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…]
Month: August 2012
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, August 31, 2012
En Route El Paso, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012 – 11:31 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Thank you all for your patience. Thank you for joining us as we make our way to El Paso, Texas, where, as you know, the President will be meeting with — first with troops and their families[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…]
The Marblehead Organic Lawn Videos: The Ones the Chemical Industry Never Wanted Anyone to See
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. Chip Osborne, left, has made a career out of teaching other municipalities how to follow the example of his hometown, Marblehead, Mass. STORY OF FIRST U.S. TOWN TO BAN PESTICIDES NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE It was, nearly a decade ago, one of the transformative moments in my personal[Read More…]
FACT CHECK: Romney’s Tenure At Bain Was Defined By Layoffs, Bankruptcies, Outsourcing
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. Mitt Romney told the story about his tenure as a corporate buyout specialist as if he was just a typical small business owner. But Romney balked at the offer to run Bain Capital until he was guaranteed that there “was no professional or financial risk,” and that[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…]
California Court Approves Statewide Pesticide Plan to Control Harmless Apple Moth
Judge restricts aerial spraying and orders environmental review in five years San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. A state court has removed aerial spraying from a controversial statewide plan to apply harmful and untested pesticides to control the light brown apple moth, a minor agricultural pest that has not been proven[Read More…]