CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2013. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting several events in February in celebration of Black History Month. All events will be held on the college’s main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4, the Charles[Read More…]
Day: January 28, 2013
Science Needs a Second Opinion: Researchers Find Flaws in Study of Patients in ‘Vegetative State’
Reanalysis Finds Errors in Statistical Findings and Methods of Previously Published Study in Lancet Testing Patient’s Awareness at Bedside with Portable EEG Technology NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. A team of researchers led by Weill Cornell Medical College is calling into question the published statistics, methods and findings of a[Read More…]
Pot Prohibition, Regulation and Danger to the Young
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2013. Wall Street Journal, Letters to the Editor Pot Prohibition, Regulation and Danger to the Young, January 28, 2013 http://online.wsj.com/public/page/letters.html The defenders of the status quo say that we can’t end marijuana prohibition because it “sends the wrong message to the kids” and will increase teen drug[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Patient Advocacy Group and Herbal Medicine Industry Collaborate to Enhance Product Safety
Cannabis Committee of the American Herbal Products Association issues regulatory recommendations for state officials Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. The Cannabis Committee of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the only national trade association that is focused primarily on herbs and botanicals and herbal products, issued recommendations this week to regulators[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Treats Victims of Kunduz Bomb Blast
KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN/NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–JANUARY 28, 2013—Following Saturday’s bomb blast in the center of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the independent international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) received 22 patients at its surgical hospital there. Five people were dead on arrival and two others died during surgery.[Read More…]
ACLU Says Roadmap to Citizenship Must Protect Civil Liberties
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. The framework released by the “Gang of Eight” rightly includes the creation of a roadmap to citizenship, but also includes provisions that endanger everyone’s civil liberties and do nothing to reverse the recent extraordinary and unwarranted increase in wasteful spending on border security. Roadmap to Citizenship. “The Gang of Eight[Read More…]
‘Gang of Eight’ Unveils Bipartisan Senate Immigration Framework
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2013. The ‘Gang of Eight,’ i.e., Senators Schumer (D-NY), McCain(R-AZ), Durbin (D-IL), Graham (R-SC), Menendez (D-NJ), Rubio (R-FLA), Bennet (D-CO), and Flake (R-AZ), have released their Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The Framework will be discussed more fully in a press conference scheduled for this afternoon.[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Signs Historic Traffic Safety Legislation
Law Will Allow All Motorists to Be Properly Licensed and Insured CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn yesterday was joined by legislators, community leaders and public safety advocates to sign into law a bill that will help ensure every Illinois motorist is properly licensed to drive. An estimated 250,000 immigrant[Read More…]
Kelly Calls on Hutchinson, Halvorson to Release NRA Questionnaires
Richton Park, Il–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. Robin Kelly, candidate for Illinois’ second Congressional district, today called on her opponents, former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson and State Senator Toi Hutchinson, to publically release their National Rifle Association questionnaires they filled out in previous elections. “I am calling on my opponents to release their[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of January 28, 2013
Winter’s icy grasp persisted Sunday. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2013. Park Forest picnic permits for Somonauk, Central and Logan pavilions for 2013 dates will be issued beginning Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. For additional information about the lottery permit procedure, visit: http://www.villageofparkforest.com If your club,[Read More…]
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