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Chairman Kerry: ‘Ratifying New START is Not a Political Choice, It’s a National Security Imperative’

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2010.  Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today on ratification of the New START Treaty: “I talked with Senator Kyl today and I do not believe the door is closed to considering New START during the lame duck session.  I look[Read More…]

Liz Lovely Issues Voluntary Recall on Products Containing Chocolate Due to Undeclared Dairy from Chocolate Supplier

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2010.  Liz Lovely, Inc. of Waitsfield, VT, a dairy free bakery, is recalling cookie products containing chocolate or chocolate chips with undeclared dairy present in the chocolate which was purchased from a third-party chocolate manufacturer. Liz Lovely cookie products are distributed nationwide in retail stores and[Read More…]

Mini Tillers with Honda Engines Recalled Due to Fire Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 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…]

Representative Rangel (D-NY) Deplores Ethics Committee Findings

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2010.  Congressman Charles B. Rangel released the statement following the decision made by the Adjudicatory Subcommittee, on November 16, 2010.  How can anyone have confidence in the decision of the Ethics Subcommittee when I was deprived of due process rights, right to counsel and was not even[Read More…]

Actress Monique Coleman Named First UN ‘Youth Champion’

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 November 2010 – United States actress Monique Coleman, best known for playing Taylor McKessie in the “High School Musical” movies, was today appointed the first ever ‘Youth Champion’ by the United Nations to raise awareness about the challenges facing young people. At a ceremony at UN headquarters in[Read More…]

Climate Science ‘Under-Reported’ at Copenhagen Summit Says Study

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–16 November 2010.  Media coverage of the UN’s Copenhagen summit on climate change in 2009 ‘under-reported’ the climate science, according to a new study published by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ). It finds that most journalists reported extensively on ‘the drama and minutiae of[Read More…]

On 50th Anniversary of Arctic Refuge, Sierra Club Calls for National Monument ‘Arctic Love’ Campaign

San Francisco—(ENEWSPF)—November 16, 2010.  With the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge approaching on December 6, the Sierra Club launched a campaign today calling on President Obama to declare the Arctic Refuge a National Monument. “Americans love the Arctic Refuge. They’ve shown again and again[Read More…]

Caribbean Reef Ecosystems May Not Survive Repeated Stress

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2010.  Coral reefs suffered record losses as a consequence of high ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean in 2005 according to the most comprehensive documentation of basin-scale bleaching to date. Collaborators from 22 countries report that more than 80 percent of surveyed corals bleached and[Read More…]

Congratulations to Rich East’s Scholastic Bowl Team

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rockets’ first Scholastic Bowl tournament was held last week and they now have a 2 and 0 record. The Varsity team, led by captain Nicole Montovalo, dispatched their first opponent with a score of 106-44. The second round match against rival Rich Central was a nail biter,[Read More…]

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