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November 07, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Eight years after the September 11th attacks, the House of Representatives today approved the "Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009" (H.R. 2868). This is the first time either house of Congress has approved permanent and comprehensive chemical security legislation.
"A...
Beyonce Leads the Pack Winning Three Awards The CENTRIC PRESENTS: 2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS Will Air in
November 07, 2009
NEW YORK, NY -- CENTRIC took viewers on a stirring ride aboard the "Soul Train" at the taping of the network's first special, CENTRIC PRESENTS: 2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS hosted by Academy Award-nominated actors Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard. The night opened with a memorable performance by Toni ...
November 06, 2009
California Academy of Sciences Among Those Honored
SAN FRANCISCO - Five outstanding developments – including the California Academy of Sciences -- have been selected as winners of the 2009 Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence competition, widely recognized as the land use in...
October 30, 2009
Madera, CA – Dr. Aaron Reitman, a pediatric resident at the UC San Francisco-Fresno program at Children´s Hospital Central California, recently won the American Academy of Pediatrics´ (AAP) "Best Abstract for Physician in Training Award." His research focused on procalcitonin as a biomar...
October 29, 2009
JPL Debuts New Flight Projects Center: NASA´s First LEED Gold Facility
PASADENA, CA – NASA´s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) debuts its new Flight Projects Center Monday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. JPL is a Federally-funded research and development facility managed by the California Institute...
October 29, 2009
Young Leader Affected Key Food Policy Changes For University of California System
Berkeley, CA–Hai Vo, a 2009 graduate of the University of California, Irvine (UCI), will be among the six recipients of the 2009 Brower Youth Award. Hosted by Earth Island Institute, the Brower Youth Awards are No...
October 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Los Angeles ranks #1 in the nation for public charter school enrollment with 59,122 students attending public charter schools, according to the annual Top 10 Charter Communities by Market Share report released by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools today.
Demand rem...
October 29, 2009
Yee and Papan: Mandatory delivery of white pages wastes paper, energy, and scarce local government resources
SACRAMENTO – Following the successful efforts of Cleveland, Ohio and Miami, Florida, California could become the largest jurisdiction to give telephone customers a choice in receiving...
October 29, 2009
The most amazing story in the history of science
Palm Desert, CA – With over one thousand referenced quotations from scientists and historians, Darwin Then and Now explores the scientific evidence over the past 150 years from the fossil record, molecular biology, embryology, and modern genetics....
October 29, 2009
BETHESDA, MD -- Select Marriott hotels and resorts in California and Texas are joining the fight against breast cancer by offering the Dream for the Cure® at Marriott package. For each paid night stayed, the hotels will donate $5 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.
"Every 3 minutes a woman in th...
October 29, 2009
Lecture explains how wildfires harm - and help - our environment
IRVINE, Calif. -- Wildfires are in the news, with images of devastation and ruin. And as humans struggle to build their lives after a fire, so do the plants and animals of Southern California. Learn more about the ecology of wildfir...
October 29, 2009
Little Rock, AR – Speaking today alongside U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln and U.S Senator Mark Pryor, the Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury´s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), Donna J. Gambrell, announced an award of $70 million in tax credit allocation...
October 29, 2009
"My exposure to the FBI was very limited, just what I saw on TV," said Shannan Menya, Minneapolis.
"[The FBI] couldn´t be trusted," believed Rev. Dr. Rocky Brown, Philadelphia.
"The agency was little more than interstate police," explained Azra Hussain, Phoenix.
This was what three co...
October 27, 2009
The Herald Express of Devon reported on October 17th, "Parliamentary backing has been given to the new Verticrop vertical farming System developed by Valcent Products (eu) Limited ("VEU").
"A petition has been tabled at Westminster by Adrian Sanders MP, praising VEU for developing the plant grow...
October 27, 2009
Student-led Team California Entry Utilizes Energy-efficient Milgard Windows
WASHINGTON, DC -- Milgard's industry-leading stand on energy efficiency was on display at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as part of Team California's entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's fourth Solar Decathlon...
October 26, 2009
CARDIFF, Calif. -- Jedi Mind, Inc. (JediMindInc.com) is pleased to announce the Company's first thought controlled game to be released prior to the Christmas season. Jedi Mind's software programmers have been finalizing the development of the first game to be sold, which will launch in the next few ...
October 26, 2009
Indiana Businesses for a Clean Energy Economy Release New Jobs Report Day Before Senate Hearings Start
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- On the eve of U.S. Senate deliberations on clean energy and climate legislation, Indiana Businesses for a Clean Energy Economy released a new economic analysis that finds the...
October 23, 2009
Oak Glen - Rileys at Los Rios Rancho pays tribute to tradition with its 6th annual Apple Butter Festival Thanksgiving weekend, November 27th, 28th, and 29th, 2009.
Pioneer families made a custom of gathering in late fall to cook up apple butter from the last of the season's crop. It was a pract...
October 23, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Thank you for that warm introduction and welcome.
I realize that the IRS Commissioner has not customarily addressed the NACD´s corporate governance conference…but what I want to discuss with you this afternoon is the important role that boards of directors can play in overseei...
October 23, 2009
Chair Warren, Members of the Panel, thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding Treasury's efforts under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). You have asked me in particular to describe the progress of our efforts and to ...
October 23, 2009
WASHINGTON — Tax rate brackets and various tax benefits will remain unchanged or change only slightly in 2010 due to inflation, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.
By law, the dollar amounts for a variety of tax provisions must be revised each year to keep pace with inflation. As ...
October 23, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced cost‑of‑living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for Tax Year 2010.
Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code provides for dollar limitations on benefits and contributions under...
Treasury Releases Semi-Annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policie
October 23, 2009
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the Semi-Annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies, as required under Sections 3004 and 3005 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. The report covers the period from January 2009 throu...
October 23, 2009
WASHINGTON – As part of its comprehensive plan to stabilize the U.S. housing market, the Obama Administration today announced a new initiative for state and local housing finance agencies (HFAs) that will help support low mortgage rates and expand resources for low and middle income borrowers to pur...
October 22, 2009
DAVIS, CA – The University of California, Davis is the focus of a major federal complaint charging it and two other nationally known university research centers have killed dozens of primates through traumatic injuries, veterinary negligence and other violations. The others are the University of Mic...
October 22, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Peace Corps recruited 15,386 applicants in fiscal year 2009. This represents the largest amount of applications since the agency began electronically recording applications in 1998 and is an 18 percent increase from fiscal year 2008.*
"Our record application numbers are a...
October 22, 2009
New York -- EarthCam, the leader in webcam technology, http://www.earthcam.net/ today announced the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge retrofit archives have surpassed the one million image mark since cameras began monitoring the massive infrastructure project.
The restructure of the critical transp...
October 20, 2009
ANAHEIM, Calif./PRNewswirel/ -- Disneyland Resort has won the 2009 Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), California's highest and most prestigious environmental honor. The award recognizes individuals, organizations and businesses that have demonstrated exceptional leadersh...
October 19, 2009
Works by Ruscha and Warhol to Highlight Fall Auction of Fine Prints in November.
International auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to offer Fine Prints on November 3, 2009. Simulcast between the San Francisco and Los Angeles salesrooms, the auction will feature a diverse selection of...
October 16, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced three additional initial closings of Public-Private Investment Funds (PPIFs) established under the Legacy Securities Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP). AllianceBernstein, LP and its sub-advisors Greenfield Partners, LLC and Ri...
October 16, 2009
NEW YORK – As part of the Obama Administration's efforts to highlight the local impact of economic stimulus programs, Treasury's Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Alan Krueger and Congressman Charles Rangel (NY-15) visited a subway construction site in New York City support...
October 16, 2009
A fraudulent e-mail message claiming to contain a confidential FBI report titled "New Patterns in Al-Qaeda Financing" has been circulating since August 15, 2009. The e-mail has the subject line "Intelligence Bulletin No. 267," and contains an attachment titled "bulletin.exe." This message, or simila...
October 15, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif./PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A leading environmental group urged the California Energy Commission (CEC) to adopt the nation's first energy efficiency standards for big screen TVs that will save consumers money, cut energy use and reduce global warming pollution. The commission held a...
October 13, 2009
On October 13th, the 84th birthday of legendary icon Lenny Bruce, there will be an auction of rare memorabilia consisting of more than 25 items from his Estate, overseen by his daughter, Kitty Bruce.
The auction is being held to raise funds for Lenny´s House, a non-profit recovery hou...
October 13, 2009
ST. LOUIS - Anna Zatonskih clinched her second consecutive U.S. Women's Chess championship by defeating Sabina Foisor in round eight of the 2009 event at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
With one round remaining, she has acquired a near-perfect 7.5 out of 8 points and will win...
October 12, 2009
Mid-Race Incident Yields Disappointing Finish In ARCA Finale.
ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina - Garnishing a lot of attention with his pink No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings-Kimmie Cares Toyota Camry at Rockingham Speedway, Patrick Sheltra and his Sheltra Motorsports team had high hopes for Sunday´...
October 12, 2009
ST. LOUIS - Anna Zatonskih dispatched one of her two closest rivals in round six of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. In the longest match of the day, Zatonskih, of Long Island, N.Y., used an impending pawn storm and slowly overwhelmed Melekh...
October 08, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Patrick Sheltra´s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) debut at Kansas Speedway was cut prematurely short in Saturday´s Kansas Lottery 300 after contact on the first lap with another competitor resulted in a 37th place finish in the No. 81 Buffalo Wings & Rings-MC2 Energy...
October 07, 2009
Mr. Showtime To Sport Pink Uniform & Racecar For ARCA Season Finale.
ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina - If you see Patrick Sheltra or his No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings-Kimmie Cares Toyota Camry in pink this weekend at Rockingham Speedway, you´re not dreaming. For the ARCA RE/MAX Series season fi...
October 08, 2009
Leading animal conservationists vie for $100,000 award.
INDIANAPOLIS - Twenty-nine animal conservationists who have dedicated their lives to saving the Earth´s endangered species have been nominated to receive the biennial Indianapolis Prize, the world´s leading award for animal con...
October 08, 2009
ST. LOUIS - The most anticipated encounter of the 2009 U.S. Women's Championship took place in round three, with the top two seeds facing off for the first time since their controversial finish to the 2008 Championship. This time, as last time, the top seed, Anna Zatonskih, took the victory at the C...
October 07, 2009
Author´s husband honors wife´s last wish to finish book.
Garden Valley, CA – Author Carol Tillotson´s first novel, The Legend of Round Valley, is a thriller about three couples on a romantic vacation that takes a dark twist, leaving the couples in a struggle for their very sur...
October 07, 2009
GREENBELT, MD -- For more than 19 years, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope--one of the celebrated scientific instruments of our time--has revolutionized our understanding of the universe and how it works.
David S. Leckrone, just-retired senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope Program ...
October 07, 2009
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- With a floor filled with the hottest in maritime security technology open to the public free of charge and a high-level conference featuring scores of public- and private-sector leaders, the Maritime Security Expo is slated to return Oct. 20-21 to the Long Beach Convention Cent...
October 07, 2009
Donations to Benefit Soles4Souls(R) Inc., the Shoe Charity
Georgia residents are invited to recycle their 'gently worn' shoes for people in need
NASHVILLE, Tenn. and ATLANTA, GA -- Now, along with their soda cans and old newspapers, Georgia residents can bring their gently worn shoes to recycl...
October 07, 2009
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- The most effective DVD in the marketplace today, Flex-DVD is a mass mailing solution, better for the environment and can even come in a variety of scents. As corporations and organizations in the U.S.A. become more conscious of their impact on the environment, the Flex-DV...
October 07, 2009
Washington DC - Following his presentation at the 2009 Light of Truth Awards this afternoon, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited the Laogai Museum, the first museum in the world to focus solely on human rights abuses in the People´s Republic of China, both past and present.
His Holiness v...
October 07, 2009
Working Waterfronts Act of 2009 Needs Co-Sponsors.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Working waterfronts are a dying breed. With developer´s eyes on waterfront parcels, water-dependent businesses like marinas, boat yards, commercial fishing operations, boat builders, and charter boat fleets are getting pushed ...
October 05, 2009
ST. LOUIS - The opening round of the 2009 U.S. Women's Chess Championship gave a taste of the combative play that will come over the next 11 days. The championship will take place at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, from Oct. 3, 2009. The first day's action gathered 10 of the hig...
October 03, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S Environmental Protection Agency´s Green Power Partnership is honoring four California Green Power Partners for their commitment and contribution to help advance the nation´s voluntary green power market.
"We are proud of the accomplishments of our par...
October 03, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Strong preregistration for the 2009 Masters of Business Online (MBO) event has organizers predicting record attendance. Scheduled for Wednesday, October 21st, this one day conference provides business professionals a "Masters Level" overview of current online marketing tactics ...
October 03, 2009
"Team; Marketing Partner Join Forces To Raise Awareness Through Kimmie Cares"
KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Officials from Sheltra Motorsports and their primary marketing partner Buffalo Wings & Rings jointly announced today that the two have joined forces for the month of October and November to ra...
October 03, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the Congressional Record is now printed on 100 percent recycled paper. The Speaker was presented with a copy of the Congressional Record by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). The move is part of the larger "Green the Capitol" Initia...
October 03, 2009
Washington, DC – On August 21, 2009, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new Capacity-Building Initiative to greatly expand technical assistance and training opportunities for community development financial institutions (CD...
October 03, 2009
Milwaukee, WI – Director Donna J. Gambrell, of the U.S. Department of the Treasury´s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, visited Milwaukee, Wisconsin today to announce awards totaling $52,715,000 to 62 organizations serving economically distressed communities across the n...
October 03, 2009
It sounded like a smart idea: investing in automated teller machines (ATMs) located in high-traffic retail locations around the country. The investors would recoup their money, plus an incredible 20-24 percent return, through the fees charged to the ATM customers. Seemed like a deal too good to pass...
October 03, 2009
Today, as the CDFI Fund concludes fiscal year (FY) 2009, we look back on twelve months of unprecedented challenges and many great accomplishments. When the national economy was faced with the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, the CDFI Fund was still able to take significant ac...
October 03, 2009
Clarksburg, WV—On October 1, 2009, the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division will hold a ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). The ceremony will be held in the CJIS Divisio...
October 03, 2009
Fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking
sites and spread malicious software by using various techniques. One
technique involves the use of spam to promote phishing sites, claiming there has
been a violation of the terms of agreement or some other type of issue which needs
to ...
October 03, 2009
According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), there has been an increase in the number of hijacked social networking accounts reported to www.ic3.gov.
One of the more popular scams involves online criminals planting malicious software and code onto to victim computers. It starts by some...
October 03, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Oct. 15 deadline is fast approaching for millions of taxpayers who requested a six-month extension to file their 2008 tax returns.
It´s also the deadline for special voluntary disclosures by taxpayers with assets in previously undisclosed offshore financial accounts.
...
October 03, 2009
New book prompts modern approach to religion and challenges all to create one´s personal religious view.
Many books discuss the origins and tenets of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and other world religions. Few provide a universal understanding as to why religion plays th...
October 02, 2009
WASHINGTON – The Senate last night passed an amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that would require the Department of Defense to calculate how much the Pentagon pays companies that committed fraud.
The measure, added to a defense appropriations bill, also would make the Pentagon recomme...
October 02, 2009
Washington D.C. - Newspapers are reporting today that during the official Q&A session following the Chicago bid for the Olympic Games, I.O.C. member, Syed Shahid Ali, from Pakistan, asked President Obama how smooth it would be for foreigners to enter the United States for the Olympic Games because d...
October 02, 2009
Unlocking The Secrets to Living Longer and Healthier.
Every year life expectancy increases in the United States. We are living longer, and many baby boomers can expect to live well into their eighties and nineties. The keys to living with health and vitality in our senior years is held in the...
October 02, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Kansas - ARCA RE/MAX Series (ARS) veteran driver Patrick Sheltra tackled his first NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) laps at Kansas Speedway Friday afternoon trying to dial in his No. 81 Buffalo Wings & Rings-MC2 Energy Drink Dodge Charger for tomorrow´s Kansas Lottery 300.
...
October 01, 2009
"No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings-MC2 Energy Drink Dodge Charger Ninth Fastest".
KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Patrick Sheltra in the No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings-MC2 Energy Drink Dodge Charger posted the ninth fastest lap in the ARCA RE/MAX Series delayed practice session Thursday at Kansas Speedway.
...
October 01, 2009
New Funding Opportunity From the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
San Francisco – The National Trust for Historic Preservation announces a grant program targeting historic preservation across Los Angeles County. Grants from the newly created Los Angeles County Preservation Fund will pr...
September 28, 2009
CDFI Fund Director Gambrell Highlights Long-Term Commitment to Native Communities.
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of the Treasury´s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund today announced $4.4 million in financial assistance awards to 10 CDFIs through the Native Ame...
September 28, 2009
WHITESVILLE, Kentucky - Officials from Sheltra Motorsports and MC2 Energy Drink jointly announced today that the Las Vegas, Nevada Energy Drink will join driver Patrick Sheltra for a double header race weekend consisting of the ARCA RE/MAX Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series events from Kansas Speed...
September 25, 2009
Just Cause Eviction Law Goes into Effect in Ridgecrest, CA this Week: Will Protect Renters in Foreclosure from Eviction by Banks.
One month after its passage at the Ridgecrest (CA) City Council, a new law went into effect this week that will prevent banks from evicting renters in foreclosed res...
September 25, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Innovative Partnerships Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington is offering an opportunity for the public to help shape the prize challenges the agency offers to America's future citizen-inventors.
For the next six weeks, ideas for new Centennial Challenge prize competiti...
September 25, 2009
-- Labor-Management Program to Train 1,000 Building Supers --
NEW YORK, NY -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Realty Advisory Board President Jim Berg and 32BJ President Mike Fishman today in launching an ambitious green buildings program to train one thousand superintendents and resident managers ...
September 25, 2009
NEW YORK, NY -- One of the youngest CGI members announced a commitment of a new kind at the CGI this week: the first platform for social contributions to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The ACT ON 8 platform operates around an action cycle which includes awareness (campaigns), information (...
September 25, 2009
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- New data from the Deep Impact spacecraft and the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), an instrument aboard India's recently ended Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, provide, for the first time, clear evidence that water exists on the surface of the Moon.
"The Deep Impact observations of the M...
September 25, 2009
CLEVELAND, OH -- This flu season the H1N1 flu virus (the "swine flu") could potentially reach pandemic proportions. As such, employers must be prepared to meet the challenges posed by a pandemic, such as absenteeism, interruptions in supply or delivery, or changes in commerce patterns. Employers mus...
September 24, 2009
WASHINGTON/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered opening remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference "Capitol Hill Day Summit" yesterday in the Capitol Visitor's Center. Below are the Speaker's remarks as prepared for delivery:
"Thank yo...
September 24, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to the California Secretary of States' web-site, ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum made donations totaling $50,000(1) to Governor Schwarzenegger's Dream Team, ballot measure committee account. Each company made a $25,000 contribution on...
September 24, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Don't own a car but eager to get out to a park or beach you thought was inaccessible? Trying to reduce your carbon footprint? Now you can get out to your favorite trails and find new ones, all on public transit.
The brand-new website, Transit and Trails (ww...
September 22, 2009
(Reuters) - A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would give the
average beneficiary an additional $415.20 in Social Security payments in 2010, a
boost of $34.60 per month.
Without such intervention, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecasts that
seniors will see no...
September 21, 2009
WESTFALL TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Acting Secretary John Quigley today joined Pike County civic and regional conservation leaders in celebrating the acquisition of a 708-acre piece of land that expands the Delaware State Forest to more than 84,000 acres.
"T...
