Month: August 2012

Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Leader Sentenced in Houston for Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  A high ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) was sentenced today for his role in an aggravated assault that took place in Tomball, Texas, in September 2008, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth[Read More…]

FDA Approves New Treatment for a Type of Late Stage Prostate Cancer

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xtandi (enzalutamide) to treat men with late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread or recurred, even with medical or surgical therapy to minimize testosterone. Approved for prostate cancer patients previously treated with docetaxel, another anti-cancer treatment,[Read More…]

SEIU’s Henry: Romney speech ‘Driven by a Platform That is Completely Detached From the Reality of Working People’s Lives and Driven by Divisiveness’

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  Following is a statement by Mary Kay Henry, president of SEIU, regarding Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech tonight. “Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech capped off an RNC driven by a platform that is completely detached from the reality of working people’s lives and driven by[Read More…]

FACT CHECK: Romney Would Slash Veterans’ Benefits

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. Mitt Romney appropriately praised veterans in his speechlast night, but has suggested the privatization of veterans’ health care, breaking the promise to our men and women in uniform. The Romney-Ryan budget – if cuts were made across the board – could cut the funding for Veterans’ Affairs[Read More…]

FACT CHECK: Romney’s Policies Wouldn’t Create Jobs

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  While Mitt Romney tonight said that we need “jobs…lots of jobs”, even independent economists have said that his policies would cost jobs and slow down the recovery. ECONOMISTS SAY ROMNEY’S ECONOMIC POLICY PLANS WOULD “DO MORE HARM IN THE SHORT TERM” AND “PUSH US DEEPER INTO RECESSION[Read More…]

Consumer Confidence Improves Slightly in August

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  Consumer confidence improved slightly in August due to consumers’ more favorable evaluations of their present financial situations, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The Surveys, conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research[Read More…]

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