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CLEVELAND, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Media representatives are invited to join NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver as she visits the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on Thursday, May 16 and tours facilities advancing future spaceflight missions. The locations include Lewis Field and the Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Garver will tour several facilities at Lewis Field beginning at 12:15...

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A bi-partisan group of House members have filed legislation that would prevent the expansion of the Medicare bidding process for home medical equipment and replace it with a more effective procurement system, one that would provide quality goods and services to Medicare beneficiaries and slow job losses in the industry, says the American Association for Homecare. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130515/DC14161) The...

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) WEDNESDAY, MAY 15: ARRESTING NUMBERS Profile America --Wednesday, May 15th. ( )This week, we honor those civil servants to whom we owe much, including the peace and safety of our neighborhoods. It's National Police Week, signed into law in 1962 by President John Kennedy, designating this day...

Taking an online boating course can help boaters stay safe and comply with the law OTTAWA, May 15, 2013 /CNW/ - Online boating educator BOATERexam.com will join boating organizations across Canada in raising awareness during National Safe Boating Week, which runs from May 18(th) until the 24(th). One of the key messages of the week is the importance of taking an approved boating safety course, a message supported by the Canadian Safe Boating Council. For this year's National...

IRVINE, Calif., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of its client Greenlight Financial Services, Inc. ("Greenlight"), Rhema Law Group prevailed in a jury trial against defendant Internet Brands, Inc. ("Internet Brands") on claims for breach of contract and breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Greenlight asserted that Internet Brands breached a settlement agreement entered into by both parties, resolving prior litigation involving claims of trademark infringement of...

-- Company schedules conference call for today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time -- HOUSTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS) today announced that investment funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (the "CD&R Funds"), the holders of the Company's preferred shares, have delivered formal notice that they will convert all of their preferred shares to common shares. The conversion will eliminate all outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock,...

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," an educational tribute to America's first woman in space on Monday, May 20. The special event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. EDT. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO )...

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Phosphate Chemicals Export Association, Inc. (PhosChem) reached agreement to supply 400,000 tonnes of diammonium phosphate (DAP) to two large Indian customers for shipment between now and September 2013. The price is at current market levels. About PhosChemPhosChem was founded in 1974 in accordance with the provisions of the Webb-Pomerene Act and is the export marketing association for its members. The Act was created to promote...

KYIV, Ukraine, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council of the European Union has approved ratification of the amended EU-Ukraine visa facilitation agreement. It is expected that the agreement will come into force starting July 1, 2013, said Ukraine's commissioner on foreign policy and integration processes and representative to the EU Kostiantyn Yeliseyev. The agreement expands the categories of Ukrainian citizens eligible for the simplified procedure of getting free...

After benefits were denied in an Iowa Workers' Compensation case, work comp lawyer Walker filed an appeal in which the agency found that the injured worker suffered an injury to his lungs and developed the disease of histoplasmosis due to his work activities. Des Moines, Iowa (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 On April 8, 2013, the Iowa Workers' Compensation agency reversed a decision denying work comp benefits to a deceased worker and his surviving spouse. Elvert v. City of Davenport, IWC...