Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– In an interview Thursday with CNBC, former FCC Chairman Michael Powell called Chairman Julius Genachowski’s decision to change the way broadband services are treated under law "the most massive expansion of regulatory authority over the Internet ever." But it was Powell himself in 2002 who categorized cable internet[Read More…]
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POLITICO: Feds Trace 1,000 Point Dow Flash Crash to Chicago
From Politico.com: Federal investigators probing the “flash crash” that briefly sliced nearly 1,000 points off the Dow Thursday are zeroing in on a series of “unusually high-volume” trades in S&P futures that originated in Chicago, a government official told POLITICO. Those trades set off a chain reaction of trades that[Read More…]
Park Forest Nurses Club Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2010. The Park Forest Nurses Club will celebrate its 60th anniversary on Thursday, May 20th at Carlo’s Restaurant, 580 W. Lincoln Highway, Chicago Heights. The ‘Special’ Guest Speaker will be Clara Barton, famous army nurse, humanitarian, teacher, and co-founder of the American Red Cross. A ‘wall[Read More…]
Park Forest Historical Society Book Reading May 8
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2010. On Saturday, May 8 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the Park Forest Historical Society will present Amy Peele reading from her book, Aunt Mary’s Guide to Raising Children the Old-Fashioned Way. The book recalls Ms. Peele’s childhood in Park Forest. The program will be[Read More…]
Nestlé USA Announces Voluntary Recall on Nestlé Carnation Famous Fudge Kits due to Incomplete Allergen Labeling
SOLON, OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2010. Nestlé USA’s Baking Division is initiating a voluntary recall of select Nestlé® CARNATION® Famous Fudge Kits because the outer containers of some of the kits were distributed without a complete allergen precautionary statement. Consumers who have allergies to peanuts run the risk of serious or life[Read More…]
Walter Cronkite Recognized the Drug-War Failure and the Ending Prohibition Solution
New York, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Walter Cronkite, America’s trusted broadcaster and father figure to a nation for decades, has died in New York at the age of 92. Covering the most important stories of his time – including the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., the[Read More…]
It’s Budget Season in Park Forest, and I Couldn’t Be Happier
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski It’s budget season in Park Foreset, and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve always been a geek. I’ll admit to that. I completely enjoy talking ideas, philosophy, logic, numbers, political theory, social theory, macro economics, micro economics, Keynesian economics, Neoclassical economics, administration, police, fire, health, recreation and[Read More…]
Evoking Hiroshima and Nagasaki, UN Official Appeals for End to Use of Nuclear Weapons
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 May 2010 – Remembering the terrible toll of the nuclear attacks during World War II on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a senior United Nations official today appealed for an end to the use of the weapons, which remain an “apocalyptic” threat. The two cities were destroyed in August 1945,[Read More…]
Secretary General Ban Tells Iran’s Ahmadinejad to Restore International Trust in Nuclear Programme
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 May 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today personally urged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to restore international trust in the peaceful nature of his country’s nuclear programme by adhering to the resolutions of the Security Council and the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency. At a meeting requested by Mr.[Read More…]
Haiti Restores Some International Mail Services With UN Support
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 May 2010 – Haiti announced today that it was partially resuming international mail services for the first time since the January earthquake ravaged much of the country’s national institutions, including the post office, with support from the United Nations postal union. The Universal Postal Union (UPU), one of[Read More…]
