For twenty-three years I have grappled with my identity as a mother of a son who took his own life. I am also a woman, a sister, a child, a writer, an activist. I have met many life challenges, yet the scars and weight of the loss of my son make other assaults on the body or soul insignificant in comparison. As a long-term member and interim chapter leader for The Compassionate Friends of Marin County, California, I spoke recently with a woman who was beside herself trying to figure out what to do and where to go ... "Wherever I go there I am!" syndrome I call it. Below are some of my thoughts about losing a child to suicide. The gist I shared with the caller and she said she felt better by the end of our conversation. I believe she is ... more

(This article originally appeared on the Transcendent TV & Media and Joint Recon Study Group sites.) The 13th anniversary of the so-called "Phoenix lights" UFO incident is next Saturday, March 13. As usual at this time each year, the case is revisited by many researchers, writers and interested people. In addition, the National Geographic Channel is airing an episode of its new show "Mysterious Science" about the Phoenix lights incident. Also, respected researcher, journalist and editor Randall Fitzgerald recently wrote an extensive article (available online) with the headline "Were the 1997 Arizona Lights a psychological warfare experiment?" Fitzgerald covers some interesting new information and theories. As part of this di... more

(This article originally appeared on the Joint Recon Study Group site.) What was flying over Arizona and Phoenix the evening of March 13, 1997? Was it a formation of several aircraft with odd bright lights? If so, there seem to be several unusual aspects to the flight. Was it one huge triangle, boomerang or V-shaped craft? If so, was it a U.S. advanced aircraft or spacecraft of some kind? Was it an extraterrestrial craft? Was it some combination of both? The so-called "Phoenix lights" case is widely recognized as one of the more interesting incidents involving unidentified flying objects. The upcoming 13th anniversary of the incident on Saturday, March 13, 2010, offers an opportunity to review and consider a range of informa... more

Book review: "Catching the Light: Coming Back to Life after the Death of a Child" by Genesse Bourdeau Gentry, Booksurge Publishers 2009 Genesse Gentry has penned her second book of poetry for healing grief. "Catching the Light" speaks to the heart and soul of the bereaved and anyone who loves someone caught in sorrow's wake. For nearly 2 decades Genesse has chosen growth through devastating heartache. The result has brought her empathy and wisdom to traverse the treacherous road to renewal. Optimism and appreciation for life's continuing wonders found in Gentry's poems provide markers for the newly bereaved who haven't a clue how they will survive another day: "And as the fragments catch the light, more colors are revealed, and rainb... more

As sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unwanted pregnancy rates continue to rise, the need for education about the use of condoms remains clear. Research has shown that consistent and correct use of male latex condoms can reduce the risk of STD transmission by 98 percent and is equally useful in the prevention of pregnancy when used in conjunction with a spermicide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates 19 million new STD infections each year in the U.S. — half of them in 15 to 24-year-olds. The cost of STDs is estimated to be $15.9 billion annually according to the CDC, "Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2008." Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; November 2009. Stat... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/18/10, W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) has earned Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certification of its facility in Baltimore, Maryland. On 03/18/10, ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP), a biopharmaceutical company is seeking to develop and commercialize a diverse, risk sensitive portfolio of in-licensed cancer drugs addressing u... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/18/10, Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SOMX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the in-licensing, development and commercialization of proprietary branded pharmaceutical products and late-stage product candidates for the treatment of diseases and disorders in the central nervous system therapeutic area, announced finan... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/18/10, PolyMedix, Inc. (OTC:PYMX), an emerging biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat acute cardiovascular disorders and infectious diseases, has initiated a Phase 1B clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PMX-60056 in reversing the anticoagulant activity of low molecule weight heparin ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/18/10, Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SOMX) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Silenor (doxepin) for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulty with sleep maintenance. On 03/18/10, Pall Corporation, (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/18/10, MedeFile International, Inc. (OTC:MDFI), a leader in portable electronic medical records management, announced the addition of internationally-renowned biotechnology veteran Dr. Gurinder Shahi, M.D., Ph.D., to its Advisory Board. On 03/18/10, NeoPharm, Inc. (OTC:NEOL), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company dedicated t... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/18/10, ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp. (OTC:FVRG), acquires a world-class team of marketing enthusiasts, originating in Spain and expanding throughout while, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. On 03/18/10, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTGC), the leading specialty finance company providing venture debt... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/18/10, CombinatoRx, Incorporated (NASDAQ:CRXX) announced it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and year end 2009 before market opens on Thursday, March 25, 2010 followed by a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET in which senior management will provide an update on the company, discuss fourth quarter and year end 2009 financ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/18/10, Advaxis, Inc., (OTC:ADXS), the live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) immunotherapy company, has published new research findings on ActA as a potential, anti-cancer component and a new complement to the Company's evolving proprietary Listeria technology platform. On 03/18/10, AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:A... more

