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WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eight years after the September 11th attacks, the House of Representatives today approved the "Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009" (H.R. 2868). This is the first time either house of Congress has approved permanent and comprehensive chemical security legislation. "Although it's a compromise, this bill represents a historic first step toward protecting the 100 million Americans living in the shadow of high-risk chemical plants," said...

GREENSBORO, N.C., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Civil Rights Center & Museum (Museum) announced today that it has named Bamidele Demerson as curator and program director. Demerson will be responsible for overseeing the Museum's exhibits, artifacts and educational programming. The Museum, located in downtown Greensboro, N.C., will open Feb. 1, 2010, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. "Bamidele has an extensive leadership background in...

"Road sign" underscores the danger of global warming inaction PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Greenpeace activists are in the process of rappelling off of Pittsburgh's iconic West End bridge with a massive banner displaying their message to G20 leaders gathering for tomorrow's summit. The banner, nearly 80-feet by 30-feet in size, took the form of a stylized "road sign" that warns of the political maneuvering and delay that have put a international climate treaty in...

Frustrated Catholics from 7 States join DC area pro-life advocates to ask the U.S. Bishops: "At what price will we betray innocent blood?" Catholics From Hawaii, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia will pray, hold signs, and go in to speak with USCCB officials. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Randall Terry, Director, Operation Rescue Insurrecta Nex: Time and Location: Wednesday, September 23, 12:00 Noon to 1:00 P.M.,...

Nearly 60 protesters gathered outside of Atlanta City Hall to protest a recent police raid on a local gay nightclub, an activist says. Community activist Mike Alvear told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Saturday's protest was intended to oppose the raid of Atlanta Eagle on Sept. 10 that resulted in 62 club patrons being detained and allegedly searched illegally. We were mugged by the police, Alvear, 50, said at Saturday's protest. They stole our dignity the same way crooks steal our...

Canada's effort to expand extraction of oil from tar sands in the Alberta province was criticized by Greenpeace on Monday when the environmental group accused the country of contributing to a "global climate crisis," AFP reported.Canada, along with Japan, is seeking to block progress towards a new global climate change agreement to be finalized at a December summit in Copenhagen, according to the Greenpeace report entitled "Dirty Oil".Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper...

Organizers of a rally against a ban on nudity at a traditionally clothing-optional California beach said more than 100 people disrobed for the protest. Allen Baylis, the Huntington Beach, Calif., attorney who organized the Sunday protest, said participants shed their clothing at the San Onofre State Beach's Trail 6 and held up signs protesting the state Department of Parks and Recreation's ban on nudity at the location, the Orange County (Calif.) Register reported Monday. It shows the Parks...

A California nudist group said it is planning a nude protest at the state-run Trail 6 beach in San Onofre against a new ban on going naked. Allen Baylis, a Huntington Beach, Calif., attorney and a leader of the Naturist Action Committee, said the group is calling for beach-goers to shed their clothing at Trail 6 Sunday to protest the state Department of Parks and Recreation's announcement that nude sunbathers will be cited at the beach, which was previously considered clothing-optional, the...

WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue:Pro-life leaders to hold press conference discussing potential backlash -- including the potential of unwanted violence -- if Congress votes to take taxpayer money to kill the innocent.Address: National Press Building, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DCTime and Date: 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 21Leaders to be present:Randall Terry, Founder. Operation RescueMissy Smith,...

Officials in Laguna Niguel, Calif., said increased law enforcement did not stop about 1,000 people from participating in the city's annual Mooning of Amtrak. Police Chief Lt. Andy Ferguson said Saturday's event was far calmer than last year, when police witnessed public intoxication, urination and defecation among the crowd of 8,000 to 10,000 people showing their rear ends to passing trains, the Orange County (Calif.) Register reported Monday. Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County...