U.S. Newswire back issues from December 2002:
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Dec. 2
Dec 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily"Profile America" feature for Dec. 2 from the U.S. Census Bureau: MONDAY, DECEMBER 2: FIRST NUCLEAR REACTION Profile America -- Monday, December 2nd. A major technologicalbreakthrough which would change the course ...
Retired Judges Endorse Broad Use of Clemency Power in Capital Cases
Dec 01, 2002 ... CHICAGO, Dec. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Twenty-one retired federal andstate judges today issued an open letter to Illinois Governor GeorgeH. Ryan supporting broad use of the clemency power in light ofsystemic flaws in the Illinois capital punishment system. "Thefinality of death demands ...
ISRA Marks The Passing of Former President Louis 'Ron' Zefran
Dec 02, 2002 ... CHATSWORTH, Ill., Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following wasreleased today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): It is with great sadness that the ISRA marks the passing of friendand former president Louis "Ron" Zefran. Mr. Zefran served aspresident of the organization ...
Horatio Alger Association to Induct Alabama's Ray Scott
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans, Inc. announced today that RayScott Outdoors President Ray W. Scott Jr. of Pintala, Ala., will behonored and inducted as a lifetime member of the organization. Scott was selected from ...
Americans for a Fair Chance: U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Affirmative Action Cases
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Supreme Courtannounced that it would hear two cases involving the use of raceconscious affirmative action at the University of Michigan. TheCourt is expected to hear oral arguments in early Spring 2003. Unsuccessful applicants to the ...
News from Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America
Dec 02, 2002 ... CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- News from The 88th ScientificAssembly and Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North Americain Chicago. Embargoed as indicated. -- Extreme Mountain Biking Jolts Male Fertility (embargoed until 9a.m. CT, Dec. 2) Extreme mountain bikers ...
Chicago Public High School Students Explore Futures in Radiology at McCormick Place
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: Who: Forty students from eight Chicago public high schools get aninside view of radiology at the world's largest medical meeting. What: They will see the latest in radiologic imaging and diseasetreatment technology and participate in hands-on ...
Operation Rescue Founder, Randall Terry, to Hold Press Conference Across From White House on Tuesday, Dec. 3. At 11 a.m.
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: Randall Terry will be available to the press at 11 a.m., onTuesday, December 3, in Lafayette Park, on the sidewalk in front ofthe General Lafayette statue. Terry will challenge President Bush to do his duty before God as aChristian in his dealing with the new ...
Health Plan Cost Cutting Becoming Discriminatory; Group to Unveil Analysis of CA Health Care Crisis Showing Hispanics at Greatest Risk
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY -- Press Conference on Thursday, December 5 at 1 p.m. at theNational Press Club The Latino Coalition Foundation (TLCF) will hold a pressconference to release a study, entitled "A Gathering Storm inCalifornia Health Care? ...
Highway Safety Leaders Call on Congress for Help in Drunken Driving War
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statementfrom Yvonne L. McBride, chair of the Governors Highway SafetyAssociation (GHSA) on drunk driving: Since being elected chair of GHSA, I have talked and worked withnearly every State Highway Safety Office across the ...
Class Action Suit To Be Filed Against Autotote; News Conference In Washington, Dec. 4
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: In the wake of the recent Breeders' Cup scandal, the largestwagering fraud in North American Thoroughbred racing history, whichexposed alleged gross irregularities in pick-six wagering, theSouthern California law firm of Lisoni & Lisoni will file a nationalclass ...
Ten Outstanding Americans To Be Inducted as Members of the Horatio Alger Association as Role Models for Overcoming Humble Beginnings
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans Inc. announces the names ofthe ten Americans chosen to be the 2003 recipients of the HoratioAlger Award and be inducted as lifetime members of the Association.These 10 individuals were selected ...
CertifiChecks Creates New Way To Support Troops; Partnership With USO, Commissaries For Gift Certificates
Dec 02, 2002 ... DAYTON, OH, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new partnership betweenCertifiChecks, America's hometown gift certificate resource center,the United Service Organizations (USO) and the Defense CommissaryAgency (DeCA) lets every American make a significant materialcontribution to the morale and ...
