German U-boat 576 and freighter Bluefields found within 240 yards of one another The German U-576 departing Saint-Nazaire, France, circa 1940-1942. The submarine was sunk in 1942 by aircraft fire after attacking and sinking the Nicaraguan freighter Bluefields and two other ships off North Carolina. (Credit: With permission from Ed[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Mayor Emanuel, Speaker Madigan, Labor and Community Leaders Join ComEd to Break Ground on New Chicago Training Facility
New Site Will Bring Jobs, Train Next Generation of Utility Workers; Facility Will Also Provide Afterschool Career and Technical Training for Chicago Public School Students CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, joined ComEd president and CEO Anne Pramaggiore, Speaker Michael Madigan, State Senator Antonio Munoz, Representative Edward Acevado, IBEW Local[Read More…]
New Report Finds Ocean-based Fish Farming at Odds with Organic Standard
53 organizations agree that USDA should not allow farmed fish at sea to be labeled “organic” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) released a comprehensive, scientific report detailing why ocean-based aquaculture (fish farming) can never be certified organic. In advance of USDA’s publication of regulations to[Read More…]
Suburban Dermatologist Convicted Of Cheating Medicare And Private Insurers Of $2.6 Million In Health Care Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014. A dermatologist in west suburban Lombard was convicted today of defrauding Medicare and private health insurers by submitting false claims for more than 800 patients resulting in losses totaling more than $2.6 million. The defendant, DR. ROBERT KOLBUSZ, falsely diagnosed patients with actinic keratosis, or sun-induced[Read More…]
September 2014 Jobless Rates Down in 31 States, Up in 8; Payroll Jobs Up in 39 States, Down in 10
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in September. Thirty-one states had unemployment rate decreases from August, 8 states had increases, and 11 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-two states and the[Read More…]
Threatened Status Proposed for West Coast Fisher after Poisonings with Rodenticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Due in large part to the use of rodenticides in the cultivation of illegal marijuana grow operations, earlier this month the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced a proposal to list fishers, medium sized carnivores of the weasel family, as threatened under the Endangered Species[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Makes Statement on West Africa Ebola Outbreak
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. We should be careful in restricting travel between West Africa and the U.S. during this current Ebola outbreak. People in affected countries still find a way to travel, and governments could have a harder time tracking those movements. Sealing off aid and resources to West Africa[Read More…]
Broad Coalition of Groups Call On Governor Cuomo To Stop Exploding Oil Trains
Seek State DEC order prohibiting bomb trains The Port of Albany. Photo courtesy of Andy Arthur Albany, NY —(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. A coalition of local residents, environmental groups and a church today filed a legal petition requesting the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to issue an order[Read More…]
Big Money Playing an Outsized Role in Primary Elections
New information shows dominance of large donors in congressional primaries Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. In congressional primaries, bigger wallets give a small set of mega-donors an outsized voice, according to new information released today by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Demos. Just 5,485 donors who gave $1,000 or more[Read More…]
Washington State Sheriff Endorses Oregon Marijuana Regulation Measure
Second sheriff endorses Measure 91: “The evidence keeps coming in: Our new approach is working” OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. The Sheriff of King County, which includes the greater Seattle area, has taken the unprecedented step of endorsing a marijuana regulation measure on the ballot in the state next door. King County[Read More…]
