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PHOENIX, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law yesterday the expansion of an Arizona school choice program, explicitly making children of active military members eligible to participate - a first nationwide. The expansion of the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program also makes students in failing public schools or school districts and those adopted out of the ...

Three experts on mine and workplace safety and health were named Monday to research ways to make U.S. coal mines safer as part of Alpha Natural Resources Inc.'s settlement with the federal government following the nation's worst mine disaster in 40 years.

South Central Bank works with contractors to offer homeowners affordable financing for home improvements in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee.(PRWEB) May 14, 2012 South Central Bank is increasing its network of contractors in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic regions in an effort to help ...

In the contentious debate surrounding gay marriage, a couple of conservative talking points stand out for their irrationality. One of those is the notion that allowing same-sex couples to marry would represent a gross usurpation of religious freedom.Like the equally ridiculous idea that homosexual marriage would somehow undermine heterosexual marriage, the notion of infringing on religious ...

RESTON, Va., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The .ORG Advisory Council has been a valuable global resource for the Public Interest Registry (PIR) management for providing advice on policy, outreach, and new services to improve registry operations and support the noncommercial .ORG community. The council consists of 12 members, with at least 2 from each of the following 6 regions: Asia ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday on a bipartisan deal to keep the U.S. Export-Import Bank operating past May 31st and gradually raise its lending cap to $140 billion, a House leadership aide said on Monday. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican, and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, struck the deal on ...

A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina's Roanoke Island in the late 16th century.

Area Hotels to Host Delegates from 50 States, D.C. and 5 U.S. Territories

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Union and Confederate Army re-enactors participate in the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Williamsburg during a commemorative ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5 in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area.

MUNCIE, Ind.—Johnny Whitmire shuts off his lawn mower and takes a long draw from a water bottle. He sloshes the liquid from cheek to cheek and squirts it between his work boots. He is sweating through his white T-shirt. His jeans are dirty. His middle-aged back hurts like hell. But the calf-high grass is cut, and the weeds are tamed at 1900 W. 10th St., a house that Whitmire and his family once ...