"The clock is ticking. Congress must act." WASHINGTON, D.C. ... Citing out-of-control deficit spending by the federal government, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced the Honest Expenditure Limitation Program (HELP) Act of 2010 to rein in government spending. The act, co-sponsored by Sens. Burr (R-N.C.) and Barrasso (R-Wy.), would result in nearly $900 billion in savings over a 10 year period. "If we do nothing to curtail skyrocketing government spending, or merely freeze it at artificially elevated levels for a few years, as President Obama proposes, we will find ourselves in a tragic situation," Inhofe said. "The clock is ticking. Congress must act. By reducing non-security discretionary spending levels to 2008 levels, and... more

Idaho delegation pushed for rescission of plan to drop discounts Washington, DC ... Idaho's congressional delegation says the decision by the U.S. Forest Service to scrap a proposal to cut discount pass rates available to senior citizens and disabled Americans is a good one. The Forest Service was reviewing a proposal to reduce discounts under the Interagency Pass Program and Golden Age and Golden Access Passports from 50% down to 10% for programs and services operated by Forest Service concessionaries. However, today, the delegation heard from the Forest Service that the proposal has been dropped and the current discounts will remain in place. Senator Mike Crapo said, "Idahoans and people across the West spoke loud and clear in op... more

Senate Votes Down Effort to Halt Congressionally-Directed Spending WASHINGTON, D.C. ... U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, strongly argued against a proposal that would effectively impose a moratorium on how Congress uses earmarks to appropriate funding for programs and projects within the federal government. The Senate on Tuesday voted with Cochran (68-29) to table an amendment sponsored by Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) that would have placed a one-year moratorium on earmarks. The amendment was offered to the FAA Reauthorization Act (HR.1586). "Earmarking has nothing to do with how much the federal government spends, but has everything to do with who decides," Cochran said i... more

Call on Interior to stand firm on existing ruling in face of lawsuit Washington, D.C. ... Idaho's Congressional Delegation and Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter are calling on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to stand firm on his department's justified "warranted but precluded" ruling regarding protections for sage grouse. In a letter to Salazar, Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, Congressman Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick, and Governor Otter pointed to Idaho's wide-ranging, collaborative on-the-ground efforts that have improved habitat for the sage grouse and provide rationale for the agency's determinations about listing. "In 1996, the State of Idaho became one of the first states in the country to develop a comprehensive plan for co... more

American families and state governments across the country are cutting spending and making hard decisions about their budgets. It is time the federal government did the same. Unfortunately, Congress has long demonstrated an innate incompetence in restraining itself. And a proposal to curb spending that is being floated by many of my colleagues-a one year moratorium on earmarks, those special provisions members insert into bills to direct funds to their districts or states - will do no good. An earmark moratorium won't save any money. Why? Because instead of reducing the federal budget, it will empower Obama administration bureaucrats to spend the funds members of Congress would have sent home through earmarks. Also, last year's earmar... more

Senator appointed to effort to reverse federal budget deficit Washington, D.C. ... Idaho Senator Mike Crapo has been appointed to be one of six U.S. Senators to serve on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Crapo was selected by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to the Commission created by President Obama to "identify policies" to improve the federal government's fiscal situation. The Commission, co-chaired by Erskine Bowles, former White House Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton, and former Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming), has been tasked with making recommendations to the President and Congress on ways to address the public debt and the widening federal budget deficit. "A bipartisan effort t... more

Senate Resolution calls on Obama to intensify help to end import restrictions Washington, D.C. ... More than a dozen U.S. Senators, including Idaho's Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, say that Japan is not abiding by internationally recognized standards by restricting U.S. beef exports. They are calling on Japan to open its markets to more U.S. beef and say the Obama Administration should do more to ensure that American beef producers are being treated fairly by the Japanese. A Sense of the Senate Resolution introduced notes that in 2003 Japan was the largest customer for American beef producers, importing $1.4 billion in U.S. beef before concerns over Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) from one Canadian-born cow resulted in Japan restr... more

Bipartisan Group Raises Concern Over Anti-Competitive Practices in New Zealand's Dairy Industry Washington, D.C. ... Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are leading a bipartisan effort calling on the Obama Administration to carefully consider the threat to U.S. dairy farmers and processors if one-sided dairy provisions are included in the Trans Pacific Partnership to be negotiated with Australia, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and possibly additional countries. Negotiations on the agreement are to be held later this month. In a letter sent to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Crapo, who co-led the effort with Senators Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) and Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania), and Risch s... more

