Historic Step Will Reduce Both Racial Disparities and the Number of Brooklynites Unfairly Saddled with Lifelong Arrest Records NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. Today, Brooklyn elected officials, community groups, and advocates rallied on the steps of Borough Hall to support District Attorney Ken Thompson’s proposal to stop prosecuting people arrested for[Read More…]
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Arizona Game and Fish Endorses Plan to Ramp Up Killing of Endangered Wolves
PHOENIX–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. The Arizona Game and Fish Commission unanimously endorsed a plan this week that will make it vastly easier to kill endangered Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico and arbitrarily caps the number of wolves in both states at 300, allowing for a number as low[Read More…]
Commonly Available Blood-pressure Drug Prevents Epilepsy After Brain Injury
BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. Between 10 and 20 percent of all cases of epilepsy result from severe head injury, but a new drug promises to prevent post-traumatic seizures and may forestall further brain damage caused by seizures in those who already have epilepsy. A team of researchers from UC Berkeley, Ben-Gurion[Read More…]
Increasing Daily Coffee Consumption May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. People who increased the amount of coffee they drank each day by more than one cup over a four-year period had a 11% lower risk for type 2 diabetes than those who made no changes to their coffee consumption, according to a new study led by[Read More…]
Consumer Confidence Improves in April 2014
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. Consumer confidence has rebounded to nearly its highest level since 2007, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research since 1946, the surveys monitor consumer attitudes and expectations. The April level of consumer confidence was just[Read More…]
Retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens: Feds Should Legalize Marijuana
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director In an interview with NPR released yesterday, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens came out in support for marijuana legalization. When asked if he believed the federal government should legalize marijuana, the 94 year old former Justice replied: “Yes,[Read More…]
New Study Tells Nothing About Marijuana’s Role in Heart Disease
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. By Mitch Earleywine A new study on marijuana appeared in Journal of the American Heart Association. These are interesting data, but we have to interpret them very carefully. Sure, we know cannabis can raise heart rate briefly, but most users develop tolerance to the effect. We’ve[Read More…]
New Study Tells Nothing About Marijuana’s Role in Heart Disease
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. By Mitch Earleywine A new study on marijuana appeared in Journal of the American Heart Association. These are interesting data, but we have to interpret them very carefully. Sure, we know cannabis can raise heart rate briefly, but most users develop tolerance to the effect. We’ve[Read More…]
Laser-powered Farewell to Moon Mission
Laser from the Moon EU–(ENEWSPF)–25 April 2014. Just before NASA’s latest Moon mission ended last week, an ESA telescope received laser signals from the spacecraft, achieving data speeds like those used by many to watch movies at home via fibre-optic Internet. During an intense, three-day effort starting on 1 April,[Read More…]
Felt Bicycles Recalls Triathlon Bicycles Due to Risk of Injury
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 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: April 24, 2014 Recall number: 14-159 Felt Bicycles 2008 S22 Triathlon Bicycle Recall Summary Name of product: 2008 Felt S22 and S32[Read More…]
