Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. “Quenby Hall Blue Stilton Cheese” is being recalled by Schratter Foods Incorporated, a Fairfield, New Jersey-based food distributor, because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or[Read More…]
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AAA Projects Increase in Memorial Day Travelers; Air Travel on the Rise
AURORA, ILL.—(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011– AAA projects 34.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a slight increase of 0.2 percent – or 100,000 travelers – from the 34.8 million people who traveled one year ago. The Memorial Day holiday travel period[Read More…]
Former Department of Defense Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Financial Assistance Funds Intended for Service Members
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2011. A former civilian employee of the Department of Defense pleaded guilty today in Columbus, Ga., to conversion of Army Emergency Relief (AER) funds while he was employed at Camp Humphreys in the Republic of Korea, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. [Read More…]
DOD Identifies Four Army Casualties, May 18, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died May 16, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using an improvised explosive device in Zabul province, Afghanistan. Killed were: Staff Sgt. David D. Self, 29,[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Names Two New Members to Illinois Student Assistance Commission
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today named Kym Hubbard and Miguel Del Valle to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Del Valle will serve as a member of the commission, and Hubbard will serve as its chair. Today’s actions come as the Governor works to bring a fresh approach to[Read More…]
Raising Awareness of a Silent Epidemic – World Hepatitis Day, May 19, 2011
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. An estimated 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis, but most do not know they are infected. Viral hepatitis is an inflammation or infection of the liver and is the leading cause of liver cancer. Today, World Hepatitis Day, Illinois Department of Public Health Director[Read More…]
Durbin Asks State of Illinois to Comply with EPA Decision on Water Quality Standards for Chicago River
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. After a briefing yesterday from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Lisa Jackson, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) asked the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to strengthen its water quality standards for the Chicago and Calumet Rivers as soon as possible. Yesterday, American Rivers –[Read More…]
FDA Clears First Test for Recent Infection With Cat Scratch Disease
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first test to help determine whether a pregnant woman or a person with swollen lymph nodes testing positive for toxoplasmosis, sometimes known as cat scratch disease, developed the infection within the past four months. Toxoplasmosis is[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending May 14, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 409,000, a decrease of 29,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 438,000. The 4-week moving average was 439,000, an increase of 1,250 from the previous week’s[Read More…]
Free-Floating Planets May be More Common Than Stars
This artist’s conception illustrates a Jupiter-like planet alone in the dark of space, floating freely without a parent star. Astronomers recently uncovered evidence for 10 such lone worlds, thought to have been “booted,” or ejected, from developing solar systems. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Full image and caption | › See[Read More…]
