Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Free the Press Campaign / Cuba / Sudan Secretary Kerry Travel in Ethiopia / Meetings Violence in China BENGHAZI Benghazi Email Documents / Congress / FOIA Request and Process Military Response / Movement of Assets / State Department Response / Coordination[Read More…]
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Alabama Man Indicted for Threatening African-American Man and Another Person at Restaurant
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. Jeremy Heath Higgins was indicted for threatening an African-American man at a Quinton, Alabama, restaurant, and for threatening another person who ordered Higgins to leave the restaurant due to his behavior, Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S.[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Big Data and Privacy Working Group Review, May 1, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Driven by the declining cost of data collection, storage, and processing; fueled by new online and real-world sources of data, including sensors, cameras, and geospatial technologies; and analyzed using a suite of creative and powerful new methods, big data is fundamentally reshaping how Americans and people[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama Honoring the 2014 National and State Teachers of the Year
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014 – 2:18 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, welcome to the White House. Let me start off by saying thank you to a leader of unbelievable passion and expertise and dedication; somebody who every single day wakes up and thinks about three things — either his family,[Read More…]
Advocates Launch VoteMedicalMarijuana.org to Track Voting Records for Individual Members of Congress
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Community Activist and Labor Organizer Jorge Mújica Announces Independent Bid for 25th Ward Aldermanic Seat
“Solis has sold our communities out for too long,” says community activist Jorge Mújica in announcing independent campaign as socialist candidate in challenge to corporate darling incumbent. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014: One of Chicago’s most well-known and respected community activists is challenging one of Chicago’s most politically connected and unaccountable aldermen[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Tools to Protect Foster Care Children from Credit Reporting Problems
Bureau Publishes Action Letters for Child Welfare Caseworkers to Send to Credit Bureaus Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action to better protect children in the foster care system from credit reporting problems that could compromise their future credit. The Bureau published action[Read More…]
Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace Totals Over 8 Million People, May 1, 2014
More than 4.8 million additional Medicaid/CHIP enrollments Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace surged to eight million at the end of the first enrollment period, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. The final enrollment reporting period spans from October 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014, and[Read More…]
Up to 40 Percent of Annual Deaths from Each of Five Leading US Causes are Preventable
Premature deaths from each cause due to modifiable risks Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death – Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Each year, nearly 900,000 Americans die prematurely from the five leading causes of death – yet 20 percent to 40 percent of the[Read More…]
Pioneers Become First PSC Program to Win Back-to-Back Titles
Palos Hills, IL-(ENEWSPF)- When Prairie State tennis coach Patrick Reichard took a look at his team prior to the 2014 season, he knew his squad would be strong and one definitely capable of repeating as NJCAA Region IV champions. Turns out he was right. Thanks in part to a 16-point[Read More…]
