Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2014. The former mayor of the municipality of Río Grande, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty today to soliciting and receiving approximately $39,000 in cash bribes from a contractor who sought to be awarded three construction inspection contracts with the municipality of Río Grande. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.[Read More…]
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Edgar’s Place Coffee House to Host Buddy Mondlock on November 8
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2014. Edgar’s Place Coffee House will proudly present Buddy Mondlock on Saturday, November 8 beginning at 8 p.m. Edgar’s Place is located in the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest. Buddy Mondlock has written songs recorded by Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Oct. 23, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014 – 1:03 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s nice to see you. I’m joined at the briefing today by David Cohen from the Treasury Department. We spent a lot of time over the last several weeks, even months, discussing the strategy that the President[Read More…]
10 Percent of Grandparents Live With a Grandchild, Census Bureau Reports
Download 65 Million Grandparents in the United States [JPG – 1.6 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. Of the 65 million grandparents in the United States in 2012, 7 million, or 10 percent, lived with at least one grandchild, according to Coresident Grandparents and Their Grandchildren: 2012, a new report released[Read More…]
UN: Primary Focus Must be to Halt Spread of Ebola Virus in Hard-hit West Africa
Source: UNICEF, WHO GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 October 2014 – As the international community mobilizes on all fronts to combat the unfolding Ebola outbreak, the primary emphasis must continue to be on stopping the transmission of the virus within Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three hardest-hit countries, United Nations World Health Organization[Read More…]
Statement on Patient at Bellevue Hospital Who Returned from One of the Countries With EBOLA Outbreak
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Today, EMS HAZ TAC Units transferred to Bellevue Hospital a patient who presented a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. The patient is a health care worker who returned to the U.S. within the past 21 days from one of the three countries currently facing the outbreak[Read More…]
Statement by Doctors Without Borders on Returned Field Worker
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) statement: A person in New York City, who recently worked with Doctors Without Borders in one of the Ebola affected countries in West Africa, notified our office this morning to report having developed a fever. As per the specific guidelines[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces More Than 250 Miles Of Roads Repaved In 2014
City More Than 70 Percent to Goal of 355 Miles of Streets and Alleys Resurfaced This Year CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the City has repaved more than 250 miles of roads in 2014, nearly three-quarters of the way to completing the plan of restoring more than[Read More…]
Stars From the Screen and Stage Among Honorees at DePaul University Theatre Gala
Alumnus P.J. Byrne, stage actress Felicia Fields, James and Catherine Denny to receive awards Television and movie actor P.J. Byrne earned his Master of Fine Arts in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University and will be honored with the 2014 Alumni Award for Excellence in the Arts. CHICAGO[Read More…]
U.S. and South Korea Reach Agreement for Wartime Control of Forces
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and South Korean Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo met today here for the 46th Security Consultative Meeting. At the meeting, they agreed to implement South Korea’s proposal for a conditions-based approach to transferring wartime control of allied forces, known as[Read More…]
