Commentary By Eric Boehlert We’ve noted how the Beltway press corps has adopted a lazy new approach to covering Sarah Palin and how the most regrettable development is that when she posts a Facebook message (read: press release) reporters simply type it up as news. Well, here’s the perfect example,[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Chicago Tribune: Stroger Spent $79,000 On Zoo Party For Flood Victims
Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From the Chicago Tribune: Cook County Board President Todd Stroger’s administration treated families whose homes were damaged by floods to a nearly $79,000 party at Brookfield Zoo, paying for the day of fun with federal grant money meant to restore those homes, newly-released county documents show. The[Read More…]
GSU Professor discusses ‘Peter Pan’
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Dr. Rosemary Johnsen, Assistant Professor of English at Governors State University, will deliver a lecture sponsored by the Raven Foundation exploring the themes of the Lookingglass Theatre’s original adaptation of “Peter Pan (A Play).” The lecture will take place on December 4, at 12:30 p.m., at Loyola[Read More…]
Public’s Help Sought in Search for Alleged Orland Park Bank Robbers
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was joined today by Tim McCarthy, Chief of the Orland Park, Illinois Police Department, in asking for the public’s help in identifying the individuals responsible for the October 7, 2010 armed robbery[Read More…]
‘Chicago Heights’ at the Gene Siskel Film Center
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– After playing to acclaim at festivals around the world, “Chicago Heights,” an independent feature film, produced with only a $1,000 budget and a volunteer cast and crew, will screen at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago from December 10 to 16. Governors State University associate professor[Read More…]
McCormick & Company Recalls Golden Dipt® Fry Easy All-Purpose Batter Due To Unlabeled Egg Ingredient
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2010. McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) has announced a voluntary recall of Golden Dipt® Fry Easy All-Purpose Batter, 10 OZ, with UPC Code 4123470111 and “BEST BY” date of NOV 17 11 AH. A very limited number of packages of Golden Dipt® All-Purpose Batter with this date[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Recovers More Than $2.2 Million From Companies Illegally Dumping in Harvey
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2010. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that her office has recovered more than $2.2 million as a result of ongoing lawsuits against companies accused of dumping waste at two illegal construction debris sites in Harvey. Madigan filed lawsuits in 2004 and 2007 for the illegal dumping on[Read More…]
Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $21 Million in Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Energy Use in Commercial Buildings
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2010. During a live online chat at the White House earlier today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 24 projects are receiving a total of $21 million in technical assistance to dramatically reduce the energy used in their commercial buildings. This initiative, supported with funding from[Read More…]
Could 135,000 Laptops Help Solve the Energy Challenge?
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2010. U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the largest ever awards of the Department’s supercomputing time to 57 innovative research projects – using computer simulations to perform virtual experiments that in most cases would be impossible or impractical in the natural world. Utilizing two world-leading supercomputers[Read More…]
College Tuition The Smart Holiday Gift That Lasts A Lifetime
SPRINGFIELD, Ill–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2010. Parents and grandparents often believe that the best gifts for their children are the ones they long for the most, but what happens in a few years when those Pillow Pets are obsolete? The gift of a college education lasts a lifetime, and a College Illinois!®[Read More…]
