Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Granite City man pled guilty in federal district court in East St. Louis on September 23, 2011, to a two-count indictment charging him with possession of child pornography (count one) and receipt of child pornography (count two), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois,[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
UN Pays Tribute to Late Environmentalist and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 September 2011. Wangari Maathai The United Nations today paid tribute to Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of Africa’s foremost environmental campaigners, who died on Sunday. Ms. Maathai, 71, was the founder of the Green Belt Movement that encouraged women in rural Kenya to plant[Read More…]
Dan Rather Reports: EPA Covers Up Bee Evidence
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO IGNORE PESTICIDE PROOF MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011. We’ve been at this now for more than five years. As one of the first organizations in North America to go public with the notion that a class of pesticides made from synthetic nicotine were responsible for the sudden bee[Read More…]
Oxford University Study: Curb Bankers’ Pay by Capping Each Bank’s Bonus Pool
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–26 September 2011. An Oxford University economist proposes that a cap on each bank’s bonus pool in relation to their balance sheet could be an effective new model to limit bankers’ pay and thereby reduce bank risk. In a new study, Dr John Thanassoulis argues that an adjustable cap[Read More…]
Centers for Disease Control Reports Illness and Death Linked to Bed Bug Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011. On September 23, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report linking pesticides sprayed in attempts to control bed bugs to poisoning incidents and death. Because bed bugs do not transmit disease and can be[Read More…]
White House and National Science Foundation Announce New Workplace Flexibility Policies to Support America’s Scientists and Their Families
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011. Today, White House Council on Women and Girls Executive Director Tina Tchen, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John P. Holdren, and National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh announced the “NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative,” a 10-year plan to provide greater work-related flexibility[Read More…]
Quinn Administration Honors Families of Fallen Illinois Heroes with Gold Star Mother’s Day Ceremony
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011. Gold Star Banners were presented on Sunday to 10 Illinois mothers whose sons died in combat while serving their country in the Global War on Terror. More than 70 Illinois Gold Star families, who lost family members on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001, attended the ceremony[Read More…]
California RNs Want Sutter to End Lockout & State to Investigate Safety Violations Following Patient Death
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United yesterday called on Sutter corporation to immediately end the unsafe lockout of its regularly scheduled nurses following media confirmation of a patient death while under the care of a strike replacement RN, as well as reports of other serious problems involving[Read More…]
FBI: Idaho Falls Man Sentenced in $29 Million Loss Ponzi Scheme
POCATELLO-(ENEWSPF)- Daren Palmer, 42, formerly of Idaho Falls, was sentenced in federal court today to eight years in prison for his role in a Ponzi investment scheme in which investors lost over $29 million, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge ordered Palmer to pay[Read More…]
Tinley Park Home Remodeler Charged With Misusing Client’s Credit Card
Tinley Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Southwest Suburban home remodeler and one of his employees have been charged with misusing a client’s credit card to pay thousands of dollars in outstanding bills owed by his company, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. William Stoecker, 53, the former[Read More…]
