Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the Annual U.S.-Mexico Congressional Border Issues Conference – highlighting the continued partnership between the United States and Mexico to ensure our mutual security while facilitating trade and travel along the Southwest border. “Security and prosperity are[Read More…]
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Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011 – 11:18 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. It is my great pleasure on St. Patrick’s Day to welcome the new Taoiseach, Prime Minister Kenny. We are thrilled to have him here. And we want to congratulate him on his historic victory. We obviously have the[Read More…]
Fiscal 2010 Sexual Assault in the Military Report Released
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011. The Department of Defense today released the “Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military.” This year’s report also incorporates results from the quadrennial “2010 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members,” an anonymous and voluntary survey conducted by the Defense[Read More…]
IL February Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.9 Percent
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell for the 13th consecutive month, dropping -0.1 to 8.9 percent in February, according to preliminary data released today by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The last time the state rate was below 9.0 percent was two years ago in February[Read More…]
New Guidelines in Place for Debt Settlement Firms
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011. A new law that establishes stringent guidelines and enhances consumer protections for Illinois families that seek help paying overdue bills took effect earlier this month. The Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act, for the first time, creates a fund to pay restitution to consumers who have lost money[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, March 17, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 1:30 P.M. EDT: Radiation readings at the Fukushima Daiichi site boundary were measured today at a lower level, between 2 and 3 millirem per hour. UPDATE AS OF 11:35 A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, MARCH 17: Fukushima DaiichiThe reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant[Read More…]
International Atomic Energy Agency Japanese Earthquake Update, 17 March (17:55 UTC)
Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–17 March 2011 – 17:55 UTC– Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that engineers were able to lay an external grid power line cable to unit 2. The operation was completed at 08:30 UTC. They plan to reconnect power to unit 2 once the spraying of water on the[Read More…]
Higher Cancer Risk Continues After Chernobyl
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011. Nearly 25 years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, exposure to radioactive iodine-131(I-131, a radioactive isotope) from fallout may be responsible for thyroid cancers that are still occurring among people who lived in the Chernobyl area and were children or adolescents[Read More…]
NIH Study Finds Omalizumab Relieves Seasonal Asthma Attacks in Youth
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011. A drug that targets the antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE), a key player in asthma, nearly eliminated seasonal increases in asthma attacks and decreased asthma symptoms among young people living in inner city environments, a clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has found. The[Read More…]
ACLU Argues Before Arkansas Supreme Court to Uphold Ruling Striking Down Parenting Ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17 – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arkansas appeared before the Arkansas Supreme Court today to defend a lower court’s ruling striking down a law that bans any unmarried person who lives with a partner, including those in same-sex relationships, from serving as[Read More…]
