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Electronic safety products manufacturer C-Tech is gearing up for growth after moving its operations from two different sites to a new 75,000 sq ft base in Wigan.
As part of the celebrations, which will run until 3 February 2012, the staff have decorated the branch and created a display of old photos, street plans and branch ledgers, for customers to look through.
GENEVA (ILO News) – The world faces the “urgent challenge” of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
WASHINGTON (Jan. 24, 2012)—THE WAR OF 1812 AND THE RISE OF THE U.S. NAVY (National Geographic Books; ISBN 978-1-4262-0933-8; on sale March 27, 2012; hardcover; $30) is the U.S. Navy's official commemorative book of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.
January 19, 2012 — Pablo Campos, internationally recognized author and speaker on university campus planning and design, will speak Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the University of Virginia' s School of Architecture on "Urban & Architectural University Models."
January 19, 2012 — The University of Virginia Health System's Dr. Richard L. Guerrant, an infectious disease expert who has waged an international campaign against deadly childhood diarrhea, has been honored as one of Virginia's Outstanding Scientists for 2012 by Gov. Robert F. McDonnell.
January 19, 2011 — A new online tool – born from an idea of the University of Virginia Library staff – that helps research grant applicants generate data-management plans – is one of the top digital preservation achievements of 2011, according to a Library of Congress blog.
January 19, 2012 — Sarah Farrell, associate professor in the University of Virginia's School of Nursing, was awarded the inaugural Elsevier Exceptional Nursing Educator Award on Jan. 2 at the Contemporary Forums Nurse Educator conference in Las Vegas.
January 20, 2012 — Residents of Charlottesville and of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson counties: If you get a call on your mobile or land-line phone in the next few weeks from the University of Virginia, don't hang up. The caller will be asking questions aimed at improving services in your community.
January, 23, 2011 — "The Warrior With Eleven Heads," an exhibition of sculpture created by students in a University of Virginia January Term course, "Special Topics in Sculpture, 'The Warrior,'" will be on view in the RuffStuff Gallery on the first floor of Ruffin Hall from Jan. 27 through Feb. 4. The gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
January 23, 2011 — The University of Virginia Chamber Music Festival will feature music faculty performing timeless pieces over the next two weekends, according to event organizers.
January 20, 2012 — The Centers for Disease Control reported in November that on average, 24 Americans per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner, and a third of U.S. women are the victim of these assaults in their lifetimes.
January 24, 2012 — The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is the focus of attention when it comes to telling the story of America – its history, accomplishments and the seat of our national government. That story soon will be expanded with a new chapter: a museum telling the story of African-Americans, their accomplishments and contributions.
January 24, 2012 — Do you like robots, the movie "Real Steel" or just having fun? You might enjoy the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST, Robotics Competition, to be held Jan. 28 at the University of Virginia.
January 23, 2011 — Local residents are invited to experience the thrills and surprises of the 84th Academy Awards on Feb. 26 at Charlottesville's own "Oscar Night America" party.
January 24, 2012 — As any host will tell you, planning an event is all about the details. At the University of Virginia, the Office of Conference Services is ready to help with those details, thanks to the completion of a Process Simplification project.
January 24, 2012 — University of Virginia officials have introduced new programs designed to enhance the activities of the University's researchers and entrepreneurs and maximize the impact of innovative U.Va. discoveries on the global population and economy.
January 19, 2012 — The University of Virginia's January Term, an intensive, two-week academic experience tucked into the calendar between New Year's Day and the beginning of the spring semester, gives students and faculty alike a chance to stretch their intellectual curiosity and explore new, often novel topics.
Designing an all-terrain robot for search-and-rescue missions is an arduous task for scientists. The machine must be flexible enough to move over uneven surfaces, yet not so big that it’s restricted from tight spaces. It might also be required to climb slopes of varying inclines. Existing robots can do many of these things, but the majority require
Transportation infrastructure concerns rank as one of the top issues in Georgia and the Southeast. The designation of the Georgia Institute of Technology as the lead for one of 10 national Tier One University Transportation Centers (UTC) by the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) represents a positive step
How can you be sure that an incoming phone call is really from a customer and not an overseas criminal intent on fraud? For major financial services companies, that’s a growing concern as the telephone system adopts Internet technologies – and the security issues that come with them.
