Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. NOAA-funded scientists have found extensive and biologically diverse coral ecosystems occurring at depths between 100-500 feet within a 12 mile span off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. With the overall health of shallow coral reefs and the abundance of reef fish in Puerto Rico in[Read More…]
Month: January 2011
NOAA Improves Marine and Weather Forecast Models for the Great Lakes
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. NOAA is now using enhanced weather and marine forecast models for the Great Lakes that will extend forecasts from 36 hours to 60 hours into the future to better serve commercial and recreational mariners, the shipping industry, emergency responders, water resource managers and the private weather[Read More…]
Readout of Secretary Napolitano’s Meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Top Israeli Officials
Jeruslaem–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano today met bilaterally with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Israeli Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich, to discuss the ongoing partnership between the United States and Israel, threats[Read More…]
Statement by Vice President Biden on the Departure of Chief of Staff Ron Klain
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden issued the following statement in response to the announcement by his chief of staff, Ron Klain, that Klain is leaving his post later in January: “For 25 years, Ron Klain has been my friend and advisor. As my chief of staff in[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama to the Travel Pool Aboard Air Force One, January 4, 2011
En route to Andrews Air Force Base–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. January 3, 2011 10:00 P.M. HST THE PRESIDENT: Did you guys have a little bit of fun? Q Happy New Year. THE PRESIDENT: Happy New Year. I hope you guys had a little fun. At least one guy had the right[Read More…]
Federal Consumer Agency to Partner with State Regulators on Supervision of Providers of Consumer Financial Products and Services
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) implementation team currently housed within the US Department of the Treasury and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a foundation of state and federal coordination and cooperation for supervision of providers of[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Additional Marine Casualty, January 3, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Cpl. Jacob A. Tate, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, died Jan. 2 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment,[Read More…]
IEMA Kicks Off School Screening Program During Radon Action Month
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. A $38,000 grant recently awarded to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) will be used to help 50 Illinois school districts screen school buildings for the radioactive gas radon. IEMA announced the screening program today as it kicked off a statewide observance of Radon Action Month during[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Receives Walton Family Foundation Grant
Dr. Blondean Y. Davis, from left, Dr. Deborah Bordelon, Alicia Rodman McCray, Ron Bean, and Curtis Cheers, display a replica of the grant check from the Walton Family Foundation to Southland. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Southland College Prep Charter High School, the only charter school in the southern suburbs of Chicago, has[Read More…]
Weis: Chicago Homicides Fell To Lowest Level Since 1965
The good news from Chicago Breaking News: Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis largely credited computerized research that helps police determine where violent crimes are likely to occur for what he called a historic drop in homicides in 2010. Homicides fell to 435, the city’s lowest total in almost half a century[Read More…]
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