Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Happy Grandparents Day! Sunday, September 7 is Grandparents Day. In Ohio, Alliance members are celebrating the day with an event in Cortland. In Illinois, Alliance members in the East St. Louis area are celebrating the holiday today with Rep. William Enyart. “I want to say Happy[Read More…]
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Congressman Earl Blumenauer Calls For Federal Investigation Into Misuse Of Public Funds To Oppose Oregon’s Measure 91
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. This November, Oregonians will have the opportunity to vote on Measure 91 intended to regulate, legalize and tax the use of marijuana by adults 21 and over. While recent polls show that the majority of voters favor this Measure, there are also those that do not. Allegedly,[Read More…]
Statement of US Secretary of Labor Perez on August 2014 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the August 2014 Employment Situation report released today: “With today’s report, businesses have added more than 10 million jobs over the last four and a half years. That makes 54 consecutive months of private-sector[Read More…]
Livie & Luca Recalls Children’s Shoes Due to Laceration Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: September 04, 2014 Recall number: 14-269 Livie and Luca “Carta” and “Cotton” Children’s Shoes Recall Summary Name of product: “Carta” and “Cotton”[Read More…]
Yamaha Recalls Snowmobiles Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: September 04, 2014 Recall number: 14-751 Black and Red Yamaha 2014 model SR10R (“SRViper”) Recall Summary Name of product: Yamaha snowmobiles Hazard: [Read More…]
NASA Instrument Aboard European Spacecraft Returns First Science Results
Artist’s impression of the Rosetta orbiter at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image is not to scale. Image Credit: ESA/ATG Medialab Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. A NASA instrument aboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Rosetta orbiter has successfully made its first delivery of science data from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The instrument, named Alice,[Read More…]
FDA Allows Marketing of the First Test to Assess Risk of Developing Acute Kidney Injury
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 5, 2014. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of the NephroCheck test, a first-of-a-kind laboratory test to help determine if certain critically ill hospitalized patients are at risk of developing moderate to severe acute kidney injury (AKI) in the 12 hours following the administration[Read More…]
Allied Leaders Pledge to Reverse Defence Cuts, Reaffirm Transatlantic Bond
WALES–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2014. The Alliance’s 28 leaders agreed at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) to reverse the trend of declining defence budgets and raise them over the coming decade, a move that will further strengthen the transatlantic bond. “In this dangerous world we recognise that we need[Read More…]
NATO Leaders Take Decisions to Ensure Robust Alliance
WALES–(ENEWSPF)–5 September 2014. The Alliance’s 28 leaders at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) agreed on a Readiness Action Plan to strengthen NATO’s collective defence and to ensure the Alliance is ready to deal with any challenge. “This is a demonstration of our solidarity and resolve,” said NATO[Read More…]
Google to Refund Consumers at Least $19 Million to Settle FTC Complaint It Unlawfully Billed Parents for Children’s Unauthorized In-App Charges
FTC Order Requires Google to Change its Mobile App Billing Practices to Ensure Consumers’ Consent is Obtained Before Charges Levied Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Google Inc. has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that it unfairly billed consumers for millions of dollars in unauthorized charges incurred by[Read More…]
