Day: October 27, 2011

Howard University Alumni, Students, Faculty Will Join With Occupy Movement in March to Chamber of Commerce for Jobs, Justice on Friday, Oct. 28

March from Historic Howard University through Heart of DC Seen As Adding More “Chocolate” to the Occupy Movement – Starting Time: Friday, October 28, 2011, 5pm Washington D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2011.  On Friday, October 28th Howard University alumni, students, faculty and supporters plan to lead what they describe as a March[Read More…]

Thousands of #OccupyWallStreet Protesters to Barrage Bank CEO’s With 6,000 Angry Letters From the 99% on Friday, Oct. 28

THEY’VE GOT MAIL! NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.   WHAT: Mass march to deliver 6,000 letters from the 99% to the 1% WHEN: 1pm, Friday, October 28 WHERE: Meet-up at Bryant Park (6th Ave. & 42nd St.), march to Bank of America headquarters, Morgan Stanley headquarters, Wells Fargo headquarters, Citigroup headquarters,[Read More…]

Asteroid Lutetia: Postcard From the Past

Landslide on Lutetia EU–(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2011 ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has revealed asteroid Lutetia to be a primitive body, left over as the planets were forming in our Solar System. Results from Rosetta’s fleeting flyby also suggest that this mini-world tried to grow a metal heart.  Rosetta flew past Lutetia on[Read More…]

United Nations Declares Victory in Global Eradication of Leaded Gasoline

New Report Shows Lead Levels in Blood Drop 90 Percent, Trillions of Dollars Saved Worldwide NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  The United Nations Environment Programme today declared victory in a decade-long campaign, spanning more than 100 countries, to complete the elimination of  lead from gasoline worldwide. A new independent analysis also[Read More…]

Chicago Police Deployment Scheme Results in Inequitable, Unfair Service for Minority Neighborhoods, Suit Says

  Learn More Read the complaint (PDF) Read Legal Director Harvey Grossman’s op-ed for the Chicago Sun-Times Sound off about police deployment in your neighborhood CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011. Chicago officials have failed to deploy police equitably across the City’s many diverse neighborhoods, resulting in disproportionate numbers of delayed police responses[Read More…]

Patient Advocates Sue Obama Justice Department Over Medical Marijuana Crackdown

Lawsuit uses 10th amendment to challenge federal overreaching and commandeering of state law San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country’s largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, filed suit in federal court yesterday challenging the Obama Administration’s attempt to subvert local and state medical marijuana laws in[Read More…]

CDC Recommends Ways to Reduce the Threat of Strokes

Million Hearts’ goal to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes in five years Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  In the time needed to read out loud the headline on this story, someone has died from a stroke. Every 6 seconds, someone in the world dies from stroke. The Centers for[Read More…]

OCCUPYDALLAS: Scheduled Activities for Oct. 27 and 28

Dallas, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  The Occupy Dallas are spending the day of Thursday, October 27, 2011 at the Dallas Police Department located at 1400 S. Lamar Street Dallas, Texas 75215, (214) 671-4304. This is in fact not a protest but a thank you to the Dallas Policemen and women. Tomorrow’s[Read More…]

Medicare Part B Premiums for 2012 Lower Than Projected

Affordable Care Act helps keep Medicare affordable   WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2011.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Medicare Part B premiums in 2012 will be lower than previously projected and the Part B deductible will decrease by $22. While the Medicare Trustees predicted monthly premiums[Read More…]

ARCHIVES