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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI), a provider of post-secondary education services focused on providing higher access to higher education, announced today that Ashford University has signed an articulation agreement with Folsom Lake College. The school is part of California's Los Rios Community College District, one of the largest in the state, serving about 85,000 students. Through the agreement, students will now be able to transfer up to...

FOLSOM, Calif., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Walnut Board is committed to educating and empowering Americans to embrace a healthier lifestyle. Today its Smart Menus Campaign, which launched in 2008, is expanding. Designed to provide approachable wellness and menu planning tips along with delicious, wholesome recipes that are easy enough to be made right at home, this year the program is expanding to include physical activity and exercise options to motivate people to Go...

FOLSOM, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Walnut lovers visiting the California Walnuts website at walnuts.org will find even more reasons to love the consumer-favorite, tasty and nutritious nut. The California Walnut Board announced today that it has revamped its website that now offers more resource information for health, food, and industry professionals, "Smart Living" tips as well as delicious recipes for even the most discerning taste buds. Health professionals will find valuable...

FOLSOM, California, August 12 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, August 17th at 1:30PM in Hensill Hall 113, attendees of the 90th Annual Pacific Division Meeting of the AAAS in San Francisco will get to learn about the latest efforts in science communication from some of the brightest minds in the field." The symposium is called "Good Science is Only Part of the Job: Communicating Science to the Public." (Online link: http://www.sou.edu/aaaspd/2009SANFRANCISCO/Symposia09.html#15). As...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Scanning the CDC website can be a frightening experience for a patient awaiting surgery. The CDC concedes that over two million patients will acquire a hospital infection this year, and that as many as 100,000 will die as a result. CDC studies found that hospital infections double patient mortality and morbidity risks and add 9 additional days to a hospital stay on average, costing hospitals as much as $111,000 per patient. Infection Control...

A San Diego man has been found guilty of selling an electronic device that he claimed could cure serious diseases with electrical impulses. Federal prosecutors said James Folsom, 68, sold about 9,000 of the devices during a decade, grossing as much as $8 million, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The product names he used included NatureTronics, AstroPulse, BioSolutions, Energy Wellness and Global Wellness. Folsom faces up to 140 years in prison and large fines when he is sentenced....

FOLSOM, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008 and provide its outlook for 2009 after the close of the stock market on February 17, 2009. The Company will be hosting an investor conference call related to this release on February 17th at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time. To access the call, listeners should dial 800-322-5044 (domestic) or 617- 614-4927 (international)...

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- It is one of those dates that is embedded in music history - and should be embedded in American history, if it is not already. January 13, 1968, the day that Johnny Cash and his crew - June Carter (two months before their wedding), Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, and the Tennessee Three (guitarist Luther Perkins, bassist Marshall Grant, drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland), rolled into northern California's notorious maximum security lockup and gave a...

FOLSOM, California, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- ION Publications LLC, publisher of ScientificBlogging.com, (http://www.scientificblogging.com/) The world's premier online science community, has released its version 2.0. ScientificBlogging.com (http://www.scientificblogging.com/) is the world's largest independent online science community and a place where world-class scientists, professionals and science enthusiasts alike contribute to writing science articles and blogs while...

Marquiss Wind Power Inc., an innovator in developing and deploying wind turbine technology, today announced that its wind turbine technology has met the requirements from two Northern California electric utilities to connect to the power grid. The important milestone allows Folsom, Calif.-based Marquiss Wind Power's customers to seamlessly connect to the power grid, reduce their need to rely on traditional power - and open the way for expansion of the use of wind power. Pacific Gas &...