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Celebrities to Attend the Ninth Annual Kidney Teen Prom (Popularity:  )
http://www.rsnhope.org
The Ninth Annual Renal Teen Prom, "Winter Elegance," sponsored by the Renal Support Network (RSN), is to be held Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. This unique event attracts more than 350 kidney teens (ages 13-24) who are on dialysis, pre-dialysis or with a transplant, and their guests, coming from Washington D.C., Arizona, Massachusetts and Southern California. This year's prom will be packed ...
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Federal Government Receives Failing Grades on Tobacco Control in Annual American Lung Association Report (Popularity: )
http://www.stateoftobaccocontrol.org
The American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2007 report, an annual report card on federal and state tobacco control legislation and policies, assigns only Ds and Fs to the federal government, but says 2008 presents an historic opportunity for Congress to make a dramatic impact on tobacco control across America by authorizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products. Strong, bipartisan legislation is pending in ...
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Valentine's Day Personal Care Gift Bags From Save Your World(TM) Help Save the Rainforest (Popularity: )
http://store.saveyourworld.com
Save Your World(TM) (http://www.saveyourworld.com), the first company in the United States to launch a personal care product line infused with organic yerba mate and organic aloe vera, has announced three new Valentine's Day gift bags that are kind to loved ones and the environment. "In today's eco-friendly market, why not give a gift that pampers your loved one and protects the environment for future generations," explains Scott Cecil, President of ...
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2007: A Deadly Year for U.S. Law Enforcement (Popularity: )
http://www.nationalcops.org
2007 has been a deadly year for law enforcement in the United States, with 186 officers killed nationwide as of December 26, according to preliminary statistics from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.). When compared with 2006, when 145 officers died, officer fatalities rose more than 28 percent this year. Outside of 2001, when 239 officers died -- 72 in the September ...
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USS JFK Sailors & Aviators Fight to Save Carrier from Watery Grave (Popularity: )
http://www.savethejfk.com
The tenth Commanding Officer of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), Vice Admiral Diego E. Hernandez (ret.), is "on a mission" to save the recently decommissioned carrier as a museum and tourist attraction. "Big John" as former shipmates refer to her, is destined for mothballs in Philadelphia, or worse, may be sunk as an artificial reef, as was another carrier, the USS Oriskany, in May of 2006. "There is a ...
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AmeriCares Sends Emergency Aid to Bangladesh (Popularity: )
http://www.americares.org
AmeriCares is sending emergency shipments of critical medicines to Bangladesh in response to Cyclone Sidr, which devastated coastal towns throughout the country and has left hundreds of thousands homeless and killed more than 3,000 people. AmeriCares emergency response manager, Jonathan Hodgdon, arrived safely in Dhaka on Monday and is meeting with our partners on the ground to assess the needs and determine any further assistance AmeriCares can provide. Two emergency ...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Funds Campaign to Help Teens Live Tobacco- Free (Popularity: )
http://www.bcbsm.com
An anti-smoking campaign aimed at 16,000 Michigan high school students, enabling them to participate in awareness programs and engage in peer advocacy, has been funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan through the 2007-08 school year. The start of the campaign is timely as the nation focuses on smoking cessation during the Great American Smokeout(R) on Nov. 15. "Encouraging teens to live tobacco-free is part of our comprehensive program ...
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RWE to Join AEP in Validation of Carbon Capture Technology (Popularity: )
http://www.aep.com
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) announced today that RWE AG, one of the world's leading power producers and the largest electricity producer in Germany, will collaborate with AEP and Alstom during a planned validation of commercial-scale application of carbon capture and storage technology on an existing AEP coal-fired power plant. AEP and RWE, who have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the collaboration, are leaders in clean-coal technology and ...
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First Certified Green Cleaning Services Span the US (Popularity: )
http://www.greenseal.org
Green Seal, Inc. today announces three cleaning services, in Maryland, Wisconsin and Washington, have been awarded certification under GS-42, its environmental standard for green cleaning services that help protect human health and the environment. After a stringent application process and an on-site audit, three major US cleaning services are now licensed to provide a Green Seal-Certified service to their customers. "Certification under GS-42 proves that a service uses products and ...
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Microsoft Makes Donation to Benefit Spanish-Speaking and Low-Income Families (Popularity: )
http://www.microsoft.com
The new Xbox 360 console and more than 200 educational games and entertainment programs in English and Spanish are being released nationwide, and to mark the occasion, Microsoft Corp. is making a donation for the benefit of Spanish-speaking and low-income families. Every community service center on Skid Row in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California operated by the nonprofit organization Para Los Ninos is being equipped with two Xbox 360 ...
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