Washington, DC–(ENEWSPSF)–October 27, 2012. Hi, everybody.  It’s now been four years since a crisis that began on Wall Street spread to Main Street, hammering middle-class families and ultimately costing our economy 9 million jobs. Since then, we’ve fought our way back.  Our businesses have added more than 5 million new[Read More…]

Miami, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—October 26, 2012 UPDATE 500 p.m. EDT Changes in Watches and Warnings with this Advisory The Tropical Storm Warning is extended northward along the Florida east coast to St. Augustine. The Tropical Storm Warning for Lake Okeechobee is discontinued. The Tropical Storm Watch is changed to a Tropical Storm[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012. Earlier today, President Obama called Head Coach Lin Dunn, Finals MVP Tamika Catchings, and C.O.O. and General Manager Kelly Krauskopf to congratulate them and the entire Indiana Fever team on winning the 2012 WNBA Finals. The President said as the father of two girls it’s always[Read More…]

Washingotn, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT OSCE Election Observers in Texas AFGHANISTAN Afghan Forces Getting Stronger / Combat Operations to End in 2014 Condemnation of Mosque Bombing SYRIA Calls for Ceasefire / Violence from Assad Regime / Car Bomb LIBYA Ongoing Investigation ALGERIA Secretary’s Trip TRANSCRIPT:   12:40[Read More…]

    National Hurricane Center graphic shows half of storm. download hi-res photo ARLINGTON, Va.–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012.   More than 61,000 National Guard personnel along the eastern seaboard are available for duty if and when Hurricane Sandy makes landfall sometime next week, Guard officials said today. The National Guards in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012. This morning, President Obama convened a call with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, National Hurricane Center Director Dr. Rick Knabb, and Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan to receive an update on Hurricane Sandy and ongoing federal actions to prepare for the storm as it continues to move[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012. Michelle and I extend our best wishes for a joyful Eid al-Adha to Muslims in the United States and around the world.  We also congratulate the millions of peaceful pilgrims who are performing the Hajj, including thousands of American Muslims. Throughout the year, Muslims join members[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012.  Consumers were more optimistic in the most recent survey about prospects for their own personal finances, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The Surveys, conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research, have been[Read More…]

Uruguay–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012.  In a historic move this week, Uruguayan President José Mujica has signed into law a bill that waives criminal penalties for abortion in the first 12 weeks of gestation, with certain procedural requirements, and in the first 14 weeks of gestation in the cases of rape. The[Read More…]

Miami, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—October 25, 2012 – 11 a.m. EDT Changes in Watches and Warnings with this Advisory The government of the Bahamas has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for the central Bahamas, and replaced the Hurricane Warning with a Tropical Storm Warning for the northwest Bahamas except for Great Abaco and[Read More…]