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Study on smokers' brains may mark dawn of a new age in advertising Advertisers and public health officials may be able to access hidden wisdom in the brain to more effectively sell their products and promote health and safety, UCLA neuroscientists report in the first study to use brain data to predict how large populations will respond to advertisements. Thirty smokers who were trying to quit watched television commercials from three advertising campaigns, which all ended by showing the...
Jedidiah Becker for RedOrbit.com There’s a battle raging on Capitol Hill over the details of a new bill that will attempt to mandate cybersecurity measures for a number of private-sector companies. After a group of web security experts urged the Senate Thursday to include tighter security mandates for a number critical industries’ networks, Republican senators pushed back Friday, alleging that the legislation would arbitrarily overextend federal authority in the infrastructure of...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today more than a dozen members of Congress from both sides of the aisle joined with No Labels to call for bipartisan seating at President Obama's State of the Union address on Jan. 24. Members of Congress voluntarily sat together at last year's State of the Union to honor Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)."When we sit together as Americans rather than as partisans we can begin sending the message that we are willing to stand up...
WASHINGTON, Nov 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the national unemployment rate for the American construction industry increased to 13.9% in October, it is unacceptable that a minority of the United States Senate has blocked the consideration of the Rebuild America Jobs legislation. This disappointing vote reinforces the frustration that our members have with those 49 Senators who refused to allow an important, and much-needed debate on infrastructure legislation that would have put...
Senators Lieberman and Collins' deficit reduction plan hits federal employees hard, leaves contractors largely unscathed WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees today expressed its profound disappointment regarding the deficit reduction recommendations proposed by the leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine,...
LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Penske Media Corporation (formerly Mail.com Media Corporation), today announced the hiring of David Lieberman as Executive Editor of Deadline.com effective April 11th. The 17-year USA Today veteran who is a Senior Media Reporter and runs the USA Today CEO Forum will be based in PMC's New York office to cover a wide array of issues including Big Media corporate finance, technological convergence, and the digital revolution as part of a...
After criticism from congressional staff, Amazon decided to boot Wikileaks from its servers, forcing the whistleblower website to use Web-hosting services in Europe, Wikileaks said Wednesday. According to the Associated Press (AP), Senator Joe Lieberman said Amazon was questioned about its relationship with Wikileaks, which led to the online retail company cutting its ties with the whistleblower website. Wikileaks confirmed the ousting hours after AP reported that Amazon's servers had...
Senator Reid Hijacks Senate for His Own Political Re-Election Bid WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Log Cabin Republicans are appalled by the overwrought political actions by Senate Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) by merely allowing 3 Democrat-only amendments to the Defense Authorization Bill (FY2011 NDAA). Right now, Senator Harry Reid is not permitting any open debate or other amendments to this bill. However, one of the 3 amendments that does have Senator Harry Reid's full...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Senators Joseph Lieberman (ID-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) today introduced The First Responders Protection Act of 2010 to provide resources to the nation's public safety community for building an interoperable wireless network. Verizon Wireless Vice President and General Counsel Steve Zipperstein supported the legislation with this statement: "Our nation's public safety officers can do their jobs best when they can communicate with...
Research Conducted by We Can Lead Shows Voters in States Represented by Moderate Republican U.S. Senators Support Comprehensive Energy and Climate Solution that Creates Jobs WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In wake of the BP oil spill, comprehensive climate and energy legislation unveiled last week has gained overwhelming support among voters in Massachusetts, Maine, and Florida, states represented by moderate Republican U.S. Senators, according to new opinion research released...
