SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2014. South Suburban College’s Continuing Education Department is offering courses to help fill the summer days with activities that will entertain and challenge children and young adults. The College for Kids classes will begin the week of June 30th at SSC’s Main Campus in South[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
National Organic Standards Board Threatened by USDA Maneuvering
Groups Petition USDA to Restore Organic Board’s Independent Authorities Set by Congress Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Today, 20 organic farm and consumer groups filed a petition with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to protect the authority and permanence of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The petitioners object to[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby, June 17, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 17, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Sunday night, on orders from the commander in chief, the United States military conducted an operation to capture Ahmed Abu Khattalah. Khattalah has been charged for his role in the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. No[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the Capture of Ahmed Abu Khatallah
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. I want to commend all the service members who were involved in the planning and execution of the operation to capture Ahmed Abu Khatallah. Their tireless efforts may only be known to a few but are felt by all Americans who are proud of what they[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Urges More Marijuana Research
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Today, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), H. Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) along with 26 other members of Congress, sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Matthews Burwell requesting that the process through which certified scientists obtain[Read More…]
U.S. Files Lawsuit Against IPC the Hospitalist Company, Alleges Overbilling of Federal Health Insurers for Physician Services
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. The United States filed a civil lawsuit against California-based IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., and its subsidiaries, alleging that IPC submitted false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today. The complaint alleges that IPC violated the federal False Claims Acts by knowingly[Read More…]
Former Chicago Tax Preparer Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Tax and Unemployment Insurance Fraud Schemes
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. A suburban Chicago woman was sentenced to six years in federal prison for operating a federal income tax fraud scheme as well as one of the largest fictitious employer unemployment fraud schemes ever prosecuted nationwide. The defendant, JACQUELINE KENNEDY, who owned a south side tax preparation business,[Read More…]
Chicago Street Scenes iPhone Photography Exhibit Opens July 8 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Shooting from the Hip, an exhibit of iPhone-photographed Chicago street scenes by award-winning Chicago Tribune photographer Scott Strazzante, will be on display starting July 8 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The exhibit of 50 black-and-white photographs shot by Strazzante with an iPhone[Read More…]
Four From Roosevelt University Community Receive Jeff Awards
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Roosevelt University had an incredible presence – and showing – at this year’s non-equity Jeff Awards held in June at the Park West in Chicago. A 2013 Theatre Conservatory alumnus, two artist staff members who work with Roosevelt’s musical theatre students and an assistant registrar for the[Read More…]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chancellor Cheryl Hyman Name Truman College as Seventh City Colleges Institution with a College to Careers Focus
Truman College Will Serve as College to Careers Hub in Education, Human and Natural Sciences CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) Chancellor Cheryl Hyman announced today that Harry S Truman College will serve as the College to Careers (C2C) hub in education, human and[Read More…]
