San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011. The California chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicines (ASAM) has issued a paper calling for the legalization and regulation of the adult use of cannabis. The preliminary paper, entitled ‘Youth First: Reconstructing Drug Policy, Regulating Marijuana, and Increasing Access to Treatment in California,’[Read More…]
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Occupy Seattle Occupies Wal-Mart
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011. On Friday, November 25th, Occupy Seattle will join Occupy Tacoma, Occupy Bellingham and Occupy Everett in a statewide protest at Wal-Mart in Renton at 2:00pm. With its long history of mistreating workers and suppliers, its recent announcement of significant cutbacks on employee health care, and its[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, November 23, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011. Japan Legislatures Passes $156 Billion for Rebuilding, Decontamination Industry/Regulatory/Political Japan’s Diet passed legislation to provide $156 billion in disaster reconstruction aid, the third time since the March earthquake that legislators have approved supplemental funding. Of the total, $3 billion is earmarked to fund radiation decontamination efforts,[Read More…]
Court Upholds Endangered Status for Grizzlies
Threats to key food source–the whitebark pine–central to continued protections LIVINGSTON, MONTANA–November 22, 2011. Grizzly bears living in the Yellowstone region won a reprieve today from efforts to remove federal endangered species protections from the population. A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously agreed that one of the grizzly’s[Read More…]
Some News Leaves People Knowing Less
Madison, NJ—(ENEWSF)—November 22, 2011. According to the latest results from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind Poll, some news sources make us less likely to know what’s going on in the world. In the most recent study, the poll asked New Jerseyans about current events at home and abroad, and from what[Read More…]
NIU Student from Park Forest Shot and Killed at Off-campus Party
From the Chicago Sun-Times: (DEKALB) A 22-year-old Northern Illinois University student from south suburban Park Forest was shot and killed during an argument at an off-campus apartment party early Wednesday. Steven R. Agee II, 22, of Park Forest, was shot about 2:10 a.m. at an apartment in the 800 block[Read More…]
CenterPoint Offers Workshops on Starting Businesses
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- CenterPoint at Governors State University is sponsoring four Starting a Business in Illinois workshops for Chicago Southland residents. The free two-hour workshops focus on the personal, financial, and legal aspects of starting a business. Participants will learn what steps to take and what resources are available to[Read More…]
Turkey Oil Drive at Prairie State College Aims to Turn Waste into Fuel
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- With the growing trend of deep frying turkeys for Thanksgiving, the Sustainability Center at Prairie State College (PSC) is conducting a vegetable oil collection drive to help dispose of the leftover cooking oil in an environmentally sound way by converting it into biodiesel. The drive will be[Read More…]
The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love? (Video)
Came to appreciate this song today after our Dominican Preachers used it for their prayer service at Marian Catholic today. Nice job, kids. You hit a home run.
Park Forest Police Reports for November 22, 2011
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
