Second in 2014 from Fifth in 2012; Magazine Cites Mayor Emanuel’s Plan to Build Network of Bike Lanes and the Popularity of Divvy Bike Share System CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today celebrated Chicago’s new ranking by Bicycling Magazine as the second best city in America for cycling, up[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the Passing of Roy Leonard
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. “For more than 30 years Roy Leonard was a cornerstone for WGN arts and entertainment news with one of the most prolific careers of any broadcaster in Chicago. While the city has lost one of its great radio legends, his impact on the lives of those he[Read More…]
Bardarbunga Belches
Bardarbunga plume EU–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2014. Satellites are showing clouds of sulphur dioxide from Iceland’s restive Bardarbunga volcano. ESA’s Volcanic Ash Strategic Initiative Team (VAST) and Support to Aviation Control Service (SACS) are monitoring the situation closely, and have detected sulphur dioxide emissions since early September. A small cloud of sulphur[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, September 5, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Happy Grandparents Day! Sunday, September 7 is Grandparents Day. In Ohio, Alliance members are celebrating the day with an event in Cortland. In Illinois, Alliance members in the East St. Louis area are celebrating the holiday today with Rep. William Enyart. “I want to say Happy[Read More…]
Congressman Earl Blumenauer Calls For Federal Investigation Into Misuse Of Public Funds To Oppose Oregon’s Measure 91
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. This November, Oregonians will have the opportunity to vote on Measure 91 intended to regulate, legalize and tax the use of marijuana by adults 21 and over. While recent polls show that the majority of voters favor this Measure, there are also those that do not. Allegedly,[Read More…]
Statement of US Secretary of Labor Perez on August 2014 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the August 2014 Employment Situation report released today: “With today’s report, businesses have added more than 10 million jobs over the last four and a half years. That makes 54 consecutive months of private-sector[Read More…]
Livie & Luca Recalls Children’s Shoes Due to Laceration Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: September 04, 2014 Recall number: 14-269 Livie and Luca “Carta” and “Cotton” Children’s Shoes Recall Summary Name of product: “Carta” and “Cotton”[Read More…]
Yamaha Recalls Snowmobiles Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: September 04, 2014 Recall number: 14-751 Black and Red Yamaha 2014 model SR10R (“SRViper”) Recall Summary Name of product: Yamaha snowmobiles Hazard: [Read More…]
NASA Instrument Aboard European Spacecraft Returns First Science Results
Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image is not to scale. Image Credit: ESA/ATG Medialab Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. A NASA instrument aboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Rosetta orbiter has successfully made its first delivery of science data from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The instrument, named Alice,[Read More…]
FDA Allows Marketing of the First Test to Assess Risk of Developing Acute Kidney Injury
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of the NephroCheck test, a first-of-a-kind laboratory test to help determine if certain critically ill hospitalized patients are at risk of developing moderate to severe acute kidney injury (AKI) in the 12 hours following the administration[Read More…]