September 21, 2009
WALTHAM, Mass. -- For the fifth consecutive year, Raytheon Company has achieved a 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
The HRC, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, rates American companies ...
September 21, 2009
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA scientists are marveling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet's equinox last month. Scientists once thought the rings were almost completely flat, but new images reveal the heights of some newly discovered bumps in the ...
September 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- One year ago, on September 28, 2008, then-Candidate Barack Obama used the world stage provided by the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative to promise that, if elected, he would work to create a Global Fund for Education. Mr. Obama said:
"That's why the third commitmen...
September 21, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA -- The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has announced the winners of its annual Campus Sustainability Leadership Awards. The awards recognize institutions that have demonstrated an outstanding overall commitment to sustainability in ...
R&D Credit Coalition Applauds White House Innovation Strategy & Commitment to Research & Development
September 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The R&D Credit Coalition applauds President Obama for his speech made today at an upstate New York community college where he outlined his broader innovation strategy and how the government can play an important role in bolstering the U.S. economy through supporting innovation and ...
September 21, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh by Alyn Shipton is the first biography of this remarkable composer. Available October 5 from the University of Illinois Press, the book will be launched in New York with a Michael Feinstein Zankel Hall concert at Carnegie Hall and ...
September 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has selected the Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, Calif., for the Specialized Engineering Evaluation and Test Services contract. The total value of this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity cost-plus fixed fee contract i...
September 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today following President Obama's speech in Troy, N.Y. on innovation and Energy Secretary Steven Chu's announcement in Washington on funding to modernize our electrical system and build a smart energy grid:
"Today, President ...
September 21, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Peace College President Laura Carpenter Bingham announced Monday that she will conclude her tenure as the college's ninth and first alumna president next summer, after 12 years in office.
"President Bingham is a dynamic leader for Peace College who immersed herself in its life an...
September 21, 2009
Event to rally support for American clean energy jobs joined by Governor Rendell
PITTSBURGH, PA -- The Alliance for Climate Protection's Repower America campaign, the United Steelworkers and the Blue Green Alliance will conclude their Clean Energy Jobs Tour with a rally in Pittsburgh on Septembe...
September 21, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas -- New Texas coal plants could escape the performance standards and carbon dioxide restrictions of a federal climate bill, says Public Citizen Texas. Eleven coal plants that are pending, permitted, or under construction in Texas could be grandfathered under the American Clean Energy an...
September 21, 2009
Trailblazing Web Portal Helps Friends Connect for Trusted Vacation Home Rentals and Trades
SecondPorch.com (apps.facebook.com/secondporch)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- By harnessing the power of social networks, a new online travel portal is helping second homeowners overcome the biggest barriers to mar...
September 21, 2009
1st American Yacht ~ Ever ~ Completes East-to-West Transit of Northwest Passage and Continues East Coast Leg of Around the Americas Science-based Expedition Focused on Climate Change
Boston, Mass. is Third Port Stop since transiting the Northwest Passage
Boston, Mass. - After more than three m...
September 21, 2009
2010 Edison Best New Product Awards and New Edison Green Award to Recognize Excellence in Innovation
CHICAGO, IL -- The Edison Awards, recognized as one of America's leading innovation awards, is accepting nominations through Dec. 11, 2009 via its website, edisonawards.com, for the 2010 Edison B...
September 18, 2009
Unemployment, interest rates, stress—they´re all on the rise as the economy is buffeted by a downturn. What´s not rising, however, is crime, according to statistics compiled by the FBI that show violent crimes and property crimes declined nationwide in 2008.
The data, released t...
September 18, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has allocated authority to issue Tribal Economic Development Bonds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In Notice 2009-51, the IRS solicited applications for the allocation of $2 billion of national bond volume limitation author...
IR-2009-082: IRS Announces New Materials Available to Promote Awareness of Recovery Act Tax Benefits
September 18, 2009
WASHINGTON — As part of a larger effort to increase the awareness and use of tax benefits available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act), the Internal Revenue Service today announced the availability of a vast array of products that help explain several tax benefit...
September 18, 2009
Richard A. McFeely has been named special agent in charge (SAC) of the FBI´s Baltimore Division. Director Robert S. Mueller, III appointed him to this position to replace SAC Amy Jo Lyons, who was recently named assistant director of the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters. Most recently, ...
September 18, 2009
Daniel McMullen has been named special agent in charge (SAC) of FBI´s Jackson Division. Director Robert S. Mueller, III appointed him to this position to replace SAC Frederick T. Brink, who retired. Most recently, Mr. McMullen served as SAC for criminal matters in the Los Angeles Division.
...
September 18, 2009
PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- LYSOL , the number one pediatrician recommended brand, announced today the launch of the Healthier Habits Rewards Program, an initiative to educate families on healthy hygiene routines. Through the Healthier Habits Rewards program, parents can learn valuable tips to help protect ...
September 17, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The following event advisory was issued today by the Water Environment Federation.
Who: The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the International Water Association (IWA) will join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other partner...
September 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the House voted 253 to 171 this afternoon to pass the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act:
"Education is the best investment individuals can make in themselves, it is the best investment parents can make in th...
September 17, 2009
PITTSBURGH, PA -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced today that officials are working with West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address a fish kill in D...
September 17, 2009
BOSTON, MA -- The President's Climate Commitment Committee submitted its Climate Action Plan to the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). The plan documents the College's commitment to reducing campus greenhouse gas emissions and outlines initiatives designed to achi...
September 17, 2009
Science-Based Policies Set the Course for Conservation of Dwindling Marine Resources
WASHINGTON, DC -- Joshua Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group, issued the following statement in response to recommendations for a national ocean policy issued by President Obama's task force.
...
September 17, 2009
Alarming comments by new U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Eric Goosby, may offer clues
WASHINGTON, DC -- Later today, Ambassador Eric Goosby will be sworn in as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. "While we welcome Ambassador Goosby to his new post, and look forward to working with him on ...
September 17, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- In cities around the globe tomorrow, artists, activists and citizens will temporarily transform metered parking spaces into public parks and other social spaces, as part of an annual event called "PARK(ing) Day."
Originally invented in 2005 by Rebar, a San Francisco art and d...
September 17, 2009
Amendments Will Be Needed According to Brazilian Sugarcane Industry
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL -- The Agro-ecological Zoning of Sugarcane, a legislative proposal announced today in Brazil by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, represents an important step to ensure the disciplined and organized expansio...
September 17, 2009
TreePeople and partners prepare for reforestation in fire-devastated national parks
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The historic Angeles Forest Station Fire devastated more than 160,500 acres of forest lands, including the heart of Los Angeles' upper watershed and the headwaters of the Los Angeles River. Tre...
September 16, 2009
Approval Provides Important Tool to Fight Pandemic
WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccines will be distributed nationally after the initial lots become available, which is expecte...
September 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The following is a statement from the National Automobile Dealers Association:
"NADA strongly supports continuous improvements in fuel economy for passenger vehicles and light trucks pursuant to a single national standard. A single, national fuel economy standard is the best way...
September 16, 2009
GREENBELT, MD -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is starting to come together. A major component of the telescope, the Integrated Science Instrument Module structure, recently arrived at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for testing in the Spacecraft Systems Development and Integr...
September 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The former superintendent of a wastewater treatment facility in Rochester, Ind., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in South Bend, Ind., to serve one year in prison for falsifying discharge monitoring reports that concealed violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Dep...
September 16, 2009
Agreement Will Fund Additional Cleanup, Soil Sampling and Lab Analysis
PITTSBURGH, PA -- The Department of Environmental Protection has reached an agreement to resolve all litigation in connection with the 2005 Forward Township, Allegheny County, ash slide and its related 2006 subsidence inciden...
September 15, 2009
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- As part of the American Solar Energy Society's National Solar Tour, Solar Electrical Systems of Westlake Village will host a free guided Solar Home Tour of five solar-powered homes in the Conejo Valley area from 10:30am to 1:30pm on Saturday, October 3, 2009. Participants...
September 15, 2009
For the First Time Ever The Site Will Stream Full Albums From Musical Guests in Conjunction With Their Upcoming Appearances on 'The Colbert Report'
On Wednesday, September 16, The Flaming Lips Will Perform On The Show And Become The First Ever Band To Debut An Album On ColbertNation.com In Advan...
September 15, 2009
ATLANTA, GA -- From Wall Street to Main Street, organizations big and small are leading the fight against climate change and for the ninth straight year, EPA honored 17 partners across the United States, including Butte College, for outstanding contributions in helping grow the nation's voluntary gr...
September 15, 2009
After landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sept. 11, space shuttle Discovery is about to start its cross-country journey back to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Following the successful STS-128 mission to the International Space Station, Discovery was mounted on a modified B...
September 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers. The Desert RATS -- or Research and Technology Studies -- in the Arizona desert at Black Point Lava Flow allow NASA to analyze and refine technologies and procedures in extrem...
September 15, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- AMB Property Corporation, a leading global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, today released an online corporate sustainability report and launched a website (amb.com/sustainability) dedicated to sharing information on the company's sustainability initiativ...
September 15, 2009
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- It can be said that one of the best investments people can make is in themselves ... and sometimes it's as simple as the irresistible bliss of being carried away with a good book. This fall, the new "Season of Personal Discovery" offers vacations with an inspiring purpose, givin...
September 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller and other House Members held a news conference this afternoon on the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, which the House is expected to pass this week...
September 15, 2009
Famous Celebrities 'Share the Passion' For Local Down Syndrome Awareness Calendar
LOCAL CALENDAR SHOWCASES: Adam Yauch, Jimmie Vaughan, Brian Orakpo, Sandy McIlree & many more celebrities featured with local Austin children in 2010 Down Syndrome Association (DSACT) Awareness Calendar
AUSTIN,...
September 15, 2009
Countries submit plan for regulating super greenhouse gases
WASHINGTON, DC -- The United States joined with Canada and Mexico today in formally supporting a proposal to curtail production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). In materials released by the U.S. State Department, the three nations ...
September 14, 2009
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that the United States and Monaco have signed an agreement to allow for the exchange of information on tax matters between the two countries. The agreement was signed by Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin and Minister Franck Biancheri in Was...
September 14, 2009
WASHINGTON – George W. Madison was confirmed yesterday by the United States Senate to serve as the Department of the Treasury's General Counsel. As General Counsel, Madison will serve as senior legal and policy adviser to the Secretary and other senior Department officials. Madison also will head t...
September 14, 2009
Mr. Vice President, Secretary Duncan, Chancellor Cantor, I am pleased to join you today to discuss the importance of college education and college affordability to the U.S. economy and American families. This subject is touching close to home these days because next week I'll be dropping my daughter...
September 11, 2009
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Rascal has been named winner of the country's oldest -- and possibly world's oldest -- "Original Ugly Dog Contest." Compared to a Chupracabra, Rascal, a 7-lb. naturally hairless African Sand Dog, owned by actor Dane Andrew of Sunnyvale, California, won for...
September 09, 2009
ORO VALLEY, Ariz. -- For the first time in Arizona history, a major retail project is delivering green - and more than just greenbacks -- for the state.
Vestar Development Co.'s Oro Valley Marketplace has earned Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED ) certification from the U...
September 09, 2009
HARRISBURG, PA -- The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, in the Capitol East Wing Rotunda in Harrisburg to open an exhibit of student artworks inspired by diversity and conflict-resolution training. The artists are students from Cedar ...
Nurses, AFL-CIO Unions to Host Michael Moore and Special Screening of New Film at AFL-CIO Convention
September 09, 2009
At Monday Forum Supporting Medicare for All
PITTSBURGH, PA -- The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, joined by other AFL-CIO unions, will host filmmaker Michael Moore at a special reception Monday night, along with a screening of his highly anticipated new film, "...
September 09, 2009
Made Possible By American Reading Company Using Federal Stimulus Funds
CAMDEN, N.J. -- Camden City Public Schools announced today that all 20 Elementary and Family Schools will participate in American Reading Company's 100 Book Challenge, an intensive intervention program proven to dramatically i...
September 09, 2009
Nines Align to Create Awareness for The First American Math Challenge
NEW YORK, NY -- Best-selling author and Guinness World Record Holder as the "Fastest Human Calculator," Scott Flansburg earned his sobriquet for his ability to process numbers with amazing speed and calculator accuracy. He can ...
September 09, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Blue Shield of California announced today that it will cover the administrative costs of the H1N1 virus (swine flu) vaccine for all its members, regardless of which plan they have. Blue Shield will be waiving prior authorizations, copays and deductibles for office visits when me...
September 09, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Michele Connolly, a life coach and public speaker who has received several degrees while working full time, has launched a new line of interactive student planners, available at getorganizedwizard.com/to-do-lists/student-to-do-lists
Connolly completed a business degree and a gr...
September 09, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Canadian Space Agency President Steve MacLean signed a framework agreement Wednesday for cooperative activities in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. Canadian Ambassador to the United States Michael Wilson hosted the ...
September 09, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA has awarded a contract modification to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P., of Waco, Texas, for further developmental engineering in support of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy mission, known as SOFIA.
This option modification under the base cont...
September 09, 2009
NEW YORK, NY -- When James Miller, Kevin Wolfer and Mitch Klein joined forces four years ago to found The Kennedy Funding Invitational charity tennis tournament, their goal was to honor the memory of a dear friend and to raise money and awareness to fight breast cancer. Little did they know that the...
September 09, 2009
NEW YORK, NY -- Three years after the dedication of the 100 foot tall World Trade Center memorial located at the entrance to New York harbor, its web site has been launched, enabling widespread access to view this spectacular memorial at 911monument.com.
The monument, called To the Struggle Again...
September 09, 2009
Trillion dollar cap-and-trade system would pose big financial risk for little "green" benefit
WASHINGTON, DC -- According to a new report released today by the U.S. Climate Task Force (CTF), an opaque, complex trading system like the cap-and-trade program outlined in the Senate climate bill would...
September 09, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Four individuals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia with conspiracy to commit copyright infringement for allegedly obtaining and illegally releasing copyrighted music, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A...
September 09, 2009
DELTA JUNCTION, Alaska -- Riki Ellison, Chairman and President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) missiledefenseadvocacy.org spent two days with the soldiers that operate the missile defense fields at Fort Greely, Alaska. Below is a personal account of his impressions and insights of wh...
September 09, 2009
World's Smallest Music Player Now in Five Great Colors
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Apple today announced that iPod shuffle , the world's smallest music player and the first music player to talk to you, is now available starting at just $59 in five great colors. iPod shuffle's intuitive controls are conv...
September 09, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Luxury specialist Crystal Cruises is expanding its innovative Computer University@Sea programming with the brand new Windows 7 operating system, and more options for guests earning college credit during the World Cruise.
This fall, the line will offer classes based on Microsoft...
September 09, 2009
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The first statewide Family/School/Community Engagement Summit in North Carolina will join parents, educators and policy-makers for a day-long discussion on policies and practices that benefit student learning.
The summit, which is the brainchild of the National Education Assoc...
September 09, 2009
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A rocket experiment that may shed light on the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere will be conducted Sept. 15 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The Charged Aerosol Release Experiment (CARE) will be conducted by the Naval Research Laboratory and the Depar...
September 09, 2009
HOUSTON, TX -- NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper has left NASA to return to the Navy. Stefanyshyn-Piper is a veteran of two space shuttle flights and five spacewalks.
"Heide has been an outstanding astronaut, contributing significantly to the space shuttle and spa...
September 09, 2009
FanVsFan (FanVsFan.com) transforms fans and bloggers into competitive FanCasters. Step Up Your Game. Compete, Broadcast, Win, to Silence Your Rivals!
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Versus Technology announced today the launch of its flagship multimedia property FanVsFan (FanVsFan.com), a website which breaks...
September 09, 2009
World's Most Popular Music Player Now Available in Nine Brilliant Colors
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Apple today introduced the new iPod nano , adding a video camera, mic and speaker to the world's most popular music player. Music lovers can now shoot video wherever they are, view it on their iPod nano ...
September 09, 2009
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Steven Ullmann, director of Programs in Health Sector Management and Policy at the University of Miami School of Business Administration and nationally recognized expert in health policy issues, is available for media interviews on a range of topics relating to the debate over ...
September 09, 2009
New Breakthrough Price of $199
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Apple today announced the new iPod touch lineup starting at the breakthrough price of just $199, giving users a great iPod , a great pocket computer, a great game player and access to Apple's revolutionary App Store with over 75,000 applications...
September 09, 2009
- New digital distribution platform gives gamers an improved experience with a revamped client, online store, a new tray program, and paves the way to a new feature: Ready to Play -
PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Software developer Stardock (www.stardock.com) revealed the fourth phase of its popular digital ...
September 08, 2009
DAVAO CITY - The key to attracting more investors in Mindanao particularly in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry is to bring out success stories in parts of the region where BPO has flourished and other areas that have great potential, industry experts say.
"It´s about getting ...
September 08, 2009
Kite flying activities go well beyond the physical phenomenon of wind blown materials flying tethered to their earth bound launchers. It is an activity including local knowledge of winds and landscapes, knowledge of how to physically shape the kite in order to have it fly. It is an activity that cha...
September 08, 2009
An Atheist civil rights group hasa criticized the Kentucky Attorney General's office for appealing a case challenging laws that it says allowed the Commonwealth to establish religion.
Statutes passed after the September 11, 2001 faith-based attacks ordered the state Office of Homeland Security o...
September 07, 2009
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Creative Stages Youth Theatre proudly announces new opportunities to become involved in theatre, with its first fund raiser, plays, and workshops. The troupe will perform its benefit show, Curtains Up! on Sunday, September 13 to boost its premiere season.
Curtains Up! begins with...
September 07, 2009
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Despite the effects of an uncertain economy, contributions and pledges to the 44th annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon over Labor Day nonetheless totaled $60,481,231 million.
MDA National Chairman and Telethon star Jerry Lewis said he was impressed by the show of support from Teletho...
September 07, 2009
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), praised U.S. President Obama's naming of Ron Bloom to an expanded role that makes the future of American manufacturing strategic to the nation's economic future and an answer to persistent unemployment.
Ger...
September 07, 2009
Modelling Air Travel Could Prove Critical for Health Organizations and Government Agencies Preparing for the Upcoming Flu Season
CHICAGO, IL -- OAG, the leading provider of global airline data and intelligence, has developed a prototype to assist health organizations and government agencies in pr...
September 07, 2009
A Parent's Guide
WASHINGTON, DC -- Parents should talk to their kids about issues surrounding the President's speech to the nation's school children Tuesday, such as the role of the federal government in education, the state of our nation's education crisis, and how they can elect officials who w...
September 07, 2009
PARIS, FRANCE -- Eutelsat Communications announces that it has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for the launch in mid-November 2009 of the W7 satellite on an ILS Proton. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the satellite will now undergo final preparation for delivery to the Baiko...
September 07, 2009
Massive Rally and Concert to Address American Workers
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Don Blankenship, Chairman and CEO of Massey Energy, delivered a speech to the Friends of America concert and rally in West Virginia on Labor Day, September 7th. As many as 100,000 people were expected to attend from 31 sta...
September 07, 2009
PARIS, FRANCE -- GlobeCast, a leading content management and delivery company, and Eutelsat Communications, one of the world's leading satellite operators, announce the signature of a three-year contract for two 36 MHz transponders on Eutelsat's ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 1 and W2A satellites.
The new cap...
September 07, 2009
LONDON, ENGLAND -- Do you struggle to keep your 5-12 year olds on task at homework time? Help is now at hand with the launch of The Learning Bubble (tlb), a powerful piece of software featuring a special learning desktop that creates an interruption-free environment in which children can learn - sim...
September 06, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Burner Balm, a division of Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., announced the launch of Performance-X, the first and only lip balm with L-Carnitine. Performance-X lip balm contains Burner Balm's signature ingredients: natural caffeine and green tea extract to boost energy, Hoodia extract...
