CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Roosevelt University announced today that Alexa Canady, the first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree at the University’s 10 a.m. Commencement ceremony on May 2. The ceremony is for graduates of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Study: Frequent Cannabis Consumers Less Likely To Engage In Problematic Alcohol Use
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Those who report consuming cannabis two or three times per week are less likely to engage in at risk drinking behavior, according to data published online in The American Journal of Addictions. Investigators from Sweden’s Lund University, Department of Clinical[Read More…]
Kirk, Durbin, Simon Join Secretary of the Air Force at Scott Air Force Base
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon today joined newly confirmed Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James in a visit to Scott Air Force Base. Sen. Kirk is the ranking member of the Senate[Read More…]
The Past 3 Decades of Women’s Rising Hours of Work Added $1.7 Trillion to GDP in 2012
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress and the Center for Economic and Policy Research puts a dollar value on the economic importance of women’s rising work hours since 1979. According to the report, gross domestic product, or GDP, was roughly 11 percent[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, April 15, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing UKRAINE Measured Approach by Government of Ukraine / Law and Order in Eastern Ukraine / Russian Link to Armed Militants Upcoming Meeting on Thursday / Opening for Diplomacy Economic and Political Support to Ukrainian Government Next Round of Sanctions / Coordination with[Read More…]
Conspirators in Two Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Plead Guilty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. Members of two different piracy groups engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications have pleaded guilty for their roles in separate schemes, each designed to distribute more than one million copies of copyrighted apps. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A.[Read More…]
Tennessee Husband and Wife Sentenced to 36 Months for Tax Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. James E. Beavers and Beverly S. Beavers of Knoxville, Tenn., were each sentenced to serve 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. James and Beverly Beavers were also each ordered to pay[Read More…]
Three Bridgestone Corp. Executives Indicted for Roles in Fixing Prices and Rigging Bids on Auto Parts Installed in U.S. Cars
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. A Cleveland federal grand jury returned an indictment against one current executive and two former executives of Bridgestone Corp. for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced[Read More…]
Hawaii Man Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Claim for Tax Refund and Filing False Retaliatory Liens Against Four Federal Officials
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. Francis E. Chandler III was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway late yesterday to serve 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $3,066,629 in restitution for filing a false claim for tax refund and false retaliatory liens against four federal government officials, the[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with Faith Leaders on Commonsense Immigration Reform
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. This morning, the President met with faith leaders in the Oval Office to discuss the importance of taking action to pass commonsense immigration reform. The faith leaders shared with the President stories about the impact the failure to fix the immigration system has on families in[Read More…]
