Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. Donald Trump is traveling to Scotland tomorrow, where his development of a golf course in Aberdeen was described as a “failure” by locals, according to the Washington Post. Highlights of the story include: Trump promised to create 6,000 – 7,000 jobs with the project. He delivered[Read More…]
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2016 Fall Registration is In Progress at South Suburban College
College-Wide Open House coming to South Holland August 4th and a free class also is now available to first time credit students. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 23, 2016. Open Registration for the Fall 2016 Semester at South Suburban College (SSC) is in progress. Fall classes begin Monday, August 22nd at[Read More…]
Join the South Suburban College Symphony Orchestra
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. The Music Department of South Suburban College is excited to announce that the SSC String Orchestra is expanding to a full symphonic orchestra, beginning in August, 2016. SSC Director of Instrumental Music, Rob Calhoon, has long felt the need for a community symphony[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces First Step to Develop Wind Energy Offshore Hawaii
Advances Administration’s clean energy goals, supports Hawaii’s plan for a secure, sustainable energy future WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the first step to[Read More…]
Record 29 Million People Drug-dependent Worldwide; Heroin Use Up Sharply – UN Report
Drug dependence treatment in Myanmar. Photo: UNODC GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 June 2016 – The number of people suffering from drug use disorders has increased disproportionally for the first time in six years in 2014, while the number of people who used at least one drug stayed at five per cent of the[Read More…]
U.S. IOOS Awards $31m for Ocean Observing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. U.S. IOOS is proud to announce the awarding of over $31 million in grants to support ocean, coastal and Great Lakes observing efforts throughout the United States, Caribbean and Pacific. The funds are distributed primarily in the form of five-year cooperative agreements, augmented by funds from[Read More…]
Two North Suburban Doctors Charged as Part of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown in History
CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. Two north suburban doctors have been charged as part of the largest national Medicare fraud takedown in history, federal authorities announced today. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced the unprecedented nationwide sweep that resulted[Read More…]
Husband and Wife Owners of First Mutual Bancorp of Illinois Indicted in Scheme to Hide Millions of Dollars in Cash and Assets from Creditors
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. An Oak Brook couple who owned First Mutual Bancorp of Illinois and other financial entities intentionally hid cash and assets from creditors after defaulting on $40 million in personal and corporate loans, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago. PETHINAIDU VELUCHAMY and[Read More…]
Rates of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder Double in 10 Years
Almost 10 million U.S. adults report misusing prescription opioids in 2012-2013 Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. Nonmedical use of prescription opioids more than doubled among adults in the United States from 2001-2002 to 2012-2013, based on a study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the[Read More…]
Americans Spent $30.2 Billion Out-of-pocket on Complementary Health Approaches
Federal analysis includes first-ever data on spending for children Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. Americans spent $30.2 billion — $28.3 billion for adults and $1.9 billion for children — out-of-pocket on complementary health approaches, according to a nationwide survey. These approaches include a group of diverse medical and health care systems,[Read More…]
