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NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet/April 9, 2007 Issue (on newsstands Monday, April 2).

Apr 01, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS COVER: "HOW I LIVE WITH CANCER"(p. 30). Senior Editor JonathanAlter writes about his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and how,like the 10.5 million other cancer survivors in the United States, "Iexperienced a bit of extra stress last week. When Elizabeth ...

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Backs IOM's Call for Changes to PEPFAR

Apr 01, 2007 ... To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Ged Kenslea, Communications Director of AIDS HealthcareFoundation (AHF), +1-323-860-5225, (mobile) +1-323-791-5526,gedk@aidshealth.org, or Lori Yeghiayan, Associate CommunicationsDirector, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, +1-323-860-5227, (mobile) ...

Teamsters in Virginia Protest Coke Job Losses

Apr 01, 2007 ... To: LABOR EDITORS Contact: David White of the International Brotherhood ofTeamsters, +1-202-439-1904, dwhite@teamster.org WASHINGTON, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters leafleted the NASCARrace in Martinsville, Virginia, today to protest Coca-ColaEnterprises' national ...

Dealers at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino Vote for Union Representation Second victory in City-Wide Organizing Effort

Apr 01, 2007 ... To: LABOR EDITORS Contact: Christine Moroski, UAW Public Relations Dept., +1-313-926-5291 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A strong majority ofworkers at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino voted in favor of unionrepresentation. In an election conducted on Sat., March ...

Brick Industry Honors Excellence in Environmental Stewardship & Employee Health and Safety Programs

Apr 01, 2007 ... To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Joseph Casper, Vice President of EH&S of the BrickIndustry Association, cell: +1-703-624-3652, office: +1-703-674-1545, jcasper@bia.org RESTON, Va., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Outstanding programs inenvironmental stewardship, and employee ...

Piast Institute Argues Sociologist Undermines History and Polish- Jewish Relations

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: LIFESTYLES EDITORS Contact: Virginia Skrzyniarz of Piast Institute, +1-313-664-0321,director@piastinstitute.org HAMTRAMCK, Mich., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Piast Institute, anational institute for Polish and Polish-American affairs, haslaunched an international symposium ...

Five Ways to Save Energy in Real Dollars

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BOOK EDITORS Contact: Lonnie Wibberding, Big Fish Publishing, Inc., +1-412-580-4064, wibberelvin@yahoo.com STATE COLLEGE, Pa., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- As energy prices rise,we as individuals can't do a lot about the price of gasoline. But wecan do something about ...

USA TODAY Sports Weekly Publishes Special Edition NFL Draft Guide '07

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Heidi Zimmerman of USA TODAY, +1-703-854-5304 orhzimmerman@usatoday.com McLean, Va., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A special editionof USA TODAY Sports Weekly devoted to the 2007 NFL draft hitsnewsstands today. The Sports Weekly NFL Draft ...

Wild Horses Looking for Good Homes in the Michigan Mitt Tri-Cities Area

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Bill Davenport of the Bureau of Land Management-EasternStates, +1-703-440-1720 SPRINGFIELD, Va., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TheDepartment of Interior, Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) will hold a special wild horse ...

Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States to Host Wild Horse and Burro Adoption in Indiana

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Bill Davenport, Office of External Affairs of Bureau ofLand Management-Eastern States, +1-703-440-1720 SPRINGFIELD, Va., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The followingadvisory was issued today by the Bureau of Land Management-EasternStates: ...

Last Minute Tax Tips From Micro-Business Expert

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Kristin Oberlander of the National Association for theSelf- Employed, +1-202-466-2100, koberlander@nase.org WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's April, and taxday is right around the corner but small-business owners ...

Kennedy Krieger Institute Launches First National Online Autism Registry

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Megan Gallivan, +1-202-955-6222,mgallivan@spectrumscience.com, for the Kennedy Krieger Institute; orElise Babbitt of the Kennedy Krieger Institute, +1-443-923-7338,babbitte@kennedykrieger.org BALTIMORE, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kennedy ...

Industrial Directory Surveys Mississippi Manufacturing: Industrial Jobs Down 2.5% Statewide, Up 2.1% in Southeast Counties

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Jennifer Ratcliff, +1-847-864-9440 ext. 241,jratcliff@manufacturersnews.com EVANSTON, Ill., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- 2006 marked a sixthstraight year of manufacturing job losses for Mississippi accordingto the 2007 Mississippi Manufacturers ...

