CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Broken No More www.broken-no-more.org, a leading nationwide parent advocacy support group for drug policy reform, in partnership with the Drug Policy Alliance www.drugpolicy.org, will be convening our 2nd biannual GRASP (Grief Support After a Substance Passing) www.grasphelp.org Conference and Retreat in Tampa, Florida September 11-14th, 2014. Background[Read More…]
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Professor Salaita Speaks for First Time About Losing University of Illinois Tenured Position Over Gaza Tweets
Urbana-Champaign, IL –(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Prof. Steven Salaita spoke today for the first time about his termination from a tenured faculty position at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) over personal tweets regarding the situation in Gaza this summer. “As hard as this situation is on me personally, the[Read More…]
ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Hear Indiana and Wisconsin Marriage Equality Cases
NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. The American Civil Liberties Union is filing responses today to petitions from Indiana and Wisconsin seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of a federal appellate court ruling last week striking down bans on marriage for same-sex couples in both states. The ACLU, which represents plaintiffs in[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Lawsuit Over Vacation Travel Club Scam
Suit Alleges Global Discovery Vacation Program Ripped Off Consumers of Nearly $80,000 Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against a Kansas-based company and two of its Chicago area sales agents that scammed Illinois residents out of at least $80,000 for membership in a bogus travel[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Urges FCC to Allow Phone Companies to Block Robocalls
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue an opinion on whether phone companies can legally implement call-blocking technologies to better protect phone customers from unwanted calls and scams, otherwise known as “robocalls.” Call-blocking technologies, such as NoMoRobo, Call Control and[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, Sept. 9, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY TRAVEL MH-17 REPORT UKRAINE / RUSSIA ESTONIA / RUSSIA SECRETARY KERRY / LADY ASHTON MEETING IRAN IRAQ SYRIA TURKEY EBOLA NIGERIA PAKISTAN/INDIA DPRK LIBYA DPRK IRAQ UK DPRK RUSSIA TRANSCRIPT: 1:32 p.m. EDT QUESTION: Hello. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Oh my. MS.[Read More…]
Former TierOne Bank Executive Pleads Guilty for His Role in Scheme to Defraud Bank’s Shareholders and Regulators
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. A former senior vice president and chief credit officer of TierOne Bank, a publicly traded commercial bank formerly headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud TierOne’s shareholders and regulators. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice[Read More…]
Readout of Attorney General Holder’s Meeting with Counterparts from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. The following statement is attributable to Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon regarding Attorney General Eric Holder’s visit to Mexico City today to meet with his fellow attorneys general from across Central America to discuss the situation involving migrant children: “Attorney General Holder attended a joint meeting[Read More…]
Former Alabama Sheriff’s Investigator Sentenced to 36 Months for Assaulting Handcuffed Man at Macon County Jail
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. J. Keith McCray, previously a criminal investigator with the Macon County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced today by Judge Myron H. Thompson to serve 36 months in prison and two years of supervised release for assaulting a handcuffed man at the county jail, announced the Justice[Read More…]
Jose Padilla Re-Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Murder Individuals Overseas, Providing Material Support to Terrorists
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke re-sentenced Jose Padilla to serve 21 years in prison for his 2007 conviction for conspiracy to[Read More…]
