‘Birding the Net’ campaign, timed to the release of Hollywood’s The Big Year, will challenge people to find birds throughout the Internet New York NY–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011. Birdwatching hit the Internet in a big way as Audubon launched its groundbreaking social media campaign, Birding the Net, on Oct. 10. Visitors[Read More…]
Day: October 11, 2011
White House Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest aboard Air Force One, October 11, 2011
En Route Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011 – 10:45 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good morning, ladies. How is everybody? Today the President is traveling first to meet with his Jobs Council. The Jobs Council, as you know, was created by the President earlier this year to provide an outside perspective, a[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Ukraine
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011. The United States is deeply disappointed with the conviction and sentencing of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko through a politically motivated prosecution. The charges against Mrs. Tymoshenko and the conduct of her trial, as well as the prosecution of other opposition leaders and[Read More…]
Illinois Office Of Tourism Announces Free Enjoy Illinois Travel App Now Available On Android Mobile Phones
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Tourism (DCEO/IOT) today announced a new free mobile travel application is now available for Android smart phones to help visitors get around the state. The Enjoy Illinois travel app, which first launched to iPhone users in August,[Read More…]
Illinois State Fire Marshal Urges Family Involvement For Fire Safety During Fire Prevention Week
October 9 – 15 – National Fire Prevention Week: Protect Your Family from Fire SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2011. This year’s National Fire Prevention Campaign Week is October 9-15, and the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is urging families to take time to follow important steps in fire safety. In[Read More…]
Occupy Dartmouth on October 11
MASSACHUSETTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2011. Occupy Dartmouth will hold its first demonstration on the Hanover Green from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST today in solidarity with the over 100+ Occupy movements around the world, including Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Boston. While the location and timing of the Occupy Dartmouth demonstration correlates with that of the 2012[Read More…]
#OWS Stands In Solidarity With 100 Arrested At Occupy Boston
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011. Occupy Wall Street would like to express our support and solidarity with both the people of Boston and the 100+ arrested at Occupy Boston last night. We commend them for their bravery in standing their ground at great personal cost to assert the right of the[Read More…]
Corporations Are Not People: We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident…
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011, 2:11 pm When is a Person not a Person? Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PSR) recently answered this absurd question with the obvious and embarrassing answer: when it’s a corporation. According to PSR’s statement, in case anyone is confused, a human being: is a complex organism with[Read More…]
Durbin: Jobs Act Will Help Illinois Small Businesses
Uses 155 year old Peoria, Illinois company as example of how Congress can encourage job creation and help strengthen small businesses WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) took to the floor of the Senate to encourage the passage of President Obama’s American Jobs Act which is scheduled[Read More…]
Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2011. Two individuals have been charged in New York for their alleged participation in a plot directed by elements of the Iranian government to murder the Saudi Ambassador to the United States with explosives while the Ambassador was in the United States. The charges were announced by[Read More…]