Venture-Backed IPOs Make Gains; Acquisition Activity Declines in Q1 2007

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Channa Luma of The Weiser Group for NVCA, +1-302-368-2345, cluma@weisergroup.com; or Matthew Toole of Thomson Financial,+1-646-822-7560, matthew.toole@thomson.com NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seventeen venture-backed companies ...

Mortgage Blame, Warnings - Mortgage Industry Insider from MortgageDaily.com

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: REAL ESTATE EDITORS Contact: Sam Garcia, Subscriptions: Carmen, both ofMortgageDaily.com, +1-214-521-1300 DALLAS, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Realtors blame the subprime crisison greed, while mortgage brokers are warning against trigger leads,according to the latest week's ...

L'Oreal Paris Celebrates Exceptional Women Committed to Community Achievement and Volunteerism with the Second Annual Women of Worth Program

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: LIFESTYLES EDITORS Contact: Michael Trese of L'Oreal Paris, +1-212-984-4101,mtrese@us.loreal.com; Tara Madden, +1-212-679-2233,tmadden@bratskeir.com, or Karen Kearns, +1-212-679-2233,kkearns@bratskeir.com, both of Bratskeir- Seidman for L'Oreal Paris NEW YORK, April 2 ...

Oleen Announces Substantial GSA Sale and Support Services Agreement

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Dylan Rupe of Oleen, +1-800-248-9534, drupe@oleen.com SILVER SPRING, Md., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Oleen, aninformation technology consulting firm to the healthcare industry,announced today that it has been awarded a contract with the ...

Automotive X Prize Announces Draft Guidelines for Competition to Inspire Super-Efficient Vehicles

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: AUTO EDITORS Contact: Sarah Evans, +1-310-582-5903, or Carrie Fox, +1-202-255-9214, both of X PRIZE Foundation SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The XPRIZE Foundation, the organization behind the $10 million Ansari XPRIZE that successfully ...

Epidemiologists Say an Urgent Investment in Epidemiology Capacity Is Needed to Meet Increases in Public Health Demands

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Jennifer Lemmings, MPH, Deputy Director of Programs, ofCouncil of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, +1-770-458-3811 ATLANTA, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council of Stateand Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) has announced ...

USA TODAY Names Susan Lavington Senior Vice President of Marketing

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Heidi Zimmerman of USA TODAY, +1-703-854-5304,hzimmerman@usatoday.com McLean, Va., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- USA TODAY hasnamed Susan Lavington senior vice president of marketing. Lavington,formerly vice president of consumer marketing ...

National Landscape Architecture Month Kicks Off

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: ARCHITECTURE EDITORS Contact: Ashley Owens, Manager, Public Relations of the AmericanSociety of Landscape Architects, +1-202-216-2371, aowens@asla.org WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AmericanSociety of Landscape Architects (ASLA) kicked off National ...

Senators Enzi, Kennedy Introduce 2007 CARE Bill

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Michelle Stephens of American Society of RadiologicTechnologists, +1-800-444-2778, ext. 1287 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2007 Consistency,Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging andRadiation Therapy bill, or ...

SEIU: In Spirit of MLK Commitment to Economic Justice ... Rallies in Five Cities to Call for Family Health Care, Living Wages in Private Security Industry

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: LABOR EDITORS Contact: Inga Skippings, +1-202-256-2532 WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, April4, private security officers and members of their communities in fivecities will rally to transform these low-wage service jobs into goodjobs with ...

MonoSolRx Announces Hiring of Larry W. Kranking as Senior Vice- President, Pharmaceutical Operations

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Investor - Media: A. Mark Schobel, +1-732-564-5000,Business Development and Licensing: Joseph Fuisz +1-202-223-1827,both of MonoSolRx, LLC WARREN, N.J. and PORTAGE, Ind., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --MonoSolRx announced today the hiring of ...

Donald Doddridge Named President of America's Blood Centers

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Sharon Pavlovsky of ABC, +1-202-654-2915,spavlovsky@americasblood.org WASHINGTON, April 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's BloodCenters (ABC) announced today Donald Doddridge, president and CEO ofFlorida Blood Services, has been named ...

