Illinois School in Park Forest. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A victim of bullying at a Park Forest school needed help last week, and Park Forest Police responded. Police were dispatched to the Park Forest Police Department on May 19 and were advised that a student at Illinois School[Read More…]
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Park Forest Police Reports for May 24, 2010
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, May 25, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2010. TRANSCRIPT: 1:16 p.m. EDT MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. We have some familiar faces back with us. You’ve been on travel, studying. Very good. As you know, the Secretary, along with Secretary Geithner, have completed the Strategic and Economic Dialogue[Read More…]
Gates Can Accept ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Amendment
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2010 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates can accept a proposed congressional amendment overturning the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military, but would prefer that lawmakers wait until a Defense Department review to assess its full impact is completed, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff[Read More…]
Bob Kerrey, Montel Williams Join Call for VA to Change Medical Marijuana Stance
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2010. We’ve written previously about the U.S. Veterans Administration’s disgraceful policy of not allowing its doctors to recommend medical marijuana to military veterans, even if they live in a state where medical marijuana is legal or suffer from a condition such as post-traumatic stress disorder, which affects[Read More…]
NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2010. NOAA has extended the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to match the Louisiana state waters closure west of the current boundaries, and to incorporate an area reportedly with oil in the southwest. Closing fishing in these areas is a precautionary measure to[Read More…]
‘The Taliban Is Hitting, but Not Winning’
BRUSSELS—(ENEWSPF)—25 May 2010. Op-ed by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. The news from Afghanistan over the past few days has been disturbing: a Taliban terrorist attack in Kabul; a failed but dramatic attack on a NATO base; and reports[Read More…]
Senator Kerry Introduces Line-Item Veto Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a longtime champion of a constitutional line-item veto, today introduced the Veto Wasteful Spending and Protect Taxpayers Act to establish a line-item veto which will pass constitutional muster. Senator Kerry first introduced this legislation in 2006. “The line-item veto isn’t a panacea,[Read More…]
Dr. Henry Kissinger Testifies Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee Urging For Ratification Of The New START Treaty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today held a hearing with Dr. Henry Kissinger on the role of modern-day strategic arms control and the New START Treaty. Dr. Kissinger has played a vital role in American arms control efforts and continues to shape public[Read More…]
American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act: Tax Cuts for American Families and Workers
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. These days, American families are working harder than ever to stretch every dollar as far as they can. That’s why the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act includes important tax cuts to put more money back into the pockets of American families and workers. This[Read More…]
