Commentary By Bruce Lindner The day Barack Obama was sworn in back on 1/20/09, the unemployment rate stood at 7.8% and was rising fast, peaking at 10% in October of that year. On the very day he took the oath on Abraham Lincoln’s Bible, eleven Republicans—including both the current Speaker[Read More…]
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Stella & Chewy’s Voluntarily Recalls Frozen Dinner Morsel Products Due to Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2015. Stella & Chewy’s is voluntarily recalling four of its products sold in the U.S. and Canada due to concerns of a possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects a total of 990 cases (964 cases in the U.S and 26 cases in Canada). The[Read More…]
Trader Joe’s Issues Voluntary Recall of Triple Ginger Brew
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2015. Trader Joe’s of Monrovia, CA is issuing a voluntary recall of all codes purchased from 11/9/15 through 12/14/15 of Triple Ginger Brew (SKU 51857) due to reports of unopened bottles potentially bursting. Although the ginger brew does not pose a health risk if consumed, all[Read More…]
Etel Billig’s Last Act: Remembering On What Would Have Been Her 82nd Birthday (Video)
Jonathan Billig posted a memorial to his mother Etel today on Facebook which includes her last acting performance. We join Jonathan in remembering a Park Forest legend.
Police Issue Community Alert Regarding Burglaries in Multi-family Areas of Park Forest
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police have issued a community alert for residents regarding a string of burglaries in the multi-family areas of town: co-ops, apartments, and condominiums. The alert follows: In the past 5 weeks, there have been 9 Residential Burglaries reported in the multi-family areas of Park[Read More…]
Discovery: Nearby Star Hosts Closest Alien Planet in the “Habitable Zone” (Video)
Australia-(ENEWSPF)- UNSW Australia astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system so far, orbiting a star just 14 light years away. The planet, more than four times the mass of the Earth, is one of three that the team detected around a red dwarf star called[Read More…]
Hubble Captures First-ever Predicted Exploding Star
HST-(ENEWSPF)- Many stars end their lives with a with a bang, but only a few of these stellar explosions have been caught in the act. When they are, spotting them successfully has been down to pure luck — until now. On 11 December 2015 astronomers not only imaged a supernova[Read More…]
Drug Use Trends Remain Stable or Decline Among Teens
NIH’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey shows long term decline in illicit drug use, prescription opioid abuse, cigarette and alcohol use among the nation’s youth. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain relievers, and synthetic[Read More…]
Poverty May Slightly Increase Childhood Risk of Neurological Impairment, NIH Study Suggests
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Children from low income environments appear to have a higher risk of neurological impairment than those from more economically secure circumstances, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. This neurological impairment appears to be distinct from the risk of cognitive and emotional delays known[Read More…]
Home Based Business Owner Chosen As Sam Montella Business Person of the Year
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Economic Development Advisory Group, commonly known as EDAG, has existed since 1997. In that year, Sam Montella was appointed to EDAG, and in 1999 he became chair. Montella served as chair of the group until September 2014, when he also retired from his financial consulting business.[Read More…]
