read More…]
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