WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, 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[Read More…]
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Food Dehydrator Recalled by NESCO American Harvest Due to Fire Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 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…]
Winter Weather Warning: CPSC and USFA Issue Home Heating Safety Alert
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the United States Fire Administration (USFA) are urging consumers to play it safe as winter weather blankets the United States. According to USFA, home fires spike in winter months. Cooking and home heating are the leading causes of[Read More…]
Death Notice: Virginia H. Ford
Ford, Virginia H. 65, of Park Forest, passed away on Wednesday morning, January 19, 2011. She was born on October 11, 1945 in Chicago. She was a fifteen year school board member of District 163. Virginia was an agent with Coldwell Banker for twenty years. Her family members include three[Read More…]
NOAA: Persistent Drought to Linger Across Southern United States
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. While wet and snowy weather has dominated the western U.S., persistent drought conditions are likely to linger in the Southern Plains and Southeast through mid to late spring, according to NOAA’s National Weather Service. La Niña has kept storms and most of their precipitation in the[Read More…]
10 Billion Bits of Entanglement Achieved in Silicon
GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2011. Scientists from Oxford University have made a significant step towards an ultrafast quantum computer by successfully generating 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first time – entanglement is the key ingredient that promises to make quantum computers far more powerful than conventional[Read More…]
First Lady Michelle Obama Announces Collaboration with Walmart in Support of Let’s Move! Campaign
Wahington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2011. First Lady Michelle Obama joined Walmart executives today to help launch the company’s Nutrition Charter, a groundbreaking new initiative that has the potential to have a transformative impact on the market place and help families across America put healthier, more affordable food on their tables. The[Read More…]
Secretaries Geithner, Duncan Highlight Tax Credit that Helps Put College within Reach for American Families
New Treasury Analysis Shows 9.4 Million Families Expected to Receive More Than $18.2 Billion in Tax Relief From American Opportunity Tax Credit This Year WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2011. In a town hall-style discussion today with parents, students and educators from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Education[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Makes Three Appointments to University of Illinois Board of Trustees
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. On Wednesday, Governor Pat Quinn made three appointments to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Patricia Brown Holmes and Ricardo Estrada will join the board as new appointees, while Karen Hasara will continue to serve following her September 2009 appointment. “Students from all over the world[Read More…]
EPA and Chrysler to Take Latest Hybrid Technology from Lab to Street
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan on Wednesday to announce a cooperative agreement to develop and adapt hydraulic hybrid technology for the light duty auto market. The goal of this partnership is to design a Chrysler[Read More…]
