Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. John Bryan Villegas, 23, of Kittery, Maine, was sentenced today in federal court in New Hampshire to serve 33 months in prison for engaging in a type of cyber stalking known as “sextortion,” announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
White House Fact Sheet: Opportunity for All: Rewarding Hard Work by Strengthening Overtime Protections
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. After weathering the Great Recession and through five years of hard work and determination, America is creating jobs and rebuilding our economy. But as a result of shifts that have taken hold over more than three decades, too many Americans are working harder than ever just[Read More…]
Lance Bass Appears in New Video on Winning Marriage in the South
New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Today Southerners for the Freedom to Marry released a web ad featuring Mississippi-born musician Lance Bass and his fiancé Michael Turchin about their support for marriage for same-sex couples. The ad, the second in a series, is part of a $1 million campaign to grow majority support for[Read More…]
Proposed PolyMet Mine on Superior National Forest Still Too Risky, Destructive to Proceed
DULUTH, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Conservation organizations from northern Minnesota today submitted detailed comments opposing the proposed NorthMet mine on the Superior National Forest, which would be the first copper mine in Minnesota’s history. The mine would destroy wildlife habitat and wetlands, release mercury and sulfate into wetlands in the St.[Read More…]
Fracking Boom Would Increase California’s Earthquake Danger, Report Finds
Hundreds of Oil Wastewater Wells Near Active Faults and Major Cities Already Raising Quake Risk for Millions of Californians SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Oil companies are increasing California’s earthquake risk by injecting billions of gallons of oil and gas wastewater a year into hundreds of disposal wells near active faults[Read More…]
FDA Allows Marketing of First Medical Device to Prevent Migraine Headaches
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of the first device as a preventative treatment for migraine headaches. This is also the first transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device specifically authorized for use prior to the onset of pain. “Cefaly provides an alternative to[Read More…]
NIH Urges Older Americans to Protect Their Kidneys
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Statement of NIDDK Director Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., and NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. In recognition of World Kidney Day 2014 on March 13, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National[Read More…]
Cook County House Prices Up More than 15 Percent, Pace of Recovery Varies by Neighborhood
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. Home prices in the fourth quarter of 2013 in Cook County were up 15.1 percent year over year, their largest increase in 16 years, according to the March 12 release of the Cook County House Price Index from the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University. The[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights Brings Second Case Against Ireland Abortion Laws to United Nations
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Today the Center for Reproductive Rights filed its second challenge to Ireland’s abortion laws before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The Center filed this case on behalf of Siobhán Whelan, who was forced by Ireland’s harsh restrictions on abortion to travel to the United Kingdom[Read More…]
Mexican-Americans Deal with High Stroke Rates
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Mexican-Americans suffer more damage from stroke than non-Hispanic whites but they survive longer. New University of Michigan research shows that Mexican-Americans had worse neurologic, functional and cognitive outcomes 90 days after stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites. Although this population has increased risk of stroke, they have[Read More…]
