DePaul University Librarian Andrew Rea cares for the 400-year-old handwritten letters from St. Vincent de Paul that are now part of an online digital collection. Scholars, teachers and anyone who’s interested can now view the manuscripts online, opening up new research possibilities for Vincentian historians worldwide. (Photo by Jamie Moncrief)[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Natural Born Killers: Chimpanzee Violence is an Evolutionary Strategy
Ngogo males grooming. Image credit: John Mitani ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. Man’s nearest relatives kill each other in order to eliminate rivals and gain better access to territory, mates, food or other resources—not because human activities have made them more aggressive. That is the conclusion of an international analysis of[Read More…]
Study Shows Inconsistent Dosages of Widely Used Eye Disease Drug
Findings Add to Public Health Debate About Pharmacy Compounding NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014 — Custom-made versions of a widely prescribed, low-cost drug used to prevent a leading cause of blindness in the elderly vary widely in their dosages, Weill Cornell Medical College scientists found in analyses of the eye injections.[Read More…]
University of Massachusetts to Receive NORML Archives; Building Largest Marijuana Law Reform Collection
Amherst, MA–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. The W.E.B. Du Bois Center, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, officially receives NORML’s archives dating from 1970, along with the personal archives of pioneering physician and author Lester Grinspoon, MD (formerly with Harvard Medical School), this weekend during a two-day event focusing on the[Read More…]
In Era of Marijuana Legalization, Some States Still Enforcing ‘Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Driver’s License’ Law
Granville, OH–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. According to a new analysis by the Clemency Report, some states are still suspending the driver’s licenses of convicted cannabis offenders unrelated to any actual driving offense (as part of a federal law called the 1992 Solomon-Lautenberg Act). The report finds that a majority of states[Read More…]
Winter In Argyre
Perspective view of Hooke crater in Argyre basin EU–(ENEWSPF)–19 September 2014. Over billions of years, the southern uplands of Mars have been pockmarked by numerous impact features, which are often so closely packed that they overlap. One such feature is Hooke crater, shown in this frost-tinged scene, imaged by ESA’s[Read More…]
Jobless Rate Up in 24 States, Down in 15 in Aug. 2014; Payroll Jobs Up in 35 States, Down in 15
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2014. Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in August. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases from July, 15 states had decreases, and 11 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-five states and the[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, Sept. 19, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. Rally at U.S. Capitol Fires up Seniors On Thursday, the Alliance for Retired Americans, Americans United for Change and allies held a rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC to say, “Hands off Social Security and Medicare!” Additional event co-sponsors included AFSCME, the AFL-CIO, the[Read More…]
Reps. Schakowsky and Waxman Introduce Bill to Improve Motor Vehicle Safety, Respond to Committee’s GM Investigation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. Yesterday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Ranking Member of the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, and Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, joined by other Democratic Committee members, introduced the Vehicle Safety Improvement Act (VSIA). This legislation will establish several new important[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces Conservation Success Story in Recovery of Delmarva Fox Squirrel
Delmarva Fox Squirrel Now Proposed for Removal from Endangered Species List Near Half Decade of Conservation Efforts by Landowners, Other Partners Key to Rebound Delmarva Fox Squirrel. Photo credit: Guy Willey CAMBRIDGE, Md.–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that due to concerted conservation efforts by[Read More…]
