Palatine, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From The Daily Herald: Palatine police and the FBI are investigating the robbery of a TCF National Bank in the village that occurred Saturday morning. Officers received the call of an armed robbery at the bank branch inside a Jewel Food Store at 423 E. Dundee Road at[Read More…]
Month: November 2009
Park Forest Police Reports for November 30, 2009
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 local[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Public’s Help Sought in Search for Oscar Ocampo, Murder Suspect
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking for the public’s help in locating an individual wanted in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old Northlake boy in July 2009. OSCAR OCAMPO, age 24, whose last known address[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: North Suburban Man Charged with Cheating Handful of Investors of Several Millions of Dollars
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A north suburban man will appear in Federal Court after he was arrested yesterday for allegedly defrauding a handful of victims of approximately several million dollars they invested in a commodity futures hedge fund he managed. The defendant, Jay C. Nolan, was charged with mail fraud in a[Read More…]
Proposed ‘LITMUS TEST’ Resolution Is A Step In The Wrong Direction for The RNC
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Log Cabin Republicans Board Chairman Terry W. Hamilton issued the following statement after the revelation of proposed language of the “Bopp Resolution,” ‘litmus test’ circulating for the RNC Winter Meeting. “The GOP is well on its way to laying a firm foundation to launch a major shake-up of[Read More…]
Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf Takes Executive Mansion ‘On the Road’
Monrovia, Liberia–(ENEWSPF)– Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has virtually taken the Executive Mansion “on the road,” as the implementation of development projects becomes more compelling, with the arrival of the dry season. The President was, a little over a week ago, in Falie, Grand Cape Mount County, discussing with her[Read More…]
Catholic Church Covered Up Child Abuse in Ireland, Panel Finds
Dublin–(ENEWSPF)– From the New York Times: An expert commission says the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of priests’ sexual abuse of children because its bishops were determined to protect the church’s reputation at the expense of victims. Abuse victims have welcomed Thursday’s publication of a government-ordered investigation[Read More…]
Save Over $500 On Prepaid Tuition Now Through Cyber Monday Enroll in the College Illinois!®
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2009. The College Illinois!® 529 Prepaid Tuition Program is offering substantial savings on prepaid tuition contracts now through “Cyber Monday,” November 30, and purchasers can save more than $500 on eight semesters of prepaid tuition in the program’s University+ option versus the same plan purchased December 1.[Read More…]
Pundit, Heal Thyself: AARP Responds to Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2009. AARP Executive Vice President John Rother issued this statement in response to Robert Samuelson’s November 23 syndicated Washington Post column, “Health ‘Reform’ That Burdens Our Young.” “Pundit, heal thyself. “In the latest salvo of his intergenerational war, Robert Samuelson defends age-rating, a discriminatory practice used by private[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Statement on Obama’s Upcoming Decision on Afghanistan
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2009. The Obama administration will soon release its much anticipated strategy on Afghanistan. Congress must subject this plan to comprehensive oversight and scrutiny in order to ensure the United States has a clear and comprehensive plan for advancing stability in Afghanistan and the broader region. Before it[Read More…]