SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Open Registration for the Spring 2016 Semester at South Suburban College (SSC) is currently in progress. Spring classes begin Tuesday, January 19, 2016. SSC will be closed for Holiday Break from December 24, 2015, through January 3, 2016. Regular business hours will resume on[Read More…]
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COP21: Encouraged by Climate Talks, UN Secretary General Ban Urges Negotiators to ‘Make Final Decisions for Humanity’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, President of the UN climate change conference (COP21), brief the press in Paris. UN Photo/Mark Garten PARIS–(ENEWSPF)–11 December 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that he is encouraged by progress of the talks at the UN climate[Read More…]
Rep. Kelly Cassidy Introduces New Bill To Remove Criminal Penalties For Marijuana Possession In Illinois
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Rep. Kelly Cassidy announced Thursday that she is introducing new legislation for 2016 that would replace criminal penalties with a civil fine for possession of a personal amount of marijuana in Illinois. HB 4357 would make possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana a civil[Read More…]
Lack of Sex Education in US Schools Leaves Youth at Risk: CDC Releases New Data
NEW YORK, NY —(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that in most U.S. states, fewer than half of high schools and just one in five middle schools teach all the essential sex education topics recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number[Read More…]
Polaris Recalls Snowmobiles Due to Crash Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015 2015 550 Indy-Adventure 155 Recall Summary Name of product: Polaris Snowmobiles Hazard: The steering pitman arm or drag link can crack and result in a loss of steering, posing a crash hazard. Remedy: View Details Repair Consumer Contact: Polaris toll-free at 888-704-5290 from 8 a.m. to[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Introduces Women’s Pension Protection Act
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement after introducing H.R. 4235, The Women’s Pension Protection Act. Earlier in the year Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Senate version of the legislation: “One of the many barriers that women[Read More…]
Bridging Cultures with Music: International Student at Roosevelt University Pursues Passion for Bass Trombone in Chicago
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Love for music runs in the Prateepphleepon family. Prapat, who will graduate today with a Master of Music in bass trombone, remembers listening to his mother play the electophone, an electronic organ, during his childhood in Bangkok, Thailand. He followed in her footsteps and took lessons starting[Read More…]
HHS Partners with Nation’s Largest Pharmacies to Promote Health Insurance Marketplace
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. As the deadline for signing up for coverage starting January 1 approaches, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell yesterday announced that HHS is collaborating with some of the nation’s largest pharmacies to connect consumers with health coverage and encourage enrollment[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Emergency Treatment for Overdose of Certain Types of Chemotherapy
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vistogard (uridine triacetate) for the emergency treatment of adults and children who receive an overdose of the cancer treatment fluorouracil or capecitabine, or who develop certain severe or life-threatening toxicities within four days of receiving these cancer[Read More…]
Bravo Recalls Select Chicken and Turkey Pet Foods Because of Possible Salmonella Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Bravo Pet Foods of Manchester, CT is recalling a select lot of Bravo Chicken Blend diet for dogs & cats with a best used by date of 11/13/16 due to concerns of the possible presence of Salmonella . Out of an abundance of caution, Bravo[Read More…]
