WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012.  The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) yesterday announced it is leading an Interstate Petroleum Transport Team to ensure the fastest and most efficient movement of fuel to the region devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The team will serve as a single point of contact[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. The Chinese authorities must immediately release prominent women’s rights activist, Mao Hengfeng, who has been sentenced to one and a half years in a labour camp, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Mao Hengfeng is a relentless campaigner for reproductive rights and against forced evictions in China.[Read More…]

Suffolk County Board of Elections Refuses to Register Voters Who Registered to Vote Through the DMV’s Online Registration System Suffolk County, New York –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. The Brennan Center for Justice has learned that the elections board in charge of Long Island’s voters has rejected valid voter registration applications submitted[Read More…]

LONG ISLAND, N.Y.–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012.  Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today traveled to New York and New Jersey, where he met with state and local leaders and industry officials to discuss ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Sandy. Secretary Chu reiterated the ongoing support of the Department of Energy,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012 – 10:00 AM EST. Highlights: At 8:00 pm EDT October 29, the National Hurricane Center reported Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, NJ as a post tropical cyclone. As of 9:00 am EST November 6, there are 973,759 customers without power in the affected States. 7,357,492[Read More…]

Des Moines, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012 – 9:58 P.M. CST MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you, guys.  Thanks so much. AUDIENCE:  We love Michelle!  We love Michelle! MRS. OBAMA:  (Laughter.)  And I love you.  I love you from the bottom of my heart.  And I am beyond thrilled to be here with all of[Read More…]

Extensive feeding operation underway with more than 1 million meals and snacks served WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012 — As a Nor’easter heads toward the East Coast, the American Red Cross is preparing to respond to this new storm while the massive relief operation to Superstorm Sandy grows by the day. “In[Read More…]

NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to New York where she met with state and local officials, first responders and volunteers to discuss ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Sandy. Secretary Napolitano reiterated the ongoing support from the Department of Homeland Security[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012 – 3:00 PM EST Highlights: At 8:00 pm EDT October 29, the National Hurricane Center reported Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, NJ as a post tropical cyclone. As of 2:00 pm EST November 5, there are 1,351,683 customers without power in the affected States. 7,159,568[Read More…]

94 Percent of Schools Were Open Today, Over 86 Percent of Students Attended Former FEMA Official Brad Gair Appointed as Director of Housing Recovery Operations NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2012.  The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered this afternoon at PS 195 in Brooklyn: “Good afternoon. At the[Read More…]