Many students know the stories of Sideways, Junior’s and the Mickey Mouse clock, but it takes a while on campus to grasp the full scope of Georgia Tech’s many well-loved traditions.
Georgia Tech’s Executive Vice President for Research Steve Cross testified before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee’s panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry earlier today.
NEW YORK– Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced settlements with eight major health insurance companies, requiring them to ensure the accuracy of provider directories posted on their websites by removing providers who no longer participate with the plans and correcting listing errors for providers who are in the plans
WATERTOWN - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of Jeri Mason, a former Town Clerk for Cape Vincent, who was convicted of stealing nearly $30,000 from the town. In October 2011, Mason pleaded guilty to Defrauding the Government (a class E felony) and Official Misconduct.
NEW YORK – Amid New York’s growing prescription drug epidemic, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today endorsed Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s legislation to create an online database to report and track certain controlled substances.
WASHINGTON -- Students gathered at The University of Virginia College at Wise will speak with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 9:25 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 26. Media representatives are invited to attend.
HOUSTON -- Individuals interested in becoming America's future space explorers have until Friday to submit their applications. The deadline to apply for NASA's next astronaut class is Jan. 27.
WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit Morgan State University in Baltimore on Jan. 25 to meet with students in the engineering and science programs, and highlight the importance of science, engineering and mathematics in creating and sustaining the American economy.
WASHINGTON -- Two hundred high school students packed an auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Monday, Jan. 23, for a competition to program miniature satellites aboard the International Space Station.
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra Cheer and Dance teams both placed first in their divisions at this year's Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA)/Universal Dance Association (UDA), College National Championship in Orlando, Florida.
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … Orthodox Jews who wear high end, multi-program hearing aids often disable their devices’ most helpful features on the Jewish Sabbath, because they are concerned about inadvertently depressing a program button when they are inserting the instrument.
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Alexandra Sperduti, a junior athletic training major at Hofstra University, has been awarded the District II scholarship through the Eastern Athletic Trainer’s Association (EATA). District II includes applicants from Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey.
Analyzing all the genes of dozens of people suffering from a rare form of hypertension, Yale University researchers have discovered a new mechanism that regulates the blood pressure of all humans.
Yale’s Intelligent Buildings Project has received $200,000 from the Wells Fargo Foundation to support groundbreaking research on energy consumption in buildings.
MADISON - While last month's meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa, made incremental progress toward helping farmers adapt to climate change and reduce agriculture's climate footprint, a group of international agriculture experts urges scientists to lay the groundwork for more decisive
MADISON - The undergraduate interior design program at the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology has been ranked 10th out of 200 similar U.S. programs by Design Intelligence, a bi-monthly report published by the Design Futures Council.
MADISON - Recent changes in state law make it necessary for all Wisconsin voters to present a photo ID at the polls. Starting Monday, students who need a photo ID to can obtain a free UW-Madison voter ID card at the Wiscard office in Union South.
MADISON - The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $3.5 million grant to the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE), a consortium led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
MADISON - The semester-long Badger Volunteers program offers UW-Madison students the training and support they need in order to provide meaningful public service to the Madison community.
Agricultural economists and commodity specialists from University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Extension will talk about the financial health of Wisconsin agriculture and the outlook for the year to come at the fifth annual Wisconsin Agricultural Economic Outlook forum in Madison on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
MADISON - Here is the statement of Interim Chancellor David Ward regarding the completion and release of the report of Judge Patrick Fiedler's independent review team on allegations of misconduct by senior associate athletic director John Chadima.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will honor 17 individuals with awards in recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, and social sciences. Among them is Larry R. Squire, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology at the University of Cal
Rick Hanson, PhD, author of the book Buddha’s Brain and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, will present his lecture "Taking in the Good: Helping Children Build Inner Strength and Happiness” at the UC San Diego Medical Center Auditorium on Friday, February 3.
UC San Diego Health System has received approval to acquire the Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI), the official cancer institute of the state of Nevada, as an affiliate health care provider. The expansion represents a partnership between California and Nevada in offering lifesaving cancer care to patients through expert diagnosis
NEW YORK (Jan. 18, 2012) — Research conducted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center global health investigators and cancer specialists in New York, Qatar and Haiti suggests that aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women.