Transcript Of Remarks By The President At The Signing Of The Reauthorization Of The North American Wetlands Conservation Act
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a transcript ofremarks by President Bush at the signing of H.R. 3908, theReauthorization Of The North American Wetlands Conservation Act: Presidential Hall Eisenhower Executive Office Building 9:30 A.M. EST ...
UNFPA-United Nations Population Fund Releases State of World Population 2002
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: On Tuesday, December 3 at 10 a.m., UNFPA- the United NationsPopulation Fund will host a press conference in the Holeman Lounge atthe National Press Club (529 14th Street, N.W., 13th floor,Washington, DC) to release its annual State of World PopulationReport 2002, ...
Fire Safety Key to Safe and Happy Holidays: Virginia State Fire Marshal offers tips to protect families from fires
Dec 02, 2002 ... RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Virginia's State FireMarshal urges residents to use caution this holiday season to protectfamilies and friends from fires that can cause damage, injuries, anddeaths. While the holidays are typically happy, fun-filled times, they canalso ...
Horatio Alger Association to Induct Louisiana's Cadoria
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans, Inc. announces today thatCadoria Speaker & Consultancy Services President Brigadier GeneralSherian Grace Cadoria of Mansura, La., will be honored and inductedas a lifetime member of the ...
Horatio Alger Association to Induct Georgia's Thomas Cousins
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans Inc. announces today thatCousins Properties Inc. Co-Founder and Chairman Thomas G. Cousins ofMarietta, Ga., will be honored and inducted as a lifetime member ofthe organization. Cousins was ...
The Commonwealth Fund: Health Insurance Retention Seen As Key To Reducing The Number of Uninsured Americans
Dec 03, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The number of uninsured, low-income children would decline by nearly 40 percent and the number ofuninsured adults would decline by more than one-quarter if everyperson with public or private health coverage at the beginning of agiven year retained it ...
News from Radiological Society of North America Meeting in Chicago
Dec 03, 2002 ... CHICAGO, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is news from the 88thScientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society ofNorth America (RSNA) in Chicago. NOTE: All news releases areembargoed as indicated: -- 'Camera Pill' Promising for Crohn's Disease ...
Second Amendment Sisters: 'Goods For Guns' Program A Waste of Time and Money
Dec 03, 2002 ... PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- While applauding the goodintentions of the "Goods for Guns" program in Allegheny County, SAS-PA must regretfully report that the program organizers are wastingtheir time and money on a program which is highly ineffective inachieving the group's ...
IPI Statement: Some Worthy New Year's Resolutions for Congress -- Tax Cuts and Fundamental Tax Reform
Dec 03, 2002 ... DALLAS, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement on taxreform released today by the Institute for Policy Innovation: Members of Congress should resolve to maximize economic growth byimmediately moving a new round of tax cuts and accelerating existingtax cuts to get the ...
Supreme Court Will Address Whether Acts of Peaceful Civil Disobedience Are Federal Felony Crimes of 'Extortion'
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Dec. 4, theU.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two appeals by Chicagopetitioners Joseph Scheidler, Andrew Scholberg, Timothy Murphy, andthe Pro-Life Action League, and by co-petitioner Operation Rescue,from a judgment for ...
Urban Policy Expert David F. Garrison Joins Brookings Greater Washington Research Program
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- David F. Garrison, an experton urban policy who has served as vice president of the NationalAcademy of Public Administration (NAPA), has joined the BrookingsInstitution as deputy director of the Greater Washington ResearchProgram, a component of the ...
Near-Record Home Sales Projected for 2003 Says NAR
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- After setting records in2001 and 2002, home sales are projected to slip but remainhistorically strong next year, according to the National Associationof Realtors(r). David Lereah, NAR's chief economist, said that even with the bulkof home ...
Mayor Of Jerusalem To Hold Press Conference On Dec. 5, Upcoming Israeli Elections
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: The Mayor of Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert will be holding a pressconference on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. at The St. Regis Hotel,located at 2 East 55th Street (5th Avenue & Madison Ave.) to discussthe upcoming Israeli elections. Mr. Olmert plans on discussing ...
