(Image supplied) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Mayor John A. Ostenburg today sent an e-mail message to Police Chief Thomas Fleming complaining about the removal of campaign yard-signs between late Tuesday evening and early today. “First thing this morning, I began receiving phone calls from residents who had my campaign[Read More…]
Day: March 30, 2011
UN Voices Concern at Fighting Between Militias and Southern Sudan Government
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2011 – A senior United Nations official has voiced “significant concern” at conflicts involving at least four separate militia groups in areas of Southern Sudan, which earlier this year voted to secede and become a separate nation. “While the Government of Southern Sudan has a responsibility to[Read More…]
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain TYLENOL® 8 Hour Extended Release Caplets
Fort Washington, PA–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2011. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., is recalling one product lot of TYLENOL® 8 Hour Extended Release Caplets 150 count bottles distributed in the United States. McNeil is taking this action as part of our ongoing surveillance and monitoring efforts that identified a small[Read More…]
Landmark Bill Introduced In House Today Would Ban Workplace Discrimination Based On Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 30 – A landmark bill was introduced in the House today that would make workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity illegal. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), introduced by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), would become the first-ever federal ban on employment discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and[Read More…]
Rulemaking Could Crimp the American Dream: Broad Homeownership on the Line in Washington This Week
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. This morning the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation became the first of six government agencies to adopt for public comment a proposed rule concerning risk retention on mortgage-backed securities, as required by section 941 of the Dodd Frank Act. As several of the FDIC directors noted, the[Read More…]
CAP, LCV and Sierra Club’s ‘Cleaner Cars, Less Foreign Oil’ Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress, Sierra Club, and League of Conservation Voters released the “Cleaner Cars, Less Foreign Oil” plan, by John D. Podesta, Carl Pope and Gene Karpinski. It calls for President Obama and Congress to set firm targets for cutting foreign oil use,[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: America’s Energy Security
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. Rising prices at the pump affect everybody – workers and farmers; truck drivers and restaurant owners. Businesses see it impact their bottom line. Families feel the pinch when they fill up their tank. For Americans already struggling to get by, it makes life that much harder. [Read More…]
U.S. Government Offers Up to $5 Million Reward for Information Regarding Shootings of Two ICE Agents
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. The Departments of Justice, State and Homeland Security today jointly announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of individuals allegedly responsible for the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent[Read More…]
California Firm Recalls Pizza Products Due to Mislabeling and Undeclared Allergen
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF0–March 29, 2011 -Completely Fresh Foods Inc., a Montebello, Calif., establishment is voluntarily recalling approximately 131,000 pounds of pizza products because they contain an allergen, wheat, not declared on the label. Wheat is a known allergen. The products subject to recall include: 10-oz. packages of “TRADER JOE’S PIZZA AL POLLO[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Announces Honor Roll for Third Quarter 2011
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic High School has announced its Honor Roll for the Third Quarter of the 2010-2011 school year. Along with a full complement of co-curricular activities in athletics, fine arts, student organizations and service, rigorous college-prep academics remain the focus as the following “Scholars with a Soul”are recognized[Read More…]