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun. The planets orbit a single star, called KOI-961, and are 0.78, 0.73 and 0.57 times the radius of Earth. The smallest is about the size of Mars.
LONDON – Jan. 24, 2012 – Burn more calories, beat that personal best and train even harder with MOTOACTV™ - now available from Evans Cycles, the specialist cycle retailer, with a range of brand new accessories developed for cyclists across the UK.
SÃO PAULO - Jan. 24, 2012 – Nextel and Motorola Industrial Ltda are launching a new model inspired by the Ferrari product family in Brazil: the Motorola i897 Ferrari Black. The differentiated design of the sleek, new must-have handset conveys all the elegance and prestige of the Italian marquee brand.
SANTIAGO, Chile – Jan. 24, 2012 – Discover the new Motorola RAZR™, brought to you by Motorola Mobility Chile Limitada and Entel – a smartphone that will definitely make heads turn. Impossibly thin and lightweight, this smartphone is loaded with sexy curves.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2012 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an investment advisory arm of UBS with failing to properly price securities in three mutual funds that it managed, resulting in a misstatement to investors of the net asset values (NAVs) of those funds.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Inspector General H. David Kotz will leave the agency at the end of January to join a private investigative services firm.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2012 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jane A. Norberg has been appointed as Deputy Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower, which oversees the agency’s whistleblower program.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2012 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two multi-billion dollar hedge fund advisory firms as well as seven fund managers and analysts involved in a $78 million insider trading scheme based on nonpublic information about Dell’s quarterly earnings and other similar inside information about Nvidia
Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the holding company for one of Florida’s largest banks and its top executive with misleading investors about growing problems in one of its significant loan portfolios early in the financial crisis.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of St. Louis-based private investment funds and management firms after suing them and their principal for a scheme to defraud investors.
Washington, D.C., January 20, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that on February 21, 2012 the fees rates applicable to most securities transactions will decrease from $19.20 per million dollars to $18.00 per million dollars.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Diamondback Capital Management LLC has agreed to pay more than $9 million to settle insider-trading charges brought by the Commission on Jan. 18.
The University of Iowa Rape Victim Advocacy Program (RVAP) will begin its 32-hour Advocate Training Program Monday, Feb. 13, to prepare area volunteers in providing support and assistance to victims and survivors of sexual assault. The deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 3.
In honor of American Heart Month, University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center will offer daily tips and expertise to help you live a heart-healthy lifestyle through its "29 Days of Heart Health" online program.
The rich and problematic history of hysteria is the subject of the next WorldCanvass program from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum.
Reinhard R. Beichel, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, has received a two-year, $411,611 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for medical image analysis studies.
Spencer Wells, explorer-in-residence at National Geographic, will deliver a lecture, titled "Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 at the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City. The talk is free and open to the public.
Poet Susan Wheeler, a former faculty member of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House on the UI campus.
University of Iowa bassoonist Benjamin Coelho will be joined by Ricardo Rapoport and David Rachor in program of bassoon trios -- featuring both Baroque and modern instruments -- at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.
Paul Heath, regional director of the University of Iowa Small Business Development Center, has achieved the rank of Certified Business Advisor (CBA) developed for the SBDC-employed professional who counsels, guides and informs potential and existing entrepreneurs.
The University of Iowa Libraries has recently completed a project to digitize the entire run of Hawkeye yearbooks, comprising more than 38,000 pages documenting UI history from 1892 to 1992.
The University of Iowa Mock Trial (UIMT) program sent its top team to Vanderbilt University in Nashville Jan. 13-16. Team 1424 finished in fifth place out of 24 teams.
University of Iowa researchers and colleagues have shown that racial similarity between victim and offender influences forgiveness following significant interpersonal transgressions, most notably in the black victim-black offender pairing.
American patent law had become old and antiquated. Unchanged for more than 50 years, it was still the tool used to sort out patent protection for things like tablet computers, cell phones, and genetically engineered seeds that didn't even exist the last time it was reformed.
Kids in Mitchell County will have a chance to "tread the boards" every summer thanks to a new theater program started by a University of Iowa student and two alumni.