As 'Tax Day' Approaches, U.S. DOE, Alliance to Save Energy Advise Consumers about 2007 Federal Income Tax Credits for Energy- Efficiency Home Improvements, Hybrid Vehicles

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: ENERGY EDITORS Contact: Monique Danziger, +1-202-530-4346, mdanziger@ase.org orRonnie Kweller, office, +1-202-530-2203, rkweller@ase.org WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As U.S. taxpayersscramble to file their 2006 tax returns, they can ensure ...

4.5 Million Enrolled in Health Savings Account Plans

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Robert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans, +1-202-778-8493 WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 4.5 millionAmericans are covered by lower-premium, high-deductible healthinsurance plans that are offered in conjunction with ...

Controversial Screen Name Banned

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: RELIGION EDITORS Contact: Gay Humanists, +1-760 219 1121, Edgespring@aol.com PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CharlesMerrill, whose cousin, Charles Merrill, founded Merrill Lynch, hashad his username, "Anti-Christ," suspended by a publication owned ...

JPMorgan Chase Loses Bid to Block Shareholder Proposal Critical of Its Slavery Apology, Says NLPC

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Peter Flaherty of the National Legal and Policy Center,+1-703-237-1970 FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NationalLegal and Policy Center (NLPC) today announced that it has beennotified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

Prominent Former Secret Service Agent, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Andrew J. O'Connell Joins Fortress Global To Manage New Washington D.C. Office

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Lisa Hendrickson of Fortress Global, +1-516-829-5800,mediarelations@fortressglobal.com NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortress Global InvestigationsCorporation, a leading international investigations and securityservices firm, today announced ...

America Celebrates the First National Architecture Week

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Meghan Norville, +1-410-821-8220,meghann@imrecommunications.com, or Aaron Cohen, +1-202-547-0500,aaronc@imrecommunications.com, both of Imre Communications, forAmerican Institute of Architects WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In ...

State Health Secretary to Launch Public Health Week with Preparedness Expo

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Larissa Bedrick of the Pennsylvania Department of Health,+1-717-787-1783 HARRISBURG, Pa., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State HealthSecretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson will launch Pennsylvania's observanceof National Public Health Week 2007 during ...

Wash Me, Please

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: AUTO EDITORS Contact: Rich White of Car Care Council, +1-301-654-6664,rich.white@aftermarket.org; or Lynn Konsbruck, +1-312-768-7362,lkonsbruck@maxmarketing.com, for Car Care Council BETHESDA, Md., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's definitelytime for spring ...

Online Advertised Job Vacancies Up Over the Year, The Conference Board Reports Today

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Frank Tortorici, 212-339-0231, Gad Levanon, 212-339-0317, June Shelp, 212-339-0369 NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Total online job ads were3,754,400 in March, a dip of 69,800 or 2 percent from February,according to The Conference Board ...

Classic Bed Bug Book Now Available in Paperback

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: SCIENCE EDITORS Contact: Richard Levine of the Entomological Society of America,+1-301-731-4535 LANHAM, Md., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Monograph ofCimicidae," the definitive resource on bed bugs, has been reprintedby the Entomological Society of America (ESA) ....

NOAA Continues to Increase U.S. Tsunami Warning Capability

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Theresa Eisenman of NOAA, +1-301-713-0622, ext. 150 WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NOAA announcedtoday the deployment of three new Deep-ocean Assessment and Reportingof Tsunami (DART) stations in the Pacific Ocean, located off ...

Public Officials Using Tax Dollars to Lobby for Higher Cable TV Rates

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: RADIO-TELEVISION EDITORS Contact: Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks, +1-202-942-7698,abrandon@freedomworks.org WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tennesseemunicipalities are spending tax dollars to defeat cable franchisereforms that would, if enacted, lower rates ...

Ford and Neapco Reach MOU for Automotive Components Holdings' Propshaft Business

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: AUTO EDITORS Contact: Media: Della DiPietro, +1-313-755-2432, +1-313-720-8095,ddipietr@ach-llc.com, Investment Community: Larry Heck (Equity), +1-313-594-0613, lheck@ford.com, Rob Moeller (Fixed Income), +1-313-621-0881, rmoeller@ford.com, Shareholder Inquiries, ...

Canada's 2007 Commercial Seal Hunt Starts Today - 270,000 Seal Pups Are Set to Be Slaughtered

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: FOREIGN EDITORS Contact: Katie McConnell of International Fund for Animal Welfare,+1-508-744-2237, kmcconnell@ifaw.org CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI, Canada, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Canada's annual commercial seal hunt opened today, with total limitsset this year for ...

