Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Palo Alto, CA, United States (AHN) – Stanford University became the latest Ivy League school on Friday to reinastate the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The Palo Alto campus’ faculty senate voted 28-9 to let the military set up an ROTC program despite opposition over the ban on transgender people [...]
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Stanford votes to resume ROTC
April 30th, 2011 
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April 23rd, 2011 admin Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Toyota said on Friday it would maintain limited production until the end of the year. The automaker is working to resolve supply chain issues and a crisis triggered by a tsunami in Japan. Production levels in domestic plants are currently at 50 [...]
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April 18th, 2011 admin Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Philadelphia, PA, United States (AHN) – The Philadelphia Orchestra plans to file for Chapter 11 protection to restructure its finances in the face of a $14.5 million deficit. The orchestra’s board of directors decided over the weekend to declare bankruptcy despite opposition from musicians who have been in talks [...]
Posted in federal grant Tags: AHN, bankruptcy, bankruptcy filing, contract, detroit symphony orchestra, Orchestra, pension obligations, Philadelphia, philadelphia orchestra, philadelphia pa, protection, s board, seeks, U.S., United States Comments OffIs MPR’s member drive fear-mongering about federal cuts? | David Brauer Blog
February 14th, 2011 admin Minnesota Public Radio is known for its institutional coolness, but since its member drive started Wednesday, listeners have heard a whiff of panic more like Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds.” The threat: The GOP-controlled U.S. House plan to eliminate the $430 million Corporation for Public Broadcasting subsidy, which in turn subsidizes MPR. The impact: [...]
Posted in federal grant Tags: About, Bill Gray, Bill Kling, Blog, Brauer, CPB, cuts, D.C., David, drive, fearmongering, federal, George W. Bush, Jack Lew, Juan, member, minnesota public radio, MPR, MPR's, Neill, newt gingrich, Orson Welles, orson welles war, orson welles war of the worlds, President Obama, Prof. Steven Smith, Public, speaker newt gingrich, St. Louis, Stan Collender, U.S. Comments OffFed chair: Unemployment rate will take years to drop, deficit ‘unsustainable’
February 12th, 2011 admin Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke says the unemployment rate in the United States will not drop to pre-financial crisis levels for a number of years. Bernanke made that statement Thursday in answer to questions about the economy from the Congressional Committee on the [...]
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February 11th, 2011 admin General Motors plans to award $4.5 million in college scholarships, with an emphasis on disadvantaged students, as it spreads its renewed charitable emphasis from Detroit to the whole U.S. View full post on All Stories
Posted in federal grant Tags: $4.5, 5 million, award, college, college scholarships, Detroit, disadvantaged students, emphasis, General, general motors, Million, Plans, Scholarships, U.S. Comments OffJordanian authorities struggle to contain an angry public
January 23rd, 2011 admin The Media Line Staff Amman, Jordan (TML) – Jordanian authorities have put security forces and police on red alert during the past two weeks as concern that Tunisia’s unemployment revolt which toppled President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali could ignite an already angry Jordanian public. The army, gendarmerie and other police units have been banned [...]
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January 3rd, 2011 admin SAO PAULO (AP) — The designers of the logo for the 2016 Rio Olympics insist any similarities to one from a U.S. foundation is a coincidence. View full post on All Stories
Posted in federal grant Tags: 2016, After, coincidence, denies, designers, Foundation, logo, olympics, plagiarism, Rio, SAO PAULO, U.S., unveiling Comments OffStelmach forecasts balanced budget for Alberta in 2011
January 3rd, 2011 admin Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Calgary, Alberta, Canada (AHN) – Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach forecast a quick economic recovery for the oil sands-producing province. He said because of the swift recovery, Alberta will lead Canada’s recovery while the province’s books will return to black in 2011, one year ahead of previous prediction. Alberta is only [...]
Posted in federal grant Tags: 2011, Alberta, balanced, budget, budget deficit, calgary alberta canada, Canada, canadian energy, Ed Stelmach, energy, energy workers, forecasts, oil, oil sands industry, province, Stelmach, swift recovery, U.S. Comments OffFifty Pakistani students coming to study U.S.
December 31st, 2010 admin Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Fifty Pakistani students are due to arrive in the United States in the first week of 2011 under an exchange program. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs Alina Romanowski announced their arrival during a conference call on Thursday. She said a special effort [...]
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