WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and David Vitter (R-La.) today filed a short, one-page, bipartisan amendment to remove a provision from the government funding bill that would allow for future bailouts of financial institutions that engage in risky derivatives trading. “Ever since the new[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Mayor Emanuel Announces Major Gains in Computer Science 4 All Program
In Inaugural Year, Number of Chicago Public School Students Taking Computer Science Classes Triples CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel wrapped up Computer Science Education Week announcing that the Computer Science 4 All (CS4All) program nearly tripled the number of Chicago Public School (CPS) students participating in computer science. In[Read More…]
USDA Paves the Way for Planting of Two More Pesticide Promoting Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops
Dicamba resistant crops pose serious threat to human and environmental health Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Center for Food Safety criticized the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monsanto’s dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. The EIS paves the way for introduction of new[Read More…]
Bicycle Helmets Recalled by UVEX Sports Due to Risk of Head Injury
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Model Number XB 017 Recall Summary Name of product: UVEX Bicycle Helmets Hazard: The anchor for the helmet’s chinstrap can fail, causing the helmets to slide off the head, posing a head injury hazard. The bicycle helmets also do not comply with the impact requirements of[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Dec. 12, 2014
Bogota, Columbia–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good morning, everyone. Welcome. We are going to listen to the statements by the President of the Republic Juan Manuel Santos Calderon and the Secretary of State of the United States of America Mr. John Kerry. Mr. President. PRESIDENT SANTOS: (Via interpreter) Good[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Dec. 12, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY KERRY’S TRAVEL MIDDLE EAST PEACE AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN HAITI PERU CUBA ISIL/INDIA/SYRIA/RUSSIA/YEMEN/SAUDI ARABIA UKRAINE RUSSIA/INDIA TRANSCRIPT: 2:06 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. I just have two quick items for all of you at the top. The Secretary is on travel[Read More…]
Attorney General Holder Delivers Remarks at Regional Roundtable Meeting in Chicago on Building Community Trust
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be back in Chicago on such an unseasonably warm day. I want to thank Mayor [Rahm] Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy for welcoming me to this great city, as well as our outstanding U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of[Read More…]
Cicero Man Admits Mailing Fake Anthrax/Ricin Letters
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. Brian Daniel Norton, age 59, of Cicero, New York, entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Utica to two federal felony counts of conveying false information and hoaxes, according to United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. Norton faces a maximum possible sentence of five[Read More…]
Chief Technology Officer of Liberty Reserve Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. The former chief technology officer of Liberty Reserve was sentenced today to serve five years in prison for conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business that processed more than $16 billion through Liberty Reserve’s digital currency system. The Court found that Marmilev understood the illegal[Read More…]
Costa Rican Woman Sentenced to Prison for Role in Human Smuggling Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. A citizen and resident of Costa Rica was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for her leadership role in a conspiracy to smuggle undocumented migrants to the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A.[Read More…]