Romney's contract was trading for 71.6 cents on the IEM's GOP nomination market Monday morning, which means traders believe there is a 71.6 percent probability he will win the party's nomination despite being thumped in Saturday's South Carolina primary.
Sara Levine's Treasure Island!!!, which she conceived while teaching nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa, will open a week of live literary streams on the UI website.
A new exhibit, "Art|Iowa: Inspired by Landscape," featuring art from the Meskwaki people, Grant Wood, and several contemporary Iowa artists, opens Thursday, Feb. 2, at the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum. The exhibit is a collaboration involving Old Capitol, the UI Museum of Art and UI Museum of Natural History.
Benjamin Britten's spooky 1954 chamber opera The Turn of the Screw will be performed by the University of Iowa Martha-Ellen Tye Opera Theater at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, in the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City.
The 2012 Gallery series, presented by the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts, will open with works by UI Playwrights Workshop students Louisa V. Hill and Deborah Yarchun in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building.
Songwriters and performers Stew and Heidi Rodewald have a thing or two to say about Iowa City. Stew & The Negro Problem is a rock band with a flair for biting social satire and witty wordplay. This past fall, Stew and Heidi visited Iowa City to gather material for a collection of songs.
Retail pork products in the United States. have a higher prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) than previously identified, according to new research by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Research by a University of Iowa led team reveals new information about why paper made hundreds of years ago often holds up better over time than more modern paper.
"Music From (Nearly) Nothing" will be the theme when Iowa Percussion performs at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, in the Riverside Recital Hall, located in the former St. Thomas More Church at 405 N. Riverside Drive in Iowa City.
Poet Cathy Wagner, a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, will return to campus to present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.
Tyler Coulson, a 2008 University of Iowa College of Law alumnus who quit his job as an attorney in Chicago last year and set out on a cross-country walk, will discuss his walk and work-life balance issues in a lecture at the Boyd Law Building on Thursday, Jan. 26.
The University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health (PRC-RH) is accepting research proposals for pilot project funding. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 13.
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine has been awarded a $100,000 grant for ongoing vision research.
A researcher at the University of Iowa has found companies in China lower their tax bills by taking advantage of a government policy designed to promote economic development in targeted regions such as high-tech development zones.
The University of Iowa Department of University Housing and Dining received a report at 1:25 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, that a male UI student was robbed at knifepoint by three men while he was walking down the Dubuque Street hill on the way to Mayflower Residence Hall.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for November 2011. The next release, which will report on data for December 2011, is scheduled for February 15, 2012.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Departments of Treasury and State today released the following statement from Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary Hillary Clinton welcoming additional European Union sanctions against Iran:
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Iran's third-largest bank, Bank Tejarat, for providing financial services to several Iranian banks and firms already subject to international sanctions for their involvement in Iran’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation activities
The Organization of American States (OAS) donated to the Government of Ecuador firearms marking equipment to be used by the Ministry of National Defense with the objective of improving its capabilities for fighting the illicit trafficking of firearms.
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, held discussions in Port-au-Prince this week with Haiti's President Michel Martelly, Prime Minister Garry Conille, the Presidents of both the Senate and the House of Deputies, and several high ranking government ministers.
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will meet in a regular session this Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at 10:30 EST (15:30 GMT) in the Simón Bolívar Hall of Organization headquarters in Washington, DC.
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will present on Thursday, January 26, the conclusions of a series of national studies on the Economic Contribution of Creative Industries and its impact on economic development and employment in the continent.
The new Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Jorge Alban Walter Peralta, presented today to the Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, the credentials that accredit him to the hemispheric body.
In April 2011 Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) filed lawsuits in Germany, UK and Italy against ZTE for infringing on several Ericsson patents related to GSM and 3G/UMTS cellular technology
The parties have now signed a global cross-licensing agreement and both parties have also agreed to drop all litigation.
REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 24, 2012 — In observance of Data Privacy Day 2012, Microsoft Corp. is releasing new data about consumer behaviors online and is offering guidance and tips to help people better manage their online profiles and maintain a positive reputation.
