Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. Viking VI EPS Hunter Recall Summary Name of product: Yamaha Viking VI Hazard: The rear wheels can loosen and cause the rear end of the vehicle to wobble or the rear wheels to come off and cause the vehicle to crash, resulting an injury or death[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Information Technology Manager Indicted For Damaging Servers And Illegally Intercepting Email Accounts Of Former Employer
CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. A former information technology manager for a Northbrook-based company was indicted Tuesday for allegedly damaging servers maintained by the company, intercepting company emails without authorization, and disclosing the contents of intercepted emails without authorization. The defendant, George N. Turner, was charged with one count of computer[Read More…]
PACE Department Manager Arrested For Allegedly Accepting More Than $280,000 In Kickbacks And Gratuities
CHICAGO ─(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. The Department Manager of Applications at PACE was arrested yesterday on a federal complaint for allegedly accepting over $280,000 in kickbacks and gratuities in exchange for the influence he exerted in placing certain information technology (“IT”) contractors at PACE and in their employment at PACE. In[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement in Honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2015
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2015. “Today, we join together to remember the six million European Jews murdered by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. The people of Israel and those from all around the world will pause today for Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom Hashoah. This Sunday, the Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob[Read More…]
NIH Study Finds Genetic Link for Rare Intestinal Cancer
Researchers recommend screening for people with family history Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. Heredity accounts for up to 35 percent of small intestinal carcinoid, a rare digestive cancer, according to findings from a team at the National Institutes of Health. The researchers examined families with a history of the disease. Because[Read More…]
NIH Launches Largest Clinical Trial Focused on HIV-related Cardiovascular Disease
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. Researchers have begun enrolling participants in a multicenter international clinical trial to test whether statin administration can reduce the risk for major adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks, strokes, and heart disease, in people with HIV infection. The trial is supported by the National Institutes[Read More…]
BP Oil Disaster 5 Years Later, Lessons Unheeded
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. At an event on Capitol Hill today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), joined offshore drilling experts, scientists and affected locals to highlight the lingering effects of the Gulf oil spill and the looming risks posed by a lack of new safety regulations, plans for new offshore[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on U.S. Court of Appeals Hearing on Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. Today, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in three related cases backed by the coal industry attacking the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan. The Sierra Club is a party to this case, joining[Read More…]
Pacific Fishery Management Council Shuts Down Sardine Fishery for Rest of Season
Dangerously low sardine populations, starving sea lions, brown pelicans now have a chance Thousands of starving sea lions have washed up on California shores due to sardine overfishing. NOAA Fisheries / West Coast San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. Late Wednesday afternoon, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to close[Read More…]
More Than 1.5 Million Students Attend Colleges Subject to Financial Monitoring from the U.S. Department of Education
A representative from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts speaks with a prospective student at an education fair. SOURCE: Flickr/usag-miami New CAP analysis finds that nearly 30 percent of students at for-profit colleges attended an institution now under additional scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C.[Read More…]
