2012 Good Egg Award Winners Thomas Mick, Cindy Beringer, Tammy McMahon, Al Joens and Jackie Smith. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 24, 2012. The Park Forest Public Library invites you to the Grand Opening celebration of its brand-new kids’ zone on Saturday, October 29 beginning at noon. The kids’ zone is[Read More…]
Day: September 24, 2012
Triumph Recall of Certain Model Year 2006 – 2009 Street Triple, Street Triple R, and Daytona 675 Motorcycles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 24, 2012. Summary: Triumph is recalling certain model year 2006-2009 Street Triple, Street Triple R, and Daytona 675 motorcycles. The regulator/rectifier can overheat and prevent the motorcycle from charging. Once the battery is fully discharged, the motorcycle may stall. Consequence: If the motorcycle stalls, there is an increased[Read More…]
NASA’S Chandra Shows Milky Way is Surrounded by Halo of Hot Gas
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to find evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years. The estimated mass of the halo is comparable to the mass of all the[Read More…]
Automatic Building Mapping Could Help Emergency Responders
A prototype sensor array that can be worn on the chest automatically maps the wearer’s environment, recognizing movement between floors. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. MIT researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is moving. The prototype[Read More…]
FDIC and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Order Discover to Pay $200 Million Consumer Refund for Deceptive Marketing
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a joint public enforcement action with an order requiring Discover Bank to refund approximately $200 million to more than 3.5 million consumers and pay a $14 million civil money penalty. This[Read More…]
U-M Study: Pacific Islanders Have High Obesity, Smoking Rates
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. In the first study to detail the health of Pacific Islanders living in the United States, University of Michigan researchers have found alarmingly high rates of obesity and smoking. The preliminary findings are being presented today (Sept. 24) at a conference in Los Angeles on[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Broadband Challenge
City Will Completely Remake its Digital Infrastructure, Providing Access to Underserved Areas, Free Access in Public Spaces, and Affordable Access for the Business Community CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today the launch of the Chicago Broadband Challenge, a unique initiative that will engage the public to secure Chicago’s[Read More…]
Improving Education in Chicago
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. By Mayor Rahm Emanuel Too many children wake up each morning with a view of downtown Chicago and our glittering skyline but the economic opportunity in those buildings might as well be a world away. Social, economic and family dysfunction create a divide between our[Read More…]
City of Chicago Reduces Projected 2013 Budget Gap By $71 Million
Tighter spending controls, reforms, and improved revenues help reduce projected 2013 deficit by almost 20 percent; Results in smallest gap since 2008 recession CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday said that the City of Chicago has reduced the projected 2013 corporate fund gap by $71 million due to[Read More…]
Novel Program Shows Strong Promise in Malaria Prevention
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–SEPTEMBER 24, 2012—A large-scale malaria prevention program, consisting of intermittent distributions of anti-malaria medicines, appears to be drastically reducing the number of new cases of the disease among young children during peak transmission season, according to preliminary results from projects run by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without[Read More…]
