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WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) SATURDAY, AUGUST 18: WOMEN GAIN RIGHT TO VOTE Profile America -- Saturday, August 18th. An emotional and legal battle that lasted many decades ended on this date in 1920, changing the course of U.S. political history. The event was the certification of the 19th Amendment to the...

MANASSAS, Va., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, issued the following statement concerning the political implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare: "The 2010 Tea Party wave election was all about the average American's anger over the individual mandate and the oppressive big government that it represents. The Supreme Court's narrow decision upholding the individual mandate has raised that anger to...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since the recent U.S. recession's official end in 2009, poverty has increased; homeownership, home values, and income are still declining; and blacks and Hispanics continue to be hardest hit, according to a new report by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). PRB's "Post-Recession Update on U.S. Social and Economic Trends," by Linda A. Jacobsen and Mark Mather, finds that while the unemployment rate in November 2011 fell to 8.6%...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban Barns Foods Inc. (URBF.QB) ("Company" or "Urban Barns"), a leading authority on sustainable development of fresh vegetables has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Caribbean Produce Exchange Inc., a leading distributor of produce in Puerto Rico. Under the terms of the MOU, Caribbean Produce intends to purchase for local distribution produce grown by Urban Barns at a Puerto Rico Cubic Farming facility. Mr....

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), an organization representing 5,000 members in the transportation industry, today awarded Abertis' Jordi Graells, Private Sector Entrepreneur of the Year for the ARTBA Public Private Partnership (PPP) Division. Mr. Graells serves as President of Abertis U.S.A. The ceremony took place at ARTBA's 23rd annual PPP Conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The conference...

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 500 guests from over eight countries gathered Saturday night in New York City to celebrate the Happy Hearts Fund Land of Dreams: Haiti event and to recognize "Heart of Gold" honoree Renee Haugerud and "Lifetime Achievement" honoree Sean Penn. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111109/NY03558-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111109/NY03558-b ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111109/NY03558-c ) (Photo:...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Population Reference Bureau's redesigned and expanded DataFinder website now allows users to search hundreds of population and health indicators for thousands of U.S. and international locations. Users can easily create custom maps, tables, and charts to print, download, and publish without any fees or registration requirements. DataFinder now offers a huge easy-to-access U.S. database of indicators from the U.S. Census Bureau's...

Haiti and the global community should work together to build a robust science sector that can help the nation recover from last year's deadly earthquake, support future development, and improve the lives of Haiti's people, says a new AAAS report by Haitian and international scientists and educators. The report, Science for Haiti, offers a set of strategic goals for increasing science capacity and urges collaboration between Haitian scientists, the international science community, donor and...

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing the efforts of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the Florida Supreme Court has revised the Oath of Admission to The Florida Bar to include a pledge of "fairness, integrity, and civility" to opponents, not only in court, but also "in all written and oral communications." Commenting that "concerns have grown about acts of incivility among members of the legal profession," the high court noted ABOTA's efforts to stress...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Summary of Key Findings: The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2010, median household income declined, the poverty rate increased and the percentage without health insurance coverage was not statistically different from the previous year. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) Real median household income in the United States in 2010 was $49,445, a 2.3 percent decline from the 2009 median. The nation's...