This year’s International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust is dedicated to the children — girls and boys who faced sheer terror and evil. Many were orphaned by the war, or ripped away from their families. Many died of starvation, disease or at the hands of their abusers.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, a national of Brazil, as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Assistant Secretary-General level.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on the afternoon of Sunday, 15 January, from Beirut. The main aim was to attend the World Future Energy Summit and to launch the Year of Sustainable Energy.
The Secretary-General will host a joint meeting with the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities on 23-24 January at the Greentree Estate in Long Island, New York.
On 19 January 2012, the Royal Government of Cambodia formally notified the Secretary-General of the decision of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy of Cambodia not to appoint the current reserve international Co-Investigating Judge, Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, to the position of international Co-Investigating Judge of the Extraordinary Chamber
The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by continuing tensions along the border between Sudan and South Sudan as well as the current oil crisis. This situation indicates a worrying deterioration in the relationship between the two States.
Instead, Rabbi Schneier, you have played a leading role in our shared efforts to build a world of dignity and security in which no such horror can ever happen again. That is the mission of the United Nations, and we thank you for being our partner in it.
The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the ambush by an unidentified armed group on an African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol near Saleah, Eastern State of Darfur, in which one Nigerian peacekeeper was killed and three were wounded, one of them seriously.
The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the multiple attacks that have taken place across the northern Nigerian city of Kano, causing large-scale casualties and massive destruction to property.
A new documentary on the life and artwork of a Jewish youth from Prague who died in the Holocaust will be shown at United Nations Headquarters in New York City on 25 January.
NEW YORK, 23 January (Office of Legal Affairs) — In resolution 66/231 of 24 December 2011, on oceans and the law of the sea, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to organize activities to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on an African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol in Darfur on 21 January, in which one peacekeeper was killed and three were wounded, one of them seriously.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Paolo Serra of Italy as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
Every year, millions of people die from easily preventable diseases. The reason is simple yet tragic: a staggering 1 billion people around the world lack access to health-care systems.
Further to the Secretary-General’s announcement during his recent visit to Somalia, the United Nations Political Office for Somalia officially relocated today to Mogadishu.
Not only do the members of the Conference disagree over its priorities, but the consensus rule, which has served this body so well in the past, is currently used as a de facto veto power to stall every attempt to break the impasse.
Emphasizing the importance of the rule of law as one of the key elements of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, the Security Council today pledged its commitment to upholding international law, and reaffirmed its strong opposition to exempting from punishment those responsible for committing serious violations
Despite continuing tensions on the ground, preparatory meetings in Jordan between the Israelis and Palestinians presented an important opportunity for lasting peace that must be seized, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, ahead of a day-long debate involving some 45 speakers.
Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a pilot project aimed at expediting the environmental reviews for high-speed passenger rail service in the Northeast Corridor through an innovative and more efficient process.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released the latest video in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Faces of Distracted Driving” series, featuring the story of Brittanie Montgomery, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Acting Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Huerta helped break ground today for a $791 million runway expansion at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport which will create thousands of jobs.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Asiana Airlines, a carrier based in the Republic of Korea, and LOT Polish Airlines for violating federal aviation laws and the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel. Asiana was fined $70,000 and LOT $60,000.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty of $80,000 against Alitalia, an airline based in Italy, for violating an international treaty by limiting reimbursement to passengers whose baggage was lost or delayed on Alitalia flights to and from the United States.
SAN JUAN, PR -- The recovery operation lead by the Government of Puerto Rico and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has resulted in the disbursal of more than $26.1 million in disaster aid for Public Assistance (PA). As of today, 907 infrastructure projects have been approved for designated municipalities.
DENTON, Texas -- On Thursday, Jan. 19, Denton County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordinator Brenda Gormley will be one of 17 local leaders honored at the White House as a "Champion of Change."
DENTON, Texas -- On Thursday, Jan. 19, Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) Deputy Branch Chief for Homeland Security Chad Stover will be one of 17 local leaders honored at the White House as a “Champion of Change.”
DENTON, Texas — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $1.3 million to the state of Texas for the construction of basic drainage infrastructure for the Retiree Haven subdivision in the city of McAllen.
ATLANTA – The city of Berkeley Lake, Ga., is getting more than $2.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency toward repairs of its Berkeley Lake Dam.
