Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2009. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of $18.5 million to enhance libraries in 57 low-income school districts across the United States. The grants will help schools improve reading achievement by providing students with increased access to current school library materials; technologically advanced[Read More…]
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H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) – CDC Statistical Update – US Death Count Forty-Five, June 12, 2009
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2009. According to statistical data reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) by 3 P.M. (ET) on June 11, 2009, there are now 17,855 confirmed and probable cases of H1N1 influenza in 50 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The United States death[Read More…]
Governors State University to Host Degree Program Information Sessions at Triton College
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University Bachelor’s in Social Work degree program will hold an information session on Tuesday, June 23, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Triton College. Advisors and administrators will be on hand to discuss program prerequisites and graduation requirements as well as financial aid and application[Read More…]
Rich East Announces 4th Quarter Honor Roll
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Rich East High School announced their 4th quarter honor roll for 2009. Gold Honor Roll is 4.0 and above; Silver Honor Roll is 3.5-4.0. The students honored are below, grouped by class. Gold Honor Roll Samantha Bona, 12, Gold Honor Roll, Sharita Booth, 12, Gold Honor Roll,[Read More…]
ACLU: Transportation Security Administration Refused To Hire Qualified Baggage Screener Because He Has HIV
MIAMI–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2009. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a complaint with the Transportation Security Administration on behalf of an Air Force Veteran who was refused a job as a baggage screener with the Transportation Security Administration because he has HIV. “I was looking for a way to be[Read More…]
Statements by Secretaries of HHS and DHS on WHO Decision to Declare Novel H1N1 Virus Outbreak a Pandemic, June 11, 2009
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2009. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued the following statements today in response to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to raise the pandemic threat level on the novel H1N1 virus. “Today’s decision[Read More…]
WHO Director Margaret Chan: World Now At the Start of 2009 Influenza Pandemic
Geneva, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2009. Statment by WHO Director, Margaret Chan: “Ladies and gentlemen, In late April, WHO announced the emergence of a novel influenza A virus. This particular H1N1 strain has not circulated previously in humans. The virus is entirely new. The virus is contagious, spreading easily from one person[Read More…]
What Would Pat Buchanan Have To Say To Get Himself Fired From MSNBC?
By: Jamison Foser In the weeks since President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, one question has consumed the news media, particularly conservatives in the media: Imagine what would happen if a white man had said the reverse of Sotomayor’s famous (and famously distorted) “wise Latina” comment. Media[Read More…]
O’Reilly and Fox News Will Have More Right-Wing Vigilantism to Explain
Commentary by Eric Boehlert If Fox News is going to continue to traffic in hateful rhetoric, then folks at Fox News, as well as their apologists in the GOP Noise Machine, are going to have to come up with better talking points to spin away the atmosphere of vigilantism fomented[Read More…]
White Supremecist Allegedly Shoots, Kills Guard at Holocaust Museum
Commentary First, the chilling news from the New York Times: An 88-year-old white supremacist with a rifle walked into the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, one of the capital’s most visited sites, on Wednesday afternoon and began shooting, fatally wounding a security guard and sending tourists scrambling before he himself[Read More…]