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Care2 Launches Progressive News Network -- Powered by People.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Care2.com REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The revolutionary "Care2 News Network" (http://www.Care2.com/news) turns the top-down model of traditional news media on its head and puts editorial control in the hands...

Environmental Law Institute Recommends Research Action Plan for Nanotech Governance.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) recommends that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implement a research action plan for developing an effective...

Cal State San Bernardino Extremism Analyst Says Anti-Gay Attack in Massachusetts Should Be Treated as Hate Crime.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Calif. State University, San Bernardino SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Criminal justice Professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San...

Environmental Law Institute Publishes 'After the Storm: Restoring America's Gulf Coast Wetlands'.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- "After the Storm: Restoring America's Gulf Coast Wetlands," just published by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), examines the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina...

Debate on Prisoner Detention at Guantanamo to Be Hosted at Pomona College.
February 3, 2006... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Pomona Student Union at Pomona College will present a debate by leading experts on prisoner detention at Guantanamo, on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. The two...

Former Army JAG Official, Dean of Law, Available to Comment on Legality of Wiretapping.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Texas Tech University LUBBOCK, Texas, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Texas Tech School of Law Dean Walter H. Huffman is a proponent of the rule of law, which implies that government authority may only be exercised in accordance with...

Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Gloria Steinem Women of Vision Awardees.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Ms. Foundation for Women NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today the Ms. Foundation for Women, the only organization engaged nationally to build women's power to drive social change, announced the 2006 recipients of the Gloria...

Environmental Expert Warns That National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Task Force Draft Recommendations Could Increase Litigation.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Environmental Law Institute submitted comments to the House Resources Committee Task Force on Improving/Updating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)...

Society of Professional Journalists: Danish Cartoon Coverage Should Be Guided by SPJ Code of Ethics.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists is troubled by the insensitivity of Danish cartoons that depict the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The Society also...

UC Davis Experts on Water Supply and Flooding.
February 8, 2006... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of California, Davis, faculty will be available to comment on aspects of California's water issues. If you need assistance on...

Expert: Electronic Valentine Cards Present Cyber Security Risk.
February 8, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Electronic Valentine cards promising sweet nothings may instead infect loved ones' computers with a nasty surprise from a cyber scam artist, according to a Purdue...

Alcohol Industry Giant Enters 'Alcopops' Fray; California Senate Hearing Slated for Valentine's Day on Sweet, Low-Cost Alcohol Drinks That Target Teen Girls.
February 9, 2006... Byline: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world's largest alcoholic beverage company has jumped into the "alcopops" fight, facing off against a coalition of community groups...

A New Twist on Immigration: Worker Centers Give Immigrants Services, Voice Amid Simmering Debate.
February 9, 2006... Byline: Economic Policy Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Immigrant workers are in the center of a national debate as President Bush advocates a guest-worker program and Congress pushes for increased border security and...

Global Fund for Women Appoints Shalini Nataraj as Vice President of Programs; Former Associate Director of Reebok Human Rights Award Program to Provide Grantmaking Leadership to Largest Funder Focusing on Women's Rights Internationally.
February 9, 2006... Byline: Global Fund for Women SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Global Fund for Women announced today the appointment of Shalini Nataraj as the new Vice President of Programs, effective March 1, 2006. Building on more...

Middle East Controversy Over Danish Editorial Cartoons: University of Virginia Experts Available for Comment.(Editorial)
February 9, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are faculty experts at the University of Virginia who can comment on the ongoing controversy in the Middle East about Danish editorial cartoons. ...

Economist Edgar Olsen Is Scheduled to Testify Before Congress on Feb. 15; University of Virginia Expert to Call for Overhaul of Public Housing.
February 10, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even before hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless by Hurricane Katrina, it was clear that the U.S. public housing program was not up to the task...

National Conference Call: 'Worker Centers and the Immigration Debate,' Feb. 14.
February 13, 2006... Byline: Economic Policy Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Immigrant workers are in the center of a national debate as President Bush advocates a guest-worker program and Congress pushes for increased border security and...

Bay Area Students Tackle Contemporary Conflict in Fourth Annual Academic Competition on March 18 Sponsored by Project Spera; San Francisco-Based Nonprofit Develops Students' Academic Skills and Social Responsibility.
February 13, 2006... Byline: David Perry & Associates SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Saturday March 18, from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., students from 35 Northern California middle and high schools will converge on San Francisco State University...

