WALES–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2014. The Alliance’s 28 leaders agreed at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) to reverse the trend of declining defence budgets and raise them over the coming decade, a move that will further strengthen the transatlantic bond. “In this dangerous world we recognise that we need[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
NATO Leaders Take Decisions to Ensure Robust Alliance
WALES–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2014. The Alliance’s 28 leaders at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) agreed on a Readiness Action Plan to strengthen NATO’s collective defence and to ensure the Alliance is ready to deal with any challenge. “This is a demonstration of our solidarity and resolve,” said NATO[Read More…]
Google to Refund Consumers at Least $19 Million to Settle FTC Complaint It Unlawfully Billed Parents for Children’s Unauthorized In-App Charges
FTC Order Requires Google to Change its Mobile App Billing Practices to Ensure Consumers’ Consent is Obtained Before Charges Levied Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Google Inc. has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that it unfairly billed consumers for millions of dollars in unauthorized charges incurred by[Read More…]
New CAP Report Offers Recommendations for Strengthening Program to Better Help Neighborhoods and Homeowners and Save Taxpayer Dollars
With Release of DASP Analysis, CAP Launches Asset Sale Interactive Database Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Two years after the Federal Housing Administration, or FHA, launched the Distressed Asset Stabilization Program, or DASP, a new Center for American Progress report examines the results of the program so far and provides[Read More…]
Study Finds EPA Favors Industry in Pesticide Safety Evaluations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. A study published in a scientific journal finds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) favors the chemical industry when making determinations on pesticide safety. Under the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA conducts risk assessments to determine whether a new or existing chemical is eligible[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Public Health Reports Higher Medical Cannabis Interest Than Expected
SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Since Tuesday, September 2, more than 2,000 people began the application process to register for a medical cannabis identification card through the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). “We anticipated a few hundred patients and caregivers would begin registering for a medical cannabis identification card during[Read More…]
Georgia ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Convicted of Filing False Liens Against Federal Officials
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. A federal jury in Omaha, Nebraska, found a Pelham, Georgia, man guilty late yesterday of seven counts of conspiracy to file and filing false liens against two U.S. District Court judges, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, two Assistant U.S. Attorneys and an Internal[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Death of Ahmed Godane
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Today, the Department of Defense confirmed that Ahmed Godane, the leader of al-Shabaab, is dead as a result of a U.S. military targeted airstrike in Somalia undertaken over the weekend. Godane’s removal is a major symbolic and operational loss to the largest al-Qaida affiliate in Africa[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Death of Ahmed Godane
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Today, the Department of Defense confirmed that Ahmed Godane, the leader of al-Shabaab, is dead as a result of a U.S. military targeted airstrike in Somalia undertaken over the weekend. Godane’s removal is a major symbolic and operational loss to the largest al-Qaida affiliate in Africa[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Increases in August, 2014 (+142,000); Unemployment Rate Changes Little (6.1%)
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 142,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 6.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services and in health care. Household Survey Data In August, both the[Read More…]
