Street scene in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: UNESCO/Roni Amelan JERUSALEM–(ENEWSPF)–15 September 2015 – The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council today that he is gravely concerned over the violence and continuing clashes in and around the holy sites of the[Read More…]
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Working Families Respond to Scott Walker’s Proposals to Silence Their Voice
GOP candidate to announce plan to expand Koch brothers measures to entire nation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2015. Monday night at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Scott Walker will promise that if he were elected president, he would enact several anti-union measures by executive order that would devastate workers’[Read More…]
Prairie State College Opens SouthWorks MakerLab on Campus
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. Prairie State College recently opened a SouthWorks MakerLab on the college’s main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The lab is being offered in partnership with the Illinois Network for Advanced Manufacturing and the SouthWorks MakerLab Network. In the lab, guests can[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Computer Science Student Develops New Baseball Stat That Could Help Cubs Win!
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. JP Hochbaum is a senior computer science major at Roosevelt University. A resident of Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood, he’s also a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan. Now, at a time when the team is on its way to clinching a playoff spot as one of two National League[Read More…]
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Regimen Takes New Steps Under HHS Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. As part of the international effort to develop vaccines that protect against Ebola and similar viruses, the advanced development of an experimental vaccine regimen will take new steps with support from a four-year, $28.5 million agreement between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office[Read More…]
Scan May Identify Best Candidates for Fetal Spina Bifida Surgery
NIH-funded study links enlarged brain cavities to need for second surgery after birth Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. Fetuses with enlarged ventricles — the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain — may be less likely than their counterparts to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a[Read More…]
Harvard Meta-Analysis Ties Childhood Cancer to Pesticide Use
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. A study released this week in the journal Pediatrics finds that children’s exposure to pesticides in and around the home results in an increased risk of developing certain childhood cancers. Researchers made their findings through a meta-analysis, reviewing 16 epidemiologic studies published since 1993 on the[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Macoupin Energy, LLC Settlement for Groundwater Contamination
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—September 14, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a consent order to resolve groundwater contamination issues at the Shay No. 1 Coal Mine (Shay Mine) in Macoupin County. The consent order filed today and entered by the court in Macoupin County will resolve groundwater quality violations at Shay[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Former Crainville Official Pleads Guilty to Theft, Official Misconduct Charges
Chicago —(ENEWSFP)—September 14, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that a Crainville woman pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $71,000 from the village. Linda Harvill, 64, was sentenced today in Williamson County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to one count of theft over $10,000 and one count of official misconduct.[Read More…]
FDA Issues Orders That Will Stop Further U.S. Sale and Distribution of Four R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Cigarette Products
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued orders that will stop the further sale and distribution of four currently marketed R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company cigarette products – including its Camel Crush Bold brand – because the company’s submissions for these products did not meet[Read More…]
