Marathon Oil Corporation and its partners, announced today that the Neptune development inthe deepwater Gulf of Mexico has begun production of oil and natural gas.Neptune is being developed with a ten...

Olympus Partners is pleased to announce that it has acquired Ann's House of Nuts, Inc. through a newly formed, affiliated entity. Ann's House of Nuts, Inc., headquartered in Jessup, Md., is...

LOS ANGELES, July 6 /PRNewswire/ - Melrose Jewelerswww.melrosejewelers.com today announced the top 5 Rolex President Watch Modelsdemanded in America on its website MelroseJewelers.com in Q1 2008

The Pennsylvania Lottery'sMillionaire Raffle game has created four new millionaires.

Following is the transcript of the July 5 radio address by President Bush to the nation:

versus words you can't." (MarkHalperin, "Clinton Remarks On Obama Iraq And Environmental Policies," Time's"The Page" Blog, thepage.time.com, 3/11/08)

Permanent Privacy (visithttp://www.permanentprivacy.com) announces the world's first practical dataencryption system that is absolutely unbreakable. And is offering a$1,000,000 challenge to anyon...

SYDNEY, NSW Australia, July 5 /PRNewswire/ - Melrose Jewelers Australiahttp://www.MelroseJewelers.com.au Announces the 2008 Australia Pre owned RolexAward Winners: McGlades Jewellers ( mcglades.com.au...

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As part of her officialvisit to Vietnam, U.S. Agency for International Development AdministratorHenrietta Fore presided at a ceremonial opening of the agency's new mission inHanoi.

Pennsylvania's new educationbudget lays the foundation for academic success for all students by providingthe largest increase in basic education funding in at least two decades, whilealso introdu...

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Governor Edward G.Rendell today hailed Pennsylvania's major new investments in energy, educationand infrastructure in the commonwealth's $28...

Secretary of Public WelfareEstelle B. Richman today said the Governor's newly enacted 2008-09 budget willmeet the critical needs of Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens, as well asintrodu...

Governor Edward G.Rendell will sign Senate Bill 949 at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 7, at the RobenaMiners Memorial, 2801 East Roy Furman Highway, Carmichaels, Greene County.S.B. 949 provides for the first ...

TORONTO, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tahera Diamond Corporation (TSX-TAH). As previously announced, the Companyintends to satisfy the alternative information guidelines recommended byOntario Secur...

Jesse Helms, my friend andlong-time senator from my home state of North Carolina, was a man ofconsistent conviction to conservative ideals and courage to faithfully serveGod and country based on princ...

MPX Energia S.A.(Bovespa: MPXE3), informs that civil works at UTE Porto do Pecem have begun.

TORONTO, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - TD Securities has regrettablyidentified incorrectly priced financial instruments in its London, UK office.The Company's examination has determined that th...

Infinity Bio-EnergyLtd. (AIM: IBI.L) is pleased to announce todaythat it has completed an aggregate of approximately US$38 million in newfinancing comprising approximately US$17 million of common eq...

"What better way tocelebrate the founding of our nation than... um, by... blogging?" So beginsthe introductory post on the new WashingtonWatch.com blog.

Realty Executives Southern Arizona,the top locally-owned real estate brokerage in Southern Arizona announcedtoday that it has entered into a relationship with Redington Home Loans, aregion-wide mortga...

TORONTO, July 4 /PRNewswire/ - Teachers' Private Capital, theprivate investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, ProvidenceEquity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and ...

MONTREAL, Quebec, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BCE today announced thecompany has entered into a final agreement with a company formed by aninvestor group led by Teachers' Private Capital, the...

Leading global loyalty marketingspecialists Visible Results have appointed Steve Marquis as Director, BusinessDevelopment in its US office. Marquis will be responsible for driving VisibleResults'...

Australia's newestinternational airline, V Australia, has announced it will launch non-stopflights between Los Angeles and Brisbane, Queensland Australia, from earlynext year giving American trav...

Shanda InteractiveEntertainment Limited , or Shanda, a leading interactiveentertainment media company in China, today announced the establishment of itsthird business unit, Shanda Literature Limited ,...

The PennsylvaniaEnvironmental Council praised the Pennsylvania General Assembly forgiving final approval to House Bill 1705, legislation that will ratify theGreat Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Wat...

PrivateBancorp, Inc. today announced that on July 1, 2008, in connection with andpursuant to its previously announced Transformation Equity Award Program, fourof its recently hired managing directors ...

The July 5 issue of theleading medical journal, The Lancet, highlights the Declaration of Istanbulon Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, an important affirmation ofethical principles and practic...

The Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner today praised the passage of legislation that will require all cigarettes sold in Pennsylvania to be "fire safe."

Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed a measure into law that's designed to decrease the number of abuse-related child injuries and deaths in Pennsylvania.

The biggest boom of the holiday weekend might be at Stanford Stadium when Drum Corps International - Marching Music's Major League - presents the DCI West Championship, featuring the reigning Wor...

The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP:

The Asian American JournalistsAssociation today announced the winners of its 2008 national journalismawards.

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (http://www.vasco.com), a leading software security companyspecializing in authentication products, today announced that it willreinforce its presence in Asia b...

Only Natural Pet Store, the largestonline retailer of natural pet supplies for dogs and cats, will open the doorsto its new retail store on July 11th in Boulder. With 3,500 square feet in thenew space...

The following release is being issued by the Republican National Committee:

Grubb & EllisHealthcare REIT, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Medical Portfolio 2.The portfolio consists of three medical buildings in Missouri: 5551 Winghaven,969 North Mason St. and 909 ...

Granite ConstructionIncorporated announced today that Granite Construction Company, awholly-owned subsidiary, was awarded a $39.2 million contract by theCalifornia Department of Transportation to wid...

With the Fourth of July weekendapproaching and families and friends gathering outdoors, the Mosquito andVector Control Association of California is encouraging everyone totake precautions against Wes...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers todayissued the last permits needed to reconstruct a dock for loading barges withsand and gravel for transport from an existing mine on Maury Island.

Chindex International, Inc., an independent American provider of international healthcareservices and Western healthcare products in the People's Republic of China,today announced that it has rec...

G8 failure on food prices, biofuels, and climate change places 1.7 billion people - 25% of the world's population - at risk of hunger, warns anti-poverty agency ActionAid.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in reaction to the rescue of three Americans among the 15 people held captive by Colombian rebels. Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Thomas H...

HOPE NOW claims in a press release today that the mortgage lending industry's program of facilitating voluntary workouts for distressed mortgage holders has helped 1.7 million borrowers stay in t...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives , along with the Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, continues the investigation into the i...

Regarding the completely fabricateditem about GO3 Omega-3 fish oil capsules that appears in the July 14, 2008edition of Star magazine, none of the parties named in this false andmisleading story were ...

NavigatorMD, Inc., a leading'benefits intelligence' software company providing integrated healthcare plananalytics in support of Value-Based Plan Design development, announced theaddition of...

The main mirror for NASA's new airborne eye on the universe is now ready for installation after being transformed from a carefully shaped and polished piece of glass into a highly reflective opti...

The following was released today by the National Press Club:

Champion Enterprises, Inc., a leader in factory-built construction, announced today that itwill release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 28, 2008on Thursday, July 17, 2008 befor...

Microsoft Corp. willrelease fiscal year 2008 fourth-quarter financial results after the close ofthe market on Thursday, July 17, 2008. A live webcast of the earningsconference call will be made availa...

Mountain 1st Bank &Trust Company today announced that the Bank hassponsored the implementation of the nationally acclaimed Senior CrimestoppersProgram at Carolina Village residential center in He...