PressZoom.com - News http://presszoom.com 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com http://presszoom.com/small_logo.gif text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172171.html The New York City Housing Authority applauds and welcomes City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn’s announcement today that NYCHA will receive $10 million from the City Council to help fund repairs and hire public housing residents to perform those repairs in Fiscal Year 2013. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172130.html TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM - The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) Board of Directors reviewed plans today to design, build and program the Spaceport America Visitor Experience. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172129.html Arlington, Va. -- President Obama highlighted the efforts of team members, teachers and parents from a Presidio, Texas, school that worked to raise funds to participate in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) contest in remarks at the second White House Science Fair. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172128.html WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other senior agency officials joined President Obama in honoring student science fair winners from across the country at the second annual White House Science Fair today in the East Wing of the White House. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172127.html Boston, MA — Using whole-genome sequencing, a team led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Broad Institute has traced the path of the E. coli outbreak that sickened thousands and killed over 50 people in Germany in summer 2011 and also caused a smaller outbreak in France. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172126.html NEW YORK, February 6, 2012 — Predictive modeling continues to gain momentum among North American property & casualty (P&C) insurers, according to findings from global professional services company Towers Watson’s (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW) third predictive modeling survey. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172125.html On February 1, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced charges against 12 defendants for participating in a $250 million cell phone cloning scheme. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172124.html Today,I am honored to be named U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s first-ever public advocate. As ICE continues to implement detention reforms and other enforcement-related initiatives, my staff and I will serve as a point of contact for individualswho have concerns, questions, recommendations or important issues they would like to raise text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172123.html Annapolis—ARINC Incorporated today announced it will be the official base camp sponsor of the second expedition of “Soldiers to Summits” when it ascends Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador this December. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172122.html Annapolis—The Advanced Systems Engineering and Integration Division of ARINC Engineering Services today announced it is offering an expanded supercomputing capability at its Annapolis, Maryland headquarters. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172121.html North Walsham, February 2012 Norfolk businesswomen Nikki Jones and Phillipa Masters who own and run Norstead Hall Kennels & Groomers as well as Moore & Masters, a fairground hire business have agreed fresh funding from their banking partners NatWest to support the growth of both businesses. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172120.html South San Francisco, Calif. -- February 7, 2012 -- Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company's Biologics License Application for pertuzumab and granted Priority Review. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172119.html WASHINGTON (Feb. 5, 2012)—Two world-renowned filmmakers were killed in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday. Mike deGruy, a biologist and conservationist, and Andrew Wight, a pilot and underwater cave diver, were in Australia working with James Cameron and National Geographic on a documentary film. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172104.html NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a lawsuit against several of the nation’s largest banks charging that the creation and use of a private national mortgage electronic registry system known as MERS has resulted in a wide range of deceptive and fraudulent foreclosure filings in New York state and federal courts text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172103.html NEW YORK -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement today following the decision by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that Proposition 8, California’s ban on marriage equality, violated the Constitution text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172102.html HOUSTON -- More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency. After a thorough selection process, which includes interviews and medical examinations, nine to 15 people will be selected to become part of the 21st astronaut class. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172101.html NASA and the American Physical Society (APS) have begun a partnership to share videos from the International Space Station with students, educators and science fans around the world. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172100.html WASHINGTON -- NASA's Spinoff 2011 publication, now available online, reveals how the space agency's ingenuity and partnerships have saved thousands of lives, generated billions of dollars, and created thousands of American jobs. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172099.html The 19-year-old, whose album was released under the name Mat Brandon, has been playing piano since the age of 5 and songwriting since 12. Then his work was brought to the attention of SR-71 frontman Mitch Allan. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172098.html Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Dr. Sina Rabbany, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) 2012 College of Fellows, an annual roster of the nation’s top scientists in the field. Since 1991, the College of Fellows has led the way for technological growth and advancement in the fields of medical text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172097.html MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate innovators will present 14 inventions on Feb. 9-10 in Engineering Hall on the College of Engineering campus as part of the annual Innovation Days. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172096.html MADISON - The spring semester will be bursting with arts events across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during the university's Year of the Wisconsin Idea. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172095.html MADISON - Using lab-grown human neurons, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an effective assay for detecting botulinum neurotoxin, the agent widely used to cosmetically smooth the wrinkles of age and, increasingly, for an array of medical disorders ranging from muscle spasticity to loss of bladder control. text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172094.html MADISON - A group of 31 community leaders from all over the state will convene at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the Wisconsin Idea Scholars Program. The group includes CEOs, nonprofit leaders, farmers, small business owners and others to discuss what matters to them, their communities and how the Wisconsin Idea can continue to grow text/html 2012-02-11T12:00:02+01:00 http://presszoom.com PressZoom.com http://presszoom.com/story_172093.html I have been informed by the University of Wisconsin Police Department that it is investigating a second allegation involving John Chadima and an adult male.