Crapo, Risch say collaboration should drive land use questions Washington, D.C. ... Locally-produced collaboration and consensus should drive decisions made about changes in federal land use, say Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch. Both Senators have written Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, asking him to discard a federal process of designating national monuments that too often utilizes a "one-size-fits-all" mentality that does not provide for local input. The letter comes as the Obama Administration contemplates plans to potentially designate as much as 13 million acres of public and private land as national monuments. A copy of the Senators' letter is below: Dear Secretary Salazar; We write in response to rece... more

Says President's announcement at Export-Import Bank is "an adrenaline shot to domestic businesses and the workers who depend on them" Washington - Senator Evan Bayh made the following statement in response to President Obama's speech at the Export-Import Bank announcing the creation of a National Export Initiative to double American exports. Bayh is the chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance, which has oversight jurisdiction over the Export-Import Bank. Senator Bayh's statement follows: "We cannot rest in our efforts to strengthen America's global economic competitiveness, and to accomplish that, it's essential that we open new foreign markets to our goods. This initiat... more

Cites Wyoming successes at pay equity hearing Washington, D.C. ... The path to closing the earnings gap between women and men lies in providing the skills and training needed to enable more women - and men - to enter new higher-earning jobs, not burdening employers with new, unfunded mandates, said U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. "The Paycheck Fairness Act," the focus of a HELP Committee hearing, "will subject employers to more litigation, including far larger class action suits and increased penalties, even when there is no evidence that an employer intended to discriminate," Enzi added. "This bill adds more burdensome government reporting requirem... more

Senators challenge Boise air traffic changes by Federal Aviation Administration Washington, D.C. ... Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have filed an amendment to stop a proposed move of TRACON radar personnel and facilities from the Boise Airport to Salt Lake City. The amendment comes as the Senate begins debate on H.R. 1586, related to the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The amendment halts the consolidation of the Boise TRACON into the Salt Lake City TRACON until after the Air Traffic Control Modernization Oversight Board completes its recommendations for realignment. Idaho's Congressional Delegation, Boise Mayor David Bieter and the Boise City Council have raised serious concerns with the FAA... more

Bringing all senators together could be "fertile soil for problem solving" and "maximize chances for reasoned discourse" Washington ...Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are asking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to schedule bipartisan lunches on a monthly basis attended by all 100 senators as a way to facilitate a constructive dialogue between the political parties. In a joint letter sent to Senate leadership the senators wrote, "Our tradition of weekly caucus lunches ... with Democrats and Republicans meeting in separate rooms ... has accentuated the tensions that pull the two parties apart and limited opportunities for honest dialogue and reasoned exchange." "We bel... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, David H. Fater, CEO of Vicor Technologies, Inc. (OTC:VCRT), announced the Company has completed reanalysis of the Merte Subita en Insufficiencia Cardiaca (MUSIC) Trial dataset using its PD2i CA. (Cardiac Analyzer) diagnostic with a newly refined R-R detector. On 03/17/10, Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZMH) announced it will ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq:TEVA) announced the parties to the patent litigation regarding Barr's U.S. generic version of ScheringR's Temodar. have entered into an agreement pending resolution of Schering's appeal to the Federal Circuit of the U.S. District Court's decision holding the '291 Patent unenforceable. ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH) announced management will give a presentation, followed by a question and answer session, at the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Healthcare Conference to be held March 23 - 24, 2010, in Miami, Florida. On 03/17/10, NexMed, Inc. (Nasdaq:NEXM), a specialty CRO with a pipeline of products based ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPXL) announced the Company will provide an update of their business at the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 23rd, at 5:15 p.m. ET. The conference will be held at the Loews Miami Hotel, Miami, FL. On 03/17/10, Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPXL) announc... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, CytoDyn, Inc. (OTC:CYDY) has begun full humanization of Cytolin., the Company's unique immune therapy for treating HIV/AIDS. On 03/17/10, Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:HGSI) announced the results of its randomized Phase 2 trial of mapatumumab (HGS-ETR1) in combination with the chemotherapy agents paclitaxel and carbop... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) announced its corporate presentation will be webcast from the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Healthcare Conference in Miami. On 03/17/10, CPEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:CPEX) reported preliminary results related to its Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial of the Company's nasal insul... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, Biovest International, Inc. (OTC:BVTI) announced the company is confirmed to present its personalized cancer vaccine, BiovaxID., it the following upcoming conferences: World Vaccine Congress 2010, April 19-22, Washington D.C. BIO International Convention, May 3-6, Chicago Active Immunotherapeutics Forum 2010, June 21-23, Barce... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, ARCA biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABIO), a biopharmaceutical company developing genetically targeted therapies for heart failure and other cardiovascular disease, announced, as required by NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5810(b), on March 12, 2010, it received a notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market indicating the Company's stockholders' equity... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 03/17/10, Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII) announced its randomized registrational Phase 3 clinical trial comparing ABRAXANE. (protein-bound paclitaxel) with Taxol. (paclitaxel) injection, both in combination with carboplatin, met the study's primary endpoint by demonstrating ABRAXANE showed a significant improvement in overall respo... more