NAR Reaffirms Pledge to Every American's Fair Housing Right

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Sara Weis of National Association of Realtors, +1-202-383-1013, sweis@realtors.org WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the nationcelebrates April as Fair Housing Month, the National Association ofRealtors(R) and its 1.3 million ...

CQ Columnist Jeff Stein's Spotlight on Leaders' Iraq Ignorance Prompts Book Deal

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Janet Donovan for Congressional Quarterly, +1-202-904-1035, or ceiinfo@erols.com WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - CongressionalQuarterly Inc.'s National Security Editor, Jeff Stein, sounded analarming wake-up call with his October ...

Invest in Something That Children Won't Outgrow: Tax-Free Savings for College

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: EDUCATION EDITORS Contact: Diane Hirth, Florida Prepaid College Board CommunicationsDirector, +1-850-488-8514, Diane.Murdock@MyFloridaPrepaid.com TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Think whatparents and grandparents buy for children. All the teddy ...

Three U.S. Airline Pilots File Suit to Force FAA to End Age Discrimination Under Controversial 'Age 60 Rule' That Threatens to Ground Thousands of America's Best Pilots

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: TRAVEL EDITORS Contact: Patrick Mitchell, +1-703-276-3266,pmitchell@hastingsgroup.com, for Senior Pilots Coalition WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. airlinepassengers will lose the services of an estimated 5,000 of thisnation's most experienced and ...

Two Minnesotans are at the White House Today, Representing Uninsured Workers Now Covered Through HSAs

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Joel Swanson, APR, +1-651-662-2882, or Pamela Lux, APR,+1-651-662-3959 EAGAN, Minn., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A car accident left HeidiSearle with 36 stitches in her head, cracked ribs, and a dislocatedshoulder. Because she couldn't afford health ...

OSHA Publishes Waste Treatment Facility 'Design for Safety' Case Study

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: OSHA Office of Communications, +1-202-693-1999 WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A case study thatdescribes how the Washington Group International incorporated itsdesign for safety process into the construction of the U.S.Department ...

MADD National President to Testify Before the Texas Legislature in Support of Critical Anti-Drunk Driving Legislation

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Amy George of MADD, +1-469-420-4493; Paul Shepard, +1-202-572-2875, for MADD AUSTIN, Texas, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Glynn Birch,National President of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), willtestify before Texas lawmakers Monday in ...

Teamsters Converge on Times Square to Protest Coke's Anti-Worker Tactics

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: LABOR EDITORS Contact: David White of the International Brotherhood ofTeamsters, +1-202-439-1904, dwhite@teamster.org NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of Teamsters, joined byenvironmental, human rights and student activists, gathered in NewYork's Times Square ...

Volunteers of America to Expand Affordable Housing Community for Low- Income Seniors in Redford

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: REAL ESTATE EDITORS Contact: Julie Anderson of the Volunteers of America, +1-703-341-5031 REDFORD, Mich., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Volunteers ofAmerica today broke ground for a new addition to the Coventry Placeaffordable housing community for low-income ...

Northern Trust Report Confirms: Retirees Aren't Retiring

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: LIFESTYLES EDITORS Contact: Rebecca Hayne, Vice President Corporate Communications,of Northern Trust, +1-312-444-4281, rlh5@ntrs.com CHICAGO, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Confirming the recent trendtoward a more active and flexible retirement in which retireesincreasingly are ...

U. S. Steel Applauds Congressman Artur Davis (D-AL) for Introducing H.R. 1229

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: John Armstrong, +1-412-433-6792, or Erin DiPietro, +1-412-433-6845, both of United States Steel Corporation BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- United States SteelCorporation (NYSE: X) announced that today Merle Stein, generalmanager of U ....

Head of Renowned Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging Encourages Nation's Seniors to Take a 'Byte' Out of the Aging Process by Turning on Their Computers

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Jim Yeager for Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging, +1-818-597-8453, jimy@kevinross.net RESEDA, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the firstof the baby boomers turning 65, the head of one of the country'sleading senior care ...

