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Fattah Announces Major Grants for Philadelphia Education

09.23.2010 · Posted in education

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) today announced major grants totaling in the millions of dollars for educational institutions and programs in Philadelphia that he has championed – including the Children’s Literacy Initiative and Mastery Charter Schools. “This is a great day for education in Philadelphia,” Fattah said. “These grants will fund ...

Legion: GI Bill Needs Non-Degree Coverage

09.18.2010 · Posted in Veterans

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Legion testified to Congress on Sept. 16 that the Post 9/11 GI Bill, which provides veterans with the most comprehensive education benefits since World War II, should be extended to cover courses at non-degree granting institutions. Testifying before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, Robert Madden of ...

GAMESERVERS.COM SELECTED AS THE EXCLUSIVE DEDICATED SERVER PROVIDER FOR CALL OF DUTY : BLACK OPS

09.09.2010 · Posted in Games

(Sayreville, NJ, September 9, 2010) GameServers.com, in an exclusive contract with Activision and Treyarch studios, announces that they will offer dedicated server rentals for the upcoming Call of Duty : Black Ops release scheduled for November 9, 2010. “We are extremely excited about this unprecedented relationship with Activision to offer dedicated servers exclusively for Black ...

American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Launch Holiday Mail for Military

09.07.2010 · Posted in military

Heroes to Send One Million Cards to Service Members Red Cross, Pitney Bowes Encourage Public to Send a Touch of Home to Service Men and Women WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc. today launched the 2010 Holiday Mail for Heroes program to make sure military members, veterans, and ...

Impassioned Congressman Steve Buyer fires parting shots at Washington colleagues

09.01.2010 · Posted in politics

National American Legion Convention, Milwaukee, WI. September 1, 2010 In what, he says, may be his last public speaking appearance before retirement from Congress, Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) used the American Legion convention in Milwaukee Wednesday as a platform for criticism of what he characterized as a partisan, hypocritical and misguided Congress. The nine-term Congress-man ...