Beckley, West Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2010 – 5:20 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Governor; the families of the miners that we lost, and the President and I had the pleasure to meet. I learned about the courage and valor and gumption of miners sitting around my grandfather’s kitchen table in Scranton,[Read More…]
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In and Around Park Forest Week of April 26, 2010
Jon Asamoah (right) celebrates with Uncle Josh, mom Jeri, and dad Sam (seated) Saturday. Jon, a Rich East graduate and Ash Street Cooperative resident, was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs. (Story to follow. Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– April 26, 2010. The Park Forest’s Farmers Market will begin[Read More…]
Chicago Heights Man Charged With Battery After He Discovers His Date Is Not A Woman
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Chicago Heights man found more than he bargained for late last week when he discovered that his date was actually a man. On Saturday, April 17, Police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in the 3400 block of Western Avenue. Upon arrival, Officer Taylor[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for April 26, 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 other[Read More…]
Statement of President Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2010. On this solemn day of remembrance, we pause to recall that ninety-five years ago one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century began. In that dark moment of history, 1.5 million Armenians were massacred or marched to their death in the final days of the[Read More…]
Rep. Grijalva Calls on President Obama to Instruct Federal Officials Not to Cooperate With Arizona Immigration Law
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2010. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva sent a letter to President Obama calling on him to exercise his “authority to limit [federal] cooperation with Arizona officials in their enforcement of SB 1070,” a bill signed into law on Friday by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer that forces local police[Read More…]
Covidien Initiates Voluntary Recall of Certain Shiley™ Tracheostomy Tubes
BOULDER, CO–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2010.Covidien (NYSE: COV) has initiated a voluntaryrecall of certain lots of its cuffed ShileyTM tracheostomy tubes andCustom/Specialty tracheostomy tubes due to the product’s cuff not holding air asa result of leaks in the pilot balloon inflation assembly. With respect to theaffected units, if a cuff does not[Read More…]
Weekly Address: President Obama Says Promising News From the Auto Industry Doesn’t Reduce Need for Wall Street Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2010. It was little more than one year ago that our country faced a potentially devastating crisis in our auto industry. Over the course of 2008, the industry shed 400,000 jobs. In the midst of a financial crisis and deep recession, both General Motors and Chrysler –[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Three American Hikers Detained in Iran
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2010. The United States remains deeply concerned by the case of three American hikers, Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd, who have been detained in Iran without charge or access to legal representation since July 2009. While we welcome the decision by the Iranian authorities to[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, April 23, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton Departs Tallinn / Refueling in Goose Bay / Key Issues Discussed at NATO Ministerial Secretary Clinton Will Open Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York May 3 / White House to Announce Rest of Delegation Next Week Statement Reflecting on the 10th[Read More…]