Smoke Alarm: The Truth About Smoking and Mental Illness

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Lindsey von Busch, +1-732-288-0629, Lindsey575@aol.com NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 70 percent of individualswith serious mental illness (SMI), as compared with 23 percent of thegeneral population, smoke cigarettes. Smokers with SMI and ...

ESi(R) and EMSystem(R) to Collaborate on WebEOC Health(TM)

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Anne Murray Sims, ESi Communications Director, +1-706-823-1958, asims@esi911.com , or Andy Nunemaker, CEO of EMSystem, +1-414-721-9702, anunemaker@emsystem.com AUGUSTA, Ga., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- WebEOC Health, a WebEOC(R)system specifically ...

Ros-Lehtinen Urges Bush Administration to Prevent Creation of Natural Gas Cartel

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: ENERGY EDITORS Contact: Sam Stratman, +1-202-226-7875, or Lee Cohen, +1-202-226-1139, both of the House Committee On Foreign Affairs WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's largestconsumers of natural gas, including the United States and countriesin ...

St. Jude Named a Center of Excellence in Flu Research

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Carrie Strehlau, +1-901-495-2295,carrie.strehlau@stjude.org, or Summer Freeman, +1-901-495-3061,summer.freeman@stjude.org, both of St. Jude Public Relations, or MarcKusinitz, Ph.D., Scientific Communications of St. Jude, +1-901-495-5020, ...

Gas Station/Convenience Store Chain Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: LABOR EDITORS Contact: John M. Chavez of the U.S. Department of Labor, +1-617-565-2075 NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chestnut PetroleumDist. Inc., with 37 gas station/convenience store locationsthroughout the Hudson Valley; Brooklyn and Long Island, N.Y.; ...

Number of Alternative Fuel Autos on Colorado's Roads Increased 17% in 2006

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Christy Moran, +1-202-974-8299, cmoran@webermerritt.com,for The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers DENVER, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Automakers are celebratingNational Alternative Fuel Autos Month by releasing state specificdata on the sales of ...

Number of Alternative Fuel Autos on Montana's Roads Increased 19% in 2006

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Christy Moran, +1-202-974-8299, for Alliance ofAutomobile Manufacturers BILLINGS, Mont., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Automakers arecelebrating National Alternative Fuel Autos Month by releasing statespecific data on the sales of Alternative Fuel ...

Data-Driven Workforce Management Needed to Ensure NASA's Institutional Health

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: LABOR EDITORS Contact: Bill Shields of the National Academy of PublicAdministration, +1-202-347-3190 WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is undergoinga fundamental mission shift that will require the agency to adopt aknowledge- based, data-driven strategy ...

Number of Alternative Fuel Autos on Florida's Roads Increased 22% in 2006

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Christy Moran, +1-202-974-8299, for The Alliance ofAutomobile Manufacturers TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Automakers arecelebrating National Alternative Fuel Autos Month by releasing statespecific data on the sales of ...

Blunt: House Will Sustain Veto Should President Send Back Democrats' Plan for Defeat

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Burson Taylor Snyder or Amos Snead, both of the Office ofHouse Republican Whip Roy Blunt, +1-202-226-7022 SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HouseRepublican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) was joined by more than 150 membersof the U.S ....

Dole Food Company, Inc. Announces Labor and Environmental Accord With Coordinator of Banana Unions of Costa Rica (COSIBA)

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Marty Ordman (U.S.), +1-818-874-4834, Sylvain Cuperlier(Europe), +33-1-44-17-30-60, both of Dole Food Company, Inc. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard FruitCompany of Costa Rica, Inc. a division of Dole Food Company, Inc ....

Number of Alternative Fuel Autos on New Mexico's Roads Increased 21% in 2006

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Christy Moran, +1-202-974-8299, cmoran@webermerritt.com,for The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Automakers arecelebrating National Alternative Fuel Autos Month by releasing statespecific data on the ...

A New Walking Study Encourages Overweight Americans to Step Up to Better Health

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Amie Hornbaker, +1-301-581-9221, aehornbaker@apma.org, orCraig Fritz, +1-301-581-9220, cmfritz@apma.org, both of APMA BETHESDA, Md., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What if someonetold you, you could walk your way to better health? With 65 ...

Disaster Loan Assistance in Minnesota Still Available

Apr 02, 2007 ... To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Michael Lampton of the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration, +1-404-347-3771 ST. CLOUD, Minn., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses that May1 is the filing deadline for economic ...