Sunshine Week, according to its website, is "a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know." The University of Virginia here in Charlottesville is doing its part by hosting book tour stops for the chief author of the worst secret laws ever established. John Yoo will be speaking at the Miller Center and at an event hosted by the Federalist Society. Yoo will be speaking in support of unlimited presidential power, including the power to create secret laws. When we think of government openness, we usually think in terms... more

People everywhere watched in awe recently as Olympic athletes skied for miles, skated for hours and performed amazing physical feats. But even gold medal winners wouldn't be equal to what the dogs in the Iditarod will be forced to do in the next few weeks. There's nothing sporting about an event in which animals routinely die, as they do in the Iditarod. One dog has already collapsed and died from gastric ulcers during this year's "Junior Iditarod," a test run for young mushers. It's time for this grueling race to be relegated to Alaska's history books. The Iditarod's 1,150-mile course means that dogs run more than 100 miles a day for almost two weeks straight. They must pull heavy sleds through some of the worst weather conditions o... more

PLANO, TX—U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that 40 individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with a major mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. The 16-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on March 10, 2010, and includes one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, 12 counts of mail fraud, and three counts of money laundering. All 40 defendants, from Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Georgia, are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Many of the defendants are also charged with various counts of mail fraud and money laundering. According to the indictment, beginning in 2004, John Barry, 41, of Windemere, Fla., owned an... more

HONOLULU—A federal indictment in Hawaii charging Patrick H. Rakotonanahary, age 34, a resident of Florida, with 21 counts of wire fraud was unsealed late yesterday upon Rakotonanahary's arrest in Florida. The indictment was previously returned by a federal grand jury on March 10, 2010, but sealed until his arrest. Florence T. Nakakuni, U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii, said that according to the indictment, Rakotonanahary, as president and chief executive officer of Cyber Market Group, LLC, marketed an investment program which purported to pay investors six to 10 percent interest per week based on the trading of foreign currencies (Forex). The indictment alleges that between Dec. 20, 2007 and May 2009, Cyber received approx... more

WASHINGTON—Phuong Quoc Truong was sentenced today in San Diego for his role in a scheme by the "Tran Organization" to cheat casinos across the United States, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt for the Southern District of California announced. In his plea agreement, Truong admitted that he and his co-conspirators unlawfully obtained up to $7 million during card cheats. Truong was sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Houston in San Diego. The court also ordered him to forfeit $2,791,146 and to pay $5,753,416 in restitution, payable to several casinos. The court ordered the forfeiture of Truong's ... more

NEWARK—An undergraduate student at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, appeared in court today in connection with his arrest for theft of ancient, historical and cultural documents from the United Methodist Archives Center located at Drew University, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. William J. Scott, 18, of Longmeadow, Mass., was arrested Sunday by special agents of the FBI pursuant to a federal complaint charging him with theft of an object of cultural heritage from a museum. At an initial appearance today before United States Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo, Scott was released on bail. According to the Complaint, Scott, a freshman at Drew University, worked as a paid student assistant at the Archives Center sin... more

CAMDEN—An Egg Harbor Township man pleaded guilty today to his role in a string of bank robberies in New Jersey and Texas, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jerell Mulkey, 25, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle to six counts of bank robbery—three which he committed in New Jersey and three which he committed in Houston. Mulkey agreed to plead to the Texas bank robberies in New Jersey rather than in Texas. Judge Simandle continued the defendant's detention and scheduled sentencing for June 25, 2010. At his plea hearing, Mulkey admitted to robbing the following banks of the following amounts of money on the following dates: * Feb. 27, 2009 PNC Bank, Absecon $4,000 * Mar. 9, 2009 Cap... more

