HOUMA, La.–(ENEWSPF)–July 4, 2010. Crews throughout the Deepwater Horizon response branches in Louisiana are checking deployed boom and surveying for additional oil deposits after heavy weather moved through the area beginning Sunday, June 27. Heavy winds and waves have blown sand across beaches, burying oil and boom. Reports of damaged[Read More…]
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Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, July 3, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Administrator Jackson Continues Her Sixth Visit to the Gulf Coast In her sixth visit to the Gulf Coast, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson today traveled to Florida to inspect the ongoing response to the BP oil spill. She visited Pensacola, Fla., to[Read More…]
Myths And Falsehoods About Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court Nomination
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters for America has compiled an updated list of 38 myths and falsehoods about Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination. Myth: Kagan banned military recruiters from Harvard Myth: Kagan is "anti-military" Myth: Kagan is "radical" Myth: Kagan’s praise for an Israeli Supreme Court justice shows she’s[Read More…]
Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft on Current Weather, its Effect on Oil Spill Response, July 2, 2010
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2010. Rear Admiral Paul Zukunft briefed the media today on the current weather and its effect on the oil spill response. Jim McPherson: Good afternoon. I’m Captain Jim McPherson with the unified command. In the interest of providing you the latest information on the oil spill assessment,[Read More…]
Unified Area Command Continues to Build a Sea Turtle Observer Program for On-Water Oil Clean-up
New Orleans–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2010. The Unified Area Command (UAC) continues to build a sea turtle observer program for all on-water oil clean-up operations. The observers will primarily focus on controlled burn and skimmer fleet operations. The command’s Wildlife Branch is working now to determine when, where, and how observers can[Read More…]
Five Brothers Charged in Alleged Human Trafficking Scheme that Smuggled Young Ukrainian Migrants
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– An indictment unsealed earlier this week in Philadelphia charged Omelyan Botsvynyuk, Stepan Botsvynyuk, Mykhaylo Botsvynyuk, Dmytro Botsvynyuk, and Yaroslav Botsvynyuk, a/k/a Yaroslav Churuk, with extortion and conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for their alleged involvement in a human trafficking operation, the Justice[Read More…]
DuQuoin Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Insurance Scheme
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 30, 2010, TARA S. PRINCE, age 36, of DuQuoin, Illinois, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, to 21 months in federal prison, ordered to pay[Read More…]
Calendar Announcement: PSC Presents Summer Concerts
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College (PSC) Jazz Pioneers Combo and the Extreme Big Band are performing at a variety of locations in the Chicago area this summer. The performances are as follows: On Monday, July 12, at 7:30 p.m., the groups will perform in the college’s auditorium, located in[Read More…]
4th of July in Park Forest: Here’s the Lineup
The Park Forest Fire Department leades the 4th of July Parade down Lakewood Blvd. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Round up the whole family and celebrate 4th of July at Central Park on Sunday, July 4. The scheduled events are: 5 p.m. Children’s area opens with inflatable and temporary[Read More…]
AARP Opens Employee Health Plans to Adult Children
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2010. AARP, the nation’s largest organization for Americans 50-plus, today announced its employees can begin enrolling their eligible adult children under their employee health plans beginning immediately. Under the new health care law, children up to age 26 can be added to most health plans at the beginning[Read More…]