Planned Parenthood Crosses Final Line With Claim That Christ Was For 'Choice'
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Once again, PlannedParenthood is displaying its true colors for all to see, publishingoutright blasphemy just weeks before the Christian world celebratesthe birth of Christ the Savior," said Ed Szymkowiak, nationaldirector of STOPP International (a ...
Christopher Edley, John Podesta Join Century Foundation Board
Dec 03, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of TheCentury Foundation has elected Christopher Edley Jr. and John Podestaas its newest members. Edley and Podesta bring to the board a wealth of scholarlyexpertise and real world experience in politics and governance ....
Boeing's Condit, Calif. Gov. Davis Named Co-Chairs of Achieve
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The board of directors ofAchieve, Inc. named Boeing Company Chairman and CEO Philip M. Conditand Gov. Gray Davis of California as its new co-chairs at a meetingin Chicago Monday. Achieve's board also welcomed four new members: Gov. James ...
Christopher Edley, Jr., And John Podesta Join Century Foundation Board
Dec 03, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of TheCentury Foundation has elected Christopher Edley, Jr., and JohnPodesta as its newest members. Edley and Podesta bring to the boarda wealth of scholarly expertise and real world experience in politicsand governance ....
Pro-life Leaders Ask Court: 'Is peaceful protest extortion?' Pro- Life Action League To Hold News Conf. Dec. 4 Outside Supreme Court
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHO: Joseph Scheidler, national director of the Pro-Life Action League WHAT: Will be available for comment on Tuesday, Dec. 3, after 3 p.m. andat a news conference following the Supreme Court hearing on Dec. 4,at 11 a.m. in front of the Supreme ...
Army-Navy Game Flashback: How Stadium Railing Collapse at '98 Game in Philadelphia Changed One Cadet's Life Forever
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: THE STORY: Former U.S. Army Lt. Kevin Galligan will be watching thisSaturday's Army/Navy Football Classic at the Meadowlands just outsideNew York City with deeply mixed feelings. Galligan, a second-generation West Point graduate (his father died in an Army ...
Former New York Mayor Giuliani To Provide Keynote Address At 2003 National Restaurant Association, Hotel-Motel Show
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: The National Restaurant Association is pleased to announce thatformer New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will deliver the keynoteaddress at the 84th annual National Restaurant AssociationRestaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, held May 17-20 at McCormick Place inChicago, ...
Civil Rights Organizations Call For March, Rally At US Supreme Court To Save Brown v. Board Of Education, Defend Affirmative Action
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- United for Equality andAffirmative Action (UEAA), the umbrella organization of the studentintervenors in Grutter v. Bollinger, the University of Michigan LawSchool affirmative action case, and the Coalition to DefendAffirmative Action & Integration ...
Horatio Alger Association to Induct Minnesota's Dougherty
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans, Inc. announced today thatDougherty Financial Group LLC Founder and Chairman Michael E.Dougherty of Minneapolis, Minnesota will be honored and inducted as alifetime member of the organization. ...
Horatio Alger Association to Induct Iowa's J. Barry Griswell
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans Inc. announced today that ThePrincipal Financial Group's Chairman, President and CEO J. BarryGriswell of Des Moines, Iowa, will be honored and inducted as alifetime member of the organization. ...
Horatio Alger Association to Induct California's Rinker
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans, Inc. announced today thatRinker Company Owner Harry S. Rinker of Newport Beach, Calif., willbe honored and inducted as a lifetime member of the organization.Rinker was selected from ...
Horatio Alger Association to Induct California's Waranach
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans Inc. announced today thatVilla Pacific Building Company Founder and Owner Ronald C. Waranch ofPalm Desert, California will be honored and inducted as a lifetimemember of the organization. ...
Victory Fund Endorses Ingram for Chicago Alderman
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Gay and Lesbian VictoryFund, a D.C.-based political action committee that supports openlygay candidates for office, announced today its endorsement of RickIngram for the 44th Ward seat on the Chicago City Council. Ingramwould make history as the ...
