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FDA, CDC, and Costco warn consumers to avoid Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese

Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2010. Fast Facts Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese, (Costco item 40654) offered for sale and in cheese sampling events at Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) locations is preliminarily linked with an outbreak of E.coli O157:H7 infections. Consumers who have any of this cheese should not eat[Read More…]

Illinois Firm Recalls Meat and Poultry Canned Products That May Be Underprocessed

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 5, 2010 – Eickman’s Processing, Establishment Number 31776, in Seward, IL, is recalling approximately 12,086 pounds of meat and poultry products because they may have been underprocessed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama on the October Jobs Report

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2010 – 9:36 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  We are in the middle of a tough fight to get our economy growing faster, so that businesses across our country can open and expand, so that people can find good jobs, and so that we can[Read More…]

Employment Situation Summary, October 2010

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2010.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 151,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Since December 2009, nonfarm payroll employment has risen by 874,000. Household Survey Data The number of unemployed persons, at 14.8 million,[Read More…]

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PSC Alumni Featured in Next Art Gallery Exhibit

Untitled by Margaret Patton. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two Prairie State College (PSC) alumni will be featured in the next Christopher Art Gallery Exhibit, Shifting Paradigms. The exhibit runs November 15- December 15. An artists’ reception is scheduled for Thursday, November 18 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Margaret Patton,[Read More…]

Governors State Wins Governor’s Environmental Sustainability Award

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University last week received the 2010 Governor’s Sustainability Award for significant achievements in protecting the environment, helping sustain the future, and improving the economy. GSU was one of 27 Illinois companies and organizations that received the award, but was the only university recognized for its[Read More…]

Quinn Pulls Farther Ahead of Brady in Illinois Governor Race

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2010.  ABC7 Chicago is reporting that the Associated Press projected today that Governor Pat Quinn will win re-election over Republican state Senator Bill Brady. On Tuesday night, Quinn was ahead of Brady by approximately 8,000 votes.  As of Thursday afternoon, Quinn now leads by more than[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, November 4, 2010

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton completed day in Wellington, New Zealand/Wellington Declaration/Tomorrow to Christchurch to review Antarctic cooperation Secretary Clinton will reach out to congressional leaders Deaths in Mexico of two additional U.S. citizen students who were shot in Ciudad Juarez on November 2nd U.S. welcomes visit[Read More…]

GSU Hosts Student Regional Table Tennis Tournament

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Eleven tables, seven teams, 50 competitors, and one day of rapid, high level table tennis competition. It all takes place at Governors State University when the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association Regional Tournament is held on Saturday, November 20. The competition of Midwestern colleges and universities will[Read More…]

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