Northwood, Middlesex–(ENEWSPF)–21 April 2010.  During the night of 19th April 2010, 400 nautical miles from the coast of Somalia, French replenishment ship SOMME came under attack from two skiffs with six pirates on board. FS SOMME had been engaged in a support mission for the EU NAVFOR anti piracy operation[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a prominent Miami Beach-based businessman and philanthropist with fraud for orchestrating a $900 million offering fraud and Ponzi scheme. The SEC alleges that Nevin K. Shapiro, the founder and president of Capitol Investments USA, Inc., sold investors securities[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2010.  Today, the AARP Public Policy Institute released the report, “Older Americans in Poverty: A Snapshot,” which offers insights into challenges facing older adults in poverty, particularly in terms of affordability of basic needs. The report, which includes official federal and state data from 2008—the latest data[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2010.  Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the United States Secret Service today unveiled the new design for the $100 note. Complete with advanced technology to combat counterfeiting, the new design for the $100 note[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2010.  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $48.8 billion in highway funds is now available to state departments of transportation for federal projects through the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act. “With spring and summer highway construction seasons just beginning, these funds will help make[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–21 April 2010 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the murder of a journalist in Honduras, the sixth media professional slain in the Central American nation so far this year. Luis Antonio Chévez Hernández, 22, a presenter with Radio W105,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2010 – 10:43 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  All right, everybody.  We are here to talk about the Supreme Court.  Obviously, we have lost one of — the services of one of the finest Supreme Court Justices that we’ve seen.  Justice Stevens announced that he will be retiring[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  Earlier today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates discussed the Administration’s interagency review of the U.S. export control system, which calls for fundamental reform of the current system in order to enhance U.S. national security and strengthen our ability to counter threats such as the proliferation of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Volcanic Ash / Monitoring Group in Operations Center / Embassies Throughout Europe Fielding Calls / Consular Officers Dispatched to Airports Secretary is Prepared to Travel to NATO Ministerial / Awaiting Final Decision from Brussels Regarding Whether Meeting will Take Place Russian adoptions / Head[Read More…]

En Route Andrews Air Force Base–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010 – 12:45 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Hey, guys, we good? Thank you all for joining us on the return flight home. Fire away. Q Goldman Sachs posted a near doubling in first-quarter earnings just days after the SEC launched its — said[Read More…]