Largest Project of Its Kind Will Provide 140,000 Acres of Green Space for Illinois Families CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn was joined by federal, state and local officials today to announce a major partnership and conservation initiative that will significantly increase natural green space in Chicago. The Millennium Reserve[Read More…]
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Navy Ship Sinking Pollutes Sea with Toxic PCBs
EPA sued for failure to regulate ocean dumping of PCBs San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. Today, conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ongoing failure to adequately regulate a federal ship sinking program that pollutes the sea with toxic chemicals. Earthjustice, on behalf of the Basel[Read More…]
Durbin Calls on Illinois-based For-profit College to Refund Tuition if Programs Lose Accreditation
As Career Education Corporation students face prospect of worthless degrees and burdensome debt, former CEO given multi-million dollar severance package WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. After learning that the former CEO of Career Education Corporation (CEC) is set to receive a $5 million severance, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, December 9, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. Payroll Tax Cut, “Doc Fix” Likely to be Rolled into One Catch-All Package Elected officials are discussing several competing plans to cut the payroll tax that is used to fund the Social Security Trust Fund. The employee share of the tax is scheduled to go back[Read More…]
Somalia at ‘Critical’ Juncture, UN Chief Says in Historic Visit to Mogadishu
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2011. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid an unannounced visit to Mogadishu today together with the President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, to express the solidarity of the United Nations at what he called a “critical juncture” for the future of the Somali people. “We have come here[Read More…]
In Lebanon, UN Deplores Targeted Explosion That Injures Five Peacekeepers
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2011. Five United Nations peacekeepers serving in Lebanon have been injured after an explosion targeted at their vehicle in the country’s south earlier today – the third such attack this year. A vehicle with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was travelling on the southern outskirts[Read More…]
UN to Dispatch Human Rights Delegation to Bahrain
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2011. The United Nations human rights office announced today it is dispatching a delegation to Bahrain, where serious rights violations are alleged to have occurred earlier this year, to discuss how to build a more open and democratic society in the Middle East country. A four-member team[Read More…]
Ford Recall of Certain Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2011 Summary: Ford is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan vehicles equipped with 17 inch steel wheels and built from April 1, 2009, through April 30, 2009, and from December 1, 2009, through November 13, 2010. The wheel studs may fracture, potentially causing[Read More…]
New Jersey Firm Recalls Frozen Stuffed Pasta Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Dec 8, 2011 – D’Orazio Foods, Inc., a Bellmawr, N.J., establishment, is recalling approximately 161,000 pounds of frozen stuffed pasta products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall:[Read More…]
Proteins Linked to Longevity May Be Involved in Mood Control
Excess of sirtuins can produce anxiety, a possible evolutionary adaptation to dietary restriction. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. Over the past decade, MIT biologist Leonard Guarente and others have shown that very-low-calorie diets provoke a comprehensive physiological response that promotes survival, all orchestrated by a set of proteins called sirtuins. In[Read More…]