September 06, 2009
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- The members of IAM Local 1947 in Fond du Lac, WI, have ratified a modification of their current labor agreement that will result in job security and the movement of jobs from other Mercury Marine locations to Fond du Lac, WI.
"We met with Mercury Marine top management and hav...
September 06, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- There are several reasons for celebrating this coming Tuesday, September 8. Lo que no digo cantando (Beyond the Music), the first book by Ricardo Montaner, will make its debut in bookstores everywhere. Published by Grupo Nelson, the Spanish division of Thomas Nelson Publishers, L...
September 05, 2009
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today named two Mexico-based companies and six individuals as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers for their ties to Productos Farmaceuticos Collins (Collins), a pharmaceutical company in Jalisco, Mexico...
September 05, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA – U.S. Department of the Treasury´s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) Director Donna J. Gambrell attended today the grand opening of the new campus of College-Ready Academy High School #7. Surrounded by some of the lowest performing schools in the C...
September 05, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of the Treasury´s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI Fund) announced today that in record time, and exactly two months after awards were announced for community development grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act), it...
September 05, 2009
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued a final rule amending the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515 (CACR), to implement the President's initiative of April 13, 2009, to reach out to the Cuban people in support of their desire to ...
September 05, 2009
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. financial system supervisors and regulators[1][1] transmitted new financial sector self-assessment reviews for banking, securities, insurance, and payment systems to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These self-assessments review U...
September 05, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA – Cutting the ribbon today alongside Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, U.S. Department of the Treasury´s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) Director Donna J. Gambrell attended the grand opening of the Ánimo Watts Charter High School. Located ne...
September 05, 2009
Report Details Cumulative, State-by-State Data on Treasury's Recovery Act Programs, Including $66.1 Billion in Tax Benefits to Date for Individuals, Families, Businesses
WASHINGTON – As part of an effort to highlight the success of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) in revi...
September 04, 2009
Home-Spun or Hard Fact?
NEWBURY, England -- Women's health experts are warning that old wives' tales and ignorance about modern contraceptive options could be fuelling Britain's high levels of unintended pregnancy, following new research into contraception myths by pollster Opinion Health.(1)
...
September 04, 2009
Flu Shots also available beginning in October at Target Pharmacies
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Target announces that flu vaccinations are now available at all 22 Target Clinic locations in Minnesota. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends nearly everyone protect themselves against this ...
September 04, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- A former Ft. Campbell, Ky., soldier was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell to life in prison after being convicted on May 7, 2009, of charges arising out of the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of the girl and her family, Assistant Attorney Gene...
September 04, 2009
Once-In-A-Lifetime Event Honors Military Heroes Who Exemplify Service Over Self
CHICAGO, IL -- More than 50 of America's most distinguished combat veterans will be honored September 15-19 in Chicago as the Congressional Medal of Honor Society brings the compelling story of these heroes' sacrifice...
September 04, 2009
Operation Homefront To Participate In Nationwide Freedom Walk on September 11 To Remember 9-11 Victims and Honor Military
TACOMA, Wash. -- On Friday September 11, 2009, Operation Homefront will join groups across America to host a Freedom Walk in remembrance of the 9-11 attacks. The 2-mile Freedo...
September 04, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The Sbarro Health Research Organization (shro.org), a nonprofit center for cancer, cardiovascular and diabetes research located at Temple University in Philadelphia and the University of Siena, Italy, has launched Sponsor-A-Scientist (cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2...
September 04, 2009
London Designer Opens up NY Fashion Week Event to Public
LONDON, ENGLAND --Gareth Pugh will for the first time have a fashion week presence in New York, presenting his new film directed by Ruth Hogben at MAC & Milk, 450 West 15th Street in the Meatpacking District on Sunday 13 September. Fashion ...
September 04, 2009
MIAMI, Fla. -- Futbolestelar.tv will provide live coverage of the Mexican National Team's World Cup qualifying games against Costa Rica and Honduras. These games are crucial for El Tri, which recently defeated the U.S. National Team in an epic game at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City that kept aliv...
September 04, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Helmets to Hardhats has launched a new website to help veterans better prepare for reentry into civilian life.
Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) is a non-profit program that connects transitioning military servicemembers to quality career opportunities in the construction industry. The ...
September 04, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Helmets to Hardhats has launched a new website to help veterans better prepare for reentry into civilian life.
Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) is a non-profit program that connects transitioning military servicemembers to quality career opportunities in the construction industry. The ...
September 04, 2009
Flu Shots also available beginning September 20 at Target Pharmacies in Maryland
BALTIMORE, MD -- Target announces that flu vaccinations are now available at all six Target Clinic locations in Maryland. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends nearly everyone protect themselves a...
September 04, 2009
MORGANTON, W.Va. -- People with chronic low-back problems who do yoga also do better at overcoming pain and depression than people treated conventionally for back pain, a West Virginia University study funded by the National Institutes of Health shows.
The three-year, $400,000 study, published in...
September 04, 2009
Recycling Zychal recycles old items into new clothing to save energy, & Karina models their clothing
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Today where headlines alternate between the downward spiral of the economy, unemployment numbers and statistics on the impact of global warming, eco-savvy product designer Tary...
September 04, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Attorney General Holder will visit Amidon Elementary School on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009, at 11:30 A.M. ET. The Attorney General will speak to assembled students prior to President Obama's national address to America's schoolchildren on the importance of taking responsibility for ...
September 04, 2009
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Everette James and Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak will address local students at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Point State Park in Pittsburgh, to discuss the importance of physical activity, nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle.
The secretaries will speak ...
September 04, 2009
NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, have rescheduled the test of the new first-stage solid rocket motor for the Ares I rocket. The static firing of the five-segment solid motor, designated development motor-1, is scheduled for 1 p.m. MDT on Thursday, Sept. 10, at the ATK test facility in Prom...
September 04, 2009
LUBBOCK, Texas -- A recent subsidy increase for India's cotton farmers could drop world cotton prices by as much as 6 percent, according to a report from Texas Tech University's Cotton Economics Research Institute (CERI).
U.S. farmers will see their prices slashed by an average 2.48 percent durin...
National Concrete Association Award Grand Prize for Environmental Excellence to Aggregate Industries
September 04, 2009
State-of-the-Art Mid-Atlantic Plant wins prestigious prize
ROCKVILLE, MD -- The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) has recognized Aggregate Industries with the 2009 Grand Prize Award for Environmental Excellence. The award offers concrete producers national recognition for outstand...
National Concrete Association Award Grand Prize for Environmental Excellence to Aggregate Industries
September 04, 2009
State-of-the-Art Mid-Atlantic Plant wins prestigious prize
ROCKVILLE, MD -- The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) has recognized Aggregate Industries with the 2009 Grand Prize Award for Environmental Excellence. The award offers concrete producers national recognition for outstand...
September 04, 2009
HOUSTON, TX -- Two NASA astronaut commanders have perspectives like no others on Twitter -- the views of twin brothers preparing on opposite sides of the world to command both the space shuttle and the International Space Station.
The tweeting twins are astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly. Mark is th...
September 04, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- In the wake of controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's scheduled speech to America's school children, Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform (CER), released the following statement:
"Having the President of the United States use the bully pulpit to s...
September 04, 2009
KEYNOTE, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER & AUTHOR KEVIN BAILEY INTRODUCES A POWERFUL LIFE CHANGING BOOK THAT WILL CHANGE THE LIVES OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE INTRODUCING YOUNG ADULTS: THINK, BELIEVE & BECOME RICH PRESENTED BY WORD CLAY PUBLISHING
NEW YORK, NY -- Kevin Bailey is the author of the critically- acclai...
September 04, 2009
Governor Rendell Leads "Why Pittsburgh" Road Show to Illustrate Turnaround Story
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Next week, Governor Ed Rendell, along with Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership's Bill Flanagan, and one of its key supporters, Greg Babe, president and CEO of Bayer Corp., will be in New York City for an on...
September 04, 2009
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The path to poor hand sanitation is paved with good intentions, according to researchers from Kansas State and North Carolina State Universities.
As college campuses prepare for an expected increase in H1N1 flu this fall, the researchers said students' actions will speak louder...
September 04, 2009
Additional $31,650 Will Go Toward Community Environmental Asthma Screening Project
NORRISTOWN, PA -- PQ Corp. will pay $31,650 in civil penalties for exceeding allowable emission rates at its glass manufacturing facility located in Chester, Delaware County.
As part of its Sept. 1 agreement wit...
September 04, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Zipcar, the world's leading car sharing service, has outfitted nine Portland vehicles with complementary bike racks, and 40 vehicles with federal Northwest Forest Passes and / or Oregon State Park Passes. As with all Zipcars, these vehicles include gas, insurance and 180 miles of d...
September 04, 2009
SEATTLE, WA -- Zipcar, the world's leading car sharing service, has outfitted eight Seattle vehicles with complementary bike racks, and 30 vehicles with federal Northwest Forest Passes. As with all Zipcars, these vehicles include gas, insurance and 180 miles of driving, and are parked in nearby, con...
September 04, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and space shuttle astronauts will participate in live education webcasts on Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. EDT and Sept. 10 at 1 p.m.
On Sept. 8, students will hear insights from Bolden, young agency professionals, and STS-128 mission astronauts Jose M. Hern...
September 03, 2009
Music Industry Powerhouses, Students and Local, National and International Businesses Lend Their Support
Last Public Service Initiative to be Hailed by U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy
BOSTON, MA -- Boston-based rockers, Thirteen Yards to Victory (13 YTV), ranging in age from 18-22 years old, to...
September 03, 2009
NETWORK CELEBRATES RECORD ACHIEVEMENT AND THE LABOR DAY PREMIERE OF ITS FIRST NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, "DURHAM COUNTY"
NEW YORK, NY -- Earlier today, ION Television successfully broke the Guinness World Record for the Largest Moving Box at an event in Times Square to mark the premiere of the network'...
Enrollment Growth Prompts PA Cyber Charter School to Expand Harrisburg, Philadelphia Regional Office
September 03, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- In response to enrollment growth, the state's largest cyber charter school is moving into larger regional offices in both Philadelphia and Harrisburg.
The expansions will house added staff and provide space for more on-site services for students and families.
Based in Weste...
September 03, 2009
Nearly 8 in 10 PA Schools Meet 'No Child Left Behind' Targets for 2009
HARRISBURG, PA -- Nearly 80 percent of Pennsylvania's public schools met the required academic goals of the federal No Child Left Behind law for 2009, Governor Edward G. Rendell and Education Secretary Zahorchak announced toda...
September 03, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA will hold news briefings at 11 a.m. and noon EDT Wednesday, Sept. 9, to release and discuss the first images from the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage of the briefings from NASA Headquarters in Washi...
September 03, 2009
Disney's Grand Californian(R) Hotel & Spa
FULLERTON, Calif. -- Astronaut, explorer, scientist, and American hero, Dr. Buzz Aldrin will be the keynote speaker for Hope International University's annual "Celebrate Hope" dinner held at Disney's Grand Californian(R) Hotel & Spa in Anaheim, CA. The ev...
September 03, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- At a time when most health care professions are experiencing significant worker shortages and need is growing, community colleges and businesses are teaming up to support future graduates in key health care professions.
This month, the American Association of Community Colleges ...
September 03, 2009
An Inspirational and Practical Guide for U.S. Latinos about How to Get into College
NEW YORK, NY -- The Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN), in partnership with The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), announced the launch of College Admissions 411. The...
September 03, 2009
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Perry To Direct, Produce And Write First Project For His 34th Street Films Banner Studio Acquires Worldwide Distribution Rights Principal Photography Begins Late Fall 2009 For Expected 2010 Release
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- L...
Vail Resorts Unveil New Mountain Dining Initiatives - Value at All Five Resorts this Upcoming Season
September 03, 2009
- New signature burgers and the Epic Mountain Burger - New 'Lunch for Less' Value Meal at $9.95 - New Pre-Pay 'Mountain Meal Card' with 20-Percent Added Value - New 'Appetite for Life' Menu Additions - 'Celebrate With Us' and 'Family Friendly' Fine Dining Offers
BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Today Vail Re...
September 03, 2009
National Non-profit Fund for Teachers Offers Passports to Continued Learning for Summer 2010
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- While students slowly adjust to buzzing alarm clocks and mounting homework, a select group of teachers approach the return to school with renewed passion for their profession, thanks to...
September 03, 2009
HARRISBURG, PA -- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today voted down a proposal that would have placed restrictions on crossbow use for the 2009-10 seasons. The 4-4 tie vote is not sufficient to give the proposed rulemaking the final adoption needed, so the previously approved regulations...
September 03, 2009
FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- The Defense Energy Support Center announced a contract award to Solazyme, Inc., San Francisco, for a technology advancing requirement for algae oil derived F-76, an energy fuel the U.S. Navy is scheduled to use in its alternative fuels testing and certification program.
The e...
September 03, 2009
The supermarket retailer makes ten commonly prescribed antibiotics available for free just in time for the important back-to-school season
CLEVELAND, OH -- At a time when many families affected by a difficult economy are struggling with the costs of prescription medications, supermarket retailer ...
September 03, 2009
Programs will bring more kindness, courage and respect to Arizona schools
PHOENIX, AZ -- Youth Frontiers, Inc., one of the nation's leading organizations committed to improving school communities through character development, is now a state-approved vendor whose programs qualify for grant fundin...
September 03, 2009
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. -- What was once a simple food pairing deeply rooted in the South, Shrimp & Grits has become a menu-must for exclusive restaurants across the country. The only event in the country dedicated to this quintessential Southern dish kicks off Sept 18: "Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia ...
September 03, 2009
SARASOTA, Fla. and NEW YORK, NY -- As the AL East pennant race enters the post-Labor Day homestretch next week, the New York Yankees are red hot. But they're not the only hot stuff these days at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
Hot soup from Boar's Head, the most respected name in deli meats and chee...
September 03, 2009
VIP NASCAR or Indy Race Package, New Tires, More in Drive Smarter Challenge Contest
-- DriveSmarterChallenge.org/contest --
WASHINGTON, DC -- Check out these fun videos showing drivers how to save at the gas pump: An investment banker under house arrest for his financial misdeeds is found with...
September 03, 2009
Economy Having Major Impact On Vehicle Maintenance Habits
DANBURY, Conn. -- In the reversal of what has been nearly a decade-long trend, many Americans are now reporting that they are tackling more of their own vehicle maintenance, according to a new study conducted for Honeywell.
The survey f...
September 03, 2009
Recognized for game-changing technology and market value
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- CoaLogix Inc., a leader in regeneration of catalyst and environmental manager of coal-fired power plants, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners. Inclusion in the Goin...
September 03, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- WHAT: "Solitude." World Premiere engagement of a new play.
WHO: Written by Evelina Fernandez. Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela. Choreographed by Urbanie Lucero. Original music by Semyon Kobialka. Produced by Latino Theater Company.
WHERE: Los Angeles Theatre Center, Theater ...
September 03, 2009
NEW YORK, NY -- What would make four Manhattan high school students visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during their summer vacation? An invitation from HRH Princess Reema Bandar, daughter of Prince Bandar bin Sultan.
The Institute for Civic Leadership at The Dwight School (IB World School in New Y...
September 03, 2009
Youngest UNICEF Ambassador to travel to West Africa to witness life saving programs
NEW YORK, NY -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today announced the appointment of actress and singer Selena Gomez as its newest Ambassador. Gomez will use her voice, recognition and commitment to children's issues to fu...
September 03, 2009
Comprehensive Facility and Infrastructure Upgrades Will Also Improve Energy and Water Efficiency
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Honeywell today announced it has installed two solar arrays at Fort Dix, N.J., a training and mobilization center for the U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard. The solar installatio...
September 03, 2009
Indoor air quality, an important element in high performance schools
ATLANTA, GA -- The GREENGUARD Certification Program(SM), which certifies products for low chemical emissions, is highlighted as an effective way to achieve good indoor air quality in schools in a recent research paper on high pe...
September 03, 2009
New Banking Center Opens in Camelback Corridor, to be followed by Chandler, Goodyear and Scottsdale
PHOENIX, AZ -- Comerica Bank this week opened the first of a quartet of new 'green' banking centers in Maricopa County that offer a complete array of financial services in energy-efficient and envi...
September 03, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Saddle Ranch Productions, Inc., after announcing the completion of principal photography on its feature film "Rock and Roll-The Movie" last month, today announced the completion of principal photography on the documentary entitled "Dietary Supplements, Yes? No? Maybe?" (working ti...
The New American Family Comes to the Screen: Tri Destined Studios Starts Production on We Are Family
September 03, 2009
(www.tridestined.com) High School Musical's Monique Coleman, Tyler Perry's Christian Keyes, Chyna Layne (Precious: based on the Novel Push by Sapphire), and Omarosa (The Apprentice) are in the cast.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Some call it Generation O; others call it the new American mosaic. And now the ...
September 03, 2009
New, sporty and green vehicles add style and enhance the University's sustainable transportation mix
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The University of Florida is revving up its Zipcar car sharing fleet with new and sporty vehicles, including the popular Scion Xb, Toyota Matrix and Honda Civic Hybrid, as it ...
September 03, 2009
New PSAs Feature President Obama Encouraging Americans to Support Students as part of a National High School Dropout Prevention Campaign (www.boostup.org)
WASHINGTON, DC -- In time for the first day of school for many children across the U.S., President Obama is joining the Ad Council and the U.S...
September 03, 2009
Cedar Point Announces New Water Ride for 2010 Season
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Grab your paddles and climb aboard the newest river-ride adventure this side of the Appalachians! Shoot the Rapids, an all-new family water ride, will rise above Cedar Point's rustic Frontier Trail when it makes a splash on O...
September 03, 2009
Internationally Acclaimed American Ballerina & Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theater Michele Wiles in debut performance with New York City Ballet Principal Sebastien Marcovici
NEW YORK, NY -- The International Ballet Festival of Miami will host international stars Michele Wiles, principal...
September 03, 2009
ATLANTA, GA -- Deborah Powers of Cerjo-USA, announced today that Cerjo-USA, via its website cerjousa.com, will be supporting the fundraising efforts of the Skin Cancer Foundation started by Dr. Perry Robins in 1979. The Skin Cancer Foundation provides life-saving information and resources to patient...
September 03, 2009
Annual contest open to Michigan students offers cash prizes
TROY, Mich. -- The 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), sponsored by NAIAS LLC, an association of Detroit area auto dealers, announced today the launch of their annual poster contest in connection with the NAIAS next Janu...
September 03, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Green to Grow (www.greentogrow.com), a leading Los Angeles-based manufacturer of BPA-free baby bottles that provide a safe alternative to polycarbonate products containing Bisphenol A (BPA) - a chemical currently banned in Canada, Minnesota, Connecticut and under...
September 02, 2009
STUTTGART, Germany -- Today, at Nokia World, the annual destination for people with passion for mobility, Nokia unveiled a combo that can change how people connect with each other and offer new and exciting ways to give everyone, everywhere, the power to make the most of every moment. With today's n...
September 02, 2009
Dana Johnson, Comerica Chief Economist, says Comerica California Economic Activity Index shows that the state's economy is rebounding
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Comerica Bank today unveiled a new monthly economic index that tracks current trends in the California economy, the Comerica California Economi...
September 02, 2009
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany -- Alcohols are a group of diverse organic compounds, among them ethanol, methanol, propanol and butanol. All alcoholic beverages sold legally must be clearly marked with the percentage of alcohol the drink contains. That number is a measure of how strong the beverage is. In en...
Malibu Family Wines Hosts Ninth Annual Family Fun Fest, Harvest & Crush Event to Benefit City Hearts
September 02, 2009
Kids Say Yes to the Arts
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy slated to attend
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Malibu Family Wines hosts the Ninth Annual Family Fun Fest, Harvest & Crush Event benefiting City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts, Sunday, September 13, 2009, 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the 1,000-acre ...
