NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 January 2011 – The number of people dying from cholera in Haiti has been on a downward trend or has stabilized in all ten of the country’s departments affected by the outbreak, the United Nations humanitarian office reported today, adding that the number of hospitalized people has also[Read More…]
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UN Welcomes Agreement on Inauguration of Afghan Parliament
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 January 2011 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today welcomed the understanding reached between the country’s President and parliamentarians to hold the inauguration of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The Mission “commends the spirit of cooperation between the Presidential Office and the recently elected members[Read More…]
Family Dollar Stores Recalls Remote Controlled Toy Tanks Due to Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 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…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton With Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Guanajuato, Mexico–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2011. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very, very much, Secretary Espinosa. And it is a great pleasure and an honor to be here for this bilateral meeting. I very much looked forward to this visit and I learned that you, yourself, personally, have a connection to Guanajuato in[Read More…]
Cook County State’s Attorney Charges Seven Defendants In Ongoing Probe Of Local Public Corruption
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2011. Two Chicago Public School teachers, a parts manager for the Cook County Highway Department and two seasonal snowplow drivers with the Illinois Department of Transportation have been arrested and charged in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s ongoing crack down on cases of local public corruption, State’s Attorney[Read More…]
Michigan Businessman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Federal E-Rate Program
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– A Michigan businessman pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with the federal E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today. Jeremy R. Sheets pleaded guilty to a charge filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 9, 2010, for engaging in wire fraud in[Read More…]
Federal Jury Finds Dallas Texas Man Guilty of Robbing Two Banks
Dallas, TX-(ENEWSPF)- A bank robber, Benjamin A. Potts, who defended himself during a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, was convicted by a federal jury on all three counts of an indictment, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Specifically, the jury[Read More…]
Former Controller of the City of Ecorse, MI, Found Guilty on Bribery Charges
Detroit, MI-(ENEWSPF)- Erwin Hollenquest, 63, of West Bloomfield, Michigan was found guilty on January 21, 2011 by a federal jury in Detroit on bribery charges related to the federal investigation into corruption in the City of Ecorse, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. U.S. Attorney McQuade was joined[Read More…]
Leader of the Detroit Highwaymen Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison
Detroit, MI-(ENEWSPF)- Aref "Scarface" Nagi, 46, former leader of the Detroit Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, was sentenced today to 37 years in federal prison after having been found guilty last year on a variety of charges, including conspiracy to violate federal racketeering laws and conspiracy to commit murder, along with controlled[Read More…]
Overland Park, KS, Woman Pleads Guilty to Covering up Daughter’s Sexual Abuse
Kansas City, KS-(ENEWSPF)- An Overland Park woman has pleaded guilty to charges of trying to cover up her husband’s sexual abuse of her daughter, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Barbara Porter, 45, Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice. In November, Porter’s husband, Patrick[Read More…]
