CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2011. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) is reminding Illinois contact lens purchasers that buying colored contact lenses from anyone other than a licensed eye care professional is dangerous. Colored lenses are popular among high school and college students and are often purchased at malls[Read More…]
Day: March 8, 2011
DCEO is Accepting Applications for Green Industry, Energy Efficiency Grants
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2011. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced yesterday that is accepting applications until April 4 for two grant programs designed to promote green industry and energy efficiency and create jobs around the state. The department expects to award up to $15 million in grant funds[Read More…]
Broad Coalition Tells Rep. King Of Concerns About Muslim ‘Radicalization’ Hearing
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2011. The American Civil Liberties Union, along with several other human rights and civil liberties organizations, sent a letter today to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King (R-NY) expressing deep concern about his committee’s upcoming hearing on the so-called “radicalization of the American Muslim community.” The[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces New Advance in Biofuel Technology
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday congratulated a team of researchers at the Department’s BioEnergy Science Center who have achieved yet another advance in the drive toward next generation biofuels: using bacteria to convert plant matter directly into isobutanol, which can be burned in regular car[Read More…]
Durbin Op-Ed: College Tuition Tax Credit Offers up to $2,500 Per Year
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today submitted the following opinion piece for publication to Illinois College and University newspapers. Durbin has been working to spread the word about the availability of the American Opportunity Tax Credit which can save students and their families up to $2,500[Read More…]
Op-Ed by Senator Durbin: Tyrants Can Use Facebook, Too
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2011. The following Op ed was written by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and originally published in Politico. There has been much talk lately about the “Facebook revolution” in the Middle East. But the rhetoric oversimplifies a more complicated reality. The Internet has helped activists from Morocco to[Read More…]
Park Forest Stamp Club Presents Its 51st Stamp Show
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest Stamp Club will welcome the public to its fifty-first Postage Stamp Show, PARFOREX 51, Saturday April 2 in St. Irenaeus Church Parish Hall (Gymnasium), South Orchard Drive and Cherry Street in Park Forest, IL. Show hours on Saturday are10 AM to 5 PM. Admission and[Read More…]
Water Main Construction Will Resume on Bailey Street This Week
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Village Manager Tom Mick told the Village Board work on water main replacement on Bailey Street will resume later this week. The manager made these remarks during his regular report to the board. Bailey Street was the site of a gas explosion that destroyed a duplex. No[Read More…]
Teavana Corporation Voluntarily Recalls Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2011. Teavana Corporation today announced a voluntary recall of 2,659 lbs of Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea produced by Aromatics Inc., Basin City, WA, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Aromatics Inc. exclusively produces and distributes Teavana’s Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea. The recall was[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, March 7, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2011. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton’s Call with FM Juppé International Women’s Day / 100 Women Initiative International Women of Courage Award Ceremony Ambassador Marc Grossman in Islamabad / Murder of Minister Bhatti / Raymond Davis Case A/S Campbell Travel to Japan, Mongolia and Korea Emergency Funds[Read More…]