OAKLAND, Calif. - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help the state of Nevada fight the Washoe Fire in Washoe County.
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. -- Fluvanna County is hosting The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM), The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and The Small Business Administration (SBA) to a Town Hall Meeting to provide information to Fluvanna County residents who may have suffered damage from the August 23, 2011 earthquake.
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. -- Masonry chimneys and fireplaces are especially vulnerable to earthquake damage, and many Virginia residents experienced such damage firsthand.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nine states across the central U.S. will participate in The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 10:15 a.m. CST. This second annual central U.S. ShakeOut is a public earthquake drill organized and coordinated by the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium
DENTON, Texas -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is updating flood maps in the Greater New Orleans area following near completion of the Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS).
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. -- Virginia's earthquake declaration has spanned five months and much of central Virginia. News outlets in and around the disaster area diligently spread the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) message, but often residents hear second-hand information
The FBI and San Diego Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man who robbed the Pacific West Bank, 9955 Mission Gorge Road, Santee, California, on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.
On Friday, January 20, 2012, Carolyn Smith and Dante Dayacap were sentenced as a result of an FBI public corruption investigation. Smith received five years’ probation, with a 365-day stayed sentence of custody pending successful completion of probation, 360 hours of community service, and a $1,264 fine.
Keith Slotter, Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego FBI Office, announces the arrest of Steven Craig Hart, age 49, of Carlsbad, California, on bank robbery charges. Hart was arrested as a result of a multi-jurisdictional investigation conducted in the “Dying Son Bandit” bank robbery investigation.
SACRAMENTO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Daniel Richard Garcia, 30, of Fairfield was convicted today of malicious use of explosives, possession of a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence, and two counts of possession of unregistered destructive devices.
LOS ANGELES—The former director of construction for Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena was sentenced this morning to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay $4.8 million in restitution for orchestrating a kickback scheme in which companies were paid for work that was never done at the Pasadena hospital.
ANCHORAGE—United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today, January 23, 2012, that a federal grand jury in Anchorage has returned a superseding indictment against three Fairbanks area residents charging them with additional federal offenses, including conspiracy to kill federal officers and employees.
MONTGOMERY, AL—Jonathan Michael Slaughter, age 47, of Montgomery, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark E. Fuller to 51 months in federal prison based on his mail fraud conviction arising out of his theft of nearly $900,000 from 20 school districts or private schools in 13 states, U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr., announced toda
MONTGOMERY, AL—Brooks L. Lazenby, age 44, of Prattville, entered a guilty plea to a one-count felony information charging him with bank fraud, U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr., announced today.
HUNTSVILLE—Federal and local police arrested two men Wednesday in Boaz on illegal drug distribution charges resulting from a federal indictment returned in December, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley.
Evidence presented during the trial established that on May 11, 2011, STARKS and BYRD carjacked a victim’s vehicle from the parking lot of Liquor Express located on University Drive in Huntsville. BYRD forced the victim to drive the vehicle away while holding a gun to his head from the backseat.
1/21/2012 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) -- Airmen undergoing their fitness tests at high-altitude bases can breathe easier during fitness testing thanks to the efforts of Air Force Academy leaders and the Human Performance Laboratory.
1/22/2012 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- This NCO is always there. If you're feeling down, she will comfort you. If you're eating by yourself, she will sit by you, and, if you're looking to improve your fitness, she'll whip your body into shape. She is ... the ultimate wingman.
1/23/2012 - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The newest member of the United States Air Force Band is leading the Ceremonial Brass as the conductor during their first American concert tour Jan. 11-23 throughout Florida.
1/23/2012 - CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AFNS) -- Air Force Reserve Combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., supported the successful launch of a Delta IV rocket carrying the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite at 7:38 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 here Jan. 19.
1/23/2012 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Laughlin was officially announced the busiest airfield and combined air traffic control tower in the Air Force for 2011 on Jan. 10 by the Air Force Flight Standards Agency for having a total of 337,439 operations.
1/23/2012 - SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- Since Jan. 13, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron here has been busy disposing of an old and trusted satellite.
1/24/2012 - HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Officials with the 49th Wing announced a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper performed an emergency landing Jan. 23 at approximately 9:45 p.m. just south of the base.
