Recalled lock Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 Recall Summary Name of product: Door locksets Hazard: The latches can fail and the door cannot be unlocked from the inside, posing an entrapment risk. This failure could lead to the inability to vacate a location in an emergency. Consumer Contact: Stanley Commercial Hardware[Read More…]
Month: November 2016
South Suburban College’s Coach Pigatti Selected As Coach of the Week
Pictured: SSC Coach John Pigatti SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –-(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. Congratulations to SSC’s Coach John Pigatti who has been selected as one of HoopDirt.com’s Coaches of the Week. Coach Pigatti led South Suburban to the best record in the country last season, and has not missed a beat this[Read More…]
University of Chicago Dreyfus Award Boosts Development of Solar Cells with Atomically Thin Semiconductors
A Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation award will help Prof. Jiwoong Park (left) and postdoctoral fellow Yu Zhong develop advanced photovoltaic materials. Photo by: Jean Lachat CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By Greg Borzo Chemistry professor Jiwoong Park has won a $120,000 award over two years from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Debt Settlement, Check Cashing and Other Financial Service Complaints
Report Also Includes In-Depth Look at Consumer Complaints from Oklahoma WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a monthly complaint snapshot highlighting consumer complaints about financial services such as debt settlement, check cashing, money orders, and credit repair. The report shows that consumer complaints[Read More…]
Eastgate Neighborhood Gets Another Bite At The Apple: RR Sound Mitigation Offer Extended
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Monday night, the village board voted to extend for one year the reimbursement program for sound mitigation for the Eastgate Neighborhood. The program was first launched in 2013 to provide funds from the Canadian National settlement to residents living near the CN tracks. The funds would be[Read More…]
Senator Warren Calls on Democrats to Resist: ‘Republicans Do Not Have Majority Support in This Country’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By Kerry Eleveld Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday told Democrats to stiffen their spines, reminding them that “the majority of voters supported Democratic Senate candidates over Republicans ones, and the majority supported a Democratic presidential candidate over a Republican one.” The remarks came as Warren took[Read More…]
Jeff Sessions: Protections for Disabled Kids are Ruining America’s Schools
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By Laura Clawson Back in 2000, Jeff Sessions put his finger squarely on the source of problems in America’s schools: disabled children. Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general claimed, on the floor of the Senate, that while it was a good thing for schools to make[Read More…]
Interfaith Leader and Refugee Rights Advocate to Address Roosevelt University Graduates at Dec. 16 Commencement
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. Rabbi Abie Ingber, a pioneering advocate of immigrant and refugee rights whose life’s work has centered on bringing people together for a better world, will deliver Roosevelt University’s fall 2016 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree. The founder and director of the Center for Interfaith Community[Read More…]
New Southern Poverty Law Center Reports Reveal Alarming Pattern of Hate Incidents and Bullying Across Country Since Election
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today released two reports documenting how President-elect Donald Trump’s own words have sparked hate incidents across the country and had a profoundly negative effect on the nation’s schools. Joined by human rights and education leaders at a press conference in Washington,[Read More…]
Retired Major General Paul D. Eaton Statement on Donald Trump’s Tweet on Flag Burning
Washington DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. This morning, Donald Trump tweeted that Americans who burn the flag should be imprisoned, or have their citizenship revoked, even though the Supreme Court decided burning of the flag was a First Amendment right. In response to Trump’s comments, Retired Army Major General Paul D.[Read More…]