WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with the Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Randy Babbitt to discuss Illinois transportation priorities including the O’Hare Modernization Program and FAA Reauthorization. “Transportation is the key to creating and keeping[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Alleging That Full Tilt Poker and Its Board of Directors Operated Company as a Massive Ponzi Scheme Against Its Own Players
Company Allegedly Used Poker Player Money To Pay Distributions Totaling More Than $440 Million To Its Board Members And Other Owners NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 20, 2011. Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a motion to amend the forfeiture and[Read More…]
Tennis Star Serena Williams to Serve as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 Septembr 2011. International tennis star Serena Williams at UN Headquarters in 2006 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced today that one of the all-time greats of women’s tennis, Serena Williams, will become the agency’s next international Goodwill Ambassador. Ms. Williams will focus in particular on the[Read More…]
Afghanistan: UN Strongly Condemns Assassination of Former President
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 September 2011. Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has voiced shock and sadness after learning of the deaths earlier today of Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former president who has been spearheading recent peace and reconciliation efforts within the country, and several colleagues in[Read More…]
Statement from Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on New Residential Construction in August 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released data on new residential construction in August 2011. Permits for new housing units rose 3.2 percent in August to their highest level in 2011, despite private-sector expectations of a 1.8-percent decline. Housing starts, however, declined 5.0 percent in August, while private-sector[Read More…]
Ship Owners and Operators to Pay $44 Million in Damages and Penalties for 2007 San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge Crash and Oil Spill
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. Federal, state and Bay-area officials announced a comprehensive civil settlement with the owners and operators of the M/V Cosco Busan, resolving all natural resource damages, penalties and response costs that resulted from the ship striking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, and subsequent oil spill[Read More…]
American Woodcrafters Recalls to Repair Bunk Beds Due To Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENWESPF)–September 20, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
NOAA Researchers Release Study on Emissions From BP/Deepwater Horizon Controlled Burns
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. Black smoke billows from a controlled burn of surface oil during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A new study by NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) found that controlled burns released more than one million pounds of sooty black carbon[Read More…]
Joplin Tornado Offers Important Lessons for Disaster Preparedness
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. Image showing damage from the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011. Download here. (Credit: NOAA) Today, NOAA’s National Weather Service released its final assessment report on the May 22 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo. The report identifies best practices and makes recommendations to[Read More…]
Progress in Libya Irreversible, NATO Secretary General Says in New York
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. NATO is committed to continuing its mission in Libya for as long as threats against civilians endure, but is determined to end the operation as soon as conditions allow, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on 20 September on the margins of the meeting of[Read More…]
