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Care Net Calls Tebow Ad Opponents’ Slam of Pregnancy Centers ‘Nonsensical’

LANSDOWNE, Va., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Care Net, a national network of 1,180 pregnancy centers that provide free support to pregnant women, was drawn into the Tebow Super Bowl ad controversy when opponents attacked the charities Friday on F…

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Bread for the World Calls for Creation of Green Jobs

EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Rev. David Beckmann, president, Bread for the World, today urged members of the National Latino Congreso to press their representatives in Congress to create more green jobs in order to reduce hunger a…

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Statement from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Mississippi Bill that Seeks to Make Cold, Allergy Medicines Containing Pseudoephedrine Prescription-Only

Majority of Mississippi voters support e-tracking as better solution
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA):
“Today, the M…

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ThermoEnergy Appoints Cary G. Bullock as the Company’s New Chief Executive Officer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ThermoEnergy Corporation (Pink OTC Markets: TMEN) today announced that Cary G. Bullock was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer and was elected to our Board of Directors. Mr. Bulloc…

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Martin Wolf in Davos: The French world order

Another weird day has passed. But all days at Davos are weird. One never knows what is going on, except for the fact that, wherever one is, one would be far better off somewhere else.
The highlight of yesterday evening was the opening address of Presid…

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Response to the President’s State of the Union

Statement attributable to Blaine D. Leonard, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, President, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
RESTON, Va., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — We appreciate that the president mentioned in his address that railroads and the Int…

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Will Gregory’s SOTU Response

STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — During the President’s State of the Union speech Wednesday night, the oratory of our country’s finest speaker was on full display.  After having seen the actions and consequences that followed si…

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Americans More Favorable of President’s Plans for Health Care, Economy and Foreign Policy after Viewing State of the Union Address

– Obama’s likeability rating increases among all parties after speech –
FLEMINGTON, N.J., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Results of a national study among 1,050 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that favorability for …

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NVHR Issues Challenge to Administration, Congress: Don’t Leave 5 Million Americans Afflicted with Chronic Viral Hepatitis Out in the Cold with Budget Freeze

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Ms. Lorren Sandt, Chair of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) issued the following statement in advance of the President’s State of the Union Address.  NVHR is a coalition of more than 150…

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AEM Pushes ‘Infrastructure Investment Creates Jobs’ Message to U.S. Senators

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —  Speaking at a press conference following an invitation-only meeting of key U.S. senators, Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), forcibly relayed the direct conn…

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