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9th Annual CANstruction(R) Competition Features Structures Built From Full Cans of Food; 50,000 Cans Used in Structures, Then Donated to Area Food Banks (Popularity:  )
http://save-a-lot.com
CANstruction(R) is the most unique food drive in the world and here in St. Louis. Architects, engineers and builders from all over the St. Louis area will strut their design and construction genius to see whose team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than full cans of food.All this design talent is put to the test to make a difference in the cause to fight hunger in ...
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International Nonprofit to Release New Report Showing That Unregulated Money in Politics Is Greatest Corruption Threat Globally (Popularity: )
http://www.globalintegrity.org
The following was issued today by Global Integrity:WHAT: Teleconference -- Global Integrity, an award-winning international nonprofit organization that tracks governance and corruption trends globally, will release a new report that finds the unregulated flow of money into the political process to be the #1 corruption threat facinga
majority of countries, regardless of income levels. The Global IntegrityReport: 2008 also features a new Grand Corruption Watch List, whichincludes Iraq and Somalia among ...
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Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation, Adobe Foundation and Entertainment Industry Foundation Launch Partnership at February 5 Benefit Concert (Popularity: )
http://www.adobe.com
The Adobe Foundation, the Black Eyed Peas and the Entertainment Industry Foundation today announced a new partnership to help underserved youth access and learn to use multi-media production tools, including those for video, dance, music and art, to comment on critical issues and spark social change in their communities. The collaboration will be highlighted this evening at a benefit concert hosted and performed in Los Angeles by the Black Eyed ...
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Conservancy Petitions Obama Administration to Designate Critical Habitat for Florida Panthers (Popularity: )
http://www.conservancy.org
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has filed a petition with Secretary Salazar of the United States Department of the Interior to provide additional legal protection for the endangered Florida panther to help prevent its extinction.Only an estimated 90 to 100 Florida panthers remain today, almost all within South Florida. Because of these low numbers, they are considered at extremely high risk of extinction. Although there are provisions to protect the ...
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CAIR: Bush 'Abandoned' Americans in Gaza (Popularity: )
A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said today that President Bush has "abandoned" the more than 150 American citizens and their family members seeking evacuation from the Gaza Strip.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it is not known if any American citizens are among the more than 1300 dead, including hundreds of women and children, and more than 5000 injured by Israeli attacks. Americans with ...
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CAIR: State Department Sets Up E-Mail for Gaza Evacuee Support (Popularity: )
http://www.cair.com
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that the U.S. Department of State's Visa Office has set up an e-mail address, GazaAssistance@state.gov, to help coordinate assistance for American citizens and their family members who plan to travel to the United States after being evacuated from the Gaza Strip.Those who send a message to the new address receive an automated reply that states in part:"This e-mail is not for information ...
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Amnesty International Urges New Administration to 'Close Guantanamo and Open the Door to Truth' (Popularity: )
http://www.amnestyusa.org
Today, Amnesty International released a recommended timeline for investigating the U.S. government's violations of domestic and international law in its counterterrorism actions. The human rights organization urges that there must be a thorough investigation of the abuses committed in the war on terror through an independent commission. Amnesty International's recommendations provide a timeline and conditions necessary to best attain truth and accountability."Closing Guantanamo, as President-elect Obama has pledged, is just ...
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Important Message for 2008 Universal Children's Day (Popularity: )
http://www.unicefusa.org
Calling the daily preventable deaths of 25,000 children worldwide 'profoundly shameful and unnecessary', the U.S. Fund for UNICEF today marked Universal Children's Day by launching "Believe in Zero", a campaign that encourages policy makers and the general public to reduce daily child deaths from 25,000 to zero. "These children are not dying from incurable diseases or causes. These children are dying from diarrhea, pneumonia, measles and malaria---things that cost pennies ...
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Virgin Mobile USA Debuts Homeless Youth TV, Online 'Reality' Network (Popularity: )
http://www.virginmobileusa.com
Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. (NYSE: VM) is today announcing the launch of HYTV, the Homeless Youth TV Network, a new online campaign featuring such programs as "Meal or No Meal," "American Idle," "My Street 16," and "Project Runaway." Focused on raising awareness of the plight of more than one million youth living on the streets, HYTV delivers a new type of reality designed to raise awareness in November for National ...
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Minnesota Voters in 2008 Approve $5.5 Billion to Protect Land and Water; National Total Nov. 4 Exceeds $7.3 Billion (Popularity: )
http://www.tpl.org
Yesterday Minnesota voters approved the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, the largest conservation ballot measure in history, according to The Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national conservation organization. At more than $5.5 billion dollars for land and water conservation, the winning measure nearly doubles the previous largest conservation ballot measure, New Jersey's Constitutional Amendment in 1998, which dedicated $2.94 billion in sales tax to the Garden State Preservation ...
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