1/24/2012 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- The demand for flying training caused by the United States' entry into World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor, resulted in the creation of the Air Corps Flying Training Command January 23, 1942.
1/24/2012 - SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- The Air Force Network Integration Center will host its first Software Development Forum on Feb. 7 as part of an effort to standardize requirements for applications on the Air Force Network.
WEST LFAYETTE, Ind. - Farmers have been given more time to terminate their cover crops after the excessively wet spring of last year prevented many of them from doing that in time to meet a crop insurance deadline.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Pork producers can learn about trends, legislation and studies involving the industry at the Central Indiana Pork Conference in Rossville.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University opened its ADM Agricultural Innovation Center on Wednesday (Jan.18), heralding it as offering greater laboratory and classroom opportunities for students in the university's top-rated Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University opened its ADM Agricultural Innovation Center on Wednesday (Jan.18), heralding it as offering greater laboratory and classroom opportunities for students in the university's top-rated Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Bay Area Children's Theatre and the Oregon Children's Theatre will present the all-new musical "The Magic School Bus - LIVE: The Climate Challenge," at 3 p.m. on Feb. 12 in Purdue University's Loeb Playhouse.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is closing the retention gap between underrepresented minority students and the general student population to less than 2.5 percent, President France A. Córdova said Thursday (Jan. 19).
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's College of Education and Kappa Delta Pi education honor society will host a community screening of the documentary "American Teacher" on Jan. 31.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Hog producers have remained cautious about expanding their breeding herds despite the industry's return to profitability – a wise decision considering there is still much economic uncertainty for them, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The NEXTRANS Center at Purdue University has been awarded a $3.5 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to advance research and education programs that address the nation's critical transportation challenges.
Purdue will announce an initiative designed to move university and faculty research discoveries to the marketplace more quickly with the goal of increasing university revenue and enhancing state and national economic development.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University police are encouraging students to report harassing phone calls after a campus sorority received several such calls.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Greenhouse bedding plant growers can save themselves time, money or possibly both by giving cuttings in propagation more light, according to a Purdue University study.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — NBC has reported that it sold out advertising time for this year's Super Bowl broadcast before the end of last year. And 30-second spots sold for a record $3.5 million.
Jesse Greene, former vice president of financial management and chief financial risk officer for IBM, and Jack Mitchell, chairman and CEO of retail stores Mitchells/Richards/Marshs and Wilkes Bashford, have joined Columbia Business School as executives in residence.
NEWARK, NJ – Most Americans die without a will even though the Constitution provides sweeping protections for “testamentary freedom,” which is the power to control the succession of property at death.
You don’t have to spend a fortune to enjoy great classical music, jazz, a choral concert or dance performance this winter and spring. Rutgers University in Newark is hosting a series of concerts and dance performances, all of which are open to the public; all concerts on campus are free of charge.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – With a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses and the public.
Environmental factors in many predominantly African-American communities – neighborhoods fortified with bullet-proof glass and barbed wire, for example, and bus ads aggressively pushing the glories of alcohol -- have long been suspected of playing a role in residents’ mental and emotional health.
Academic colleagues and representatives from the world of ballooning have been paying tribute to Dr Janet Folkes - the high flying University of Nottingham academic who has died after a long battle with cancer.
Horse owners are most likely to use their vet to guide the choice of nutritional supplements they feed their animal, but also rely heavily on recommendations from other riders, a unique study has revealed.
The world’s first centre of excellence specialising in pioneering research into the early detection of cancer will be officially opened at The University of Nottingham on Thursday January 26 2012.
Climategate, Nuttgate, opposition to GM crops, the MMR and BSE health scares: over the last 30 years high profile political crises surrounding the integrity of research, the status of expert advice and governance of new technologies have challenged the authority of science; increased tensions in the relationship between government and science;
Thousands of members of the Penn State and State College community turned out for a candlelight vigil on the Old Main Lawn to mourn the death of legendary Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno, who passed away today (Jan. 22) at the age of 85.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The family of Joe Paterno has completed the funeral arrangements for the legendary Penn State educator, coach and humanitarian, who passed away Sunday, Jan. 22. Two public viewings will be held, as well as a public memorial, “A Memorial For Joe,” on the University Park campus.
