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New Car Dealers Support Modern Facilities but Question Case for Factory Programs
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NASA Hosts Special Event With Recent Space Station Residents
HOUSTON , Feb. 3, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — After living aboard the International Space Station for six months, NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts will reunite to relive their spaceflight experiences for the public, friends and co-workers Thursday, Feb. Continue reading
Team Led By Scripps Research Scientists Demonstrates Effective New ‘Biopsy in a Blood Test’ to Detect Cancer
Series of Five Studies Highlights Potential of Technology to Boost Patient Care, Research LA JOLLA, Calif. , Feb. Continue reading
Winners Announced in 4th Annual Free The Bowl ® Video Contest
Youth-Produced Ads Demand: Free The Bowl – Stop the Violence Assemblywoman Fiona Ma Honored as California Legislator of the Year for Banning Alcohol Sales Through Self-Serve Checkout SAN RAFAEL, Calif. , Feb. 2, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — Nine youth ages 10 to 19 were awarded prizes tonight for their entertaining counter-TV-sports-beer-ads at Free The Bowl ® World Premiere 2012 in San Rafael, California Continue reading
NASA Seeks Proposals For Edison Small Satellite Demonstrations
WASHINGTON , Feb. 2, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — NASA is seeking proposals for flight demonstrations of small satellite technologies with the goal of increasing the technical capabilities and range of uses for this emerging category of spacecraft. (Logo: http://photos.NEWS.GNOM.ES.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) Small satellites typically weigh less than 400 pounds (180 kg) and are generally launched as secondary payloads on rockets carrying larger spacecraft. Continue reading
NATCA Honors Top Controller Flight Assists at Eighth Annual Archie League Medal of Safety Awards
ATLANTA , Feb. 1, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — Two Chicago Center controllers guided the pilot of a plane with icing conditions, a lost localizer and low fuel to a safe landing Continue reading
Saks Fifth Avenue & Robin Hood Give Back to New Yorkers In Need
NEW YORK , Jan. 31, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — For the month of February, Saks Fifth Avenue will be donating 5% of all registered purchases made at its stores to local nonprofit organizations. Shoppers at Saks Fifth Avenue’s flagship 5th Avenue store in Manhattan can elect to have their 5% bonus go to Robin Hood , New York ‘s largest private poverty-fighting organization. Robin Hood is New York City ‘s largest private funder of emergency food programs, as well as the largest private funder of job training and housing programs. It serves hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers struggling to lift themselves out of poverty. And since Robin Hood ‘s board of directors underwrites all administrative costs and expenses, 100% of every dollar contributed goes back into the community. Continue reading
Aging Groups Say Health Reform Provisions Affecting Seniors Should Not Be Tied to Supreme Court’s Ruling on Individual Mandate
WASHINGTON , Jan. 30, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — Six national aging groups filed a friend of the court brief with the Supreme Court last Friday saying that there are extensive provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are of “vital importance to the health and well-being of people 65 and older” and that Congress did not intend for any of them to be contingent on whether or not the minimum coverage provision (also called the individual mandate) was constitutional Continue reading
Flight Attendant Union Participates in Historic Implementation of Flight Crew FMLA Corrections Act
For First Time, Flight Crews Treated Fairly and Able to Qualify for Family Medical Leave WASHINGTON , Jan. 30, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — Nearly two decades after the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into law, Flight Attendants and other flight crews are finally granted the same access to coverage that has long benefited working families Continue reading