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March 10, 2009
March 10, 2009In a major education policy speech today, President Barack Obama called on states to lift arbitrary caps on the growth of public charter schools. Full release.
While the Obama Administration begins to implement the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Program, Farm Aid and farm, rural and housing advocates from across the country have joined to urge Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to ensure that family farmers also have the ability to restructure their loans to avoid foreclosure. Full release.
The Daily Beast founder and editor-in-chief Tina Brown and The New York Times media columnist David Carr discussed the current state of the publishing industry and its need to adapt in the latest of NYU's Media Talk event series, "Staying Current, Clickable and Profitable," which took place on February 25, 2009. Sponsored by the Center for Publishing at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies (www.scps.nyu.edu), NYU's Media Talk presents public conversations with media leaders about trends in business from an industry insider's viewpoint. Full release.
A former congressional staffer pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to commit honest services fraud, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced. Full release.
Yennie Shyu, the 12-year-old girl from San Jose, California, USA, who created this year's grand prize winning poster in the annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest, will be recognized for her accomplishment at Lions Day with the United Nations in New York City on Friday, March 13, 2009. Shyu will be presented with an award and US$2,500. Her parents and the president of the Milpitas Executive Lions Club, which sponsored the contest in her area, will accompany her to the award ceremony. Full release.
Internet visitors can now see the Earth as never before -- live from the International Space Station via streaming video, seven days a week. Full release.
Today, West Virginians announced the formation of a new statewide civil rights organization committed to ensuring fair treatment for all gay and lesbian people in the state. Fairness West Virginia's mission is to ensure gay people are treated safely and fairly in their homes, at work and in their communities. Full release.
Since President Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill, the Dow has dropped to a 12-year low and unemployment has jumped to a 25-year high. The most recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics could be the key to understanding why President Obama's economic stimulus bill hasn't worked so far and may never achieve its intended goal of creating millions of new jobs. Full release.
In an excoriating decision against Cintas, Judge William H. Pauley of the Southern District of New York Court dismissed all claims--federal and state--of Cintas's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) lawsuit against UNITE HERE, the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters, and the Change to Win coalition. Full release.