House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (from Missouri) has joined with Republican Leader John Boehner (from Ohio) to call for a bipartisan select panel charged with monitoring the implementation of President Bush’s new strategy for the war in Iraq.
Top executives of major US businesses and leading environmental groups will gather at the National Press Club on Monday, January 22nd at 11:30 a.m. to jointly call for swift Federal action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and speeding the adoption of climate-friendly technology.
Former Congressman Robert W. Ney has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. This will be followed by two years of supervised release and a $6,000 fine. Robert W. Ney was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle, who also ordered the defendant to serve 100 …
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G.Neil, a provider of human resources products, services and solutions that help businesses hire, manage and motivate employees, says that as the new federal minimum wage law works its way through Congress on the way to President George W. Bush’s desk, employers should start preparing now for the consequences. G.Neil says that higher payroll for …
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Hyperion has announced plans to publish a book by Dina Matos McGreevey, the ex-wife of former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, who resigned from office in August 2004 with the public pronouncement that he was a “gay American.” In her memoir, SILENT PARTNER, Ms. Matos McGreevey will speak openly and honestly of her life with …
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MySpace Inc., and its parent company, News Corp., (NYSE:NWS) are being sued in California state court by four families who allege that their minor daughters were solicited online and then sexually abused by adult MySpace users, according to a press release today by the law firms representing the families.
U.S. English, Inc. is the nation’s oldest and largest non-partisan citizens’ action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States. US English has released a press release talking about how legislators are trying to continue to identify methods “to encourage assimilation and English learning, measures to make English …
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If you’re a coffee lover like me, then there’s a good chance that you’ve got a cup of coffee on your desk right now. Did you know that the coffee you’re drinking right now could have been illegally grown inside one of the world’s most important national parks for tigers, elephants and rhinos? According to …
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Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2 US), an Oxford-style three-on-three debating series sponsored by The Rosenkranz Foundation, today announced the panel for its Wednesday, February 7th debate on the motion “America Is Too Damn Religious” at Asia Society and Museum in New York City. The debate is fed to National Public Radio(R) member stations across the country …
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The World Environment Center (WEC), a global non-profit organization that advances sustainable development in the business practices of major companies, has signed a partnership agreement with the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC), one of China’s major business groups with a membership of approximately half a million companies. The agreement formalizes and expands cooperation to improve environmental …
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