DAYTON—Gregory S. Chew, 42, formerly of Waynesville, was convicted today by a federal jury following a 15-day trial for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme involving 57 property investors and 246 residential properties located throughout the greater Dayton area. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation; Keith L. Bennett, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, and other members of the Greater Dayton Mortgage Fraud Task Force announced the verdict returned today at the conclusion of a trial before U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose. Chew was convict... more

PHOENIX—Mario G. Bernadel, 51, a citizen of Haiti, was sentenced today to nearly 17 years in prison for his conviction on multiple counts for leading a mortgage fraud scheme in Phoenix that cost banks over $9 million. Bernadel was found guilty by a jury in September 2009 on 19 counts related to mortgage fraud, including mail, wire, and bank fraud, and transactional money laundering. Bernadel led a two-year conspiracy involving the purchase of 37 properties using fraudulent loan documents and receiving cash back at closing. Seven co-conspirators were also charged and have pleaded guilty for their involvement in the conspiracy and many will be sentenced in the next few months. Dennis K. Burke, U.S. Attorney for the District of Ari... more

ST. LOUIS, MO—The United States Attorney's Office announced today that Craig Stelzner was indicted on multiple charges for his alleged receipt and possession of child pornography between October 2008 and January 2009. CRAIG STELZNER, Arnold, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one felony count of receipt of child pornography and three counts of possession of child pornography. He appeared in federal court earlier today. If convicted, receipt of child pornography carries a penalty range of five to 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000; each count of possession carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide... more

GREENEVILLE, TN—A federal grand jury in Greeneville returned a two count indictment on March 9, 2010, against Samuel Kent Barnett, 47, of Johnson City, Tennessee, for receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Barnett appeared in court on March 10, 2010, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis H. Inman and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges in the indictment. He was held pending trial, which has been set for May 27, 2010, in United States District Court, in Greeneville, Tennessee. The indictment alleges that Barnett, from on or about July of 2008, accessed the Internet from his residence and downloaded images of minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. If convicted, Barnett faces a term of a... more

Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN CRISANTI, 48, of Venice Place, East Haven, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for selling cocaine. Judge Underhill also imposed a $6000 fine. On August 31, 2009, CRISANTI pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. This matter stems from an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force ("OCDETF") investigation dubbed "Operation Brass Deal," which was spearheaded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Safe Streets Task Force in New Haven. As a result of the investigation, a to... more

BATON ROUGE, LA—United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that ROBERT L. STEVENS, age 61, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was charged in a Bill of Information with conspiracy to use interstate facilities in aid of racketeering for allegedly accepting bribes from individuals with pending criminal charges in the Baton Rouge City Court, and then sharing the proceeds of the bribes with a prosecutor who would arrange for the matters to be dismissed or otherwise "fixed." The initial appearance and arraignment on these charges have not yet been scheduled. The charges against STEVENS resulted from "Operation Illegal Motion," an ongoing investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Of... more

MEMPHIS, TN—Dr. Roger Morgan, a psychologist, 56 of Lakeland, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to Count One of a two-count indictment today announced Lawrence J. Laurenzi, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and My Harrison, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Memphis Division. Morgan was indicted in May 2008. According to the indictment, Dr. Morgan made false statements to the FBI about whether he had given former State Senator John Ford money and whether former State Senator John Ford had ever asked him to give money to Ford's legal defense fund. Dr. Morgan denied having given money to then State Senator John Ford, knowing full well that he had been asked and had given money to Ford's... more

GEORGE MAGEE, age 53, a resident of New Orleans, LA, pled guilty in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of federal funds relating to fraudulent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claims and applications for food stamp benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. According to the factual basis, FEMA provided disaster assistance money to those affected by Hurricane Katrina, including rental housing assistance. In addition to making his own claim for FEMA assistance, MAGEE submitted two applications to FEMA using the identities of other individuals. In connection with those applications, he submitted false addresses and false documentation to make it a... more

If YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley is found liable for violating copyright laws by posting Viacom-owned content, it might be because he had 334 million reasons to do so. more

Last-ditch talks to avert a damaging strike by British Airways cabin crew resumed today, with senior union officials meeting the airline's chief executive for one last attempt to reach a deal. more

Pushing toward a Sunday vote that could transform the nation's health insurance system, House leaders announced a $940 billion compromise Thursday that would extend coverage to the vast majority of Americans, cut billions of dollars from Medicare, and impose new taxes on the wealthy and the well-insured. more

Mar. 20--DOHA, Qatar -- The so-called Quartet of Middle East negotiators has demanded that Israel halt all settlement activity and denounced Israel's plan to build new housing in East Jerusalem. more

