Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. Today, as Afghans prepare to go to the polls in less than one month, the Center for American Progress released a report at an event featuring Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA) on the political, economic, and security transitions under way in Afghanistan as Afghans adapt[Read More…]
Day: March 10, 2014
French Citizen Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Criminal Investigation into Alleged Bribes Paid to Win Mining Rights in the Republic of Guinea
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. Frederic Cilins, 51, a French citizen, pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York to obstructing a federal criminal investigation into whether a mining company paid bribes to win lucrative mining rights in the Republic of Guinea. Mythili Raman, Acting Assistant Attorney General for[Read More…]
Albuquerque Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime Related to Anti-Semitic Threats Against Businesswoman
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. The Department of Justice announced that this morning John W. Ng, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with a hate crime offense. This charge is related to anti-Semitic threats Ng made against a Jewish woman[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Shut Down Chicago Tax Preparation Business
Co-Owner Allegedly Claims Tax Deductions for Fake Expenses on Customer Returns Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. The United States has sued The Tax Helper Corp, a tax preparation business with a store located in Chicago, and seeks to permanently bar the company and its alleged co-owner, Johnnie Pernell Jr., from preparing[Read More…]
Remarks by Vice President Biden at Bilateral Meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera
Santiago, Chile–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. PRESIDENT PIÑERA: Good morning. I would like to give the most warm in the world’s welcome to the Vice President of the United States, Mr. Joe Biden. You know that he was elected senator when he was only 29 years of age (inaudible) the youngest senator[Read More…]
Tenants to Protest Mayor Emanuel’s Pal at Low Income Housing Board Meeting on March 11
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. Tenants from St. Edmunds Village, a subsidized building in the Washington Park neighborhood will protest the building owner, Reverend Richard Tolliver, who is a board member of the Chicago Low Income Housing Trust Fund, at their board meeting on Tuesday March 11. Tenants are demanding to meet[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: Obama Administration Announces Plan to Address Rising Heroin Overdose Deaths
DPA Urges White House to Focus on Health-Based Approaches Rather Than Counterproductive Law Enforcement and Drug War Tactics LOS ANGELES, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. The Drug Policy Alliance joins overdose prevention advocates across the country in applauding today’s statement by US Attorney General Eric Holder encouraging expanded access to naloxone, an[Read More…]
Headed for the OR? Mayo Clinic Expert Suggests 5 Questions to Ask Your Surgeon Before the Operation
The answers may make a difference in your outcome ROCHESTER, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014 — The news that you will need surgery can prompt many questions and a lot of anxiety. Beyond details about your medical condition and treatment options, what should you ask your surgeon before the operation? Whatever you need[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders, Other Senators to Speak All Night in Wake-Up Call to Congress on Global Warming
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10 – In a dramatic gesture to urge action on climate change, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other members of the Senate Climate Action Task Force will pull an all-nighter speaking on the Senate floor from Monday night through Tuesday morning. “When I go home to Vermont,[Read More…]
Students Unlock the Mysteries of the Brain With NIH Scientists
NIH celebrates Brain Awareness Week 2014 Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. Hundreds of middle school students from the Washington, D.C., area will visit the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Md. this week for a special brain-bending experience. Alongside scientists from seven institutes of the National Institutes of[Read More…]
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