NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC has joined with eight other civil rights and civil liberties organizations to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that, the groups argue, imposes "unique and onerous" requirements on those claiming to have...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrate My Drive, powered by State Farm,® is proud to announce winners of the campaign designed to raise awareness and promote teen driver safety. One hundred high schools will share in a total of $3.25 million in grants...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce (http://www.uswcc.org) applauds Congress for taking action to protect women-owned firms from competing against ineligible firms for federal women-owned small business set-aside contracts. The 2015 National...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Voto Latino President and CEO Maria Teresa Kumar will host "Changing America" on MSNBC's new portal of streaming-video programming, "Shift by MSNBC" on Tuesdays at 10am EST. With the first show airing on December 16th, "Changing America"...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – California Community Foundation (CCF) has awarded $4,080,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Los Angeles County to address the wide-ranging needs of our region. CCF supports programs and initiatives...

ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In its first foray into off-network series acquisition, Bounce TV has landed the television rights to four shows in individual, multi-year licensing agreements announced today. In the deals, the nation's first-ever and rapidly-expanding...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Theory of Everything, Imitation Game and Birdman are among this year's Top 10 Movies for Grownups, according to AARP The Magazine, whose annual Movies for Grownups® Awards franchise honors outstanding writing, acting, and...

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Women in Communications will present the 2015 Matrix Awards on Monday, April 27, 2015 to honor seven remarkable women who have established themselves in the communications industry. The awards will be given in a luncheon ceremony...

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC condemns the Taliban terror massacre of over 120 innocent people, almost all of them children, at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, and joins the Pakistani nation in mourning the senseless loss of young lives. The attackers burst...

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Civitas Senior Living, LLC will begin construction for, Ledgestone Senior Living, a Senior Lifestyle Apartment Community that offers Independent and Assisted Living Apartments along with a Memory Care Cottage. Construction is...

SINGAPORE, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent oil refiners in eastern China, responsible for some 30% of the nation's refining capacity, are confident of survival despite major headwinds, according to a just-released installment of a 5-part series looking at the...

CINCINNATI, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- OCEAN, the nation's first independent, faith-based startup accelerator, announced its first class of participating companies, who will begin in January 2015 in Cincinnati. OCEAN received hundreds of applicants for its inaugural class,...

HOUSTON, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- 15 yr. old Halston Dare recently learned the harrowing story of the girls of Chibok, who earlier this year were abducted by a heavily armed group of terrorists simply for being girls and going to school. Although clearly a disgusting scenario,...

ORANGE and LOS ANGELES Counties, Calif., Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gary Levine, M.D., nationally recognized breast radiologist, is joining MemorialCare Health System as Medical Director of MemorialCare Breast Centers in Orange and Los Angeles counties. Among California's...

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, a non-profit adoption and family services organization, announced today a change in leadership. Executive Director Emily Forhman has decided to seek new opportunities after a successful...

BALTIMORE, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) launched its "Hope for the Holidays" campaign last month with the goal of collecting and distributing 1,700 holiday cards to each of the women and children being held in family...

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Norman Bridwell, the author/illustrator of the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of children's books, died on Martha's Vineyard on Friday, December 12, 2014. Bridwell created the character of Clifford in 1963 and went on to write and illustrate...

DETROIT, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of the City of Detroit today approved the development plan and budget presented by Detroit Police Athletic League and The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy (OTSC) for the development of the historic Tiger...

LAREDO, Texas, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the past 16 years, the City of Laredo has hosted a Paisano Rest Stop to help Mexican citizens returning home from throughout the U.S. have a smoother experience as they head home for the holidays. This unique...

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed a federal agreement over the rejection of the planned Abu Huraira Islamic Center in St. Anthony Village, Minn. CAIR: St. Anthony Islamic...

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