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September 01, 2009
September 1, 2009The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on state and national law enforcement authorities in Maine to investigate a possible bias motive in a shooting incident outside a Portland mosque that left one person seriously injured. Full release.
Labor leaders joined with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to celebrate the success of Advanced Steel Homes, LLC and the Gulf Coast Construction Careers Center (GCCCC). These two entities have forged a collaboration to help rebuild homes in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Full release.
First Lady Judge Marjorie O. Rendell today joined the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Oprah Winfrey on the social networking site Twitter and asked teachers, students and anyone interested in civics education to follow her at www.twitter.com/CivicsFirst. Full release.
While Members of Congress may be taking a break from Washington, AARP is making sure they don't get a break from the need to fix the broken health care system. With a giant inflatable Rx bottle as a backdrop, armed with prescription bottles filled with constituents' personal health care stories, AARP members converged in Springfield today calling on Senator Durbin and the Springfield-area Congressmen (John Shimkus, Aaron Schock and Phil Hare) to tackle health care reform when they go back to the nation's Capitol in September. Full release.
he following is a statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: "Today's announcement by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Lorillard Inc. and other tobacco manufacturers that they have filed suit to overturn portions of the recently passed FDA tobacco legislation is not unexpected. The lawsuit, filed in the federal court in Bowling Green, Kentucky, seeks to overturn portions the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act which deal with advertising, marketing and labeling of tobacco products." Full release.
Researchers at the Mind Research Network today announced the findings of a scientific study that used brain imaging and Tetris to investigate whether practice makes the brain efficient because it increases gray matter. Over a three-month period, adolescent girls practiced Tetris, a computer game requiring a combination of cognitive skills. The girls who practiced showed greater brain efficiency, consistent with earlier studies. Compared to controls, the girls that practiced also had a thicker cortex, but not in the same brain areas where efficiency occurred. Full release.
Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) launched "stage 1" of a high-profile, multi-million dollar ad campaign highlighting the threat posed by unsustainable borrowing and spending. The ad blitz comes on the heels of new projections from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) predicting over $9 trillion in deficit spending. Full release.