WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 22, 2010. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released BP’s response to EPA’s directive on dispersants. EPA’s directive to BP required them to evaluate available, pre-approved dispersants for toxicity and effectiveness and report back to EPA within 24 hours. After receiving their response late Thursday night, EPA immediately[Read More…]
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Using a Cell Phone While Driving Banned In Park Forest (Video)
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– At the Park Forest Board of Trustees Meeting of May 10, Village Board members voted unanimously to adopt a measure that will ban the usage of cell phones while driving in Park Forest. The ordinance will begin to be enforced sixty days from the date of adoption;[Read More…]
Rand Paul Cancels Meet The Press
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Senate candidate Rand Paul, the Tea Partier who won the Kentucky Republican primary this week but made more news with his coments about the 1964 Civil Right Act, reportedly pulled out of a planned appearance on Meet The Press for this Sunday. "Rand did ‘Good Morning America’ today,[Read More…]
Chicago Man Charged In Courthouse Attack On Three Cook County Sheriff’s Deputies
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Bond was set Thursday at $350,000 for a Chicago man who assaulted Cook County Sheriff’s Deputies while in the Bridgeview courthouse, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Thursday. Jamal Smith, 28, is charged with two counts of felony resisting arrest and one count of[Read More…]
Sheriff’s Police Search For Missing Northfield Township Woman
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Cook County Sheriff’s Police are asking the public’s assistance in locating a missing Northfield Township woman. Darcy Culberg, 53, was last seen by her family at her residence in Unincorporated Glenview at 7:30 A.M. on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Police believe that Culberg may be[Read More…]
Sharpton: Aiyana Stanley-Jones’ Death a ‘Breaking Point’ (With Video)
Detroit, MI–(ENEWSPF)– From AOL News: Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton gave a rousing eulogy Saturday for a 7-year-old girl killed in a police raid, challenging the hundreds of mourners to take responsibility and help stop a spiral of violence that has swept the city. Sharpton lobbed some criticism[Read More…]
BP Reiterates Oil Spill Response Transparency, May 22, 2010
GULFCOAST–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2010. BP today reiterated its pledge to be open and transparent in its response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP confirmed its continuing commitment to co-operate with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in facilitating access by the[Read More…]
Weekly Address: President Obama Establishes Bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2010. One month ago this week, BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off Louisiana’s coast, killing 11 people and rupturing an underwater pipe. The resulting oil spill has not only dealt an economic blow to Americans across the Gulf Coast, it also represents an environmental disaster. In[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Robert Gibbs, May 21, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2010. See below for an answer to a question(marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up. *As Mr. Brennan said, we don’t deal with Hezbollah, Hezbollah is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Our policy towards Hezbollah has not changed. We do not[Read More…]
Jon Stossel Calls for Repeal of Public Accommodations Section of Civil Rights Act
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski My opinion: John Stossel is a crazy libertarian. I’m not criticizing all libertarians everywhere. But John Stossel is crazy. In my humble opinion. I heard him speak a few years ago at the Annual Meeting of the Inland Press Association. He used an ice rink experiment/analogy[Read More…]
