Recall Due to Package Mislabeling Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2014. Nestlé Prepared Foods Company, a business unit of Nestlé USA, is initiating the voluntary recall of a limited quantity of LEAN CUISINE® Culinary Collection Chicken with Peanut Sauce/UPC code 13800 10154 because it may contain undeclared shrimp. People who have[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Congresswoman Kelly Marks 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer With Educational Bus Tour
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly hosted an educational bus tour on Thursday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Students from the Chicagoland area participated in the tour, which stopped at four locations that played important roles in Chicago’s African American history and the Civil Rights Movement. The[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, August 22, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2014. Alliance Members Continue Social Security Birthday Celebrations With Social Security celebrating its 79th birthday last week, Alliance members have been holding events across the country honoring the landmark retirement security program. This week’s events included celebrations with cake and balloons in states such as Iowa, Missouri,[Read More…]
Chicago Jews Say NO! to Israeli War Criminals At Jewish United Fund
Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago members interrupt former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren to say “shame on you” at Jewish United Fund celebration of Israeli war crimes CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2014. On Thursday, August 21 at 7 p.m. at the Chicago Hilton & Towers Grand Ballroom, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, members of[Read More…]
Poll Finds Many in U.S. Lack Knowledge About Ebola and Its Transmission
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2014. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports no known cases of Ebola transmission in the United States, a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)/SSRS poll released yesterday (August 21, 2014) shows that four in ten (39%) adults in the U.S. are concerned[Read More…]
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Signs Callous Law Criminalizing HIV and AIDS Transmission
New law threatens human rights of Ugandans, violates citizens’ privacy rights and forces testing on pregnant women Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2014. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed legislation this week criminalizing the transmission of HIV, a measure that allows doctors to violate confidentiality and disclose their patients’ HIV status without consent[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Glenview Outpatient Center Hosts Family Health & Safety Fair
Bike helmets, sunscreen, earplugs and other safety items given away CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 22,k 2014. Back-to-school safety will be front and center at the second annual Northwestern Medicine® Glenview Outpatient Family Health and Safety Fair on Saturday, September 20, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event features giveaways, opportunities[Read More…]
Galileo Has Started Its Operational Deployment Phase
Galileo liftoff EU–(ENEWSPF)–22 August 2014. The next pair of Galileo satellites, Galileo 5 and 6, has been successfully delivered into orbit today. This launch marks the start of a new phase in the European satellite navigation programme where the full constellation will be deployed with short intervals between launches. Galileo[Read More…]
UN: More Than 191,000 People Killed in Syria With ‘No End in Sight’
Destruction caused by fighting in Yarmouk, Syria. Photo: UNRWA GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–22 August 2014 – The number of people killed in Syria is double the number documented a year ago, the United Nations human rights chief today announced, criticizing the international community for its failure to stop the “killers, destroyers and torturers”[Read More…]
Oregon State University Sociologist: Policy Will Determine Economic Impact of Legal Marijuana
CORVALLIS, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2014. The economic impact of legalizing marijuana in Oregon is difficult to estimate because the potential market will depend in large part on what kind of policies would be adopted if a proposed ballot measure passes in November, according to an Oregon State University sociologist who studies[Read More…]