Horatio Alger Association to Induct Texas' Carl Wescott
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Horatio AlgerAssociation of Distinguished Americans Inc. announced today thatWestcott LLC Chairman and CEO Carl H. Westcott, of Dallas, Texas willbe honored and inducted as a lifetime member of the organization.Westcott was selected from ...
WHO-NTI Establish Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former Sen. Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Dr. Gro HarlemBrundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organization, todayannounced the formation of a rapid response fund to strengthen theglobal response to infectious ...
US News & World Report 'National Issues Briefing' To Examine Rising Hospital Costs On Tuesday, Dec. 10, 8:30 a.m., At National Press Club
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: -- HHS' Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services AdministratorThomas Scully To Join Leading University Researchers and CorporateExecutives to Debate Latest Findings and Effect of Medical Technologyand Innovation on Hospital Care TOPIC: "Rising ...
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President-Elect of the Federative Republic of Brazil to Speak at National Press Club Dec. 10
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: The President-elect of the Federative Republic of Brazil, LuizInacio Lula da Silva, will speak at a National Press Club NewsmakerLuncheon on Dec. 10. The luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m. in theNPC Ballroom, and remarks will begin just after 1 p.m., followed by ...
Smithsonian's Lemelson Center: Nobel Prize Winner To Lecture, Dec. 3
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, 93, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize inPhysiology/Medicine for her discovery of nerve growth factor, willgive a free lecture titled, "Rita Levi-Montalcini: My Journey forScience and Society." The presentation is part of ...
Taxpayer Group Hits Mass. Attorney General for Continuing "High-Tech Witch Hunt" in Microsoft Case
Dec 02, 2002 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Shortly afterMassachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly announced that he wouldlaunch a lone appeal to the Microsoft antitrust settlement that hasbeen approved by all other state parties, the 335,000-member NationalTaxpayers Union (NTU) ...
Supreme Court Case: Operation Rescue vs. NOW -- The Bush Administration Will Argue in Agreement with Operation Rescue
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Dec. 4,Operation Rescue vs. NOW will be heard in conjunction with itscompanion case, Scheidler vs. NOW. (The Supreme Court frequentlycombines cases presenting similar issues.) The Bush Administration will argue in Court that the ...
Brookings Briefing: European Union Meets To Discuss Expanded Membership, Raising Thorny Issues Of Cyprus And Turkey
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: The leaders of the European Union (EU) meet in Copenhagen,Denmark, on Dec. 12 and 13 to announce a historic enlargement of theorganization, adding ten new central and eastern European nationswith a combined population of 75 million people, the ...
Transcript of Remarks By The President At The Signing Of The National Defense Authorization Act
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a transcript ofremarks by President Bush at the signing of the National DefenseAuthorization Act: The Pentagon 2:30 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. (Applause.) Thank you, all. Pleasebe seated. (Applause.) ...
Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. Joins American Dental Association to Give Kids A Smile
Dec 02, 2002 ... AMHERST, NY., Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- To improve oral healthamong underserved children, the American Dental Association (ADA) andIvoclar Vivadent, Inc., have joined forces for Give Kids a Smile Day.On that day -- Feb. 21, 2003 -- thousands of dentists across thecountry will provide ...
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Signed Into Law; Partners Federal Government, Private Donors to Conserve Wildlife
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Bush today signedinto law the reauthorization of the North American WetlandsConservation Act for another five years. Formerly H.R. 3908, the lawreauthorizes the federal government to match donations fromsportsmen, state wildlife agencies, ...
Task Force Finds Evidence Lacking on Whether Routine Screening for Prostate Cancer Improves Health Outcomes
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Although screening forprostate cancer is a common part of a routine checkup for Americanmen, a new finding issued today from the U.S. Preventive ServicesTask Force concludes there is insufficient scientific evidence topromote routine screening for ...
CBPP to Release Report Examining House Bill; Bill Would Cut 125,000 Vouchers For Low-Income Families
Dec 02, 2002 ... News Advisory: On Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 9:30 a.m., the Center on Budget and PolicyPriorities will release a report examining a bill passed by the HouseAppropriations Committee that would seriously damage the main federalprogram that helps low-income families rent housing on the ...
