SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. South Suburban College recently hosted their annual Spring Tea Awards to recognize employees’ years of service, retirements, and announce the Faculty Appreciation Awards. This year marks the first time SSC has awarded Faculty Appreciation Awards, something that will now become an annual tradition under direction[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Week of Protests Planned to Call on University of Chicago to Open Trauma Center
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. The Trauma Center Coalition will hold protest rallies every day next week to demand the University of Chicago open a trauma center. A press conference will be held May 19 at 9am at 58th St and S. Maryland Avenue where speakers will urge the University[Read More…]
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Slams DEA for Obstructing Kentucky Hemp Research Program and for Seizing Legal Hemp Seeds
Political Battle Builds as DEA Faces Growing Scrutiny for Slew of Scandals: Use of NSA Data to Spy on Virtually All Americans, Massacre of Civilians in Honduras, and Systematic Pattern of Fabricating Evidence; DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart Increasingly At Odds With President Obama, Justice Dept., and Congress Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15,[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending May 10, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 297,000, a decrease of 24,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the lowest level for initial claims since May 12, 2007 when they were 297,000. The[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at 9/11 Museum Dedication
President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the National September 11 Memorial & Museum dedication ceremony in New York, N.Y., May 15, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014 – 10:12 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Cuomo, honored guests, families of the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Building a 21st Century Infrastructure
Tarrytown, New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2014 – 3:37 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, New York! (Applause.) It turned out to be a beautiful day. Well, it’s wonderful to be here with all of you. Take a seat, take a seat. Relax. First of all, I want to thank Governor Cuomo for[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, May 14, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2014 – 11:52 AM EDT. See below for a follow up to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing. *Higher education has never been more important, and it should be affordable for everyone who is willing to work for it, not a luxury for[Read More…]
Former Subway Franchise Owner Pleads Guilty to Gift Card Hacking Scheme at Subway Restaurants
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. A California man pleaded guilty today in the District of Massachusetts for his role in a conspiracy to hack into the computerized cash registers of a number of Subway restaurants to fraudulently obtain more than $40,000 in gift cards. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil[Read More…]
Electrolux Agrees to Pay $750,000 Civil Penalty for Delay in Reporting Oven Hazard
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. The Justice Department’s Civil Division announced today that Electrolux Home Products Inc. (Electrolux), of Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to report immediately to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) a safety[Read More…]
EPA Requires Global Titanium Manufacturer to Investigate and Clean Up PCB Contamination in Nevada
Titanium Metals Corporation to Pay Record $13.75 Million Civil Penalty for TSCA Violations Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world’s largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup[Read More…]
