Inter Press Service By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail* DAMASCUS, Mar 24 (IPS) – More than a million Iraqis in Syria cannot find work. For their idleness, they have come to be called the "pillow drivers". The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says there are at least 1.5[Read More…]
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IRAQ: Deadly Fever Named After Blackwater
Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, Mar 26 (IPS) – Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call "Blackwater" that threatens the lives of thousands. The disease is named after Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq. "This disease is[Read More…]
AARP Article Sends PFHS Website Stats Through the Roof
Thanks to the March 2008 AARP Bulletin article, people around the country have discovered the 1950s Park Forest House Museum. Last Friday I opened the museum for a couple from San Jose, California, who drove from Michigan to see it in the snowstorm! Neither had ever lived in Park Forest,[Read More…]
Landlords Turn Out for Crime Free Housing Seminar
Approximately 60 rental property owners attended the first Crime Free Housing Seminar. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Last year’s adoption of a Crime Free Housing Ordinance in Park Forest prompted the attendance of close to 60 rental property owners at Dining on the Green last Tuesday for the first Crime[Read More…]
School Bible Battle Ends, First Amendment Wins
CommentaryInside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Unconstitutional Bible classes have been popping up in public schools all over America in recent years — and most of them go unchallenged. But that may be about to change. On March 5, a West Texas School[Read More…]
Police Report – March 24, 2008
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local[Read More…]
Bullet Fired Through Window on Hickory
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A bullet was fired through the bedroom window of a house in the 200 block of Hickory on March 16. Luckily, the resident was not home at the time. The resident reported returning home late Sunday evening on March 16 and discovering a hole in his bedroom[Read More…]
Winter Soldiers Sound Off
The Progressive April 2008 Issue Dahr Jamail Jason Moon suffers from persistent insomnia as he wrestles with memories of his time in Iraq. “While on our initial convoy into Iraq in early June 2003, we were given a direct order that if any children or civilians got in front of[Read More…]
Western Ave. Construction to Begin – EJ&E Tracks to Close
The EJ&E Railroad crossing on Western Ave., shown here in its most common condition, will be closed entirely for one week in April. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be widening and resurfacing Western Ave from Illinois Street to Steger Road beginning April 1.[Read More…]
Voluntary Recall of Heparin Solutions
Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC (SPL) manufactures Heparin Sodium USP active pharmaceutical ingredient that is used by B. Braun Medical Inc. to produce Heparin Sodium in 5% Dextrose and 0.9% Sodium Chloride injection solutions IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–B. Braun Medical Inc. was recently notified by its supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC (SPL)[Read More…]
