NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2011 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today notified veterinary and border authorities in Asia of a major outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Republic of Korea, urging them to be on the look-out for livestock showing signs of infection by the highly contagious[Read More…]
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Ford Recall of Certain Model 1999 – 2003 Windstar Vehicles
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2011. Summary: Ford is recalling certain model year 1999 – 2003 Windstar Vehicles originally sol in or currently registered in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,[Read More…]
KEE Action Sports Recalls Paintball Marker Due To Injury Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 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…]
NATO Achieves First Step on Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense Capability
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2011. On 27 January 2011, NATO’s first ever theatre ballistic missile defence (TBMD) capability has been handed over to NATO’s military commanders. The handover took place at the NATO Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in Uedem, Germany, in the presence of NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero,[Read More…]
IEMA, American Lung Association Launch Radon Video Contest for High School Students
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2011. On the heels of the Oscar nominations, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and the American Lung Association in Illinois (ALA-IL) today announced a contest for aspiring teen film makers. The second annual “Illinois High School Radon Video Contest” offers high school students an opportunity to compete[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Suit Against Fraudulent Chicago Area Air Duct Cleaning Firm
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against a Chicago area air duct and vent cleaning company for soliciting work it failed to complete and for repeatedly misleading consumers, particularly senior citizens, to purchase services they didn’t need. Madigan’s lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit[Read More…]
Chicago Woman Charged In Alleged Thefts From Engineering Scholarship Fund
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2011. Bond was set at $300,000 today for a Gold Coast woman charged with looting hundreds of thousands of dollars from a student scholarship fund offered by a prominent Chicago civic club, according to Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Christina Madej, 58, a manager at an Oak[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending January 22, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2011. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 454,000, an increase of 51,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 403,000. The 4-week moving average was 428,750, an increase of 15,750 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Goldman Sachs Got Billions From AIG For Its Own Account, Crisis Panel Finds
From the Huffington Post: Goldman Sachs collected $2.9 billion from the American International Group as payout on a speculative trade it placed for the benefit of its own account, receiving the bulk of those funds after AIG received an enormous taxpayer rescue, according to the final report of an investigative[Read More…]
Hundreds of Rabbis from Across U.S. Call on Rupert Murdoch to Sanction Glenn Beck, Demand Apology from Roger Ailes
Leaders of the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist Movements Sign Open Letter New York-(ENEWSPF)- Hundreds of rabbis are taking News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch to task in an open letter to be published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal and the Forward, demanding that he sanction Fox News Host Glenn Beck[Read More…]
