Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. A former owner and operator of a Florida-based airline fuel supply service company pleaded guilty today to participating in a kickback scheme to defraud Illinois-based Ryan International Airlines, a charter airline company located in Rockford, Ill., the Department of Justice announced. Sean E. Wagner, the former[Read More…]
Day: March 6, 2014
Background Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on Executive Order on Ukraine, March 6, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014 – 8:38 A.M. EST MS. HAYDEN: Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for joining. This conference call is to discuss the visa restrictions and executive order that were released today in relation to Ukraine. We have several speakers today, all of[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Ukraine, March 6, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014 – 1:05 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Before Jay takes some of your questions, I wanted to provide a brief update on our efforts to address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Since the Russian intervention, we’ve been mobilizing the international community to condemn this[Read More…]
Congresswoman Donna Edwards Reintroduces S.O.S. Act to Combat Nationwide Overdose Epidemic
Legislation Will Combat Over 100 Fatal Overdoses in U.S. Every Day Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (MD-4) reintroduced the Stop Overdose Stat (S.O.S.) Act today with 18 Members to support community-based efforts to prevent fatal drug overdoses. The legislation establishes a federal plan to combat what the[Read More…]
Former English Tutor Sentenced for Sexually Exploiting Children in China and the U. S.
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. Hector Orjuela Jr., 47, was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for molesting children under the age of 12 and producing child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant[Read More…]
Record-High Poll Numbers Confirm America is Ready for the Freedom to Marry
Supermajority (59%) includes 40% of GOP New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows a record-high 59% of Americans support marriage for same-sex couples, with only 34% opposed. The deep support reaches into every region of the country, including the South, Midwest, and West, and extends across party lines:[Read More…]
Washington Wildlife Agency Urged to End Support for Abolishing Federal Wolf Protections
OLYMPIA, Washinton–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014. Eleven conservation organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Washington residents sent a letter to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife today urging the agency to rescind its support for stripping wolves of federal Endangered Species Act protections. The department has repeatedly expressed support for dropping[Read More…]
NIH Announces Recruitment for Clinical Trial to Test New Tinnitus Treatment Device
Multi-center trial offers hope for millions of Americans with severe tinnitus Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014. Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health are launching a clinical trial to test a device that uses nervous system stimuli to rewire parts of the brain, in hopes of significantly reducing or removing[Read More…]
3-D Changes in DNA May Lead to a Genetic Form of Lou Gehrig’s Disease
NIH-funded scientists reveal how a genetic code variation results in devastating brain diseases Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2014. New findings reveal how a mutation, a change in the genetic code that causes neurodegeneration, alters the shape of DNA, making cells more vulnerable to stress and more likely to die. Nucleolin (green)[Read More…]
High Plasticizer Levels in Males Linked to Delayed Pregnancy for Female Partners
NIH study of couples implicates three common phthalates in delay Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–Mach 6, 2014. Women whose male partners have high concentrations of three common forms of phthalates, chemicals found in a wide range of consumer products, take longer to become pregnant than women in couples in which the male does[Read More…]