West Virginia Bytes Taxpayers "What is the Attorney General Thinking?" Asks CAGW
Dec 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The more-than 4,000 membersand supporters of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) in WestVirginia were outraged today when State Attorney General DarrellMcGraw filed a notice to appeal U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's decision in the ...
American Jewish Committee Exposes Inherent Anti-Semitism in Campus Criticism of Israel
Dec 02, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Jewish Committee(AJC) exposes and counters the widening pattern on American collegecampuses of anti-Semitism, often camouflaged in criticism of Israel,in a new publication, Why Campus Anti-Israel Activity Flunks Bigotry101. "Too ...
Concerned Women For America: 'Planned Parenthood Abuses Celebration Of Savior's Birth To Promote Abortion'
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Concerned Women for America(CWA) criticized Planned Parenthood's abuse of Christmas by itshawking an offensive version of a Christmas card that reads "Choiceon Earth," instead of "Peace on Earth." "Planned Parenthood, a giant organization that ...
Forum: Protecting Infants from HIV: Nashville and Beyond
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: A forum to highlight the role of private-public partnershipsin both the Nashville area and globally in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT). "Protecting Infants from HIV: Nashville and Beyond," will featureU.S. Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) ...
Worker Rights Advocate Comments on Resignation of AFL-CIO President From Scandal-Plagued ULLICO Board Forum: Protecting Infants from HIV: Nashville and Beyond
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following statement wasreleased by National Right to Foundation Vice President StefanGleason regarding AFL-CIO President John Sweeney's decision to resignfrom the board of directors of the Union Labor Life Insurance Company(ULLICO) after the ...
Unsung Heroes Of Highway Safety To Be Honored
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHAT: To kick off the December holiday season's National Drunk andDrugged Driving Prevention Month campaign, the National CommissionAgainst Drunk Driving (NCADD) will hold its 2002 Highway SafetyHeroes Awards presentation to honor unsung heroes from across ...
PVA's Advocacy Becomes a Reality: VA Unveils Plans for Two National Multiple Sclerosis Centers
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An idea long championed byParalyzed Veterans of America (PVA)-Centers of Excellence inresearch, education and clinical treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS)-was announced today by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The two MS Centers will ...
Senator Lugar Outlines Priorities for Controlling Weapons of Mass Destruction in "Arms Control Today"
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee, declares in an article published this month in "ArmsControl Today" that "enormous opportunities" now exist to secure anddestroy weapons of mass destruction ...
Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne, Mario Lopez to Launch Amnesty International's 2-Year 'Imagine' Campaign
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: -- Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne, Mario Lopez to Launch AmnestyInternational's 2-Year 'Imagine' Campaign -- Yoko Ono to Address Venice High Student Body via Videotape;Stars to Encourage Activism, Award Winners of Human Rights EssayCompetition WHO: ...
STAR Loans Pass $2.4 Billion Milestone as January 10, 2003 Deadline Quickly Approaches
Dec 03, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Supplemental TerroristActivity Relief, or STAR, program, an additional disaster recoveryassistance loan program for businesses economically harmed ordisrupted as a result of Sept. 11, has passed $2.4 billion in loansmade to 6,067 small businesses ...
National Candlelight Vigil to Stop Child Abuse
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: On Dec. 5 from 5:30 to 5:45 p.m., all concerned Americans areasked to light a candle to symbolically shed light upon the darknessof those who would abuse children. In honor of the spirit of thosewho would protect children, The Good Knight Child Empowerment ...
Sec. Norton to Address Conference on Tourism, Conservation Dec. 4 in New Mexico
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton will travel to Santa AnaPueblo, N.M., Wednesday, Dec. 4, to address the Gateway CommunityPartnerships for Tourism and Conservation Conference. The secretary's remarks will focus on public-private partnerships,including ...
First Fuel Cell Vehicle in U.S. Delivered; Los Angeles Receives Only Fuel Cell Automobile Certified For Commercial Use
Dec 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: The following is a satellite newsfeed advisory. The contactslisted can provide additional information to print and broadcastmedia. STORY SUMMARY: (DECEMBER 2, 2002) -- The first fuel cell car approved forcommercial use will be delivered to The City ...