Malibu Family Wines Hosts Ninth Annual Family Fun Fest, Harvest & Crush Event to Benefit City Hearts
September 02, 2009
Kids Say Yes to the Arts
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy slated to attend
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Malibu Family Wines hosts the Ninth Annual Family Fun Fest, Harvest & Crush Event benefiting City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts, Sunday, September 13, 2009, 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the 1,000-acre ...
Malibu Family Wines Hosts Ninth Annual Family Fun Fest, Harvest & Crush Event to Benefit City Hearts
September 02, 2009
Kids Say Yes to the Arts
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy slated to attend
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Malibu Family Wines hosts the Ninth Annual Family Fun Fest, Harvest & Crush Event benefiting City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts, Sunday, September 13, 2009, 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the 1,000-acre ...
September 02, 2009
EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing continues to make progress on the assembly of the 747-8 Freighter, as mechanics completed the installation of the new GEnx-2B engines on airplane No. 1 in final assembly at the factory in Everett, Wash.
"We are another step closer to bringing the 747-8 Freighter to market...
September 02, 2009
Children and Families in Need - The Real Winners
DENVER, CO -- The Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet driven by Regan Smith will carry a special paint scheme for the Sept. 12th Saturday night NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond (VA) International Raceway. Smith's car will be fully-adorned in the color...
September 02, 2009
Winner to Become Executive Vice President of Big Ideas for 901 Silver Tequila
ST. LOUIS, MO -- 901 Silver Tequila announced its first-ever contest on 9/01 at 9:01pm on 901.com via a video call-to-action engaging consumers to come up with The Big Idea... Is it a major ad campaign? The next breakth...
September 02, 2009
Program helps former Ohio autoworker find new career producing advanced materials for the aerospace and defense industries
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Third Frontier is providing the funding, business development and workforce development tools needed to spark innovation and create the 21st centur...
September 02, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Hollywood star Danny Glover, best known for his role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the blockbuster Lethal Weapon movies, will be featured on this month's episode of Sharing Miracles - a 30-minute public affairs television program that tells the compelling and inspirational stories...
September 02, 2009
Virtuoso Violinist Who Survived Polio As a Child Will Perform in Special Benefit to Protect the World's Children
NEW YORK, NY -- Rotary International is joining violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman and the world-renowned New York Philharmonic, led by Philharmonic Assistant Conductor Daniel Boico, to pr...
September 02, 2009
Collaborative Initiative on Shared Capitalism Through Employee Ownership
NEW YORK, NY -- The Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute, in collaboration with the Foundation for Enterprise Development (FED) and the Employee Ownership Foundation (EOF), today announced Daphne Berry as the...
September 02, 2009
Team America Rocketry Challenge Registration Opens
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Registration for the world's largest rocket competition, the Team America Rocketry Challenge, is open to 750 student teams in grades 7-12 from any U.S. school, home school or non-profit youth organization. Registration for the 2...
September 02, 2009
HELSINKI, FINLAND -- Jatkasaari to Become a Carbon Neutral District
The Low2No Competition for an energy- and innovation block in Jatkasaari, Helsinki, is shifting from ideas to implementation. The five international teams, selected out of 74 applicants to take part in the competition last May, h...
September 02, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced its plans for incorporating 3D into the widely successful Blu-ray Disc format. The rapid and enthusiastic consumer adoption of Blu-ray Disc, coupled with the format's technical capabilities and capacity make it the ideal format fo...
September 02, 2009
Ignoring Significant Carbon Cycling Processes of Inland Waters
AVONDALE, PA -- In the paper, The Boundless Carbon Cycle, published in the September issue of Nature Geoscience, scientists from the University of Vienna, Uppsala University in Sweden, University of Antwerp, and the U.S.-based Stroud(...
September 02, 2009
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The Chapel Hill area will host a familiarization tour and symposium for members of the gay and lesbian travel trade, including media and tour planners, September 24-27, 2009. The symposium will be held during North Carolina Pride Week with activities scheduled at neighboring Dur...
September 02, 2009
New program provides convenient, cost effective and environmentally friendly option to owning a car
SOUTH ROYALTON, VT -- Vermont Law School and Zipcar, the world's largest car sharing service, today announced the launch of Zipcar's car-sharing program on campus. The service benefits the school b...
September 02, 2009
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gander Mountain Company (www.GanderMtn.com), the nation's largest retail network of stores for hunting, fishing, camping, marine and outdoor lifestyle apparel and footwear, products and services announced that it will launch a fall seminar series for women at all 116 retail locati...
September 02, 2009
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gander Mountain Company (www.GanderMtn.com), the nation's largest retail network of stores for hunting, fishing, camping, marine and outdoor lifestyle apparel and footwear, products and services announced that it will launch a fall seminar series for women at all 116 retail locati...
September 02, 2009
Totaling $3.9 Million
NEW YORK and BEIJING -- China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc. ("China ACM"), a leading provider of ready-mix concrete and related services in China, today announced that it has been awarded two contracts totaling $3.9 million to provide concrete manufacturing ser...
September 02, 2009
Scooters, oxygen and wheelchair rentals ensure smooth sailing and independence
MIAMI, Fla. -- Shari Tetrick says the scooter she rented for her husband, Kelly, prior to their cruise changed the entire trip. "Kelly gets around fine at home, but on a large ship and shore excursions, I knew it would...
September 02, 2009
Nearly $196 Million at Stake for Districts in Southeastern Region
NORRISTOWN, PA -- Pennsylvania's next state budget must adequately invest in education in order to continue student achievement gains and avoid local property tax increases, Governor Edward G. Rendell said today during a visit to t...
September 02, 2009
Obama High Clothing Introduces Real Clothing Line for Fictitious High School
NEW YORK, NY -- The Obama High School Store is open for business. In the future real Barack Obama high schools might exist, but the Obama High Clothing Company did not want to wait. They created a brand new line of T-shi...
September 02, 2009
State to Test New Weather, River Forecasting Tool
HARRISBURG, PA -- Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger today announced that Pennsylvania and other Delaware River states have negotiated an agreement with New York City that will reduce reservoir levels in the river basin to reduce the r...
September 02, 2009
Poverty And Disease
NEW YORK, NY -- The Prix Galien USA committee will recognize Barry R. Bloom, Ph.D., of Harvard University and Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D., of Columbia University with its 2009 Pro Bono Humanum Award for bringing the best of modern biological and economic science to the poorest cor...
September 02, 2009
Philip G. Flores Wins the 'Netflix FIND Your Voice Film Competition' and Will Use the $350,000 Production Grant to Produce his Film, 'Touchback'
LOS ANGELES, CA -- After nine months of rigorous competition, aspiring filmmaker Philip G. Flores of Hemet, Calif. emerged as the winner of the "Netflix...
September 02, 2009
Study Performed by Washington Technology
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Tauri Group, LLC, an innovator in analytic consulting for homeland security, defense, and space clients, was named to Washington Technology's Fast 50 list of the fastest growing small businesses in the government market. Washington T...
September 02, 2009
-Cites benefits to local government; wants to keep Ohio money in Ohio-
TOLEDO, Ohio -- The Toledo Police Patrolmen's Association announced today it will support State Issue 3 - the Ohio Jobs and Growth Plan - on the November statewide ballot.
"Casinos now surround Ohio. You can go to Michigan,...
September 02, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The non-profit organization Students Run Los Angeles (SRLA), an after-school program that each year prepares an average of 3,000 at-risk secondary school students to complete the Los Angeles Marathon, will commemorate 20 years of community service at a California-style beach party...
September 02, 2009
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Roger Mahr, DVM, former president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), was named chief executive officer of the newly formed One Health Commission, a multi-disciplinary group established to highlight the connections between human, animal, and environmental healt...
September 02, 2009
Debut of Public Service Advertisements Helps Launch National Preparedness Month
WASHINGTON, DC -- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today joined with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate and the Ad Council to launch a new series of R...
September 02, 2009
The Pennsylvania Satellite News Service will provide a digital satellite video feed between 4 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. (16:00 to 16:15 Eastern) today, Wednesday, Sept. 2, of Governor Edward G. Rendell urging state legislators to enact a final budget that adequately funds education, continues to boost stud...
September 02, 2009
BOULDER, Colo. -- As budget-minded Americans return in droves to the outdoors this summer, The Outdoor Foundation(R), in partnership with The Coleman Company, Inc., today released the Special Report on Camping -- a new research report detailing important information and trends on car, backyard and R...
September 02, 2009
Honorees for Editorial Excellence
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Peachpit Press and UC Berkeley Extension are pleased to announce the winners of the first annual Marjorie Baer Scholarship for Editorial Excellence: Heather Mulroney, a former high school teacher from Miami, and Lucy Salcido Carter, a program ...
September 02, 2009
Named Best State Tourism Radio and Best State Tourism Niche Marketing in America
LANSING, Mich. -- The US Travel Association honored Travel Michigan with a Mercury Award for the Best State Tourism Radio Advertising for its Pure Michigan campaign. In addition, Travel Michigan also won a Mercury Aw...
September 02, 2009
The 13 crew members flying aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 7:54 p.m. CDT on Friday, Sept. 4.
Reporters may ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Headquarters in Washington. J...
September 02, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today announced more than $129 million in Recovery Act and Fiscal Year 2009 funds have been awarded for mentoring services to help prevent at-risk youth from becoming involved in delinquency. The grants will also preserve and create jobs throughout...
September 01, 2009
'Issues: Caras y Voces'
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Azteca America television network is proud to feature San Francisco Mayor and State of California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom on the Sept. 1 broadcast of "Issues: Caras y Voces," hosted by veteran Latino journalist Armando Guzman.
As a self-s...
September 01, 2009
CLEVELAND, OH -- Safflyn Corporation, a green development company and Minority Executive Search, Inc. have made an official agreement to establish the first green minority-owned executive search firm.
Responding to the challenge put forth by President Obama to deliver a Green Economy, Safflyn Cor...
September 01, 2009
HOUSTON, TX -- NASA has taken a major step toward building the next crew exploration vehicle by completing the Orion Project's preliminary design review, or PDR. Orion is being designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and other destinations.
The preliminary design review is...
September 01, 2009
CHICAGO, IL -- In response to a rising number of concussions and recent research which shows young athletes with repeated brain injuries are at great risk for future neurological problems, the Illinois Athletic Trainers Association (IATA) and the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (...
September 01, 2009
Restaurant's entrees available to premium cabin customers
CHICAGO, IL -- United Airlines will serve customers flying in United First Polynesian-island inspired cuisine with the introduction of Trader Vic's entrees on flights between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii, beginning on Sept. 2.
The South...
September 01, 2009
AUBURN, Maine -- CampusTours Inc. (campustours.com) and Middle Tennessee State University (mtsu.edu) have launched a new virtual campus tour (mtsu.edu/virtualtour/mtsu) featuring a persistent "choir" of students, faculty and staff providing commentary and stories during the virtual tour experience. ...
September 01, 2009
U.S. Paralympic athlete and brother of NBA player embodies NSCD mission
DENVER, CO -- The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) announced today that Greg Hansbrough, U.S. Paralympic soccer player, long distance runner and brother of Indiana Pacers player Tyler Hansbrough, is running in F...
September 01, 2009
Complete Op-Ed Available September 1 at 6PM PT at www.current.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two Current TV journalists recently released from captivity in North Korea, have made their first statement regarding the events leading up to their apprehension by North Korean aut...
September 01, 2009
Football Championship and Basketball Tournaments
Championship events and select regular season games to air on ESPNU
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announces its title sponsorship of the 2009-2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference football championships and conference b...
September 01, 2009
ServiceMaster Clean says advanced planning can save you, your family and your property.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- As today marks the midway point for the 2009 hurricane season, ServiceMaster Clean franchises across the nation stand ready to assist storm victims contain and reduce water damage. In additio...
September 01, 2009
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD -- U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) officials announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accepted the Army's closure of its former Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS). In a letter dated Aug. 18, 2009, EPA Region IX ...
September 02, 2009
HDNet presents this witty series from the British actor, comedian, writer and author Fry - beginning Tuesday, September 22 at 10:00 p.m. ET
DALLAS, TX -- HDNet is proud to present the debut of "Stephen Fry In America," a six-part documentary series set to air every Tuesday evening on HDNet at 10:...
September 01, 2009
Joliet, Illinois - A never give up attitude awarded Patrick Sheltra and the Sheltra Motorsports team with a solid top-10 finish Friday night at Chicagoland Speedway and further propelled the Indiantown, Florida native forward in his quest of finishing inside the top-five in the ARCA RE/MAX Series ch...
September 01, 2009
The author of the wildly successful children´s book will be visiting libraries, schools and bookstores in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, Ladera Ranch, Foothill Ranch, Lake Forest, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano and ...
August 31, 2009
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- It's 1,110 miles long and 80% of Californians live within an hour's drive of it. It's been celebrated in books, music, and movies. It's gorgeous, it's joyous, it's economically and ecologically vital and it's irreplaceable. It's the California coast.
On...
August 30, 2009
Amerijet Now Attempting To Outsource Cargo Operations to Foreign Carrier
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Teamster pilots and flight engineers of Fort Lauderdale-based Amerijet Air Cargo remain on strike in their demands for a first contract providing for fair wages and benefits and safe and sanitary...
August 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- "Nirvana headlining at Reading in 1992 was something you had to see, and if you didn't see it then it was something you pretended you saw."
-- Kerrang (October 2003)
"The staggering energy and intensity radiating from the stage never let up... Cobain's ravaged pop songs coming...
August 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- "Nirvana headlining at Reading in 1992 was something you had to see, and if you didn't see it then it was something you pretended you saw."
-- Kerrang (October 2003)
"The staggering energy and intensity radiating from the stage never let up... Cobain's ravaged pop songs coming...
August 30, 2009
AKRON, Ohio -- In celebration of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's 111th anniversary, the company is recognizing its most significant moments in history with a compilation of "Goodyear's top 111 innovations, inspirations and historic firsts."
The list reflects Goodyear's pioneering spirit of i...
August 30, 2009
Keep Lunch Cold for Five Hours
DODGEVILLE, Wis. -- Lunch boxes have come a long way from the cartooned tin totes many adults carried to school as kids. In fact, for the upcoming school year, Lands' End has introduced an entire line of insulated lunch boxes proven to keep food "refrigerator cold" ...
August 30, 2009
from D.C. Children and Youth Investment Corporation and The Wachovia Foundation
Actor/Producer Tyler Perry to start foundation to support the school
WASHINGTON, DC -- ABC-TV's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" "moved that bus" this afternoon to reveal a completely rebuilt Fishing School. Surrou...
August 30, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, whose agencies provided substantial assistance to Katrina victims and continue to do so presently, issued the following statement today on the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina:
"As we gather in peace and prayer this we...
August 30, 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV -- This season, Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier launches a new collection with humanitarian fashion brand OmniPeace. OmniPeace donates 25% of its profits to charities supporting peace, education, human rights, and the end of extreme poverty in Africa by 2025. With the OmniPeace vision t...
August 30, 2009
Michael Jordan heads participants in youth program fundraiser
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Former NBA superstar and this year's Hall of Fame inductee Michael Jordan heads the list of celebrities committed to participate in the 2009 Trent Tucker Celebrity Golf and Poker Tournament, set for Sept. 17-19.
T...
August 30, 2009
GREENBELT, MD -- The dust-filled disks where new planets may be forming around other stars occasionally take on some difficult-to-understand shapes. Now, a team led by John Debes at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., finds that a star's motion through interstellar gas can account ...
August 30, 2009
New creative recreation opportunity is national success story for brownfield redevelopment of urban spaces
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Grange Insurance Audubon Center, the newest Audubon nature center, celebrated its opening today at Scioto Audubon Metro Park, a brownfield redevelopment site that is a majo...
August 30, 2009
In-Game Model of Former Lead Singer and Guitarist of Nirvana to Perform Two Hit Singles from the Ten-Times Platinum Album Nevermind in Guitar Hero
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Remembered as one of the most iconic artists in the history of alternative rock, Kurt Cobain's enduring legacy continues with...
August 30, 2009
Fun Sums It Up; 32 Teachers and Schools Net $160,000 as students return to the classroom
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Raytheon Company has awarded 32 Math Hero Awards to deserving teachers who promote math to students in a fun and challenging learning environment. The recipients were chosen from a pool of 1...
August 30, 2009
BOULDER, Colo. -- Babolat, leading manufacturer of tennis racquets, officially welcomed tennis star Kim Clijsters to New York City for the U.S. Open today. Just days before her first Grand Slam appearance since 2007, Clijsters posed for pictures with Eric Babolat, president and CEO of Babolat, at th...
August 30, 2009
HARRISBURG, PA -- A casino operator was fined $97,500 today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for 15 separate violations dealing with underage gambling and access to the gaming floor by underage individuals.
The fines were approved under two consent agreements with Downs Racing, L.P., oper...
August 30, 2009
In the news release, NASA Sets Briefing, TV Coverage of Japan's First Cargo Spacecraft, issued 28-Aug-2009 by NASA over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that the fifth paragraph, first sentence, should read "16.5-ton cargo craft" rather than "165-ton cargo craft" as originally issued ...
August 30, 2009
Starring in Latest Version of 'Risky Business' Ad Series
Activision Rolls-out its Latest Television Ad Starring Head Banging Beauties Performing for Legendary Playboy Mogul, Hugh Hefner
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Activision Publishing, Inc.'s Guitar Hero 5 will launch next week with a variety of ...
August 30, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States, will once again join the Phillies in hosting the Goya Latino Family Celebration & Food Drive on Wednesday, September 2, at Citizens Bank Park. The event pays tribute to Hispanic Heritage Month and takes pla...
August 30, 2009
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- As a work-at-home mom, you have probably taken your share of risks in order to get where you are - leaving a full-time job, giving up a steady income, following a dream, and using your passion to create a business.
But Type-A Mom Work-at-Home Moms Editor Alyssa Gregory notes th...
August 30, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The United States Mint is inviting artists from throughout the United States to apply for participation in its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to help enrich and invigorate the design of coins and medals.
The new invitations seek up to six associate designers who will join the c...
August 30, 2009
JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) recently won a competitively-bid contract to participate in the support of the Army Armament, Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) Rapid Prototyping and Technology Initiative (RPTI) Program. The contract is a multi-award (i....
August 29, 2009
PITTSBURGH, PA -- The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting Sept. 2 to outline Cyprus Amax Minerals Co.'s plan to investigate and clean up a 155-acre former zinc smelting site near Route 18 near Burgettstown, Washington County.
The 7 p.m. meeting will be held at the Sm...
August 29, 2009
SEATTLE, WA -- The following blog post was published August 25, 2009, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009.
Government leaders are forecasting an 80% growth in the number of jobs available to uni...
August 29, 2009
Three-day Conference Presents the Realities Behind the Crisis, the Impact on Civic Banking and the International Economy, and Strategies for Recovery
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The Wharton School's Lauder Institute, together with the Spanish savings bank Caja Navarra (CAN), pioneer in civic banking, hos...
August 29, 2009
Weight loss challenge guides Metro Detroiters to better health
DETROIT, MI -- WDIV-TV, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and The Parade Company will launch The Biggest Loser: Detroit Edition contest on Monday, August 31. Six contestants from Metro Detroit have been selected from approximately 20...
August 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is calling for a new round of meetings with Mercury Marine aimed at preserving hundreds of jobs at the company's Fond du Lac, WI, facility.
"These workers and this community deserve more than a rushed proces...
DTE Employee to Cycle 100 Miles to Work to Raise Funds for Kent, Montcalm & Isabella Co. United Ways
August 29, 2009
Kentwood resident Michael Demos, supervisor of DTE Energy's MichCon
service center in Mt. Pleasant.
