Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2011. Health Care for America Now (HCAN), the nation’s leading grassroots health care advocacy organization, released the following statement from HCAN Executive Director Ethan Rome in response to the announcement that the Super Committee’s work is done: “The voices of the 99% are being heard on the[Read More…]
Day: November 22, 2011
March from Occupy Wall Street Arrives in Washington DC Today
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 22, 2011, 12:18 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Exposes Failure of Undemocratic Super-Committee Attempt to Squeeze the 99% Super Committee Fail = Occupy Wall Street Win Today an Occupy Wall Street initiative called ‘Occupy the Highway’ arrives in Washington DC, having marched from New York City. Two weeks ago,[Read More…]
Occupy UC Davis Calls for Nov. 28 General Strike to Shut Down CA Campuses, Block Regents’ Austerity Vote
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011 – 4:03 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt The following proposal was passed by a massive general assembly today at UC Davis: The UC Board of Regents, who not only represent but actually are this state’s richest one percent, has repeatedly shown itself to be utterly unfit to[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Advocates Appeal Conviction of San Diego Dispensary Operator
Court to decide on legality of “sales” & whether dispensary operators are entitled to a defense San Diego, CA –(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) today appealed the September 2010 conviction of San Diego dispensary operator Jovan Jackson in a case that has[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Joins Hunger Caucus in Urging Members to Raise Awareness
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) – a co-chair of the Senate Hunger Caucus – today joined his fellow co-chairs in encouraging members of the Senate to dedicate one hour during the holiday season to raising awareness and recognizing efforts underway in their states to combat hunger.[Read More…]
Senators Commend MLB for Taking Action Against Smokeless Tobacco Use
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) commended Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Player’s Association for taking action against smokeless tobacco use both on and off the field. Under a new collective bargaining agreement announced today,[Read More…]
NASA’s Hubble Finds Stellar Life and Death in a Globular Cluster
NASA-(ENEWSPF)- A new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows globular cluster NGC 1846, a spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of stars in the outer halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way that can be seen from the southern hemisphere. Aging bright stars[Read More…]
Medicare Open Enrollment: 3 C’s for Thanksgiving Dinner
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. It happens in my family every year during the December holidays: as we push our chairs back from dinner, my aunt asks if she should change her Medicare plan. “I have to do it by the end of December, you know,” she says. This year, my[Read More…]
HHS Expands Initiative to Protect Medicare and Seniors From Fraud
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the award of $9 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) programs across the nation continue their work fighting Medicare fraud. This is part of President[Read More…]
ICC Judges Will Decide Where Qadhafi’s Son Will Stand Trial, Says Prosecutor
LIBYA–(ENEWSPF)–22 November 2011. It will be up to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to decide where Saif al-Islam Qadhafi, son of the former Libyan leader, will stand trial to face charges for crimes against humanity, the court’s Prosecutor said today as he arrived in Tripoli for talks with national authorities.[Read More…]
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