Experts Available for Comment, Background on Supreme Court Justice Alito's First Case.
February 13, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Supreme Court is poised to hear oral argument on Feb. 21 in a pair of historic environmental cases. Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps...

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Costs Almost Double GAO Estimate, Study Reports; Study Authors Include Former Defense Secretary, West Point Professors, Military Experts.
February 14, 2006... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of California Blue Ribbon Commission has determined that the "don't ask, don't tell" policy cost the...

NYU@NUS: A Ground-Breaking Law Program for the Globally-Minded; New York University, National University of Singapore to Offer Dual Graduate Degree Program in Singapore.
February 15, 2006... Byline: National University of Singapore NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a move that will transform the very concept of global legal education, New York University School of Law (NYU) and the National University of Singapore...

Cheney Shooting: University of Maryland Political Communication Experts.
February 15, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vice President Cheney will break his public silence today on his accidental shooting of a Texas lawyer on a hunting trip last week. Fox News...

Computer Association Study Group Issues Voter Registration Guidelines to Assure Privacy and Accuracy.
February 16, 2006... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of computer security and voting experts has issued recommendations to ensure that electronic records of information submitted by citizens...

Professor of Political Science Eric Davis Available to Comment on Supreme Court Case on Vermont Campaign Finance Reform.
February 16, 2006... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Middlebury College Professor of Political Science and Addison County Independent columnist Eric Davis is available to comment on the upcoming United States Supreme...

Social Policies That Work (Or Don't Work): Effectiveness of Community Policing, Educational Programs, Evidence-Based Crime Sentencing to Be Discussed at Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, Feb. 22-24 in Los Angeles.
February 17, 2006... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Did the addition of 100,000 police officers cut crime in the 1990s? Do tutoring, parental involvement and behavior management programs work? Can scientific...

Biometric Science Seeks to Avert Identity Crisis, Says Michigan State University Professor.
February 20, 2006... Byline: Michigan State University ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two things are certain about biometrics: It is the hot buzzword in identity management for convenience and protection from terrorists and identity thieves - and...

Stanford Law School Establishes First Endowed Clinical Professorship; Professor William (Bill) Koski Appointed as Inaugural Eric and Nancy Wright Professor of Clinical Education.
February 21, 2006... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford Law School has announced the appointment of Professor William (Bill) Koski as the school's inaugural Eric and Nancy Wright Professor of Clinical...

Five-Year Study of California's Proposition 227 Finds No Conclusive Evidence Favoring One Instructional Approach for English Learners.
February 21, 2006... Byline: American Institutes for Research PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- There is no conclusive evidence that one instructional model for educating English learners, such as full English immersion or a bilingual approach,...

Supreme Court Justices Grapple With Scope of Clean Water Act, Role of Wetlands in Protecting Navigable Waters.
February 21, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a pair of historic Clean Water Act cases, Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of...

Student Journalists Compromised By Supreme Court's Decision.
February 21, 2006... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Supreme Court missed an important opportunity to affirm the rights of student journalists as it decided Tuesday not to hear a case involving...

Stanford Law School Conference Series -- 'Spies, Secrets and Security: The New Law of Intelligence'.
February 21, 2006... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006 Stanford Law School will host Hon. Patricia Wald (former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and member of the president's...

Look Behind You: Human Tracking Devices a Big Problem, Texas A&M Experts Say.
February 23, 2006... Byline: Texas A&M University COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- You may not be so paranoid after all - someone really may be tracking your every move. Numerous high-tech surveillance technologies, led by geographic...

Washington Post Wins Selden Ring Award for Abramoff Investigation: Finalist Honors to Copley News Service, Small Newspaper Group, South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
February 27, 2006... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reporters and editors from The Washington Post have won the 2006 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting for their series exposing illegal...

UC Davis Experts on Capital Punishment.
February 27, 2006... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Feb. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of California, Davis faculty members are available to speak on topics related to capital punishment. If you need information on a...

Film Expert Talks About Possible 'Brokeback' Backlash.
February 28, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- This year's Oscar contenders feature some of the best artistic movies in years, but most of the early red carpet hype is surrounding one film, says a Purdue...