WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Rechargeable Batteries sold with MVP 5000 Series Wireless Touch Panels[Read More…]
Month: January 2010
ACLU Calls For Passage Of Equal Pay Legislation On Anniversary Of The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2010. On today’s one-year anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a landmark law in the[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Two West Suburban Men Arrested in Fraud Scheme
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced the arrest of two west suburban men, who are alleged to have operated a Ponzi scheme which defrauded over 100 investors out of more than $4 million. CHRISTOPHER R. ANDERSEN, age[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Forensics Team Report from Downers Grove Tournament
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Marian Catholic Forensics Team recently participated in the Downers Grove South Varsity Invitational Tournament, the largest high school forensics tournament in the state of Illinois. Marian Catholic finished 8th out of 70 teams, advancing 11 into the finals. Top finishers were Joe Wlos (Crete)[Read More…]
eNews Park Forest Exceeds 70,000 Visit Mark Two Consecutive Months
As of yesterday morning, eNews Park Forest exceeded 70,000 visits two months in a row! And it looks like the next glass ceiling, 80,000 visitors, is within reach in our last few days of January 2010. I want to thank all of our readers and reporters, and especially Rosemary Piser,[Read More…]
Police and South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force Seek Missing Park Forest Woman
Dana Hayes Update January 29, 2010, 2:17 p.m.: Police Locate Vehicle of Missing Park Forest Woman Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Police Department is attempting to learn the whereabouts of Dana Hayes, who has been missing from her Park Forest home since Monday, January 25, 2010, police said Thursday[Read More…]
Anti-Trafficking Efforts in Haiti
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2010. The Department of State is actively involved in addressing the potential for trafficking in persons, particularly children, in post-earthquake Haiti. The disaster in Haiti has displaced many people and separated numerous children from their families, posing great risk and higher vulnerability to human trafficking. The Department[Read More…]
Haiti: Doctors Without Borders Reports Immediate and Long-Term Health Needs
HAITI—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2010. Brigg Reilley is an epidemiologist with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Haiti. He’s gathering information on the medical needs and issues MSF teams are seeing. The data helps create a bigger picture of what people’s healthcare needs are now and how they may evolve. This[Read More…]
President Obama Reaffirms Desire to End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 28, 2010 – President Barack Obama announced during his State of the Union address last night that he intends to work with Congress and the military during the year ahead to repeal the so-called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. Obama said he will aim “to finally repeal the law[Read More…]
American Red Cross Delivers Critical Supplies to Haiti
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2010 — In an operation that has involved more emergency response teams than any other single-country disaster in global Red Cross history, the American Red Cross has so far spent or committed more than $67 million to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors in Haiti. The[Read More…]