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International Foodsource, LLC Issues a Voluntary Recall of Various Raw Pistachios Products Due to Possible Salmonella Risk

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016.  International Foodsource, LLC Issues a Voluntary Recall of Various Raw Pistachios Products due to Possible Salmonella Risk. Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected[Read More…]

Incredible Turnout at Rally in Michigan, Bernie Sanders Meets Flint Families (Video)

https://youtu.be/LlAImmN3-Tc YPSILANTI, Mich. –(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2016.   Bernie Sanders received a rousing ovation on Monday from a capacity crowd of about 9,400 supporters at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center. “What an incredible turnout,” Sanders said. The Democratic Party presidential candidate laid out detailed proposals to create jobs, make college affordable,[Read More…]

After the Drug Wars: Colombian President and Nobel Prize Winners Declare End of the War on Drugs and Recommend It Be Replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in new London School of Economics (LSE) report

London, UK–(ENEWSPF)–15 February, 2016 — Five Nobel Prize recipients and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos today endorsed a new London School of Economics (LSE) report recommending a radical overhaul of international policies that would move countries beyond the existing singular ‘war on drugs’ focus on eradication and repression and towards[Read More…]

Southland Prep at the IHSA State Tournament

Two Southland College Prep Charter High School Speech Team Members Earn IHSA Sectional Medals; Advance to State Tournament

RICHTON PARK, ILLINOIS—(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2016—Two Southland College Prep Charter High School Speech and Forensics team members earned medals at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) South Sectional tournament that drew teams from 25 high schools this weekend at Reavis High School, Burbank, Illinois. Janessa Colquitt, a senior who resides in[Read More…]

Afghan Casualties Hit Record High 11,000 in 2015 – UN Report

The Taliban has taken territory in Khanabad district in the Afghanistan province of Kunduz on the other side of a bridge pictured here in August 2015. Photo: Bethany Matta/IRIN GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–15 February 2016 – The United Nations reported yesterday that Afghan hostilities in 2015 left more than 3,500 civilians dead, including[Read More…]

Alleged Con Man Charged with Impersonating a Psychiatrist and Prescribing Medications to Dozens of Patients in Chicago

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2016.   An alleged con man has been charged in federal court with holding himself out as a psychiatrist and fraudulently prescribing medications to a nine-year-old child and dozens of others. SCOTT C. REDMAN, 36, used the identity of an Illinois physician to see patients and prescribe[Read More…]

Park Forest Baseball to Hold Registration Beginning Feb. 20

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2016. Registration for the upcoming Park Forest Baseball season will be held on the following dates: February 20 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive; March 5 from 12 to 4 p.m. at St. Ireneaus Church, 78 Cherry Street; March 12 from[Read More…]

Free Glucose, Cholesterol Screening at the Park Forest Health Dept. on Feb. 25

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2016. The Park Forest Health Department Nurses Plus, 350 Victory Drive will offer free glucose/cholesterol screening on Feb. 25. Those interested in taking part should fast 10 to 12 hours. For additional information or to make an appointment, call 708-748-5454. Source: http://www.villageofparkforest.com

Black History Month program 2016

Park Forest Commission on Human Relations to Host Film, Panel Discussion on Feb. 20 to Celebrate Black History Month

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2016. The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations hosts a Black History Month program on Saturday, Feb. 20 at Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Blvd. The program features a film on Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Black Wall Street, one of the most successful African-American communities in the country during[Read More…]

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