International Trade Could Bring Highly Lethal Disease to United States WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. The journal Science yesterday published a study documenting a new threat to the world’s salamanders from a deadly skin-eating fungus. A relative of the killer chytrid fungus that has devastated frog populations, the new disease called Batrachochytrium[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Gray Wolf Spotted in Grand Canyon National Park for First Time in Over 70 Years
Wandering Wolf Would Lose Protections Under Federal Plan GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. For the first time since the 1940s, a gray wolf is roaming the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The wolf, which is wearing an inactive radio collar, is likely a gray wolf that dispersed[Read More…]
Governor Quinn and Mayor Emanuel Thank New Safe Passage Workers
Nearly 700 Additional Workers Hired This Year to Serve 133 Schools, 69,000 Students Across the City CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials to welcome hundreds of newly-hired workers to the Safe Passage program at a rally today. The[Read More…]
South Suburban College Volleyball Team to Host Regionals Monday, November 3
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. The South Suburban College Women’s Volleyball Team will host their National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region IV playoff matchup on Monday, November 3rd at 6:00 p.m. The #3-seeded Lady Bulldogs will play host #6 Morton College in South Holland. The winner will travel to[Read More…]
Bruce Rauner’s Shady Nursing Home Empire Stretched to Chicago Suburbs
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. The corporation founded by Bruce Rauner’s private equity firm to buy up and profit from nursing homes nationwide ran three such homes in the Chicago area—two in south suburban Burbank and one in Barrington, state and company records show. The Chicago-area homes—Exceptional Health Care and Brentwood Sub-Acute[Read More…]
Lake County Medical Marijuana Patients Seek More Than $600,000 in Monetary Damages for Warrantless Raids
Patients demand compensation for constitutional rights violations by local law enforcement Lakeport, CA – (ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. Nine medical marijuana patients from Lake County filed tort claims today for a total of $621,000 in monetary damages in a widely-watched ongoing legal struggle between growers and county officials. Two weeks ago,[Read More…]
NATO Secretary General Statement on Planned ‘Elections’ In Eastern Ukraine
BELGIUM—(ENEWSPF)—31 October 2014. Statement from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: The planned ‘elections’ organised by self-appointed and armed rebel groups in parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions on Sunday undermine efforts towards a resolution of the conflict. They violate Ukrainian laws and run directly counter to the Minsk agreements[Read More…]
Costa Rica Based Telemarketing Fraud Results in Prison Terms for Two
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. Two employees of a Costa Rica based telemarketing call center that defrauded thousands of victims of more than $4 million have been sentenced to serve 300 months in prison and 144 months in prison. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division[Read More…]
Hitachi Metals Ltd. Agrees to Plead Guilty for Fixing Prices and Rigging Bids on Automobile Parts Installed in U.S. Cars
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. Hitachi Metals Ltd., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan, and successor in interest to Hitachi Cable Ltd. (collectively Hitachi), has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $1.25 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Hagel and General Dempsey, Oct. 30, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. Presenters: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel; Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin E. Dempsey SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Good afternoon. Let me make a few comments about the campaign against ISIL, as well as DOD’s contributions to help stop the spread of Ebola. Then[Read More…]
