Today, in a video message posted online, President Obama announced his plan to designate Bristol Bay as off limits to consideration for oil and gas leasing — an action that will safeguard waters that help provide 40 percent of America’s wild-caught seafood, support a $2 billion annual fishing industry, and[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
2014 Statement by President Obama on Hanukkah
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. Over the eight nights of Hanukkah, Jews across America, Israel, and the world will remember an ancient triumph of freedom over oppression, and renew their faith in the possibility of miracles large and small. Even in the darkest, shortest days of winter, the Festival of Lights[Read More…]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2015 Inductees
30th Annual Ceremony Returns to Cleveland April 18 Cleveland—(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2014 – Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its Inductees for 2015: Performer Category: • The Paul Butterfield Blues Band • Green Day • Joan Jett & the Blackhearts • Lou Reed • Stevie Ray Vaughan &[Read More…]
Teen Marijuana Use Declines As Country Moves Toward Marijuana Legalization
National Institute on Drug Abuse’s 2014 ‘Monitoring the Future’ Survey Also Finds E-Cigarette Use Now Greater than Cigarette Use Among Teens Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. The federal government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse released its annual Monitoring the Future survey today. Monitoring the Future is now in its 40th year[Read More…]
Open Enrollment — Week 4: December 6 – December 12, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014. The following blog was posted at http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/facts/blog/2014/12/open-enrollment-week-four.html Nearly 2.5 million consumers selected plans since the beginning of Open Enrollment – more than one million in just the last week. As expected, consumer interest in health coverage increased as we neared the December 15 deadline. This week’s[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Speech Team Places Second at Consecutive Tournaments
MCHS falls just short at Santaburg Oaklaus & Tree event Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic High School’s Speech Team took second place, with a total score of 385 points, second to Shepard High School at the Santaburg Oaklaus Tournament on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Oak Lawn. The Spartans also[Read More…]
More Nails in the Drug War Coffin: Top Stories of 2014
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 2014. By: Tony Newman 2014 was another nail in the coffin in the United States’ disastrous war on drugs. The majority of the country now supports marijuana legalization and Oregon, Alaska and D.C. made it a reality by legalizing it. World leaders like former UN head Kofi Annan[Read More…]
Taliban Attack on Pakistan School an Act of ‘Horror and Rank Cowardice,’ Says UN Chief
Pupil of a primary school class in Pakistan. Photo: UNESCO/Akhtar Soomro NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 December 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the “blood-curdling attack” on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has cost the lives of at least 130 people, the vast majority of whom were children.[Read More…]
Venus Express Goes Gently Into the Night
Visualisation of the Venus Express aerobraking manoeuvre EU–(ENEWSPF)–16 December 2014. ESA’s Venus Express has ended its eight-year mission after far exceeding its planned life. The spacecraft exhausted its propellant during a series of thruster burns to raise its orbit following the low-altitude aerobraking earlier this year. Since its arrival at[Read More…]
Bright Lights: Big Cities at Night
Liège EU–(ENEWSPF)–16 December 2014. As the days grow shorter and the temperatures drop in Europe, test your geography skills in the warmth of your home – while helping scientists to pinpoint light pollution. Naples Astronauts circling our planet on the International Space Station take wonderful pictures of Earth and many[Read More…]
