Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement: “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the Virginia Tech University community, and to the families of the victims of what appears to be one of the worst mass shootings in American history. “Details are still forthcoming […]
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Following the fatal shooting of dozens of students at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and the wounding of several other people, the national children’s crisis charity KidsPeace, which has a center in Richmond, is issuing expert tips to help schools, parents, and local children cope with the aftereffects of the situation, as well as advice and
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters recently hosted a conference call for Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) investors and industry analysts to warn of escalating labor unrest. David Laughton, former Coca-Cola driver and Secretary-Treasurer of the world’s largest Coca-Cola Union’s Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference stated: “Coca-Cola’s approach to labor relations has deteriorated, leaving workers with uncertainty and
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A ten-year government-funded study of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs shows that the programs did not have an impact on teens. $1.5 billion dollars in public spending on these programs is being called a “historic ideological boondoggle”. James Wagoner, President of Advocates for Youth, said recently: “After 10 years and $1.5 billion in public funds these failed abstinence-only-until-marriage
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The CEO of a “destructible email service” called KablooeyMail chided Senator Patrick J. Leahy to revise and extend the remarks he made recently on the floor of Congress from “you can’t erase e-mails” to “some emails might erase themselves.” “Our clients emails are disappearing all over the place,” said CDS Technologies Inc. CEO John Flanagan,
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According to PresidentPolls2008.com, Rudy Giuliani’s poll numbers are high and his approval numbers are the best of all 2008 presidential candidates. But many are starting to question the long-term viability of Rudy Giuliani as the republican nominee because of his not-so-conservative political views, says PresidentPolls2008.com. According to the U.S. presidential election poll-tracking Web site, once
Out, the nation’s leading gay general interest magazine, and a flagship brand of PlanetOut Inc. (NASDAQ:LGBT) , the leading media and entertainment company exclusively focused on the gay and lesbian market, has announced a list of America’s most influential gay men and women in the magazine’s May 2007 issue. The billionaire entertainment mogul David Geffen
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The world’s largest portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales will be unveiled on the streets of Islington as part of a one-day street art festival organised by Moso Arthouse, a local artist-run gallery. The painting “Diana 36 times” was painted a day after her death in 1997 and took 12 days for artist, Rush Ounvises
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Charles Merrill, whose cousin, Charles Merrill, founded Merrill Lynch, has had his username, “Anti-Christ,” suspended by the Hendersonville Times News, a publication owned by New York Times Corporation. In a press release today, Merrill states, “I have been a very frequent blogger to the online Hendersonville Times News, http://www.hendersonvillenews.com/, which is owned by The New
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In a recent national survey by Witeck-Combs Communications and Harris Interactive(R), nearly three-fourths (72 percent) of heterosexual adults say they would not change their feelings toward a “favorite” male professional athlete if the athlete revealed he is gay. This represents an increase from 66 percent in August 2002, when heterosexual adults were asked the same
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