Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015. “Thank you, Vanita [Gupta], for those kind words – and thank you all for being here. It’s a privilege to welcome such a distinguished crowd to the Great Hall for this important observance and on what will be my last opportunity to share it with you[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Defense Contractor and its CEO Plead Guilty to Corruption Conspiracy Involving ‘Scores’ of Navy Officials
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. The owner and chief executive of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), a company providing services to the U.S. Navy, pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud charges in federal court today, admitting that he presided over a decade-long conspiracy involving “scores” of U.S. Navy officials, tens of[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Jan. 15, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Januarty 15, 2015 – 1:24 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: All right, good afternoon, everybody. Hope your Thursday is off to a good start. I don’t have anything to do at the top, so let’s go straight to questions. Josh, would you want to get us started here? Q Sure. [Read More…]
White House Big Block of Cheese Day Is Back, and It’s Feta Than Ever
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2015. Here at the White House, we’re dedicated to making President Obama’s administration the most open and accessible in history. That’s why, for the second year in a row, we thought it’d be a gouda idea to brie-unite a certain cast of characters to help us bring[Read More…]
Garden Lites®, The Delicious Vegetable Company™ Issues Voluntary Recall of Several Products Due to Undeclared Peanuts
JAMAICA, NY —(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015. Garden Lites®, The Delicious Vegetable Company™ owned and operated by Classic Cooking LLC, is issuing a voluntary recall of several products due to the fact that they contain undeclared peanuts. The ingredient cumin provided by a third party vendor was contaminated with peanut allergen. Individuals[Read More…]
College Day Continues to Give Direction to Upperclassmen at Marian Catholic
Recent Marian Grads revisit campus on their Winter Break Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Marian Catholic Alumni Association, along with the Marian Catholic Guidance Department, presented their annual College Day Friday, January 9, 2015. More than 40 young alumni returned to the halls of Marian Catholic during their college winter break[Read More…]
First Contracting Human Muscle Grown in Laboratory
Researchers at Duke University report the first lab-grown, contracting human muscle, which could revolutionize drug discovery and personalized medicine. Durham, NC–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015. By Ken Kingery In a laboratory first, Duke researchers have grown human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds just like native tissue to external stimuli such as[Read More…]
Study: Long Term Cannabis Exposure ‘Not Associated With Significant Effects On Lung Function’
“[T]he pattern of marijuana’s effects seems to be distinctly different when compared to that of tobacco use,” study says Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015. The inhalation of one marijuana cigarette per day over a 20-year period is not associated with adverse changes in lung health, according to data published online ahead[Read More…]
International Experts, Led by UN, Kick Off Ebola Recovery Assessment in Sierra Leone
Daily life in Freetown, Sierra Leone, one of three West African countries most affected by the outbreak of the Ebola virus. Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–15 January 2015 – Spearheaded by the United Nations, a team of international experts has begun an Ebola Recovery Assessment (ERA) mission in Sierra Leone[Read More…]
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Heads Into Unchartered Territory as Mistrust Deepens, UN Official Warns
Assistant Secretary-General ad interim for Political Affairs, Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, briefs the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East. UN Photo/Loey Felipe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 January 2015 – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is now entering uncharted territory as tensions between the two sides escalate and an “ever-widening trust deficit” risks[Read More…]
