UPDATE: CITY DEFERS OCCUPY BALTIMORE PERMIT REQUEST – OCCUPATION CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011. Occupy Baltimore has been peacefully gathering in McKeldin Square on the corner of Pratt & Light Streets since October 4th, 2011. Today marks the start of the fourth week of the encampment. Early last[Read More…]
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Nathan Schneider on Blogging Occupy Wall Street, Oct. 25
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011, 3:12 pm Waging Nonviolence traveled to the fifth annual Gandhi-King Conference in Memphis this past weekend. In addition to making new friends and reconnecting with old ones—which is what it’s really all about—Eric and I presented a workshop on the role of blogging in nonviolent activism.[Read More…]
Rina Expected to Become a Major Hurricane Soon
Miami, Fla—(ENEWSPF)—October 25, 2011 – 2 PM EDT. The National Hurricane Center is reporting that Hurricane Rina is expected to become a major hurricane soon. Watches and Warnings The government of Belize has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the coast of Belize from Belize City northward. Summary of Watches[Read More…]
CDC Launches Effort to Protect Cancer Patients From Infections
Greater attention to infection prevention is needed for vulnerable population Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011. Each year more than one million patients receive cancer treatment in an outpatient oncology clinic. Despite advances in oncology care, infections from both community and health care settings remain a major cause of hospitalization and death[Read More…]
Ailey II Free Lecture and Performance to be Held October 27 at the Center for Performing Arts
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 25, 2011. A free, special lecture and demonstration by Ailey II Dance Company members will be held on Thursday, October 27, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University, 1 University Parkway. Ailey II is universally renowned for merging[Read More…]
FREE SPEECH ON TRIAL: Ban on Protests on Supreme Court Grounds Challenged
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”—First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution[Read More…]
New UN Report Says Criminals May Have Laundered $1.6 Trillion in 2009
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 October 2011. Criminals may have laundered around $1.6 trillion in 2009, one fifth of that coming from the illicit drug trade, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The $1.6 trillion represents 2.7 per cent of global gross domestic product[Read More…]
Big Lots Recalls Glider Recliners with Ottomans Due to Entrapment and Finger Crushing Hazards
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
California Farmers Plant Bee-Friendly Habitat to Bolster Populations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011. Farmers in California and other states have begun planting bee-friendly flowers and shrubs to attract bees, whose populations have been severely declining in recent years under a complex set of circumstances. Farmers hope to sustain native bees and strengthen dwindling honey bee populations as well as[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Statement on Trailer Bill to Rate Hike Legislation
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn yesterday released a statement regarding the trailer bill to Senate Bill 1652: “Hours before veto session begins, ComEd and Ameren have dropped a “trailer” bill that they claim would be a better bill for the people of Illinois. Unfortunately, this movie still has the[Read More…]
