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Monday's Forum to Put Clinton, Obama Trade Policies in National Spotlight (Popularity:  )
http://www.americanmanufacturing.org
Scott Paul, Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, issued the following statement in advance of the organization's presidential candidate forum on Monday in Pittsburgh: "Our forum will be an opportunity for Senator Obama and Senator Clinton to tell us what they would do to strengthen the economy, create jobs, and revitalize manufacturing in communities all over Pennsylvania. American workers have very compelling reasons to be concerned about the ...
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Mother and Son Indicted For Transporting and Harboring Illegal Aliens (Popularity: )
http://www.usdoj.gov
Merlin Mireles, 39, of Metairie, La., a Customs and Border Protection Officer (CBP) who was assigned to the Port of Progreso, Texas, and his mother, Gloria Mireles, 66, also of Metairie, were charged today in a three-count indictment by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, transporting, and harboring illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.The indictment alleges that Merlin and Gloria Mireles harbored an illegal Mexican and her two minor ...
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MSN Teams Up With Kristin Cavallari, Al Roker, Jerry Rice and Perez Hilton for the MSN Holiday Challenge (Popularity: )
http://www.microsoft.com
MSN today launched the MSN® Holiday Challenge, kicking off the holiday season in style with the help of four celebrities who will share video clues with consumers for a chance to win a share of $100,000 (U.S.) in cash prizes. The innovative promotion gives consumers the opportunity to win grand prizes of $50,000, $20,000 or $10,000, or daily cash prizes through an MSN exclusive online content scavenger hunt. The celebrity-hosted ...
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NASA'S Shuttle Discovery Glides Home After Successful Mission (Popularity: )
http://www.nasa.gov
Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 3:14 p.m. EDT Saturday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles.The STS-119 flight delivered the space station's fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing the station's truss, or backbone. The additional electricity provided by the arrays will fully power science experiments and help support station operations.During three spacewalks, astronauts installed ...
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National Coalition of Individuals with Mental Health Conditions Calls for Reasonable Response to Arizona Tragedy (Popularity: )
http://www.ncmhr.org/
The National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR), http://www.ncmhr.org, an organization of statewide networks of persons in recovery from mental health conditions as well as individual members, joins the nation in grieving the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other Arizonans. "We especially understand the impact of violence because, contrary to popular belief, research has shown we are no more violent than the general population and in fact are 11 ...
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National Political Study: Social Networks Supercharge Political Campaigns (Popularity: )
http://www.hcdi.net/
Results of a new national study among 1,581 Americans revealed that voters are becoming more interested in getting involved with campaigns, and those that are most engaged are much more likely to vote. Three out-of-five of Americans who consider themselves somewhat politically active are members of a social network, and 70% reported that they expect to vote in November. Four out-of-five potential voters expect candidates to have a website, half ...
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National Survey Reveals Trepidation in Ukraine Towards Current Political Affairs (Popularity: )
http://www.ifes.org/
Public opinion regarding Ukraine's political situation is tepid at best, finds a survey by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). This 18th survey conducted in Ukraine by the world's premiere election-assistance and democracy promotion NGO reveals that six months after President Yanukovych's election, 44 percent of Ukrainians feel the country is on the path toward instability while 21 percent say that it is on the path toward stability, and ...
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NBC's The Office Star Rainn Wilson to Narrate Documentary About Different Kind of Company (Popularity: )
http://www.thenewrecruits.com
Ironbound Films, creators of the Sundance and PBS sensation The Linguists, announced today that Emmy Award-nominated actor Rainn Wilson, who stars as Dwight Schrute on NBC's comedy series The Office, will narrate its feature documentary The New Recruits.The New Recruits is about a battalion of jet-setting business students armed with a radical plan to end global poverty: charge poor people for goods and services. They spend one year working with ...
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New Crew Blasts Off for International Space Station (Popularity: )
http://www.nasa.gov
A new crew that will live and work aboard the International Space Station rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. U.S. astronaut E. Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and Richard Garriott, a U.S. computer game developer, lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:01 a.m. CDT. Fincke, the only American to launch twice on a Soyuz, will serve as commander of the six-month Expedition 18 ...
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New Music: Navy Officer Explores Dark Feelings About Human Conflict -- TS Leach Releases Debut CD 'Road of Bones' (Popularity: )
http://www.thpro.com
Just like when he flew for the Navy around the world, and served in the Persian Gulf, TS Leach has been "under the radar" for years -- strumming his guitar at small gatherings and cafes. Today he breaks out rocking-and-rolling over a torturous “Road of Bones” in his head, releasing his debut CD “Road of Bones” from Talking House Records. “Road of Bones” is available now at Amazon.com. TS is ...
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