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Recipients of Tenth Annual Prizes Announced MILWAUKEE, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced today that one of the four 2013 Bradley Prizes will be awarded to Roger Ailes, the Chairman and CEO of FOX News. The award will be presented to Mr. Ailes during the tenth annual Bradley Prizes ceremony that will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, June 12. Each award carries a...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) today reported sales of $63.4 million for the four weeks ended July 28, 2012, up 1% to sales of $63.0 million for the four weeks ended July 30, 2011. Same-store sales for the month were down 2% to the prior year. Sales for the second quarter ended July 28, 2012 were $231.5 million, down 1% from sales of $234.1 million for the second quarter ended July 30, 2011. Second quarter same-store sales...

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHO/ WHAT: True the Vote will co-host a panel with The Heritage Foundation titled, "Ensuring Election Integrity: The Need for Election Reform" on Thurs., July 26, 2012. Speakers will include: Founder and President of True the Vote, Catherine Engelbrecht, former U.S. Congressman Artur Davis (AL), Attorney General Alan Wilson (SC), Secretary of State Scott Gessler (CO), and Secretary of State Kris Kobach (KS). The event will be...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) today reported sales of $83.7 million for the five weeks ended June 30, 2012, a 7% decrease from sales of $90.4 million for the five weeks ended July 2, 2011. Same-store sales for the five-week period decreased 10%. Sales for the twenty-two weeks ended June 30, 2012 were $440.8 million, flat to sales of $442.0 million for the twenty-two weeks ended July 2, 2011. The Company's year-to-date same-store...

EAGAN, Minn., June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Best-selling authors and "textualist" authorities Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner have released their seminal treatise on deriving the meaning of authoritative texts: Reading Law: The Legal Interpretation of Texts, published by Thomson Reuters. The publication of this book is momentous: it's the first publication by a Supreme Court Justice in more than 140 years detailing a fully elaborated philosophy of judicial...

The fallout over the Heartland Institute's controversial, short-lived billboard campaign comparing climate change advocates with infamous terrorists, murderers and cult leaders continued over the weekend, as former partners moved to distance themselves from the skeptics' group. According to Leo Hickman of the Guardian, British multinational alcoholic beverage company Diageo, a former supporter of the organization, announced that they would no longer provide funds to the thinktank. A...

A Chicago-based, conservative and libertarian think tank has told the Washington Post that they are going to abandon a brief but controversial advertising campaign which claimed that "the most prominent advocates of global warming aren’t scientists. They are murderers, tyrants, and madmen.” According to reporter Jason Samenow's original report, the Heartland Institute, a group which promotes climate skepticism, launched a digital billboard campaign featuring Ted Kaczynski, aka the...

Fourth of Four Prize Recipients Announced Today MILWAUKEE, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced today that one of four 2012 Bradley Prizes will be awarded to former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III, the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation. The award will be presented to Mr. Meese during a ceremony to be held at the John F....

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Join Freedom House and the National Press Club on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, for the launch of Freedom House's annual survey of press freedom around the globe: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) "Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East." Freedom House will release the findings of its annual survey at the event, and panelists from Egypt, Mexico and Hungary will...

First of Four Prize Recipients Announced Today MILWAUKEE, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced today that one of four 2012 Bradley Prizes will be awarded to Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, President of the Heritage Foundation. The award will be presented to Dr. Feulner during a ceremony to be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 7. Each award carries a stipend of $250,000....