WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With the Pentagon’s release of a five-year budget plan that cuts $260 billion in defense spending, The American Legion is pressing Congress to find other ways by which to reduce the country’s staggering $15.2 trillion debt. Over the next decade, defense spending must be cut by $450 billion as ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), representing more than 70,000 concerned individuals, said today’s decision by the federal government to renew a lease that keeps in place a World War II memorial on a Montana mountain – a statue of Jesus – is a “significant victory” and represents ...
Terrell “T.O.” Owens, Dez Bryant, Rasheed Wallace,Tamika Catchings among celebrities INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — What do six-time NFL Pro-Bowl player Terrell “T.O.” Owens, Multi-Platinum recording artist/actor Chris Brown, Dallas Cowboys player Dez Bryant, NBA Champion Rasheed Wallace and 2011 WNBA MVP Tamika Catchings have in common? They are all participating in the Gridiron ...
Brain MRIs may provide an early diagnostic marker BOSTON, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a study at Children’s Hospital Boston. Since developmental dyslexia responds to early intervention, diagnosing children at risk before or during kindergarten ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) is proud to announce the new HNBA Veterans Legal Initiative Program (“Veterans Initiative”), a new effort to provide free legal services to the men and women of the American armed services and their families. Started as part of National President Benny Agosto, Jr.’s ...
National Louis expands long-standing commitment to active duty, veteran and other underserved students CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — National Louis University announced today the Education to Employment (E2) Initiative, funded through assistance from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. The E2 Initiative aims to increase the percentage of students within at-risk groups such as active ...
Tuesday, January 24, 6:30 p.m. at PETCO Park SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – AFCEA and the U.S. Naval Institute are pleased to host the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) at their “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” reception. The event will be held at PETCO Park on January 24 at 6:30 p.m. and will ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Consumer Watchdog today called on President Obama to use the State of the Union message to endorse baseline privacy legislation and support “Do Not Track” regulations that would give consumers control of whether their information is gathered while they use the Internet. “You recently expressed your commitment to maintaining ...
PHILADELPHIA, PA \ January 13, 2012 \ DIVERSE NEWS — Below is a reported video obtained by LiveLeak showing Afghanistan soldiers in full uniform apparently knifing and dragging corpses of three dead Taliban soldiers. There has been no outcry of this savagery being called ‘deplorable’ or ‘dispicable’ as of yet by any news organization or ...
By Josh Truman PHILADELPHIA, PA \ January 13, 2012 \ DIVERSE NEWS — There has been a lot of harsh words about some U.S. Marines pissing on some corpses. The Marines appeared to be of European decent. Notice if you will, nothing was negatively said about the Middle-Easterners who dragged two G.I.’s, Kristian Menchaca and ...