Resolution calls on Village Voice Media Group to eliminate “Adult Entertainment” Section of Backpage website WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Decembeer 21, 2012. The Senate yesterday passed a resolution sponsored by U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) calling on Village Voice Media, the owners of Backpage.com, to end its facilitation of[Read More…]
Day: December 21, 2012
Representative Schakowsky Statement on GOP ‘Plan B’ Favoring the Wealthy Over Children and Seniors
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012 – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement yesterday after House consideration of H.R. 6684 and H.J. Res. 66: “The American public spoke clearly in last month’s election. They want us to fix our long-term fiscal problems by creating good jobs to restore economic growth and[Read More…]
SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry on ‘Plan B’ Failure
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. After the House of Representatives failed to pass Speaker Boenher’s “Plan B,” budget proposal yesterday, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “Tonight, House Republicans showed their true colors. First they voted to slash funding for Medicaid,[Read More…]
PAPYRUS Signature Collection Ornaments Recalled Due to Risk of Exposure to Mold
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, 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[Read More…]
An Essential New Tool for Conservation Planning
UK–(ENEWSPF)–21 December 2012. An international research team has updated a Victorian map that has been the blueprint for our understanding of the diversity of life-forms across the world. The original map was created in 1876 by Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-discovered the theory of natural selection with Charles Darwin. Using[Read More…]
Brain Imaging Insight Into Cannabis as a Pain Killer
UK–(ENEWSPF)–21 December 2012. The pain relief offered by cannabis varies greatly between individuals, a brain imaging study carried out at the University of Oxford suggests. The researchers found that an oral tablet of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, tended to make the experience of pain more bearable, rather than[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Six Projects to Develop Energy-Saving Windows, Roofs, and Heating and Cooling Equipment
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. As part of the Energy Department’s efforts to help homeowners and businesses save money by saving energy, the Department announced today a $9 million investment in leading-edge building envelope technologies, including high-efficiency, high-performance windows, roofs, and heating and cooling equipment. As winter temperatures set in for much[Read More…]
Clinical Director for Miami-based Health Care Clinic Sentenced to Prison for Role in $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012. A former clinical director for Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for his participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer[Read More…]
Park Forest-Based Chicagoland Construction Company Web Site Sees Major Update
DonnerHollen Construction’s Web site is sporting major updates. (Graphic: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- DonnerHollen Construction is ready for more than the falling snow. The Park Forest-owned business is ready for your call, and recent updates to its Web site demonstrate the hard work and ever-expanding portfolio of business owner Eric[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, December 20, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012 – 12:53 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Let me just, if I may, begin by making a few observations that reviews where we are. On Monday, the President, as you know, put forward to Speaker of the House Boehner a compromise proposal that would achieve significant long-term[Read More…]
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:
Most Viewed
What A Former Roller Rink is Now at SD 162
6298 views