Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015 PREMIUM® Espresso Maker PEM585 (front view) Recall Summary Name of product: PREMIUM® Espresso Makers Hazard: The filler cap at the top of the unit can crack and allow steam to escape, posing a risk of burns to the user. In addition, the cap can pop off[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Nissan Recalls 263,692 Pathfinder Vehicles, May 21, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2015 SUMMARY: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2004 Pathfinder vehicles manufactured January 6, 2004, to July 19, 2004, and 2004-2006 Sentra vehicles manufactured January 7, 2004, to August 26, 2006. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Breaks Ground on Intermodal Facility at O’Hare International Airport
Intermodal Facility and ATS Modernization Project Will Create 3,000 Jobs During Construction; Greatly Enhance Transit Ease and Connectivity Between Public Parking, Public Roadways, Rental Car Facilities, Metra And CTA CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel broke ground today on a consolidated rental car and public parking facility at O’Hare International[Read More…]
Critical NASA Research Returns to Earth Aboard U.S. SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was released from the International Space Station’s robotic arm at 7:04 a.m. EDT Thursday. The capsule then performed a series of departure burns and maneuvers to move beyond the 656-foot (200-meter) “keep out sphere” around the station and begin its return trip to Earth. Credits:[Read More…]
Impact Crater or Supervolcano Caldera?
Siloe Patera EU–(ENEWSPF)–21 May 2015. At first glance, the region covered by this latest Mars Express image release appears to be pockmarked with impact craters. But the largest structure among them may hold a rather explosive secret: it could be remains of an ancient supervolcano. The images presented here were[Read More…]
New AFL-CIO Report Highlights Reasons Why TPP Is Not the Answer to Trade Issues with China
Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. On a conference call yesterday, AFL-CIO Policy Director and Special Counsel Damon Silvers and Roosevelt Institute Senior Economist Adam Hersh described the reasons why the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not the solution to improving China’s trade policies. “The U.S.-China Economic Relationship: The TPP is Not the[Read More…]
Senate Appropriation Committee Votes To Lift Veterans Administration Gag Order On Medical Cannabis
Veterans Equal Access Amendment Would Allow Veterans Administration Physicians To Recommend Medical Cannabis Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. In a landslide vote, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to the add the Veterans Equal Access Amendment (VEAA) to the FY2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilConVA) Appropriations bill,[Read More…]
Senators Question Dept. of Education About Long-Delayed Investigation into Navient’s Violations of Servicemembers’ Rights
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Department of Education (ED) seeking information about its long-delayed investigation into charges of systematic[Read More…]
Nepal: UN Underscores Need to Act Now Before Monsoon Rains Risk Further Disaster
The interior of an old school bus, which, 14 people from two families in Nepal, have converted into temporary living quarters. Photo: UNDP Nepal/Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi NEPAL–(ENEWSPF)–21 May 2015 – As Nepalese communities devastated by two major earthquakes struggle to restore and rebuild, United Nations humanitarian workers and their partners[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Use Inversely Associated With Diabetes
East Lansing, MI–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. A history of cannabis use is inversely correlated with diabetes mellitus, according to an epidemiological review published online ahead of print in the journal Epidemiology. Investigators at Michigan State University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics performed a meta-analytic study assessing cannabis use and diabetes in[Read More…]
