NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit challenging the government’s failure to release documents about the FBI’s nationwide system of collecting and sharing so-called “Suspicious Activity Reports” from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. The lawsuit seeks information[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Doctors Without Borders in Libya: ‘Almost All of the Hospitals’ in Tripoli ‘Are Receiving Wounded’
Libya–(ENEWSPF)–25 August 2011. Libya © 2011 Google Maps A three-person Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team is currently in Tripoli with supplies and is starting to support facilities that are already overwhelmed with patients wounded in the fighting currently taking place in the Libyan capital. MSF has also dispatched[Read More…]
Department of Energy Announces $41 Million Investment for Carbon Capture Development
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the selection of 16 projects aimed at developing advanced post-combustion technologies for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal–fired power plants. The projects, valued at $41 million over three years, are focused on reducing the energy and cost penalties associated[Read More…]
Operation ‘Little Girl Lost’ Targets Chicago Street Gang Members
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. A long term undercover investigation into the forced sex-trafficking of children and young women by Chicago street gang members has resulted in charges against nine offenders in the nation’s first-ever state-based wiretap investigation targeting the crime of human trafficking, Cook County and Chicago law enforcement officials announced[Read More…]
National Survey Shows HPV Vaccine Rates Trail Other Teen Vaccines
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. Increases in vaccination rates for human papillomavirus (HPV) are trailing increases in rates for two other vaccines recommended for teens and preteens, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Coverage rates for the other two vaccines —Tdap, which protects against tetanus, diphtheria[Read More…]
Protein Linked to Parkinson’s Disease May Regulate Fat Metabolism
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. National Institutes of Health researchers have found that Parkin, an important protein linked with some cases of early-onset Parkinson’s disease, regulates how cells in our bodies take up and process dietary fats. Parkinson’s disease is a complex, progressive, and currently incurable neurological disorder characterized by shaking,[Read More…]
Hurricane Irene Intermediate Advisory From the National Hurricane Center Miami, Florida, August 15, 2011 (2 PM EDT)
Miami, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2011 UPDATE 2 PM EDT. eNewsPark Forest continues to post raw data regarding hurricane Irene to keep the public informed as quickly as possible. …EYE OF IRENE OVER ABACO ISLAND… SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT…1800 UTC…INFORMATION LOCATION…26.5N 77.2W ABOUT 105 MI (170 KM) North of Nassau about[Read More…]
Hurricane Irene: New Jersey Governor Urges Shore Visitors to Evacuate
Ridgewood, NJ-(ENEWSPF)- From the Philaelphia Inquirer: Gov. Chris Christie asked all visitors to New Jersey’s shore to get out by midday Friday with Hurricane Irene poised to be a "serious, significant event," with flooding a threat across the entire state. "Do not try to ride it out. It is not[Read More…]
Park Forest Commission Announces 2011 Awardees For Good Egg Award
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations is pleased to announce Gene Finley, Olubukola Fatoki and Bets Hofsommer of Park Forest as recipients of the 2011 Good Egg Award. The Good Egg Award recognizes leadership and community service that has had a significant impact on fostering inter-group[Read More…]
Lyme Disease ‘Epidemic’ Causes Stir on Maine Island
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. A growth in tick populations and increase in Lyme disease rates over the past few years on an island in Maine have local health officials scrambling to find a solution to keep the problem at bay. So far this year there have been 20 official cases[Read More…]
