CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014. A former area motorcycle and recreational vehicle dealer and his accountant were sentenced to 13½ and 2½ years, respectively, in federal prison for a $75.9 million fraudulent financing scheme that resulted in 18 lenders losing more than $58.8 million, federal law enforcement officials announced today. RUSSELL[Read More…]
Day: December 11, 2014
Eight Defendants Charged With Distributing Heroin In Chicago Area On Behalf Of Guerrero Unidos Mexican Drug Cartel
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014. An Aurora man who allegedly led the Chicago area cell of the Guerrero Unidos Mexican drug trafficking cartel is among eight defendants who are facing federal narcotics charges here for their alleged roles in distributing kilogram quantities of heroin, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The[Read More…]
Oregon Lawmakers Secure Provision to Keep Newport Coast Guard Air Facility Open until January 2016
Life-Saving Rescue Helicopters Had Been Scheduled for Removal by Dec. 15 Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Following their repeated calls to ensure the safety of residents in coastal areas, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representatives Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici yesterday announced the Congress[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Announces Plan for Sweeping LGBT Civil Rights Legislation
Oregon Senator keynotes Center for American Progress event—calls for end to discrimination and unveils plan for action WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced his plan to push broad LGBT civil rights legislation today before a meeting of the Center for American Progress (CAP). In his keynote speech[Read More…]
Latina Student with Big Hopes and Dreams to Graduate From Roosevelt University Friday
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Roosevelt University senior Lucy Lopez believes in miracles. She first knew the unthinkable could be possible as a toddler when her father credited her for giving him strength and inspiration to overcome, even while the doctors predicted a spinal tumor would keep him in a wheelchair for[Read More…]
Patient With Exposure to Ebola to Be Admitted at NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Later today, the National Institutes of Health expects to admit a patient with exposure to the Ebola virus to the NIH Clinical Center’s special clinical studies unit for observation and to enroll in a clinical protocol. The patient is an American nurse who was volunteering services[Read More…]
Chronic Low-back Pain Research Standards Announced by NIH Task Force
Better research may help address health issue that affects millions Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Recommended standards for clinical low-back pain research hold promise for more consistently designed research and, in the long term, better treatment solutions to support those living with chronic low-back pain. The recommendations from the National Institutes[Read More…]
NRDC: Spending Bill Weakens Health, Environment Protections, Cuts EPA Budget
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014 — House and Senate appropriators have put forward a bill that includes substantial cuts in the enforcement budget of the Environmental Protection Agency and a number of provisions that would thwart efforts to protect health and the environment. But the bill does not include the most damaging[Read More…]
People Over Petcoke: Chicago Denies Rule Exceptions
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014 – As mounds of oil refining waste continue to loom near homes, parks and schools on Chicago’s Southeast Side, the City of Chicago today rejected requests for looser regulation of petcoke and coal piles in the area. The City rejected variance requests from KCBX which would have[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Budget Bill
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2014. This week, Congress will consider a budget bill to keep the federal government funded through the end of the fiscal year. In response, Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director, released the following statement: “House Republicans are at it again. In their last act of the[Read More…]
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