WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011. Michael P.S. Scanlon, 40, a business partner of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to 20 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging public corruption and fraud conspiracy, announced the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the FBI.[Read More…]
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Obama Administration Plan Provides Path Forward for Reforming America’s Housing Finance Market
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2011. Today, the Obama Administration delivered a report to Congress that provides a path forward for reforming America’s housing finance market. The Administration’s plan will wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and shrink the government’s current footprint in housing finance on a responsible timeline. The plan also[Read More…]
ACLU Brief Argues That School Counselors Cannot Refuse To Counsel Gay And Lesbian Clients
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan filed a friend-of-the-court brief today supporting Eastern Michigan University’s (EMU’s) right to remove from its counseling program a graduate student who refused to counsel lesbian, gay and bisexual clients on any issues relating to same-sex relationships[Read More…]
FDA Approves First 3-D Mammography Imaging System
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 11 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Selenia Dimensions System, the first X-ray mammography device that provides three-dimensional (3-D) images of the breast for breast cancer screening and diagnosis. A mammogram is a safe, low-dose X-ray of the breast that is the best[Read More…]
Egypt: UN Chief Urges Peaceful Transition After Mubarak Resignation
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–11 February 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called again for a transparent, orderly and peaceful transition in Egypt after hearing of President Hosni Mubarak’s decision to step down after weeks of anti-government protests, and commended the Egyptian people for making their voices heard. According to media reports, Vice-President[Read More…]
Two Strangulation Deaths Prompt Summer Infant to Recall Video Baby Monitors with Cords
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Summer Infant Inc., of Woonsocket, R.I., is announcing the voluntary recall to provide new on product label and instructions for about 1.7 million video baby monitors with electrical cords. The cords can present a strangulation hazard[Read More…]
Rechargeable Batteries in Video Baby Monitors Recalled to Replace by Summer Infant Due to Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 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…]
President Mubarak Steps Down
CAIRO—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2011. Egypt’s Vice President Omar Suleiman has announced that President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from the presidency of Egypt. The announcement was met with wild cheers by the protestors who have filled the streets for the past 18 days. According to reports by CNN and[Read More…]
Hall of Famer Richard Dent Has Big Plans for Park Forest
NFL Hall of Fame inductee Richard Dent and Mayor John Ostenburg catch up at Thursday’s Business Breakfast at Dining on the Green. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- He made such a "Dent" in the NFL that he was elected to the Hall of Fame. Now, Bears great Richard Dent wants[Read More…]
Cab Charges $20 To Drive Blizzard-Stranded Richton Park Man 30 Yards
Philip Whorton talks about the cab driver who really took him for a ride at a restaurant in Matteson. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Matteson, IL-(ENEWSPF)- While the Chicagoland area struggled with the most challenging weather event in perhaps a generation, news sources made mention of neighbors and strangers alike pitching in, helping[Read More…]