WHAT:
Demos is going to cycle 100 miles - from Grand Rapids to Mt. Pleasant - in
one day to raise funds for local United Way utility assistance funds in
Kent, Montcalm and Isabell...
August 29, 2009
GUELPH, ON -- BIOREM Inc. announced yesterday it will be showcasing its new Unity product line at an event at the Preston Wastewater Treatment Facility in Cambridge, Ontario. The event will be hosted by Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation, which has provided Biorem with almost $1.2 million...
August 29, 2009
Federal Actions To Protect Salmon Based On Flawed Science
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- The Coalition for a Sustainable Delta (Coalition) and the Kern County Water Agency jointly filed suit against the United States Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for their continued fai...
August 29, 2009
More than 100 members from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 201st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers will depart Monday from Fort Indiantown Gap on a six-month mission to support the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Departure will be in two group...
August 29, 2009
CINCINNATI, OH -- Dr. Will Sawyer, a Family Medicine physician in Cincinnati, Ohio, is VERY concerned that the American public is NOT getting adequate information on how to PREVENT local severe outbreaks of the Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)! Sawyer's advice includes, crucially, "Do NOT Touch the 'T Zon...
August 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Lawmakers, senior defense and homeland security officials and the National Guard's first four-star general will top the speaking agenda when more than 4,000 Guard officers and their guests from across the country gather in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 10 to 13, for the 131st NGAUS Gener...
August 29, 2009
Performances by "Faggots Must Die" Singer Canceled in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Dallas and Houston
LOS ANGELES, CA -- AEG Live/Goldenvoice (producer of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival) and Live Nation, parent company of House of Blues, all announce...
August 29, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery, with its seven-member crew, launched at 11:59 p.m. EDT Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will deliver supplies, equipment and a new crew member to the International Space Station.
Inside the shuttle's cargo bay is the ...
New York Chamber Music Festival takes place September 13-20, 2009 at Symphony Space in New York City
August 29, 2009
NEW YORK, NY -- The inaugural season of the New York Chamber Music Festival (www.newyorkchambermusicfestival.org) will take place September 13-20, 2009 at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St).
The Principal Brass Quintet (Musicians of the New York Philharmonic) will kick-off the festival wee...
August 29, 2009
HAMPTON, Va. -- The forecast calls for new NASA Earth-observing satellites to more accurately predict climate change for present and future generations.
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., will present Stephen Sandford, the director of Langley's Systems Engineering ...
August 29, 2009
HOUSTON, TX -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 12:30 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Sept. 2, to preview the maiden launch and flight of Japan's unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.
NASA Television will broadcast the briefing live from NASA's Johnson...
August 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Department of Justice today announced that two Syrian nationals have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the control of the government of Portugal.
As directed by the President's Jan. 22, 2009 Executive Order, the interagency Guantanamo Review T...
August 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA has selected 16 small business projects to address important research and technology needs. The awards are part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
The SBIR program selected 12 proposals for negotiation...
August 27, 2009
Poultry connection strengthens global H1N1 pandemic
ROME and WASHINGTON -- The detection of an H1N1 virus in turkeys in Chile raises concern that poultry farms elsewhere in the world could also become infected with the pandemic flu virus currently circulating in humans, FAO said today.
Chilean...
August 27, 2009
BOSTON, MA -- YourCampus360 recently launched a Facebook Application that helps College Admission and Marketing Professionals increase application and enrollment rates. The application allows prospective students to take a Virtual Walking Tour of the university campus while experiencing student life...
August 27, 2009
EMC Information Honors Program Rewards Student Leaders Across More Than 300 Colleges and Universities Worldwide
HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Celebrating three decades of helping individuals and organizations of all sizes transform how they compete, save money, reduce risk, and create value from their info...
August 27, 2009
WARRENDALE, Pa. -- Staying up-to-date on mobility engineering technology and knowledgeable on its history just became easier with the launch of e-books from SAE International.
The SAE online bookstore now offers a variety of titles in electronic format, including new releases, best-sellers and ou...
August 27, 2009
PARIS, FRANCE -- In 2009, Saint Lary invested 14 million Euros into the construction of a new cable car, which will save 1400 car rides, 50 coaches and 20 shuttles every day! Less traffic means less pollution, which keeps our resort beautiful. The state-of-the-art installation can carry 3000 skiers ...
August 27, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The YWCA USA joins the nation in mourning the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, a progressive political force who worked tirelessly for nearly five decades to advance civil rights, education, social welfare, and health care. He authored 2,500 pieces of legislation that helped to imp...
August 27, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will begin accepting scholarship applications on Sept. 1, 2009, for the 2010 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2010.
"These scholarships are a fantastic way to support our brightest students and encourage them to ...
August 27, 2009
Business Continuity Firm Participates as Coalition Member for Fifth Consecutive Year
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Agility Recovery Solutions, a premier business continuity and disaster recovery company, will participate in National Preparedness Month (NPM) for a fifth consecutive year, providing a curricul...
August 27, 2009
SEATTLE, WA -- "Solar Flowers" reaching up to 18 feet high are blossoming in Seattle's Westlake Park, and not only are they good for reviving spirits, they're good for reviving computers and cell phones too.
The oversized flower sculptures are partially powered by solar panels on the back of thei...
August 27, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Interactive lifestyle network and retail destination HSN announced today the world debut of a new line of commemorative coins honoring the memory of international superstar Michael Jackson. Officially debuting exclusively on HSN on Saturday, August 29 as part of special progr...
August 27, 2009
Complaint Is Part of National Initiative to Stop Illegal Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants
WASHINGTON, DC -- The United States and the state of Illinois have filed a civil complaint against Midwest Generation LLC, alleging that the company violated, and continues to violate, the Clean Air Ac...
August 27, 2009
Organizations Join Together to Commemorate First Ever Official 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance by Rallying New Yorkers to Help Others
NEW YORK, NY -- MyGoodDeed, a prominent nonprofit group created by family members and friends of 9/11 victims and New York Cares, New York City's larg...
August 27, 2009
Corporate, Nonprofit, Media, Entertainment and Government Leaders to Address America's Education Crisis in Get Schooled Conference Emceed by Comedian Stephen Colbert Star-Studded Event Features Screening of Documentary Get Schooled: You Have the Right
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The Bill & Melinda Gates...
August 27, 2009
NEW YORK, NY -- As the economic downturn of the past two years starts to show some signs of lessening, businesses across the board still are struggling to regain their financial footing. But there are companies out there who have not only expanded their market share, but are actually hiring and grow...
August 27, 2009
DENVER, CO -- The 2009 Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) scores, just released, demonstrate strong gains for the state's 15 K-12 Expeditionary Learning schools (ELS). ELS students in urban, suburban, and rural communities across the state made important gains in reading, writing, math, and ...
August 27, 2009
CALABASAS, Calif. -- LMI Asia Pte Ltd. and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) announced two more illustrious speakers for the first D.I.C.E.(R) Summit Asia; Yasuhide Kobayashi, senior vice president for Sony Computer Electronic Entertainment Worldwide Studios, and Eundo Chae, general ...
August 27, 2009
STAMFORD, Conn. -- American children miss more school days each year due to dental related problems than any other two diseases combined.(1) As parents help their kids prepare for back-to-school, they can help kids learn effective tooth brushing habits for a lifetime of good oral health with the new...
August 27, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers postponed Friday's 12:22 a.m. EDT launch of space shuttle Discovery to allow engineers more time to develop plans for resolving an issue with a valve in the shuttle's main propulsion system. Launch now is targeted for no earlier than 11:59 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, ...
August 27, 2009
CHICAGO, IL -- United Airlines today announced that effective Sept. 2, the airline will accept only credit and debit cards for most onboard purchases on trans-Atlantic flights and on flights to and from Brazil and Argentina. To speed cabin service, provide receipts and increase efficiency, cash will...
August 27, 2009
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA -- In a time of financial uncertainty for higher education and educational endeavors in general, the Penn State College of Education, in partnership with the Penn State Graduate School, is creating a new program to support our most competitive doctoral students in the field of ed...
August 27, 2009
E-learning Provider Ranked Second in the Country in Education
GAITHERSBURG, MD -- Lurn Inc. (formerly known as Affiliate Classroom Inc.), a leading provider of e-learning content and technology and a graduate of Mtech's VentureAccelerator Program and Technology Advancement Program (TAP) incubator...
August 27, 2009
HARRISBURG, PA -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed the following bills into law:
Senate Bill 366 makes changes to the Judicial Code bringing it in line with the state Constitution for situations when bail can be denied. Under this bill, judges can deny bail for offenses when the maximum se...
August 27, 2009
State's New $665.9 Million Alternative Energy, Biofuel Investments Will Attract Billions in Economic Development, Create Thousands of Jobs
WILLIAMSPORT, PA -- Despite the global recession, worldwide investments in renewable energy projects and companies increased to $155 billion in 2008, and Penn...
August 27, 2009
Know What's There and How to Take Advantage
ARLINGTON, VA -- Between Lamborghini developing a hybrid and the proliferation of "green" marketing, there can be no doubt that green is going mainstream. Congress is trying its best to encourage the green vision by enacting (and expanding) tax incentiv...
August 27, 2009
Nearly two-thirds of Americans are planning on getting vaccinated against H1N1 flu
WASHINGTON, DC -- A recent poll on the H1N1 flu conducted by the American Red Cross found that more Americans are taking or planning on taking extra measures to cover their coughs and sneezes with tissue (78%) or w...
August 27, 2009
Presented by the California Coastal Commission and Whole Foods Market Saturday, September 19th, 2009 from 9 am to Noon
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The following was released today by the California Coastal Commission:
What: The 25th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. Tens of thousands of Californ...
AEG Live Refuses to Cancel Concert at Nokia Club by Singer Whose Lyrics Promote Murder of Gay People
August 27, 2009
"Faggots... have to die" Sings Buju Banton, Booked for Concerts in L.A., San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago and Other Cities
LOS ANGELES, CA -- AEG Live and its subsidiary, Goldenvoice (producer of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival), refuse to respond to requests from the L.A. Gay & ...
August 27, 2009
New Strategy Attracts Culinary Travelers with Inventive Marketing Tactics
SALEM, OREGON -- As consumers scale back household budgets, they are taking shorter trips and staying closer to home. To capture that market, Travel Oregon is launching its largest culinary campaign ever. A nearly one milli...
August 27, 2009
If Money Weren't An Obstacle, Could You Still Afford Your Life? By Nathaniel J. Williams, Ed.D, MHS, MPA, MBA
Bethlehem, PA - Aug 27, 2009 - While we typically use the word 'afford' in a financial context, Dr. Nathaniel J. Williams employs it in the sense of evaluating the costs of
acquiring eve...
August 27, 2009
HARRISBURG, PA -- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources acting Secretary John Quigley said today that the wharf areas, water access, restrooms and fountain at Point State Park in Pittsburgh will be closed for the next phase of construction beginning this week.
"We remain o...
August 24, 2009
August 26, September 2, and September 9 at 9PM*
VH1 Classic To Air 9 Days of Beatles Programming Starting September 1 with Classic Beatles' Documentaries, Concerts, and Films VH1 and VH1 Classic's Beatles Programming Marathons Support September 9 Debut of MTV Games' The Beatles(TM): Rock Band(TM)...
August 24, 2009
Santa Fe, NM -- Looking for Dad, by reporter and anchorman Frank Gorin, is a quixotic, often funny, sometimes melancholy confession of a young man's search for personal identity. It is a quest for a father figure (the author's own father died when he was two years old). What begins as a reaching for...
August 24, 2009
Annual event proves the economic and environmental impact of car sharing; underscores added health benefits of a low-car lifestyle
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Zipcar, the world's largest car-sharing service, today announced the results of the 2009 Low-Car Diet, in which more than 250 people around the gl...
August 24, 2009
AT&T will Provide Wireless Connectivity to 23 Penn State Campuses to Enhance Internet Experience for Campus Visitors
STATE COLLEGE, PA -- As the school year is set to begin, AT&T* is helping Penn State expand wireless broadband access to visitors on more than 23 campuses and University locations ...
August 24, 2009
DALLAS, TX -- According to current statistics available from the U.S. Census Bureau, more than eight million American children heading back to the classroom this Fall are being raised by single mothers.
Lela Gilbert, an award-winning writer and author of On Our Own: Hope and Help for Single Moms ...
August 24, 2009
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK -- Enjoy music and never miss a call - Sennheiser Communications introduces the MM 400 Series, combining the quality of luxury headphones with the superior functionality of an advanced Stereo Bluetooth(R) communications headset.
Sennheiser Communications is proud to announce t...
August 24, 2009
Newest installment of its 529 Plan Performance Rankings show Kansas and South Carolina at the top
NEW YORK, NY -- According to a new study released by Savingforcollege.com, the Schwab 529 College Savings Plan, sponsored by the state of Kansas, and South Carolina's Future Scholar 529 College Savin...
August 24, 2009
ODENSE, Denmark -- The favourites Sweden took a clean sweep of gold medals at the WMF World Minigolf Championships in Odense (Denmark) in both women and mens individual and team events. Austria secured second place with two silvers (womens individual and team) and a bronze (men team) with Germany th...
August 24, 2009
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Out With Allergies LLC has announced the introduction of FluNotes(TM), "Wash Hands Fight Flu"(TM) advisory labels as a potent new weapon for combating swine flu. Available through their website, FluNotes.com, these stick-on notes are intended to make people more aware that they...
August 24, 2009
Online Corporate Travel Site Begins Beta Test of "Live Chat" Support for Customers Searching for Business Travel
CHICAGO, IL -- Demonstrating its leadership as an innovative online corporate travel provider which anticipates the needs of business travelers, Orbitz for Business (orbitzforbusiness....
August 24, 2009
WACO, Texas -- Two professors at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business lay out a universal health care plan in their new book Health Care for Us All: Getting More for Our Investment, published by Cambridge University Press, that does not create a government entitlement program or threaten ...
August 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES and HONG KONG -- RDF Digital USA and Artificial Life, Inc. (artificial-life.com) are announcing today a collaboration to produce an interactive animated TV show entitled Sleuths. Implementing Artificial Life's innovative MoPA-TV(R) system, Sleuths will be the first television show in the...
August 24, 2009
SVP of Marketing & Research Named to Women in Cable Telecommunication's 2009-2010 Betsy Magness Leadership Institute
TEMECULA, Calif. -- Outdoor Channel, America's leader in outdoor TV, today announced that Senior Vice President of Marketing and Research, Denise Conroy-Galley, has been named to C...
August 24, 2009
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. -- A little organization can go a long way toward making the start of a new school year smoother for both students and parents, and the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) is recommending a series of tips that will help families not only prepare for school's fir...
August 24, 2009
HERSHEY, Pa. -- The Association of State Dam Safety Officials has selected Pennsylvania American Water to receive the 2009 Northeast Regional Award of Merit. The association presents the award annually to organizations or individuals that have made outstanding contributions to dam safety.
The awa...
August 24, 2009
Meeting taking place at Eisenhower Executive Offices
Limbach Invited to Participate in Top Level Discussion on Energy Efficiency and Job Creation
PITTSBURGH and WASHINGTON -- Charlie Bacon, CEO of Limbach Facility Services, joined U.S. Secretary Of Commerce Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Agricu...
August 24, 2009
Epinions management team reunites with investor Benchmark Capital to develop definitive online database of college and professional athletes
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Fanbase (www.fanbase.com), the web's largest almanac of pro and college athletes, today announced the public launch of the first centra...
August 24, 2009
DANBURY, Conn. -- Technipower LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solomon Technologies, Inc., announced today that it has developed, tested, and launched its new Instant Solar(TM) product in collaboration with James P. Dunn, chairman of Solomon's Technical Advisory Board and President of Future Solar ...
August 24, 2009
Focus on Bioenergy, Fuel Cells, Energy Efficiency and Recycling
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania and ALPEN, Germany -- Pennsylvania has a long-standing tradition of supporting green technologies. Of the 16 billion US dollars allocated to renewables and energy efficiency by the American Recovery and Reinv...
August 24, 2009
Focus on Bioenergy, Fuel Cells, Energy Efficiency and Recycling
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania and ALPEN, Germany -- Pennsylvania has a long-standing tradition of supporting green technologies. Of the 16 billion US dollars allocated to renewables and energy efficiency by the American Recovery and Reinv...
August 24, 2009
Growing Support for National Fuel Use and CO2 Reduction Program
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The EcoDriving movement continues to grow. And to mark its one-year anniversary ten new governors have announced support for this national initiative to promote green driving. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA...
August 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Adams Morgan Main Street hosts the 31st annual Adams Morgan Day Festival on Sunday, Sept 13, 2009. The Festival site is 18th Street N.W. between Columbia Rd and Florida Ave.; "Arts on Belmont" opens at 10am and adjacent venues are Marie Reed School and Kalorama and Unity Parks. The...
August 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), Local 1947, today overwhelmingly rejected a proposal from Mercury Marine that would eliminate pensions, jobs and health care for thousands of Wisconsin workers and their families.
"Mercury Marine...
August 24, 2009
Poll: Most teens think they can make ethical business decisions, yet many also believe it is okay to lie and cheat
HOUSTON, TX -- With news headlines dominated by the unethical conduct of business leaders, teenagers entering the workforce are receiving mixed messages on how to conduct themselves ...
August 24, 2009
NOVI, Mich. -- An unprecedented collaboration of top executives from Michigan's energy and food industries will serve as judges in the new Epprentice Experience(TM). Designed by Paragon Leadership, Epprentice will put emerging food and energy leaders to the test working to solve Michigan's critical ...
August 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- What did all the following businessmen have in common?
-- Earl Woods (Father of Tiger Woods)
-- Merv Griffin (TV Producer)
-- Tom Witter (Dean/Witter/Reynolds)
-- Steve Ross (CEO of Time Warner)
They all died from the prostate cancer, and the list continues t...
August 24, 2009
CLEVELAND, OH -- Arts and Exhibitions International (AEI) has reached an agreement with John Branca and John McClain, the co-Special Administrators of Michael Jackson's estate, to develop a touring exhibition of personal effects and items from his legendary music career. The exhibition is scheduled ...
August 24, 2009
EUGENE, Ore. -- The Tech-Aid Institute, techaidinstitute.com, is launching a national campaign to educate people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities about how to protect themselves from germs that include the 2009 flu pandemic that is commonly known as the Swine (H1N1) Flu. With a...
August 23, 2009
Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of the Treasury´s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Director Donna J. Gambrell today announced awards totaling over $22 million to 55 depository institutions for serving economically distressed communities across the nation. The awar...
August 23, 2009
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated Jose Cayetano Melo Perilla for materially assisting the narcotics trafficking activities of, and acting for or on behalf of, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a drug trafficking organizati...
August 23, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice today announced the successful negotiation of an agreement that will result in the IRS receiving an unprecedented amount of information on United States holders of accounts at the Swiss bank UBS.
As a result of this agr...
August 23, 2009
ABERDEEN, Scotland -- Global offshore wind farm capacity will grow at a compound annual rate of 32 per cent in the coming decade, according to a new report by energy consulting firm ODS-Petrodata.
The International Offshore Wind Market to 2020 report predicts that by the end of 2020 global offsho...
August 23, 2009
"EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION" COMES TO THE NATION'S CAPITAL TO HELP BOTH A COMPASSIONATE COUPLE WHO SPEND THEIR MODEST INCOME ON UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND A YOUTH AND FAMILY SUPPORT ORGANIZATION
Actor/Producer Tyler Perry Volunteers for "Get On The Bus" Campaign
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today t...
