Bureau Report Finds Accuracy Issues Top Credit Report Complaints; Warns on Avoiding Investigations WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) called on the nation’s top credit card companies to make credit scores and related content freely available to their customers. A report released by the CFPB[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Snowstorm to Cause Major Disruptions From Chicago to NYC
AccuWeather.com-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports March may not come in like a lion everywhere across the nation, but winter will roar during the first several days of the month and impact more than 100 million people. Early indications are that a long-duration snow event will expand from the northern Rockies and central Plains[Read More…]
Rich East Speech Team Make it to the Finals at Regionals
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Three members of the Rich East High School Speech Team recently made it to the finals of The IHSA Regional Tournament. Nekia Driver (Original Comedy), Jakari Lowe-Ellis (Prose Speaking) and Christian Williams (Original Oratory) scored high marks at the tournament to cap a very successful season for the Rockets team. "Our[Read More…]
Rich East Qualifies Four Wrestlers to the State Meet
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Rich East High School wrestling team continues its long history of advancing to the state meet as five Rocket grapplers will compete in this weekend’s 67th annual IHSA State Wrestling Meet. Seniors Aaron Bouie (195 lbs., 29-12 season record), Camerson Dean (138, 30-7), and Steven Simmons (285, 29-15), junior[Read More…]
Rich East Business Professionals of America Qualifies 10 to the State Meet
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Rich East High School Business Professionals of America team has qualified 10 of its members to the state meet after high marks at the recent regional competition, four of whom are making their second-consecutive state trip. Sarah Abbott, Elyse Terrazas, Gabrielle Hernandez and Anna Kurnat, all of whom qualified[Read More…]
Statement on Condition of Attorney General Eric Holder, Feb. 27, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2014. Director of Public Affairs Brian Fallon released the following statement this morning: “During his regular morning meeting with senior staff, the Attorney General began experiencing symptoms including faintness and shortness of breath. As a precaution, the Attorney General was taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center to[Read More…]
‘Yoga Mat’ Chemical Found in Nearly 500 Foods
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2014. The controversial “yoga mat” chemical that Vani Hari, creator of FoodBabe.com, campaigned to remove from Subway sandwich bread has turned up in nearly 500 items and more than 130 brands of bread, stuffing, pre-made sandwiches and snacks, according to an analysis by the Environmental Working Group.[Read More…]
Newer Diabetes Drugs Cost More, But May Not Work Better
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2014. Two newer classes of drugs to treat adult-onset diabetes may be no more effective than the old standby, yet they cost significantly more over the course of a patient’s disease. That’s according to a National Science Foundation-funded study by researchers at the University of Michigan, Mayo[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Debuts New Prostate Test, Reducing Need for Invasive Biopsies
New prostate cancer screening option combines existing tests to substantially increase accuracy CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2014. Northwestern Medicine® is the first health care provider in the country to offer a new non-invasive blood test for prostate cancer that is nearly three times more accurate than the current standard prostate-specific antigen (PSA)[Read More…]
Congo: New Opportunity on DDR for Congo Peace Process
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2014. Ahead of the March 5-6 meeting of the International Contact Group on Congo, the Enough Project released a new report today outlining challenges to the successful implementation of the national disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration, or DDR, strategy known as DDR III. The report, “Crafting a[Read More…]
