Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015 Index for Today’s Briefing FRANCE/GERMANY/SPAIN ISRAEL/IRAN MIDDLE EAST PEACE ISRAEL/IRAN IRAQ/SYRIA/TURKEY YEMEN INDIA ETHIOPIA QATAR UKRAINE TURKEY IRAQ KUWAIT DEPARTMENT TRANSCRIPT: 1:21 p.m. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. QUESTION: Hello. QUESTION: Hello. MS. PSAKI: How is everyone today? QUESTION: Lovely. MS. PSAKI: Lovely. All right. QUESTION:[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
New Illinois Server Training Law Effective July 1
State currently offering FREE responsible beverage server classes SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. New regulations will take effect impacting all Beverage Alcohol Sellers/Servers Education & Training (BASSET) trainees throughout the state, as well as Cook County bars and restaurants. Beginning on July 1, 2015 all current and future BASSET cardholders will need[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Suit Against Charity President for Misappropriating Funds
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against the president of a downstate charity, Sheri Ann & Her Boys, alleging over $33,000 was misappropriated from the charity’s accounts. Madigan filed the complaint in Cook County Circuit Court against Mario Decicco, of La Grange Park, for[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Adm. Haney, March 24, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. STAFF: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending the briefing today. Today you’ll hear from Admiral Cecil Haney, the commander of the United States Strategic Command. You should have already received his biography, a press release on our ongoing command and control exercise Global[Read More…]
Supreme Court to Decide Profits vs People
11,000 lives a year at stake as coal industry and its allies oppose EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standard The Cheswick coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania, reflected in a window of a home in Springdale, is among the hundreds of power plants likely covered by the Mercury & Air Toxics[Read More…]
Symposium at DePaul University Examines Collaborations in Light of Health Care Reform
Dr. Frank Cerra, senior adviser at the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, delivers the keynote address at an interprofessional health care education forum at DePaul University. (Photo by Jamie Moncrief) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Prominent health care educators and professionals gathered at DePaul University March 23 to discuss[Read More…]
Rep. DeFazio Slams Republican Budget For Slashing New Transportation Investments, Cutting American Jobs
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) blasted the House Republican budget for slashing investments in new transportation infrastructure projects and cutting family-wage, American jobs. During floor debate on the Republican budget, DeFazio slammed Republican leadership for offering a[Read More…]
Mercedes-Benz USA Recalls Certain 2015 C300 4matic and C400 4matic Vehicles, March 24, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015 SUMMARY: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain model year 2015 C300 4matic and C400 4matic vehicles manufactured April 7, 2014, to July 25, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the fuel delivery module may be improperly secured to the fuel tank. Secondly, electrical wires that connect[Read More…]
Mercedes-Benz USA Recalls 30,141 Vehicles, March 24, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015 SUMMARY: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain model year 2015 CLS 400 and CLS 400 4matic, 2012-2015 CLS 550 and CLS 550 4matic, 2012-2013 CLS 63, 2014 CLS 63, and 2014-2015 CLS 63P. The affected vehicles have LED tail lights that may not light on[Read More…]
Toyota Recalls 16,582 Yaris Vehicles, March 24, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015 SUMMARY: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 Yaris vehicles manufactured August 31, 2011, to February 9, 2015, and sold in Puerto Rico. The affected vehicles may have been manufactured with a roof headliner that does not provide the proper occupant[Read More…]
