Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. SelfRefind, a chain of addiction treatment clinics, PremierTox LLC, a clinical laboratory that performs urine testing and Drs. Bryan Wood and Robin Peavler, the owners of SelfRefind and PremierTox, have agreed to pay $15.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by[Read More…]
Day: February 10, 2014
Former Bank of America Executive Pleads Guilty for Role in Conspiracy and Fraud Involving Investment Contracts for Municipal Bonds Proceeds
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. A former Bank of America executive pleaded guilty today for his participation in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts, the Department of Justice announced. Phillip D. Murphy, the former[Read More…]
Park Forest Nurses Plus Home Health Care Achieves National Accreditation Status
(IMAGE SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Nurses Plus Home Health Care is the skilled home care division of the Park Forest Health Department. Nurses Plus has been Medicare certified since 1968 and dedicated to serving the south suburban community homebound seniors. Nurses Plus provides skilled nursing, certified home health aide services, physical[Read More…]
Real Estate Institute’s Multi-media Exhibit Opens in April in Roosevelt’s Heller College
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2014. Roosevelt University will debut “Lifescape: A Video Portrait of Marshall Bennett” beginning April 4 in the University’s Heller College of Business, 425 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Located in the college’s 12th-floor Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate (MBIRE), the installation is free and open to students,[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth to Lead U.S. Delegation to Paralympic Games in Sochi
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. Today, the U.S. State Department announced that Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) will lead the U.S. Delegation to the Paralympic Games in Sochi. The games will run from March 7th to March 16th. Since losing both her legs in Iraq in 2004, Duckworth has completed two marathons as[Read More…]
Caffeine Sources for Teens More Varied Than Before
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. The overall caffeine intake of children has not increased in recent years, but the sources of caffeine have changed. Children are drinking less caffeinated soda, but they are drinking more energy drinks and coffee. Authors of a study in the March 2014 issue of[Read More…]
Preterm Infants Have Better Language Skills When Exposed to Adult Talk
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. Older children who are exposed to only small amounts of adult speech are known to be at risk for language delay. A new study in the March 2014 Pediatrics examined whether the same is true for preterm infants. For the study, “Adult Talk in[Read More…]
Galileo Works, and Works Well
Four-satellite constellation EU–(ENEWSPF)–10 February 2014. The in-orbit validation of Galileo has been achieved: Europe now has the operational nucleus of its own satellite navigation constellation in place – the world’s first civil-owned and operated satnav system. In 2011 and 2012 the first four satellites were launched into orbit. Four is[Read More…]
In Advance of Valentine’s Day, Kirk and Davis Call to End Job-Crushing Federal Sugar Program
More than 7,000 Illinois Jobs Depend on the Candy Industry Recently Passed Farm Bill Continues Price Supports That Have Shipped 130,000 Jobs Overseas CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Congressman Danny Davis (D-Ill.-07), and Bill Kelley, Vice Chair of Jelly Belly, Inc. held a press conference today to[Read More…]
More Chemical Arms Material Leaves Syria, Joint OPCW-UN Mission Confirms
SYRIA–(ENEWSPF)–10 February 2014 – A third shipment of chemical weapons material was removed from Syria today, the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations confirmed. “The Syrian Arab Republic is encouraged to expedite systematic, predictable and high-volume movements to complete the[Read More…]