Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against an Illinois marketing firm alleging it sold to businesses “lead lists” of potential customers that it fraudulently claimed were verified and screened. Madigan’s lawsuit, filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court, charges that Ronnie Henderson, of Granite City,[Read More…]
Day: February 1, 2011
Readout of President Obama’s Briefing with DHS and FEMA on the Preparations for Severe Winter Weather
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011. President Obama was briefed this morning by phone by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate regarding the ongoing preparations for the large winter storm that is forecasted to affect more than two dozen states by the end of the week. The National Weather[Read More…]
White House Launches 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011. Today, the White House opened applications to the 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge. Students from public high schools across the country are invited to demonstrate how their school prepares them for college and a career by going to www.whitehouse.gov/commencement and submitting an application. The[Read More…]
Department of State Releases 2010 Annual Adoption Report
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011. The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the issuance of the Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Adoption Report. This report is prepared for Congress in compliance with the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000. In Fiscal Year 2010, the U.S. Government issued 11,059 immigrant visas to children[Read More…]
Department of State Ordered Departure Declared for Egypt
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011. On February 1, the Department of State ordered the departure of all non-emergency U.S. Government personnel and their families from Egypt in light of recent events. The Department of State will continue to facilitate the evacuation of U.S. citizens who require assistance. Cairo airport is open[Read More…]
U.S. Statement of Concern for the Denial of Human Rights in Iran
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011. The following statement was issued by Philip J. Crowley Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State: The United States is deeply concerned that Iran continues to deny its citizens their human rights. Judicial cases, trials, and sentences continue to proceed without transparency and the due process[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualties, February 1, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Jan. 29 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 264th Combat[Read More…]
Level of Tumor Protein Indicates Chances Cancer Will Spread
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2011. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Hong Kong have discovered that high levels of a particular protein in cancer cells are a reliable indicator that a cancer will spread. By measuring the protein’s genetic material in tumors that had been surgically[Read More…]
Three Yonkers Men Found Guilty in White Plains Federal Court of Murder, Robbery, Narcotics Conspiracy, and Firearms Offenses
New York–(ENEWSPF)– PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JANICE FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director-inCharge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") and EDMUND HARTNETT, the Commissioner of the Yonkers Police Department, announced that DAVON YOUNG, a/k/a "Burners," THOMAS[Read More…]
Ferndale Sex Offender Sentenced for Child Porn Possession
Washington State–(ENEWSPF)– ROBERT D. SPRAGUE, 62, of Ferndale, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for possession of child pornography. SPRAGUE was previously convicted in Whatcom County Superior Court of two counts of child molestation (1994) and one[Read More…]
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