August 23, 2009
BRYN MAWR, Pa. -- In an effort to aid the thousands of financial planners questioning which advanced designation is the best fit for their practice, a new web site was launched today that provides professionals with an unbiased and interactive means of evaluating their educational options.
Financ...
August 23, 2009
Airing on New York KABC Channel 7.2 this Saturday, August 22, 2009 @ 11:30 AM EDT, and in Los Angeles on KCAL-9 CW this Sunday at 1PM PDT and 140 stations nationwide
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Josh Welch had just turned 14 years old when he announced to his brother JB Welch his idea for launching a recor...
August 23, 2009
NBA Hall-of-Famer blows the whistle on diabetes by reaching out to Health Care Providers, Seniors, Children and the Community on the importance of diabetes screening
FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. -- Dominique Wilkins, NBA Hall-of-Famer and advocate for healthier living, visited Towne Club today to create a...
August 23, 2009
Changes to Bag Policy Apply to Tickets Purchased On or After Sept. 14
FORT WORTH, Texas -- American Airlines is implementing revisions to its baggage policy for customers traveling between certain locations in Europe, India and the United States, including U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and...
August 23, 2009
SEATTLE, WA -- Alaska Airlines today renewed its request that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) open up its ongoing review of Virgin America's current and prospective citizenship status to public scrutiny and comment.
Alaska's filing this morning follows two petitions earlier this year ...
August 23, 2009
SEATTLE, WA -- Alaska Airlines today renewed its request that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) open up its ongoing review of Virgin America's current and prospective citizenship status to public scrutiny and comment.
Alaska's filing this morning follows two petitions earlier this year ...
August 22, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the availability of video and audio products to help taxpayers take full advantage of the 2009 tax provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The IRS has launched a YouTube video site and an iTunes podcast site to bett...
August 22, 2009
Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of the Treasury´s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund announced today a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new Capacity- Building Initiative to greatly expand technical assistance and training opportunities for community development fin...
August 21, 2009
New disaster website provides the latest news on Hurricane Bill as it nears the U.S. East Coast
NEW YORK, NY -- Tropical storm activity has taken off the last few days ... and just in time for coastal residents, businesses and tourists, there is a new website to provide current hurricane news and...
August 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Utility giant AEP has applied for $334 million in stimulus money to construct the first commercial scale CO2 capture and storage project at a West Virginia coal-fired power plant. That's about half the money needed for the project. The project goal is to capture 1.5 million metric ...
August 21, 2009
Climb will run from January 23 through February 4 of 2010
SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- Overstock.com, Inc. announced today that it will send employee Zack Ralphs to accompany Overstock.com spokeswoman Briana Walker on a 13-day hike up Mount Kilimanjaro as part of the C.H.E.K Institute's "Fit 4 Kili Clim...
August 21, 2009
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Riki Ellison, president and founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) (www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org) was in Alabama this week and had the opportunity to reflect on and analyze the views of the U.S. missile defense community as they gathered in Huntsville, Alabama....
Reform Icon Robert Woodson Sr. to Speak at the Steamboat Institute 2009 Inaugural Freedom Conference
August 21, 2009
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Steamboat Institute is pleased to announce that Robert Woodson Sr., founder and president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, will speak at the 2009 Inaugural Freedom Conference at 12 Noon MT on Friday, August 28, 2009. The conference takes place at the Steambo...
August 21, 2009
CHICAGO, IL -- What's the hottest topic in the U.S.? Ask anyone and they will say health care! The sparring between Republicans and Democrats has reached a fever pitch. News programs are showing daily footage of what Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls "angry mobs" of Republicans at town halls.
...
August 21, 2009
-- DriveSmarterChallenge.org/contest --
WASHINGTON, DC -- It's the "dog days of August," one of the heaviest time frames for road trips - what with travel to universities across the country combined with the "last hurrah" of summer vacations leading into the Labor Day holiday weekend.
As you c...
August 21, 2009
More than 40 Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldiers from 228th Brigade Support Battalion, Company B; Headquarters Company 55th Brigade Combat Team; and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Company A and B, will be recognized at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, during a Freedom Salute...
Attorney Gen. Holder Announces $4.17M in Recovery Act Grants to Support Texas Law Enforcement Effort
August 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Attorney General Eric Holder today announced more than $4.17 million in Recovery Act funds will go to Texas communities to use in fighting crime and drug trafficking as part of the Justice Department's Southwest Border Strategy.
"A central part of the Recovery Act is focused on ...
August 21, 2009
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- Custom Computer Specialists ("Custom"), a leading technology solutions provider and the regional Alliance Partner for the Infinite Campus student information system, is proud to announce that Stephanie Leslie has been selected as the Project Management Institute Long Island Chapte...
August 21, 2009
Children receive free books during Reading Is Fundamental family literacy event in Corona
WASHINGTON, DC -- Volunteers from Pitney Bowes and more than 800 children and their families participated in a "Share the Message: READ!" family literacy event at the Coronita Elementary Reading Is Fundament...
August 21, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will broadcast a special message from comedian Stephen Colbert on Monday, Aug. 24, as the space shuttle Discovery prepares to deliver the COLBERT treadmill to the International Space Station.
The message will air on NASA Television after the shuttle's fueling commenta...
August 21, 2009
Training expert and author offers creative thinking tips for communicators
CLEVELAND, OH -- IABC Cleveland kicks off its 2009-2010 programming year on Sept. 17, 2009, with "Fresh-Squeezed Ideas: Creative Thinking for Communications Pros," featuring Dan Coleman, founder and president of Excelsior ...
August 21, 2009
DAVIS, Calif. -- Acting State Conservationist Gayle Norman, of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), today announced approval of more than $438,800 in Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) to eight California organizations.
The funds, provided through NRCS, will assist the groups i...
August 21, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The United States Congress, the City of Los Angeles, the American Lung Association, the Coalition for Clean Air, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Propane Education and Research Council all voice their support for Los Angeles based, environmentally friendly technology co...
August 21, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The United States Congress, the City of Los Angeles, the American Lung Association, the Coalition for Clean Air, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Propane Education and Research Council all voice their support for Los Angeles based, environmentally friendly technology co...
August 21, 2009
Airline Concludes Proof of Concept Testing
DALLAS, TX -- Southwest Airlines and Row 44 are continuing plans to roll out wi-fi beginning in the first quarter of 2010. Beginning this fall, Southwest will be moving to the next step of certifying Southwest's full fleet with plans to begin fleetwide r...
August 21, 2009
Airline Concludes Proof of Concept Testing
DALLAS, TX -- Southwest Airlines and Row 44 are continuing plans to roll out wi-fi beginning in the first quarter of 2010. Beginning this fall, Southwest will be moving to the next step of certifying Southwest's full fleet with plans to begin fleetwide r...
August 21, 2009
National Press Club Raises Funds for Diversity in Journalism Sat. Sept. 12, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Runners and walkers will hoof it on Saturday, Sept. 12, to raise money to send a young journalist to college.
The National Press Club's 12th annual 5K Run/Walk & Auction is on at 9 a.m. and will ...
August 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Teen pop idol Nick Jonas, the youngest member of the Grammy-nominated pop rock band the Jonas Brothers, will address a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, August 24. Jonas who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 13 will discuss his personal fight against diabetes and effo...
The Art Institutes Schools Announce the 2010 Passion for Fashion Competition for High School Seniors
August 21, 2009
PITTSBURGH, PA -- The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition 2010 provides high school students an exciting glimpse of the highly competitive fashion industry by offering students interested in Fashion Design or Fashion Marketing, Merchandising or Retail Management an opportunity to win a fu...
August 21, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Aug. 23, to discuss new science experiments using the International Space Station's unique research environment. The briefing will originate from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will be broadcast live on NASA Televis...
August 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALICE.
"This collaboration has been an opportunity for graduate student...
August 21, 2009
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- For the 13th consecutive time, U.S.News & World Report magazine has named Babson College the #1 Undergraduate Program in the U.S. for Entrepreneurship.
Babson is ranked #1 for Entrepreneurship, followed by:
* #2 - University of Pennsylvania,
* #3 - University of Southe...
August 20, 2009
Tenants Together Urges Other Cities Throughout the State to Adopt Similar Laws.
In an extraordinary victory for tenants, the Ridgecrest City Council passed an ordinance last night to stop banks from evicting renters in foreclosed residential properties. A determined group of tenants and co...
August 20, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - The first of two dirt races are upon the ARCA RE/MAX Series this weekend starting with the Illinois State Fairgrounds and without hesitation it would be easy to pick Patrick Sheltra and his Whitesville, Kentucky based Sheltra Motorsports team as a pre-race favorite for Sunday...
August 20, 2009
Part of Coordinated Strike Against Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations
WASHINGTON, DC -- Forty-three defendants in the United States and Mexico, including 10 alleged Mexican drug cartel leaders, have been charged in 12 indictments unsealed yesterday and today in U.S. federal courts in Brooklyn...
August 20, 2009
- New Survey Proves Men and Women Have Similar Motivations to Ride Motorcycles -
MILWAUKEE, WI -- Everyone knows the old adage - men are from Mars, women are from Venus. But according a recent survey(1) commissioned by Harley-Davidson to find out what motivates men and women to get behind the han...
Inc. Magazine Unveils 28th Annual List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies - the Inc. 500
August 20, 2009
LOEFFLER RANDALL Ranks No. 145 on the 2009 Inc. 500 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 1220.7%, No. 11 in NY-NJ-PA, and No. 11 in Consumer Products & Services Sector
NEW YORK, NY -- Inc. magazine has ranked Loeffler Randall No. 145 on its annual list of the 500 fastest growing private companies in t...
August 20, 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV -- The 70th Anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz" is celebrated with the formation of The Harold Arlen Foundation.
August 25th marks the 70th anniversary of the national release of the iconic movie classic "The Wizard of Oz." Sam Arlen , the son of the musical wizard Harold Arlen who pe...
August 20, 2009
MIDLAND, Pa. -- A former U.S. Secretary of Education came away impressed with his first look at PA Cyber Charter School and Lincoln Interactive (www.lincolninteractive.com) online curriculum.
"I'm so proud of what you have done and are doing here. This is a time when we really need to be looking ...
August 20, 2009
Smaller-scale validation of technology begins operation in September
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- American Electric Power will apply for funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Coal Power Initiative Round 3 to pay part of the costs of installing the nation's first commercial-scale carbon dioxide ca...
August 20, 2009
Exemplary Efforts Set International Standard for Company Compliance
UTICA, N.Y. -- In the midst of one of the most extensive Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations ever undertaken, Siemens AG became a model for compliance remediation. Following a two-year investigation, the U.S. Depa...
August 20, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In a break with previous precedent, the Ohio Ballot Board today decided to hand both sides of the Issue 3 argument over to the casino industry. The Board had the opportunity to accept ballot argument language from either VoteNoCasinos, the citizen PAC, or TruthPAC, a group funded b...
August 20, 2009
DENVER, CO -- The American Humane Association has released the 2009 update of its "Guidelines for the Safe Use of Animals in Filmed Media," which are the basis for ensuring the safety and well-being of animals used in television and film productions.
American Humane regularly updates the "Guideli...
August 20, 2009
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- To aid in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and help solve the complex issues of climate change, two researchers have published energy and technology policy recommendations. Co-authors Aristides A.N. Patrinos, Ph.D., President of Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), and Richard ...
August 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA Television has been honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Award recognizes the agency for engineering excellence and commemorates the 40th anniversary of the technological innovations that made possible t...
August 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA Television has been honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Award recognizes the agency for engineering excellence and commemorates the 40th anniversary of the technological innovations that made possible t...
August 20, 2009
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger today reminded Pennsylvania's citizens that although the number of West Nile Virus cases has dropped, the threat still exists.
"Residents must be vigilant and make every effort to control mosquitoes and reduce the thr...
August 20, 2009
FERC Commissioner Spitzer Expresses Optimism for Continued Commitment to Topic
ST. PAUL, Minn. and CARMEL, Ind. -- The Midwest ISO wrapped up its Advisory Committee and Board meetings in St. Paul, MN, today after FERC Commissioner Marc Spitzer addressed Midwest ISO stakeholders, expressing optimi...
August 20, 2009
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Governor Edward G. Rendell has signed into law House Bill 1663, which authorizes appropriations for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. He did so, however, with reservation.
"The 5-percent cut to the Gaming Control Board's appropriation concerns me. This budget requires the ...
August 20, 2009
Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc. introduces Energy-X lip balm, a zero calorie, no sugar alternative to boost energy
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Burner Balm, a division of Pacific Shore Holdings, Inc., announced the launch of Energy-X, a new lip balm that delivers an effective and healthier alternative to ener...
August 20, 2009
Dartmouth College Commended for its Commitment to Teaching Students
HANOVER, N.H. -- U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2010" rankings released today included a new feature, a category called "Best Undergraduate Teaching" -- with Dartmouth College #1 in that category among national unive...
August 20, 2009
TICKETS TO GO ON SALE SEPTEMBER 27; INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF MICHAEL JACKSON AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE TO HIT THEATERS WORLDWIDE OCTOBER 28
CULVER CITY, Calif. -- Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment announced today that Michael Jackson THIS IS IT will be released exclusivel...
August 20, 2009
Divestiture Will Restore Competition in Markets for Semiconductor Devices Used in Critical Military and Space Applications
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a proposed settlement with Microsemi Corporation that requires the company to divest all of th...
August 20, 2009
BALTIMORE, MD-- WHAT: Inner Harbor Art Festival in Baltimore, Maryland
WHEN: Saturday, August 22, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sunday, August 23, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Admission is free and open to the public.
WHERE: Inner Harbor along the waterfront in downtown Bal...
August 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History recently accepted a solar panel that was once installed on the White House. The panel was donated by Unity College in Unity, Maine, during a ceremony July 21.
"Solar America," an initiative undertaken by President Jimmy Carte...
August 20, 2009
at Symposium held by ACT, Inc. and America's Choice
ACT, Inc. and America's Choice Introduce Superintendents Nationwide to Rigor & Readiness Initiative at Symposium on College and Career Readiness
WASHINGTON, DC -- As staggering statistics continue to evidence American students' lack of prepar...
August 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- A federal grand jury in Houston has returned an indictment charging two crewmembers of the oil tanker Georgios M with making false statements, violating federal law designed to prevent pollution from ships and obstruction of justice, the Justice Department announced.
According t...
August 20, 2009
TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- Stetson University College of Law professors have pioneered a new project introducing U.S. law to students around the globe.
The Overview of U.S. Law Project includes an online course and companion book specifically designed to help pre-law students, international LL.M. student...
August 20, 2009
6th Annual Orientation & Workshops Help Prepare Program Partners for Upcoming School Year
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- New Jersey After 3, a state-wide non-profit organization dedicated to expanding learning time for New Jersey's youth, kicked off the 2009/2010 school year with its 6th Annual Partner O...
August 20, 2009
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. -- Japhet School, the award-winning private school in Madison Heights, Michigan, announced today it will give away a pair of full-year scholarships worth up to $9,500 each to two Detroit-area students entering first through eighth grades for the school year starting Sept 9.
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August 20, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- For the 10th year in a row, the annual "America's Best Colleges" guide published by U.S. News & World Report has ranked Embry-Riddle's aerospace engineering program #1 in the nation and has placed the University in the top tier of all schools granting master's degrees.
In t...
August 20, 2009
The Floralscape is one of nine oversized floral designs that will appear alongside California freeways in support of the ongoing launch of the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle. Seven of the Floralscapes will be in the Los Angeles area and two in the San Francisco area. Developed by Greenroad Media, ...
August 19, 2009
Report suggests financial projections based on current life, performance and value of sectors' assets may not be robust
LONDON, ENGLAND -- According to an Acclimatise global report, backed by IBM, nearly all electric utilities claim climate change is threatening power outages, higher costs and ch...
United Fresh to Feature Salad Bar at Capitol Hill Event to Advocate National School Salad Bar Policy
August 19, 2009
Salad Bar to Be Donated to D.C. School to Increase Consumption
WASHINGTON, DC -- The United Fresh Produce Association announced today that it will feature a salad bar at its Fresh Festival event, September 9, in the Cannon House Office Building during the association's Washington Public Policy Co...
August 19, 2009
Embry-Riddle Alumna to Live on Space Station for Three Months
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Nicole P. Stott, an Embry-Riddle College of Engineering alumna, will soon reach her ultimate career goal by taking her first trip off planet Earth on Space Shuttle Discovery's upcoming mission to the Internationa...
August 19, 2009
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes, NASA-funded research has found.
By comparing proteins present in more than 3000 different prokaryotes -- a type of single-celled organi...
August 19, 2009
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes, NASA-funded research has found.
By comparing proteins present in more than 3000 different prokaryotes -- a type of single-celled organi...
Aviation's Runway to Recovery to be Focus of AVIATION WEEK's 2009 MRO Europe Conference & Exhibition
August 19, 2009
NEW YORK, NY -- More than 2,500 aviation industry professionals and executives will convene on September 22-24, 2009, during AVIATION WEEK's 2009 Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Europe Conference and Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany at the Hamburg Messe und Congress to discuss ways to rise out o...
August 19, 2009
Sleek Artisan 710 and 810 Complement Today's Busy Lifestyles with Number-One Photo Quality(1) and Innovative Features for One-of-a-Kind Projects and Everyday Printing Needs
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Epson America continues to drive printing innovation with its new line of Artisan all-in-ones - the Ar...
August 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- A former member of the U.S. armed services was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for his role in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy that operated from January 2002 through March 2004, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
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August 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- A former member of the U.S. armed services was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for his role in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy that operated from January 2002 through March 2004, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
...
August 19, 2009
Encourage Likelihood to Buy
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Advertisers grapple with reaching consumers with the right brand messages at the right time even when economic times are good. In an economic downturn, with the need to maximize the impact of marketing dollars, delivering effective advertising is even...
August 18, 2009
Los Angeles - Little Ethiopia Business Association invites everybody to the 8th Annual Cultural Street Festival on September 13, 2009 from 2-8pm on Fairfax Avenue between Olympic Boulevard and Whitworth Avenue in the heart of Little Ethiopia. Each year this exciting event is attended by thousands an...
August 16, 2009
Arborists Recognized at 85th ISA Conference & Trade Show in Providence
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- At the 85th International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Conference & Trade Show held in Providence, Rhode Island, ISA President Lauren Lanphear introduced Sandy Clark (Mount Prospect, Illinois), Gerard Four...
August 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Jane Danowitz, director of the Pew Environment Group's U.S. public lands program, today issued the following statement on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's support for a national forest roadless policy and the Obama administration's decision to join environmentalists in an app...
August 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- A pipeline company and two of its former operating firms will jointly pay a civil penalty of $3.65 million to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from anhydrous ammonia spills in Nebraska and Kansas, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency an...
August 16, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launch abort system are assembled on a mobile launch platform at Kennedy in preparat...
Dannon Awards Cornell Cooperative Extension the Fourth Annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition Grant
August 16, 2009
$30,000 Grant to Fund Health and Nutrition from the Garden Program
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- At a check presentation ceremony today, The Dannon Company, Inc. awarded Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Westchester County with the fourth annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition Grant. CCE received $...
August 16, 2009
Air Quality Action Days Expected in Portions of Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast air quality action days for Aug. 16 and 17 in several regions across Pennsylvania.
Sunday's forecast is for the Lib...
August 16, 2009
HAMPTON, Va. -- The award-winning NASA 360 TV program has broken the one-million mark in downloads. The total as of Aug. 14, 2009, is 1,074,088 for the 30-minute show that explores NASA's contributions to everyday life.
"This accomplishment is truly remarkable in less than one year," said Michael...
August 16, 2009
GREENBELT, Md. -- Solar physicists at NASA have confirmed that small, sudden bursts of heat and energy, called nanoflares, cause temperatures in the thin, translucent gas of the sun's atmosphere to reach millions of degrees.
The sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is made up of loops of hot gas th...
August 16, 2009
Stone Worked on Michael Jackson's New Album
ZWOLLE, The Netherlands -- On the 40th anniversary of Woodstock we learned that singer Sly Stone who was one of the highlights of the festival is running out of money due to a conflict with his former manager Jerry Goldstein. Sly told this to dutchman W...
August 16, 2009
Agrees to the Forfeiture of Over $43 Million
ST. LOUIS, MO -- Gary Stephen Kaplan, founder of BetOnSports (BoS), a large illegal offshore sports wagering business, entered guilty pleas to multiple federal charges, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today.
Pursuant to a com...
August 16, 2009
Cautions Any Plan Without Full Early Childhood Education Funding Hurts PA in Long Run
SHARON HILL, Pa. -- Calling education the key to Pennsylvania's long-term economic prosperity, Governor Edward G. Rendell today warned against drastic budget cuts in early childhood education and school funding....
August 16, 2009
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- The Mark West Chamber of Commerce has announced California American Water as their 2008-2009 "Member of the Year."
The annual award is given to the company or individual that demonstrably contributes to the betterment of both the business and private sector of the Larkfield ...
August 16, 2009
Slugger Honored as Nation's Top High School Baseball Player Awards for Top Pitcher, Defender, Sportsman Announced
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Bryce Harper capped his high school baseball career with its highest honor Saturday night when he was named the Aflac National High School Player of the Year and pres...
August 16, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a news conference on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The briefing will begin after the end of the Flight Readiness Review, a meeting to assess preparations for shuttle ...
August 16, 2009
Sales Soar on Solo Debut Album During US Tour With John Legend and India.Arie
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- While Gramps Morgan joins John Legend and India.Aria on stage at the Mann Center of the Performing Arts in Philadelphia August 15th then at the Metropolis in Montreal on August 17th, and again on Aug...
August 16, 2009
to Secure and Define the .ECO Top-level Domain
Jim Dufour, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, will oversee environmental outreach for the proposed top-level domain
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Dot Eco LLC (www.supportdoteco.com), the group backed by Al Gore, the Alliance For Climate Protection, Sierra C...
August 13, 2009
OAKLAND, Calif./PRNewswire/ -- The 511 Transit page at www.transit.511.org has been cited by Government Computer News as one of 10 great government Web sites nationwide for 2009. The magazine hailed the popular site as "a heroic act of interagency coordination." 511 Transit, which originally was lau...
August 13, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO/PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America, the California-based airline that is reinventing domestic travel, today announced it will serve Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) with daily non-stop flights from the West Coast beginning Nov. 18, 2009. The South Florida region will be...
August 10, 2009
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) today announced a $9.4 million settlement with DPWN Holdings (USA) Inc., formerly known as DHL Holdings (USA) Inc and DHL Express (US...
August 06, 2009
Latest Forbes Best Business Schools Ranking
Mason remains among the best in the nation for 'ROI'
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The Mason School of Business at The College of William and Mary continues to be one of the best schools for return on investment, according to the Forbes Best Business Schools ...
August 06, 2009
Tom Tidwell brings 32 Years of Experience Working to Protect Our Nation's Forests
WASHINGTON, DC - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that Tom Tidwell will serve as the new Chief for the U.S. Forest Service.
"Tom Tidwell's 32 years of experience in our forests and impressive tra...
August 06, 2009
$274 Million Investment Will Benefit National Forests in 32 States
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2009 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $274 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for forest facilities and trails and related ecosystems and watershe...
August 06, 2009
Governor Edward G. Rendell will discuss the importance of preserving funds for Pre-K Counts and early childhood education at 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, during a visit to the Mechanicsburg Learning Center at St. Paul United Church of Christ, 626 Williams Grove Road, Mechanicsburg.
EVENT: Governor R...
August 06, 2009
NOAA has selected the Port of Newport, Ore., to be the new home of the agency´s Marine Operations Center-Pacific beginning in 2011 pending the signing of a 20-year lease.
NOAA selected the site following a rigorous process involving an extensive review of proposals submitted by sites in Was...
August 06, 2009
Company takes on extensive stream restoration efforts estimated to cost $31 million
WASHINGTON, DC -- Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Nevada by restoring 122 acres of mountain-desert streams and wetlands, implementing storm wat...
August 06, 2009
By a vote of 68 to 31, the Senate today confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. People For the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker issued the following statement:
"The confirmation of Sotomayor is a historic step for the nation and a triumph of the A...
August 05, 2009
Click Enough of the Mob to view the web ad.
Washington -- The Democratic National Committee today released a new web ad "Enough of the Mob" highlighting the angry mobs of a small number of GOP and special interest backed rabid right wing extremists who are disrupting thoughtful discussions abou...
Physicians Treat Over Half of Hep. C Genotype 1-Infected Patients With Protease Inhibitor Telaprevir
August 04, 2009
Forty Percent of Surveyed MCOs Will Place Only One Protease Inhibitor on Their Formularies, According to a New Report from Decision Resources
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, based on...
August 04, 2009
LONDON, ENGLAND -- Gaming Alerts has teamed up with Ladbrokes Online Casino to provide five lucky tweeters with GBP100 each to bet on black or red at the roulette table. As a first of its kind in the gambling industry, Gaming Alerts will be using Twitter as the only channel to promote this competiti...
August 04, 2009
Lowe's has your essentials whether moving your teen into the dorms or reminiscing about the old days
MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- It seems like just yesterday that you packed up the station wagon with college-life necessities, hung posters in your dorm room and began roaming around campus. Fast forward a...
Guided Missile Cruiser USS Bunker Hill Runs Lockheed Martin's Aegis Open Architecture In Combat Test
August 04, 2009
MOORESTOWN, N.J. -- The guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), recently modernized with Lockheed Martin's open architecture Aegis Weapon System, completed an operational trial of its full combat system.
The Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) evaluated the ship's Aegis Combat...
August 04, 2009
New Collection Utilizes Unique Conditioning Benefits of Cassia
NEW YORK, NY -- In recent years, there has been an over abundance of natural hair care products that claim to deliver a multitude of benefits. Yet product performance still remains a key desire among women seeking the benefits of natu...
August 04, 2009
Company Honors 84 Students for Community Service and Academic Achievement
FISHERS, Ind. -- Comcast recently honored 84 college-bound students from throughout Indiana who have won a helping hand for college in the form of $1,000 scholarships from the Comcast Foundation. The Comcast Leaders and Ach...
August 04, 2009
WritersLittleBlackBook.com
Site's founder once slept on the streets, now has new film starring Queen Latifah
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Veteran screenwriter Michael Elliot has created an online resource to help new and unrepresented screenwriters break into Hollywood by selling their first screenplay....
August 04, 2009
Featuring Music's Biggest Icons and Brightest Rising Stars
"Hard Rock Calling" Specials Premiere Friday, August 21 at 9PM* on VH1, VH1 Classic and Palladia
NEW YORK, NY -- Once a summer, some of the biggest acts from all over the world meet for three days to perform in London's Hyde Park and r...
August 04, 2009
Plus Out-Of-Print Reggae Albums, Compilations and Tracks
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Starting today reggae fans will be treated to a treasure trove of first-time digital releases with tracks and albums unavailable in any form for some 30 years exclusively on iTunes. The Island 50th Anniversary Reggae pro...
August 04, 2009
SANTA FE, N.M. -- Deep Web Technologies-powered federated search engine Science.gov (http://www.science.gov/) was featured in the Government Computer News article "Great dot-gov Web Sites 2009" ,a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/mqs74e" target="new">(http://tinyurl.com/mqs74e) as one of ten websites th...
August 04, 2009
Severe economic times have forced American women to find new ways to positively impact their household budgets. This new partnership answers the call by providing women with a quick, simple and safe way to make extra money without any effort
NARBERTH, Pa. -- Red Swan(SM) (www.redswan.com) has fur...
August 04, 2009
BALTIMORE, MD -- Calvert Education Services (CES) has announced an exclusive partnership with Columbia Virtual Academy (CVA) in Valley, Washington. For the past two years, CVA has offered Calvert's distance learning curriculum to kindergarten through eighth grade students throughout the state.
Du...
August 04, 2009
to Preserve Chabad History in Hebron
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Working closely with Chabad, Mouli Cohen continues his work supporting important Jewish projects throughout the world. His latest endeavor includes providing the necessary funds to build the Heichal Harashab, a brand-new library and museum th...
August 04, 2009
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Internationally-renowned educator David J. Smith has traveled across the United States and to thirty other countries to help children understand the world we live in. Now, If America Were a Village: A Book About the People of the United States (Kids Can Press) brings the United St...
CLCV: Beltway Anti-Oceans Group Continues Misinformation Campaign to Defeat Marine Protection Effort
August 04, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- On the eve of a key vote by the California Fish and Game Commission, the California League of Conservation Voters today assailed the so-called "Partnership for Sustainable Oceans," for its continued misinformation campaign about the Marine Life Protection Act.
"This Beltway ...
August 04, 2009
Another Way to Pay for Healthcare Reform - Projected Savings of $100+ Billion
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Just ten hours of the right brain fitness exercises can have a significant and long lasting impact on healthcare costs and outcomes, according to a study recently published in BMC Health Services Re...
August 04, 2009
With growing citizen needs and shrinking budgets, many award-winning county governments have turned to the similarly award-winning enterprise content management software
CLEVELAND, OH -- As citizens' needs get bigger and budgets get smaller, county governments need creative ways to address this t...
August 04, 2009
HOUSTON, TX -- NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Col. Tim Kopra has become the first International Space Station crew member to use the social media tool Twitter to discuss living and working in orbit.
Kopra (@Astro_Tim) recently joined the Expedition 20 crew after arriving at the orbiting laboratory ...
August 04, 2009
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors shows the results of a complete LCA for LED lamps
MUNICH, GERMANY -- A study on the life-cycle assessment (LCA) of LED lamps by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors shows the latest generation of lamps achieves a very high score for environmental friendliness. This study involved a...
August 04, 2009
Flagship Ventures & Others for Market Penetration and Development of New Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Applications
WILMINGTON, Mass. and STAMFORD, Conn.-- Advanced Electron Beams (AEB), whose compact electron beam technology helps traditional manufacturers become more environmentally sustainabl...
August 04, 2009
Eric Roberts and Ross McCall volunteering with Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County.
Oxnard, CA - Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County was given a big surprise by having actors Eric Roberts (TV show Crash and Dark Knight) and Ross McCall (Crash and Band of Brothers) bring their muscle and n...
August 03, 2009
Healthy, Easy-To-Make Cabot Recipes Are Sure To Make You A 'Happy Camper' This Summer
CABOT, Vt. -- Whether you plan to visit one of Vermont's more than 50 state parks to hike or camp, or plan to take your RV for a cross-country tour, you'll want to travel light and eat well. And as experienced c...
August 03, 2009
Recycling Rewards Program Will Help Promote Sustainability by Increasing Recycling Participation in Chicago
NEW YORK, NY -- Mayor Richard M. Daley, along with 19th Ward Alderman Virginia Rugai announced on Saturday that the City of Chicago has partnered with RecycleBank , a rewards program that r...
August 03, 2009
Recycling Rewards Program Will Help Promote Sustainability by Increasing Recycling Participation in Chicago
NEW YORK, NY -- Mayor Richard M. Daley, along with 19th Ward Alderman Virginia Rugai announced on Saturday that the City of Chicago has partnered with RecycleBank , a rewards program that r...
Teachers' Insurance Plan of NJ Donates over $50K to New Jersey Schools and Educational Organizations
August 03, 2009
62 educational communities benefited from the Quotes for Cash program last year alone
RED BANK, N.J. -- Teachers' Insurance Plan of NJ has donated over $50,000 since the inception in 2007 of the company's Quotes for Cash program. The 2008-2009 school year generated $29,000 in donations, an increa...
August 03, 2009
Card Player Poker and Ultimate Bet Join Forces for $5,000 Online Poker Freeroll
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- On Card Player Poker, you're always in the money. Starting Aug. 21, Card Player Poker -- powered by UltimateBet and brought to you by Card Player Media, publisher of Card Player magazine and CardP...
August 03, 2009
Goal Is To Give Network Providers A Compression/Sharing System That Dramatically Increases Bandwidth Availability
MIAMI, Fla. -- Digital Utilities Ventures, Inc., an innovator in over the IP video transport systems with its breakthrough New Last Mile Platform, announced today that it is in talks ...
August 03, 2009
Nations Trust Launches 'Cool Pavement Coatings'
PHOENIX, AZ -- With the launch of the Emerald Cities Project May 2009, Nations Technology Trust Ltd. has initiated a green initiative aimed at Global Warming by introducing cool pavement products to mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effect of the citie...
August 03, 2009
Bob Costas Hosts the 24th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner to Benefit The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis - Tuesday, October 6th in New York City
NEW YORK, NY -- Sports icons and philanthropy champions will be spotlighted when they gather at the 24th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner on Tues...
August 03, 2009
Meals Matter Offers Healthy Lunch Ideas and Tips for Back to School
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Children who eat nutritious foods do better in school, but coming up with healthy back-to-school lunch ideas that children will actually eat can be a challenge for many parents.
A healthy school lunch, wh...
August 03, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss early science results of the Kepler mission. Kepler is the first spacecraft with the ability to find Earth-size planets orbiting stars like our sun in a zone where liquid water could exist.
The televi...
August 03, 2009
America's Newest International Crossing
MISSION, Texas -- The 2000 mile border the United States shares with Mexico has dramatically increased focus on security in recent years. One adverse impact of this increased security is that bottlenecks are created at the border in the distribution pipelin...
August 03, 2009
Will Host Public Service Leadership Forum on September 8
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Interested in becoming an effective leader, organizer, or candidate in your community? This fall, author, attorney and activist Christine Pelosi is partnering with the Bay Area Business RoundTable to offer a new course a...
August 03, 2009
Expert recommends parents and schools monitor activities, coaching and safety precautions more closely
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- As a bright, young cheerleader trying out for the high school varsity squad, 14-year-old Laura Jackson had everything going for her.
But when a back flip went wrong during...
August 03, 2009
Sheltra Battles Back For Solid Finish At Long Pond.
LONG POND, Pennsylvania (August 3, 2009) - - After finishing on the podium in June, Patrick Sheltra had high hopes for this past Saturday´s Pennsylvania ARCA 200, but an untimely caution in the race kept the Sheltra Motorsports team...
August 03, 2009
San Francisco - "It is fitting that on this International Day of Forgiveness, Marriage Equality USA declares that the key to moving forward is not a timing issue as much as it is about forgiveness and coming together," said Molly McKay, Marriage Equality USA Media Director. "We just completed over...
August 03, 2009
Hindus have applauded United Nations (UN) for observing 2010 as "International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures" for promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada ((USA) tod...
August 01, 2009
Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Lottery Ticket Sales Exceeded $3.08 Billion; Delivered $910 Million in Net Revenue to Senior Programs
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Fiscal year 2008-2009 was the second best year for ticket sales in the Pennsylvania Lottery's 37-year history, Secretary of Revenue Stephen H. Stetler ann...
August 01, 2009
TORONTO -- Toronto's 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Bid celebrates Caribbean pride this weekend. The Bid is delighted to participate in this year's Caribana Parade with its very own float marshaled by the Hon. Margarett Best, Ontario Minister of Health Promotion.
"Toronto comes alive with the si...
August 01, 2009
Industrial giant teams up with City and non-profit environmental center to educate and empower Newark youth
NEWARK, N.J. -- Mayor Cory A. Booker announced today that the City of Newark partnered with Siemens Corporation and the Greater Newark Conservancy to provide Newark youth an educational thr...
August 01, 2009
IntegraScan has announced the introduction of a new initiative geared to help America's schools provide comprehensive protection for students while saving the tax payers millions each year
LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. -- IntegraScan announced today the launch of a new criminal background check initiative de...
August 01, 2009
Orlando, FL - Do you have what it takes? That´s the question the Florida Crusaders, Central Florida´s newest football team, is asking this Saturday, August 1. Coach Lou Briggins will put 100 of Central Florida´s top high school and college players through the first of three tryouts...
August 01, 2009
Doctors urge sunscreen use and exams to prevent skin cancer on feet.
CHICAGO – When at the pool or lake we all lather up with sun screen to protect our skin from the harmful rays of the sun. But do we remember to apply sunscreen to our feet?
Many don´t realize skin cancer can occur on ...
July 31, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, LA -- Independent software developer, BrokeAss Games, has announced the release of their new physics/animation toolset, called Ecstasy Motion. Strategically positioned to release the most affordable Dynamic Motion Synthesis solution on the market, the developers will be presenting their...
July 31, 2009
Founder's Award to be presented at Liberty Gala on October 24, 2009
CHICAGO, IL -- The Union League Club of Chicago, whose efforts have supported cultural and artistic endeavors throughout Chicago for 130 years, has been selected to receive the Founder's Award of the Pritzker Military Library. Th...
Hudson Group & Partners Win Contracts for Six Newsstands & Bookstore In Newark International Airport
July 31, 2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A joint venture led by premier travel retailer Hudson Group has been awarded contracts to operate six new newsstands in Terminal B and a new bookstore in Terminal A of Newark International Airport (EWR). The joint venture partnership is comprised of Hudson Group and Branded ...
July 31, 2009
Settlement Results in Hazardous Air Pollutant Reductions Benefiting Human Health and the Environment, along with the Payment of a $3.1 Million Penalty
WASHINGTON, DC -- The former and current owners and operators of a chemical facility in Addyston, Ohio, LANXESS Corp. and INEOS ABS USA Corp., hav...
July 31, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new statewide poll released today by Public Policy Polling, a Raleigh based public research and polling company, shows overwhelming voter support for legislation to oversee, regulate and tax video gaming in North Carolina.
Key poll findings:
-- 79% of most likely voters i...
July 31, 2009
Celebrations Include Building World's Largest LEGO Light Bulb and Hosting Inventor Ralph Baer
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and LEGO Systems, Inc. are celebrating National Inventors' Month by hosting a two-day collaborative build of an 8-foot-tall...
July 31, 2009
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- With the economy still in the throes of a recession, nearly a third of Americans are postponing or reducing the amount of vacation they plan to take this year.
But scrimping on leisure, warns University of Rochester psychologist Richard Ryan, could backfire. His research finds ...
July 31, 2009
HOUSTON, TX -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that it will begin testing two types of advanced imaging technology at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Imaging technologies quickly and unobtrusively screen passengers for metallic and nonmetallic threats without p...
July 31, 2009
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. reports a net loss of $1,083,016 or nineteen cents per share in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009. In the previous year, Mass Megawatts reported a net loss of $228,348 or five cents per share.
Interviewed on July 26th, after meeting with Unit...
July 31, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The NASA Innovative Partnerships Program and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation today announced the Green Flight Challenge. The contest is a flight efficiency competition for aircraft that can average at least 100 mph on a 200-mile flight while achieving g...
July 31, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a 10:48 a.m. EDT landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the flight, Endeavour delivered the final piece of the Japan Aerospace Explora...
July 31, 2009
Governor Edward G. Rendell will join EPA Mid-Atlantic Region Acting Administrator William C. Early at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, in the Main Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg to announce significant American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funding to support repairs and upgrades to Pennsylvania's criti...
July 31, 2009
PLYMOUTH, Minn. -- U.S. Foodservice - Minnesota today announced it has been awarded the Green Business Certification by the Institute for Green Business Certification, Inc. (IGBC). U.S. Foodservice is the first foodservice distributor in the upper Midwest to receive Green Business Certification.
...
July 31, 2009
Statewide effort to promote reusable shopping bags and increase plastic bag recycling
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Today non-profit, government and business groups joined together to kick off the "Got Your Bags?" campaign - a public education and outreach effort aimed at encouraging Californians to use re...
