WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 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…]
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LM Import & Export Recalls Toy Cars Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 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…]
Little Tikes Expands Recall of Toy Workshop and Tool Sets Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 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…]
MIT: Computer Science Gives a Boost to Heart Health
A new study shows that using computer science techniques to help determine risk of death in heart attack sufferers yields more accurate results. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2011. Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the University of Michigan, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical[Read More…]
Big Oil’s Mountain of Cash: Oil Companies Cling to Tax Breaks While Hoarding Tens of Billions
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2011. This month, President Barack Obama announced his plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years, to include the elimination of $41 billion in tax loopholes for the oil and gas industry over the next decade—a plan vociferously opposed by the oil[Read More…]
Space Telescopes Reveal Secrets of Turbulent Black Hole
Anatomy of a Black Hole’s Surroundings Revealed: Major Study Includes Observations with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Kriss (STScI), and J. de Plaa (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research). Source: Hubblesite.org BALTIMORE-(ENEWSPF)- An international team of astronomers using five different telescopes has uncovered striking features around[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, September 29, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Garrett A. Fant, 21, of American Canyon, Calif., died Sept. 26 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces $24 Million Federal Grant to Create Healthier Communities
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Illinois a $24 million grant to support public health efforts to reduce chronic diseases, promote healthier lifestyles, reduce health disparities and control health care spending. The award, $4.8 million per[Read More…]
New Online Ads Highlight Inappropriately Cozy Relationship Between TransCanada and State Dept
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2011. A series of online ads are educating Nebraskans about the cozy relationship between a TransCanada lobbyist and State Department officials. The ads relate to recent documents released by Friends of the Earth under the Freedom of Information Act, which reveal that the State Department has coached[Read More…]
ESA Spacecraft Reveal New Anatomy Around a Black Hole
Active Galaxy Markarian 509 EU–(ENEWSPF)–29 September 2011 A fleet of spacecraft including ESA’s XMM-Newton and Integral have shown unprecedented details close to a supermassive black hole. They reveal huge ‘bullets’ of gas being driven away from the ‘gravitational monster’. The black hole that the team chose to study lies at[Read More…]
