New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)– President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, will travel to Haiti on Friday to meet with Haitian leaders, visit Gheskio clinic in Port-au-Prince, and deliver essential supplies. President Clinton traveled to Haiti two weeks ago, days after[Read More…]
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U.K. Firm Pleads Guilty to Illegally Exporting Boeing 747 Aircraft to Iran
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Balli Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based Balli Group PLC, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a two-count criminal information in connection with its illegal export of commercial Boeing 747 aircraft from the United States to Iran, announced[Read More…]
Resident of India Pleads Guilty in International Online Brokerage ‘Hack, Pump and Dump’ Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– A resident of India pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to "hack" into online brokerage accounts in the United States and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal[Read More…]
Madigan Suit Against Washington County Contractor Alleges Failure To Fulfill Home Improvement Contracts
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit in Washington County Circuit Court alleging that a local home repair contractor solicited contracts and collected fees for work that the contractor failed to perform or completed in a substandard manner. Madigan’s suit alleges that Everett and Myra Henson, who operate[Read More…]
Niles Police Officer Charged in Theft of Funds from Deceased Victim
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A north suburban police officer was arrested today and charged with stealing money from a man who had been discovered dead in his room at a YMCA facility in Niles, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced. Niles Police Officer William Christie, 48, was charged with theft and[Read More…]
2009 H1N1 Flu: Situation Update: February 5, 2010
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a report called FluView. During the week of January 24-30, 2010, most key flu indicators remained about the same as during the previous week. Below is a[Read More…]
North Carolina Firm Recalls Pork Barbecue Products Due to an Undeclared Allergen
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– The Murphy House, a Louisburg, N.C., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,850 lbs. of pork barbecue products because they may contain an undeclared allergen, soy flour, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. Soy flour is a known potential allergen, which is not[Read More…]
High School Referee Charged With Child Porn
Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A two-month long investigation has led to felony child pornography charges against an Arlington Heights man, according to the Office of Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart. Larry Moser, 57, of the 600 block of West Burning Tree Lane, Arlington Heights, was charged with aggravated child pornography[Read More…]
Cook County Sheriff’s Police Search for Driver in Hit And Run Accident
Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Cook County Sheriff’s Police are asking for the public’s assistance for information related to a fatal hit and run accident that occurred Tuesday night in Ford Heights. The victim, Ronald Sims, 61, of Hazel Crest, was riding his bike on Cottage Grove near 11th Street when[Read More…]
Today’s ‘Conservative Journalism’ — What Would Bill Buckley Say?
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Between the embarrassing New Orleans caper where self-described "journalist" James O’Keefe was arrested after helping infiltrate the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, Jackass-style, to the unhinged State of the Union response from elite members of the right-wing punditocracy (i.e. Obama’s an "arrogant," "fake" "jerk"), a disturbing[Read More…]