British Airways said contingency plans were in place to continue some service if flight crews began their strike, as scheduled, at midnight Friday in Britain. more

Mar. 19--In spring 2006, Google was roiled in intense debate as the company considered whether to buy the wildly popular video-sharing site YouTube. more

The former U.N. envoy to Afghanistan says recent arrests of key Taliban leaders by Palestinians has choked off a communications channel with U.N. officials. more

Mar. 19--With a focus on health care legislation, the growing federal deficit and Tiger Woods' return to golf, the war in Iraq has been pushed from the news. more

Clyburn: CBO report could yield 216 votes more

Government safety officials said Thursday afternoon that a high-profile Prius crash on March 9 in Harrison, N.Y., appears to be a case of driver error. more

PROVIDENCE -- An Ohio team that finished 7-9 in its conference and hadn't won an NCAA tournament game since 1983 smote third seed Georgetown 97-83 Thursday, outplaying the Hoyas in every phase. more

Madness arrived early and stayed late Thursday on the first day of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. more

WASHINGTON -- President Obama's year-long quest to fix the nation's health care system faces its most critical test Sunday when House Democrats hope to pass a revised 10-year, $940 billion package expanding coverage to 32 million people. more

Mar. 19--NEW ORLEANS -- All the excuses were there for Wake Forest, once again. more

Mar. 20--DOHA, Qatar -- The so-called Quartet of Middle East negotiators has met in Moscow, amid rising tensions between Israel and the US over Israel's plans to build 1,600 new settler homes. more

Mar. 19--In a quick hearing in a crowded federal courtroom, Colleen "JihadJane" LaRose of Pennsburg pleaded not guilty yesterday to terrorism charges. more

Mar. 19--Rigoberto Lopez will be one of an expected tens of thousands of people who will descend on Washington on Sunday to press Congress to pass a bill on comprehensive immigration reform. more

Mar. 19--Jihad Jane, the Internet alter-ego of Colleen LaRose, yesterday walked into federal court, her face drawn and wearing her bleached blond hair in cornrows, orange sneakers, and her green prison jumpsuit baggy on her petite frame. more

Mar. 19--WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn warned Thursday that he would take action to stop any last-minute deals made to persuade wavering House Democrats to vote for health care legislation. more

New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Ishmael Smith capped a furious rally on his game-winning jumper with 1.3 seconds left, and Wake Forest recovered from an eight-point overtime deficit to edge Texas, 81-80, in an East Region matchup at New Orleans Arena. more

JESSE James said yesterday that he was sorry for the pain and embarrassment he has caused his wife Sandra Bullock and his three children from previous relationships. more

THE US woman terrorist suspect dubbed 'Jihad Jane' pleaded not guilty to an overseas terrorist plot when she appeared in court. more

THE UNITED States and Russia are poised to sign a new nuclear arms reduction treaty, but clashed yesterday over Moscow's plans to finally launch a controversial nuclear reactor in Iran. more

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Everyone wanted the ball. more

SEATTLE _ As if President Barack Obama didn't have enough on his plate with health care and a lagging economy, immigrant advocates are turning up the heat, demanding he deliver on promises to fix immigration this year _ not next _ and that his plan include a legal path for millions of immigrants in the country illegally. more

Providence, RI (Sports Network) - Scottie Reynolds was held out of the starting lineup by head coach Jay Wright, but came off the bench to score five of his team-high 20 points in overtime, as Villanova escaped with a 73-70 win over Robert Morris in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. more

WASHINGTON _ Democrats plan to vote Sunday in the House of Representatives on a revamped health care overhaul bill aimed at insuring millions more Americans, providing more Medicare drug benefits and reducing federal budget deficits by $138 billion over the next 10 years. more

WASHINGTON - Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won congressional approval Wednesday in what Democrats hope is just the first of several election-year measures aimed at boosting hiring. more

U.S. reality television personality Jesse James has publicly apologized to his wife, Sandra Bullock, amid reports he was unfaithful to the film star. more

Mar. 18--WASHINGTON -- Democrats on Thursday unveiled a revamped health care overhaul plan aimed at reducing insurance costs, providing more Medicare drug benefits and reducing federal deficits by $138 billion over the next 10 years. more

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Google executives referred to YouTube as a "rogue enabler of content theft," whose "business model is completely sustained by pirated content" in internal communications before going ahead with the 2006 purchase of the video site, according to documents unsealed Thursday in Viacom's $1 billion copyright lawsuit against Google. more

Among Parker's best known film credits are "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier," "Old Yeller," "The Great Locomotive Chase," "Westward Ho the Wagons!" more

Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock has left the Southern California home she shared with her husband, reality TV personality Jesse James. more

The Pennsylvania woman known as "Jihad Jane" pleaded not guilty Thursday to terrorism charges during her arraignment in federal courtroom in Philadelphia. more

The upstate police chief overseeing the investigation of a supposed runaway Prius reversed himself yesterday, saying human error may have caused the vehicle to crash into a stone wall. more

Mar. 18--A Boulder woman who was threatened with eviction last spring for gardening outside while wearing nothing but pasties and a thong took her au naturel look to the next level Wednesday, causing a stir with neighbors and police. more

Mar. 18--Close watchers of Google are anticipating the expected release today of what could be a treasure trove of data about the inner workings of the Mountain View Internet giant and its YouTube subsidiary. more

SANDRA Bullock's marriage could be the latest victim of 'the curse of the Academy Awards'. more

U.S. President Barack Obama signed Thursday an $18 billion jobs bill he says will help put Americans back to work and push the economic recovery ahead. more

Mar. 18--The Middle East has been the graveyard for many U.S. presidents' diplomatic ambitions. more

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into the northern Negev Thursday killing a migrant worker, the Israeli military said. more

Mar. 18--The Montgomery County woman who calls herself "JihadJane" has confessed to the FBI about her alleged role in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist, according to two people close to the investigation. more

A successor to the expired arms reduction treaty and sanctions against Iran top U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's agenda in Moscow, officials said. more

The Pennsylvania woman known as "Jihad Jane" has confessed to the FBI about her role in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist, knowledgeable sources said. more

Mar. 18--In the seemingly intractable diplomatic stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians, the most incendiary issue is the continuing construction of Jewish enclaves on formerly Arab-occupied lands. more

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tearfully apologized to his players Wednesday for using cocaine and failing a Major League Baseball drug test last season and informed the commissioner's office he would submit to testing for the rest of his career even though he recently completed a rehabilitation program. more

WASHINGTON -- President Obama and his chief allies in Congress struggled Wednesday to finish writing historic health care legislation that meets strict fiscal targets in time for a vote in the House of Representatives this weekend. more

WASHINGTON _ Wrangling over a historic health care bill has reached a frenzied state in these days before a final vote in the House, as President Barack Obama publicly and privately courted wavering lawmakers, House leaders corralled members of their caucus and interest groups of all stripes aired ads aimed at anyone who might still be swayed. more

Mar. 18--SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers manager Ron Washington acknowledged and apologized Wednesday for what he called "careless, dangerous and, frankly, stupid behavior" that resulted in the failure of a drug test last season. more

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has picked up his first convert in the push for healthcare reform as Democrats in the House of Representatives prepare for a close weekend vote on final passage. more

Mar. 19--Behind a three-goal, one-assist effort by junior Chelsea Moye, the Beddingfield High girls soccer team doubled up visiting Southern Nash 6-3 in a non-conference match Thursday afternoon. more

Mar. 19--OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- The dream lives. more

Mar. 18--The Yosemite Badgers boys baseball team had its best start in five years, taking seven straight victories, leading up to the championship game of the 11th annual Central Baseball Classic in Fresno. more

Mar. 18--It would go, I imagine, something like this: Me: "Bless me father for I have sinned. more

Mar. 19--Gonzaga has had better seasons, higher rankings, and more likely prospects for advancement in the NCAA tournament. more

Mar. 19--Fans are in short supply for teams at the NJCAA women's national championship tournament at the Salina Bicentennial Center. more

The second wave of games is already underway in Spokane, Wash., with Siena taking on Purdue. more

-- West Virginia enters the NCAA Tournament with a six-game winning streak. more

Mar. 19--A long time ago, a youngster from Western Pennsylvania was part of a team that played in the annual youth hockey tournament at Hersheypark Arena. more

Mar. 19--JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It was a couple of minutes before the Wofford locker room opened up to the media on Thursday and the players were inside, watching "Family Guy" on a television and roaring with laughter. more

Mar. 19--SALINA, Kan. -- Gulf Coast spent a day off Thursday looking for a slipper that won't fit Labette Community College. more

Mar. 19--Rod Wilmont continues to play like his career depends on it, and it seems to be rather contagious for the out, but not down, Mad Ants. more

MILWAUKEE - Jordan Crawford scored 17 of his 28 points in the second half and Xavier continued its run of NCAA tournament success with a 65-54 victory over Minnesota in the first round of the West Regional on Friday. more

Mar. 19--One of the things on the to-do list of Tom Schrecengost when he was hired as Barton College tennis coach in the summer of 2008 was to revive the North-South Duals tournament. more

