The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued an advisory today that provides advice to help avoid becoming victims of scams involving cashier’s checks. According to their press release issued to day, this consumer advisory was issued in response to a growing incidence of scams involving cashier’s checks. In most of these cases, individuals …
The President yesterday declared a major disaster exists in the State of Missouri and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms and flooding beginning on January 12, 2007, and continuing.
A new report shows that states are making significant progress in the fight against cervical cancer, but still face dramatic racial disparities in cervical cancer incidence, mortality and screening rates, and a lack of access to care for low-income women. These shortfalls point to healthcare gaps that may prevent all women from benefiting from breakthrough …
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President George W. Bush will make his seventh State of the Union address to Congress on January 23rd. Sportsbook.com has released the odds for certain words mentioned in the State of the Union speech that will be given on January 23, 2007.
A bill authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) promoting democracy and human rights in Belarus was signed into law over the weekend by President George W. Bush. The “Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2006” (H.R. 5948) passed the House by a vote of 397-2 and was passed by the Senate under Unanimous Consent in …
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The Verizon Foundation has awarded a one million dollar grant to the Martin Luther King National Memorial Project Foundation to underwrite the educational program of the memorial’s Visitors Center. The memorial is scheduled for completion on the National Mall in Washington next year.
Color Kinetics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CLRK), has announced, in a press release today, the exclusive selection of its LED systems to bring dynamic, customizable effects to the X07 Store of the Future — an 11,000 square foot exhibit at the 96th annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Convention & Expo.
Charles Stimson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs, recently referred to the international outrage at the U.S.-controlled detention center at Guantanamo Bay as nothing more that a few small demonstrations staged by Amnesty International. As a result, Amnesty International executive director Larry Cox has issued a statement today, calling these remarks “irresponsible”.
Once a week, President George W. Bush records a radio address to the nation. The following is a transcript of the radio address by President Bush to the Nation for January 13, 2007: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On Wednesday night, I addressed the Nation from the White House to lay out a new strategy that …
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According to the U.S. Labor Department (Department of Labor), the unemployment rate for veterans ages 20-24 fell to 10.4 percent in 2006 from 15.6 percent in the previous year. This is according to data released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The drop in the young veterans’ unemployment rate …
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