July 31, 2009
HONOLULU, HI -- On July 6, 2009, Sea Life Park welcomed the newest addition to its ohana (Hawaiian for family) as Hi'iaka, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
The baby has been named Waiohakaupo, Hawaiian for joyous life and breath of the waters of Kaupo (name of be...
July 30, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- What does yoga have to do with binge eating? Apparently quite a bit. In a study conducted at the University of the Rockies, a graduate university specializing in master's and doctorate degrees in psychology, binge eaters who participated in a 10-week yoga therapy program h...
July 30, 2009
Abbott Testifies about Its Part in Multi-stakeholder, 'Systems' Approach to Improve Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education in Chicago
WASHINGTON, DC -- In a hearing today of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, part of the larger Co...
July 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The founding members of the effort to create the top-level domain ".eco" today released the principles underpinning use of .eco - reiterating their commitment that .eco addresses should fund proven efforts to combat climate change.
Former Vice President Al Gore and the Alliance...
July 30, 2009
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today called on General Electric to suspend plans to close its aircraft engine assembly plant in Albuquerque, NM, pending a full review of all options.
"A decision to close a high-end manufacturing facili...
July 30, 2009
Grammy Nominee Trey Songz, Bad Boy's Day 26, Doug E. Fresh, Toby Love & More, Professional Athletes, Celebrity Guests, Virtual Strolling Entertainment, Food & Prizes
August 15-16, 2009, noon - 9 p.m.
ROCKAWAY, N.J. -- This fall, 50 million of America's children will return to school. By summ...
July 30, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) President Keiji Tachikawa signed an agreement defining the terms of cooperation between the agencies on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The ceremony took place Thursday at the ...
July 30, 2009
Roger Williams University to Receive $274,140 from the Dept. of State & Dept. of Education
BRISTOL, R.I. -- Roger Williams University (RWU) announced today that the University has secured two federal grants that will help strengthen its institutional commitments to global education and sustainabi...
July 30, 2009
FALSE CLAIMS ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING THE E-RATE PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, DC -- Computer Assets Inc. and its principals, Abraham Salazar and Damon Salazar, have agreed to pay $350,000 over three years and surrender up to $35 million in pending E-Rate applications to settle allegations that the company vi...
July 30, 2009
HAMPTON, Va. -- One European colonist's garbage is a modern day researcher's historical treasure.
On Tuesday, Aug. 4, NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., hosts Dr. Michael Kelley who will discuss "Back to the Future - CSI Three Centuries Later" at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center.
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July 30, 2009
FRESNO, Calif. -- Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Dave White announced today that 15 organizations in California will receive funding from a new program under the 2008 Farm Bill that will help improve water quality and quantity. The funding is being made available through the U.S. Depar...
July 30, 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV -- Cigar rollers for events were introduced by CF Dominicana cigars years ago and now the company boasts over 24 cities where cigar rollers will roll cigars at special events. The unique twist to the company's Cigar Catering service is that the cigar rollers reside in the cities servic...
July 30, 2009
Crossville, TN - The 2009 U.S. Open Chess Championship will be held at the Indianapolis Marriott East, August 1-9. Unlike the recently concluded U.S. Invitational Chess Championship, this event is open to all United States Chess Federation (USCF) members, and the top five finishers will qualify for ...
July 30, 2009
Political Common Sense for America: NEW BOOK EXPLORES THE NON-´SENSE´ IN PARTISANSHIP; Republicans vs. Democrats, Left Wing vs. Right WingLet´s Call the Whole Thing Off!
Everyday, Americans are bombarded with the back and forth banter between Democrats and Republicans. Bu...
July 29, 2009
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Carnegie Speech, the global provider of software for assessing and teaching spoken-language to non-native speakers, today announced a strategic partnership and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative techn...
July 29, 2009
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Carnegie Speech, the global provider of software for assessing and teaching spoken-language to non-native speakers, today announced a strategic partnership and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative techn...
July 29, 2009
Will help develop political strategies, strengthen key relationships with state leaders
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has hired a former top aide to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Wade Crowfoot, as its new West Coast Political Director. Crowfoot most recently served as ...
July 29, 2009
Study is first-ever comprehensive analysis of transportation efficiency and its relationship to greenhouse gas reductions and consumer savings
WASHINGTON, DC -- Successfully reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from transportation is "critical to meeting national goals" to cut GHGs, according...
July 29, 2009
Study is first-ever comprehensive analysis of transportation efficiency and its relationship to greenhouse gas reductions and consumer savings
WASHINGTON, DC -- Successfully reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from transportation is "critical to meeting national goals" to cut GHGs, according...
Verizon Wireless Organizes Phone Recycling to Benefit Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
July 29, 2009
Three Pittsburgh-area Communications Stores to Participate in August Drive
WARRENDALE, Pa. -- One out of every four American women will be a victim of domestic violence at some point during her life. Through its exclusive HopeLine program, Verizon Wireless will demonstrate its commitment to endin...
July 29, 2009
PSE&G to install, own and operate 80 MW of solar by 2013 $515 million investment will double New Jersey's solar capacity Projects will include largest pole-attached solar installation in the world NJ company to supply 200,000 solar units and green jobs Potential sites for solar gardens and rooftop i...
July 29, 2009
CHICAGO, IL -- Chicago Tribune Foundation announced that 20 nonprofit organizations committed to cultural development in the Chicagoland area will receive grants totaling $85,000.
The grants support cultural organizations within the Chicago metropolitan area that provide educational programs in t...
July 29, 2009
Four Guys Set Off in a Purple Bus to Fulfill Their Own Dreams and Those of Others In New Series Beginning December 2009
PASADENA, Calif. -- Beginning in December 2009, MTV viewers can tag along for the ride of a lifetime with the new series, "The Buried Life." This real-life adventure documents t...
July 29, 2009
UNION, N.J. -- Elizabethtown Gas announces approval of a series of energy-efficiency and conservation programs called energySMART. These new programs, approved by The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, support Governor Jon Corzine's energy infrastructure and energy efficiency initiative. Last fal...
July 29, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Aquarium of the Bay today unveiled an interactive exhibit focusing on marshes and mudflats of the San Francisco Bay. Funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the exhibit highlights the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR), a state-federa...
July 29, 2009
- Initiative is part of Planet Green's 'Blue August' event debuting August 3rd with full month of programming on-air and online -
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Swirling off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean is a growing trash vortex twice the size of Texas, filled with plastic bags, bottles ...
July 29, 2009
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Raytheon Company completed a series of captive carry flight tests of its proposed solution for the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II competition, demonstrating the weapon's form-factored seeker is ready for guided test shots.
"The test series demonstrated our form-fact...
July 28, 2009
Court Found Inadequate Case Against ACLU Client Mohammed Jawad
NEW YORK, NY -- Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad should be sent home to Afghanistan immediately, according to an American Civil Liberties Union filing today on behalf of Jawad, who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for almost ...
July 28, 2009
CLAREMONT, Calif. -- In an effort to promote its new professional masters program for postdoctoral fellows in science and engineering, Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) will preview the program on Tuesday, August 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the KGI campus.
The Preview and Program Design Event will i...
July 28, 2009
Saves Space and Makes It Easier to Install FiOS Services in Apartment Buildings
New, Smaller Optical Network Terminals Support Company's Fiber-to-the-Home Initiative
NEW YORK, NY -- As a pioneer in the development of fiber-to-the-premises technology, Verizon has broken new ground again by init...
July 28, 2009
Saves Space and Makes It Easier to Install FiOS Services in Apartment Buildings
New, Smaller Optical Network Terminals Support Company's Fiber-to-the-Home Initiative
NEW YORK, NY -- As a pioneer in the development of fiber-to-the-premises technology, Verizon has broken new ground again by init...
July 28, 2009
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania trailed all but three states in the nation in state funding for education during the 2006-07 school year, according to a study released yesterday by the United States Census Bureau.
"Pennsylvania's school funding system has placed an unfair burden on local property...
July 28, 2009
NACS Busts Third of Four Textbook Purchasing Myths
OBERLIN, Ohio -- Last week, The National Association of College Stores (NACS) debunked the myth that buying college textbooks online is always safe. Here NACS takes on the third of four common myths.
According to a survey performed by NACS' re...
July 28, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Eastern State Penitentiary will host "Prison Break Weekend" on Saturday and Sunday, August 1 and 2 from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. The event, designed to commemorate some of the prison's most famous escapes, will feature interactive and educational family-friendly activities. Visitors ...
July 28, 2009
GREENBELT, Md. -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-14, provided its first visible full disk image of Earth on July 27, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The prime instrument on GOES, called the Imager, is taking images of Earth with a 1 kilometer (km) or 0.62 mile resolution from a...
July 28, 2009
Moroccans Commemorate Decade of Progress & Leadership
Ten years into reign, Moroccan leader continues to turn reform-minded visions into realities of social, economic, and political progress
WASHINGTON, DC -- This week Morocco marks a decade of leadership and reforms under King Mohammed VI, as...
July 28, 2009
Fenwick & West also received LEED Gold-EB for its Silicon Valley Office
SEATTLE, WA -- Fenwick & West LLP is pleased to announce that its Seattle, WA office is the first law firm in the entire United States to be awarded LEED-CI (Platinum) Designation by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). L...
July 28, 2009
GPS Tracking Proves Popular
LANSING, Mich. -- Sailing and sailboat racing enthusiasts pushed user sessions to Michigan's official travel Web site to record levels July 25-27 as they followed the Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race with Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking technology available...
July 28, 2009
House Administration Committee Thursday to consider proposal that would create a voluntary congressional campaign finance system of small donors and public financing
WASHINGTON, DC -- In advance of a U.S. House hearing on a proposal that cuts the connection between big donors and elected official...
July 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA will honor Apollo astronaut Al Worden with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program.
Worden will receive the award during a ceremony Thursday, July 30, at 4 p.m. EDT. The ceremony will be held at the Apollo Satur...
July 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- NASA will honor Apollo astronaut Al Worden with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program.
Worden will receive the award during a ceremony Thursday, July 30, at 4 p.m. EDT. The ceremony will be held at the Apollo Satur...
July 28, 2009
Scholars' Program Provides Funding for Studies to Improve Animal Health Worldwide.
DENVER, CO -- Eleven innovative veterinary students from around the world were honored for research projects that improved the lives of companion animals and wildlife. The students, whose projects were funded throu...
July 28, 2009
Scholarships will help 2,282 low- to moderate-income students pay for college
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- USA Funds , the nation's leading education loan guarantor, announces the award of nearly $3.4 million in scholarships to help 2,282 low- to moderate-income students nationwide pursue higher educ...
July 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Riki Ellison, President and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) missiledefenseadvocacy.org points out to the membership of MDAA that Senator John McCain is now going along with President Obama's position on the nation's missile defense program. This position is ...
July 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. high school student team competing in the 41st International Chemistry Olympiad won one gold and three silver medals at the event held July 18-26 in Cambridge, England. The students, from Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey and New York, competed against more than 250 students fr...
July 28, 2009
White Sox Pitcher Recently Pitched 18th Major League Perfect Game
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Major League Alumni Marketing (MLAM) is pleased to announce that it has been named the official autograph provider of Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox.
Buehrle is the first exclusive athlete for L...
July 28, 2009
Defendants Allegedly Sold Documents to Help Felons Avoid Deportation
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The former Armenian Consul in Los Angeles and a Beverly Hills immigration attorney are among five people arrested last night and this morning on federal criminal charges that allege they obtained and sold to i...
July 28, 2009
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a natural gas well leak at an East Resources well in McNett Township, Lycoming County.
"East Resources is cooperating fully with our investigation, and has already implemented measures to stop the leak,"...
July 28, 2009
TAITO's Classic Arcade Game Goes Where No Bubble Has Gone Before
LOS ANGELES, CA -- TAITO Corporation (TAITO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd., announced that SPACE BUST-A-MOVE(TM) for Nintendo DS(TM) was shipped to North American retailers today. An all-new installmen...
July 28, 2009
GPS Tracking Proves Popular
LANSING, Mich. -- Sailing and sailboat racing enthusiasts pushed user sessions to Michigan's official travel Web site to record levels July 25-27 as they followed the Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race with Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking technology available...
July 28, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- A reporter with the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and an aspiring science journalist are this year's winners of the National Press Club's Dennis Feldman Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Journalism and the Richard G. Zimmerman Journalism Graduate Scholarship.
Marlena Hartz, of Lubb...
July 28, 2009
Hindus have blamed Church of England for double standards over the issue of environment.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Douglas Williams should clarify where he and the Church stood on the issue of bauxi...
July 28, 2009
Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed has been elected to the Governing Board of Directors of prestigious Northern Nevada International Center (NNIC) for the second three year term.
NNIC fosters the role of citizen diplomacy in building bridges of international awareness and understand...
July 27, 2009
According to AAM Senior Analyst, drywall fallout doesn't just impact affected homes.
Washington, DC - In response to a recent letter from Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) requesting that the IRS provide tax deductions for homeowners harmed by the installation of toxic Chinese drywall in their homes, t...
July 27, 2009
MARNE, Michigan - Patrick Sheltra in the No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings-Boatwerks Waterfront Restaurant Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS finished 14th in Saturday night´s Wolverine Power Systems 200 presented by Generac at Berlin Raceway. While the race offered its challenges for Sheltra, his Sheltra Mo...
July 26, 2009
HOUSTON, TX -- NASA astronaut Pam Melroy is leaving the agency to take a job in the private sector. Melroy, a retired Air Force colonel, is a veteran of three space shuttle flights and the second woman to command one.
"Pam has performed superbly as an astronaut," said Steve Lindsey, chief of the ...
July 26, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- As the White House touts deals with health industry groups as solutions to pay for an overhaul of the nation's health care system, physicians and leaders from the top-ranked University of Michigan health system are available to comment on the reform efforts.
Please consider co...
July 26, 2009
Campers, Homeowners Statewide Urged to Stop Transporting Firewood
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Emerald Ash Borer beetles have been found near Ewings Mill, Indiana County, bringing to 10 the number of counties where the ash tree-destroying pest has been identified, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said to...
July 26, 2009
July 31st from Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Miss Teen USA's First Live Stream will Utilize Ustream's Broadcast Platform to Deliver High Quality, Premium Content to the Internet Audience via NewTek TriCaster Portable Live Production System
NEW YORK, NY -- The Miss Universe Organization, U...
July 27, 2009
- Recognizes Highest-Ranking Student in Bankruptcy Course at Two Pittsburgh Universities -
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Cohen & Grigsby, a business law firm with headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA and offices in Naples and Bonita Springs, FL, is pleased to announce that Dan Colaizzi, a summer associate in the f...
July 27, 2009
'The Best 371 Colleges - 2010 Edition'
- 62 Ranking Lists Report Top 20 Colleges in Categories from Profs to Financial Aid to Food - Unique Ratings: Schools Scored on Financial Aid, Fire Safety, and "Green"
NEW YORK, NY -- According to a survey by The Princeton Review that asked 122,000 studen...
July 26, 2009
CHICAGO, IL -- Unparalleled insanity met high hopes in the friendly confines of Chicago's Butler Field at Grant Park as professional motocross athlete Ronnie Renner broke his own Guinness World Record for highest motorcycle jump off a quarterpipe. Thousands of excited fans from all over the Midwest ...
July 26, 2009
National initiative to green living space, lifestyle and back to school
SAUSALITO, Calif. -- Teens Turning Green, a national coalition of teens educating peers and community members about healthy lifestyle choices, announces the launch of Project Green Dorm, a multi-faceted effort to encourage te...
July 26, 2009
Tuition-free for California students
ROWLAND HEIGHTS, Calif. -- iQ Academy California-Los Angeles announced today the launch of a new online middle and high school in California for the 2009-10 school year, which is open to all students in grades 6 - 12 living in Los Angeles and surrounding count...
July 26, 2009
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Babson College Fast Track MBA Program and Oregon Institute of Technology's Renewable Energy Engineering Program announce a partnership to explore business application for renewable energy technologies.
In this pilot program, Babson MBA students in the Northwest region have the...
July 26, 2009
Creation of new group part of comments due today evaluating the Louisiana Coastal Restoration Plan
WASHINGTON, DC -- A coalition including Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, and the Lake Pontchartra...
July 26, 2009
Online sessions help teachers infuse learning with technology
RESTON, Va. -- Every day, more teachers discover that using technology can stimulate students' thinking and help them grasp complicated subjects. One of the most flexible and capable tools is the wiki, a technology that makes it easy t...
July 26, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- American Chemical Society (ACS) President Thomas H. Lane, Ph.D., today praised the House of Representatives for supporting a $5 million increase in funding for the Education Department's Math and Science Partnership program, which he called a "critical educational program."
ACS ...
July 26, 2009
CHICAGO, IL -- Unparalleled insanity met high hopes in the friendly confines of Chicago's Butler Field at Grant Park as professional motocross athlete Ronnie Renner broke his own Guinness World Record for highest motorcycle jump off a quarterpipe. Thousands of excited fans from all over the Midwest ...
July 26, 2009
New York Woman Takes Lead for First Time
NEW YORK, NY -- More than 3,000 athletes took the plunge into the Hudson River along Manhattan's West Side in Riverside Park at the 9th Annual Nautica New York City Triathlon on Sunday, July 26, 2009.
The only Olympic-distance triathlon in New York City...
July 26, 2009
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) will request Wisconsin Governor James Doyle take an active part in any negotiations with Mercury Marine that could result in the closing the Fond du Lac facility.
Mercury Marine announced last week they a...
July 26, 2009
CHICAGO, IL -- Unparalleled insanity met high hopes in the friendly confines of Chicago's Butler Field at Grant Park as professional motocross athlete Ronnie Renner broke his own Guinness World Record for highest motorcycle jump off a quarterpipe. Thousands of excited fans from all over the Midwest ...
July 26, 2009
Agreement Signed with AED to Provide Advice and Support for Iraq Education Initiative
WASHINGTON, DC -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today announced at AED a new education initiative that will send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year over the next five years to the United States, United ...
July 26, 2009
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Military and law enforcement personnel who need to cover up their tattoos finally have an alternative to messy makeup or unsightly bandaids, thanks to an innovative new product: Ink Armor tattoo cover up sleeves.
The sleeves, available at inkarmor.com, come in light and sun ...
July 26, 2009
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- A city known for world-class Thoroughbred horse racing, the performing arts, historical sites and much more, Saratoga Springs, New York will be expanding the City Center convention facility in 2009-2010. City Center President Mark E. Baker announced that the City Center pro...
July 26, 2009
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- A city known for world-class Thoroughbred horse racing, the performing arts, historical sites and much more, Saratoga Springs, New York will be expanding the City Center convention facility in 2009-2010. City Center President Mark E. Baker announced that the City Center pro...
July 26, 2009
Flagstaff Biotechnology Leader SenesTech, Inc. hosts the Chemical Acceleration of Ovarian Senescence symposium, leading the way to humane animal population management.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. / -- Scientists from the United States and other nations including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain...
July 22, 2009
Comprehensive Overview Cites Tax, Trade and Training Policies.
Washington, DC. A new book provides insights into why the U.S. faces another "jobless recovery" plagued by long-term economic weaknesses, even when the current recession technically ends. Citing numerous shortcomings in tax, trade...
July 22, 2009
"Mr. Showtime Recovers From Mishaps To Notch Solid Finish Under The Lights."
SPARTA, Kentucky - Hard work shall be rewarded.
Veteran ARCA RE/MAX Series (ARS) driver Patrick Sheltra earned a well deserved top-10 finish in Saturday night´s Click It Or Ticket. Buckle-Up Kentucky 150 ...
July 22, 2009
Malibu, CA – Leon Cooper, a WWII Naval officer who took part in six battles during his three years in the Pacif