Discussion following film to include issues related to proposed Immigration Detention Center in Crete, IL Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2012. ‘American Dream, American Nightmare,’ will be shown on Saturday, February 25 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest. ‘American Dream, American Nightmare,’[Read More…]
Day: February 16, 2012
‘From Slavery to the White House’ to be Presented Saturday, February 25 at Freedom Hall
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2012. The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations and Village of Park Forest will host a Black History Month Program on Saturday, February 25 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Boulevard, Park Forest. The DuSable Museum of African American History will[Read More…]
Children’s Slides Recalled by Landscape Structures due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Improvements Catalog Recalls Adjustable Ottoman Beds Due to Fall Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Adjustable Ottoman Bed Units:[Read More…]
NATO Secretary General Praises Greece as a Pillar of Euro-Atlantic Security
Athens, Greece–(ENEWSPF)–16 February 2012. The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen travelled to Athens on 15 February 2012 and met with President Karolos Papoulias and with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. He also met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Stavros Dimas and Minister of Defence Dimitris Avramopoulos. Celebrating the 60th anniversary[Read More…]
National Survey Reveals Libyans Would Prefer One-man-rule Over Democracy
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–16 February 2012. The first ever National Survey of Libya suggests that the population would still prefer one-man-rule over alternatives like democracy. The publication of the survey of over 2,000 Libyan people coincides with the anniversary of the first protests triggered by rebel forces against Gaddafi, which ended after[Read More…]
Video Series on Alabama’s Immigration Law, Report Assesses Economic and Social Cost
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2012. Today, the Center for American Progress hosted acclaimed director Chris Weitz (“A Better Life,” “The Golden Compass,” “About a Boy”) who unveiled four new short videos comprising the series, “Is This Alabama?“, that turns the lens on Alabama’s harsh anti-immigration law, H.B. 56. The Center for[Read More…]
New Video Illustrates the Success of the Federal Stimulus
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2012. The Center for American Progress today released a video examining the success of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus, signed into law three years ago on Friday. The video, narrated by Michael Linden, Director of Tax and Budget Policy at the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress on Secretary Clinton’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Announcement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012. Today Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the United States, with Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Mexico and Sweden, is launching a partnership aimed at reducing “short-lived climate forcers,” with a focus on methane, black carbon and hydroflurocarbons, and CAP Chairman John D. Podesta and CAP Senior[Read More…]
Inspections Find 40% of Farmers Planting Bt Corn Fail to Manage for Resistance
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012. Newly released data indicates that more than 40% of American farmers who planted certain varieties of genetically engineered (GE) corn in 2011 failed inspections to verify compliance with mandatory management practices to prevent insect resistance. The farmers involved planted corn varieties that are genetically engineered to[Read More…]
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