Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013 – 11:41 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. Please have a seat. And to all our moms out there, I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day. It’s always a great pleasure to welcome my friend and partner, Prime Minister David Cameron. Michelle and I[Read More…]
Day: May 13, 2013
Medicaid State Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotment Reductions Proposed Rule
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. The Affordable Care Act requires aggregate reductions to state Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments annually from fiscal year (FY) 2014 through FY 2020, at the same time as the Marketplace and Medicaid provide increased coverage options that will reduce uncompensated care levels for hospitals. State[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Applauds Approval of Federal Funds for Disaster Assistance
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth applauded President Obama for approving the State of Illinois’ application for federal funding to help with flood recovery. The Major Disaster Declaration will trigger the release of federal funds to help communities recover from the Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds and Flooding that[Read More…]
Teens Who Text Behind The Wheel Are More Likely to Take Other Risks While Driving
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2013. In 2011, nearly half of high school students 16 and older reported texting while driving in a large national survey. The study “Texting While Driving and Other Risky Motor Vehicle Behaviors Among High School Students,” is in the June 2013 issue of Pediatrics and[Read More…]
Nano-breakthrough: Solving the Case of the Herringbone Crystal
Hexagon-shaped nanoplates arranged themselves into different crystal patterns, depending on the length of the sides of the hexagons. Long hexagons fit together in a grid like a stretched honeycomb, but researchers were surprised that hexagons whose sides were all the same lengths ended up in a herringbone pattern. University of[Read More…]
Cocaine Vaccine Passes Key Testing Hurdle
New Anti-Cocaine Vaccine Research Shows Drug Can’t Reach the Brain, Human Clinical Trials on the Horizon NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013 — Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested their novel anti-cocaine vaccine in primates, bringing them closer to launching human clinical trials. Dr. Ronald G. Crystal Their study,[Read More…]
Leak Repaired on International Space Station
Repairing pump unit 13 May 2013 EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 May 2013. Over the weekend the crew of the International Space Station worked overtime to fix a leaking cooling network outside the orbital outpost. Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn ventured into space on Saturday and replaced a pump unit that was leaking[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Advocates Protest U.S. Attorney General Holder’s Speech in Berkeley
Fly-over action sends message to Holder, launches advocates’ Peace for Patients Berkeley, CA—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2013. As U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a commencement speech Saturday morning for UC Berkeley law school graduates, a plane flew overhead with a banner that read “Holder: End Rx Cannabis War. #Peace4Patients,” in protest[Read More…]
Union Street Art Gallery to Host Homewood-Flossmoor High School AP Art Exhibit May 15 – 18
Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2013. Union Street Gallery, 1527 Otto Boulevard, Chicago Heights, will present the current work of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School AP Art Students on May 15 through 18. A reception will be held on Friday, May 17 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Both the exhibit[Read More…]
UN Expert Urges Israel to Stop Highway Construction Through Palestinian Community
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–13 May 2013 – A United Nations independent expert today called on Israel to immediately halt construction of a settlement highway that would cut through the Palestinian community of Beit Safafa endangering the livelihoods of some 9,300 people. “The projected six-lane highway extending 1.5 kilometres will do irreparable damage to[Read More…]
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