WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2010. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the November edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard (www.hud.gov/scorecard). The latest housing figures show continued signs of stabilization in house prices and high home affordability due in part[Read More…]
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BRP Recalls Snowmobiles Due to Explosion Hazard
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2010. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Products: Ski-Doo® Snowmobiles Units: About 1,000 Importer:[Read More…]
Motorized Awnings Recalled by Somfy Systems Due to Shock Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2010. 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…]
DOD Identifies Third Army Casualty, November 18, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Justin E. Culbreth, 26, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Nov. 17 at Panjway district, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.[Read More…]
Statements to the Press by President Obama and President Silva of Portugal After Meeting
Lisbon, Portugal–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2010 – 2:25 P.M. WET PRESIDENT SILVA: (As translated.) Good afternoon. I would like to start by thanking President Barack Obama for having accepted my invitation for a working meeting during his first visit to Portugal. Portugal is honored to welcome President Obama. The meeting we just[Read More…]
Op-Ed by President Barack Obama: ‘Europe and America, Aligned for the Future’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2010. The op-ed below by President Barack Obama appeared this morning in the International Herald Tribune. Europe and America, Aligned for the FuturePresident Barack Obama With this week’s NATO and United States-European Union summit meetings in Lisbon, I am proud to have visited Europe a half-dozen times[Read More…]
U.S. Statement on Passage of UN Resolution on Iran’s Human Rights Violations
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2010. The following statement is attributed to National Security Council Spokesman Mike Hammer. We welcome the UN General Assembly Third Committee’s passage today by a wide margin of a resolution noting the ongoing violations of human rights in Iran and calling upon the Government of Iran to[Read More…]
Peter Mayer’s ‘Stars And Promises Christmas Concert 2010 The Story Of Christmas’
Peter Mayer. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Peter Mayer, widely known as the lead guitarist for Jimmy Buffett’s, Coral Reefer Band, enters into his tenth consecutive year with the Stars and Promises Christmas Tour. The tour will make one of its seventeen stops across the country at Freedom[Read More…]
Park Forest’s Marshall Fields Exposed
Demolition continues on Park Forest’s Marshall Fields. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Workers continued the demolition of the old Marshall Fields building in DownTown Park Forest Thursday. The interior of the building now exposed, piles of rubble cover the fenced-off parking lot. In the same lot at Main Street[Read More…]
ACLU Renews Call for Ratification of International ‘Bill of Rights’ for Women
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 18 – The American Civil Liberties Union submitted a statement to a Senate hearing today urging ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), an international treaty that affirms principles of fundamental human rights and equality for women around the world. The[Read More…]