Mar. 19--It's rare when we find something that's perfect as is, no alteration needed. more

It's customary for Brian Dumoulin to thank all the people who have helped him progress in hockey. more

Mar. 19--A car trunk was popped open outside Graham Arena in Rochester on Thursday afternoon, a cooler and camp chairs arranged nearby as friends talked and laughed. more

Mar. 19--COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- Riverland won a pair of baseball games on Thursday under the bright sunshine in Florida. more

Mar. 19--After losing three of four games, Chipola Lady Indians coach Belinda Hendrix was worried about how her team was entering Panhandle Conference play. more

Jacksonville, FL (Sports Network) - East Region action of the 2010 NCAA Tournament features a first-round matchup between the fourth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers and the 13th-seeded Wofford Terriers. more

Spokane, WA (Sports Network) - The Siena Saints will try to shake things up in the NCAA Tournament when they battle the Purdue Boilermakers this afternoon in first-round action of the South Region at Spokane Veterans Arena. more

Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - With teams from the Big East Conference an endangered species after just one day of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, the Syracuse Orange try to prove that they deserved their top seeding in the West Regional as they take on the Vermont Catamounts at HSBC Arena in Buffalo. more

Mar. 19-- In many ways what the Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament stands for and has become embodies a lot of the same characteristics and qualities that define what Jim Yerkovich stands for and is. more

Mar. 19--Three teams are in the hunt for the Eastern Conference's fourth and final playoff berth. more

Chicago Bulls at Philadelphia 76ers, more

Mar. 19--The Tallahassee Eagles narrowly edged by the Chipola Indians Thursday afternoon in the series finale at Chipola Field. more

Mar. 19--MINOT -- Former Carrington Cardinal standout Jim Kleinsasser's pep talk on Wednesday couldn't have worked out any better for the Cards in the opening round of the state Class B boys' basketball tournament on Thursday. more

Mar. 19--As a kid growing up in northern Kentucky, Terry Poe of Gilbert has fond memories of playing basketball with actor George Clooney before he was famous. more

HERNDON, Va., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Audi is returning for its second year as a key sponsor at the prestigious Tavistock Cup golf tournament between 10-man teams of professional golfers from the Isleworth Golf & Country Club and Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in central Florida. more

Jacksonville, FL (Sports Network) - The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions will take part in their first-ever NCAA Tournament and their reward is a meeting against the Duke Blue Devils in first round action of the South Region at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. more

Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Riding an 11-game win streak, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies are in to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history as they confront the Pittsburgh Panthers in first-round action in the West Regional at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. more

Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - Long past being a Cinderella Story in the postseason, the Gonzaga Bulldogs begin yet another turn in the NCAA Tournament tonight as they clash with the Florida State Seminoles in the first round of the 72nd annual event at HSBC Arena in Buffalo. more

When the Cornell basketball team walks into the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena today, the players won't be gazing up in the stands or at the TV cameras. more

Mar. 19--It's as close as this area may get to an actual Final Four, but it's still a pretty big deal. more

Mar. 18--BUFFALO -- Imagine how memorable this weekend would've been. more

Mar. 19--In just two weeks on the job, Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon is living up to his reputation, being creative, an innovator and steadfast in his beliefs. more

Mar. 19--Soddy-Daisy has a message. more

Mar. 19--SAN JOSE, Calif. -- After an NCAA Tournament lifetime cluttered with heartbreak, The University of New Mexico Lobos could care less about winning ugly. more

Mar. 19--Fade In:CAPTION: "South Bend, Ind., March 2009" more

Spokane, WA (Sports Network) - The fifth-seeded Michigan State Spartans gear up for what they hope will be another long run in the NCAA Tournament, as they take on the 12th-seeded New Mexico State Aggies in the first round at Spokane Memorial Arena. more

SCOTT LaValla is hoping for big things in his rugby career, the American can play anywhere in the back five and has already captained his country at the U19 World Cup and played at the Churchill. more

Mar. 19-- The Harlem Globetrotters played at Frostburg State a few weeks ago but even their show might not measure up to the one DeMatha put on Thursday evening at the 50th Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament. more

Mar. 19--Fifth District rodeo smoker nears more

Spokane, WA (Sports Network) - Aggies will collide in first-round action in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament, when Utah State and Texas A&M meet at the Spokane Memorial Arena. more

The fifth seed in the Eastern Conference is still within reach for the Charlotte Bobcats, who will open a three-game road trip tonight against the Southeast-rival Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena. more

MILAN - David Beckham sent an open letter to his AC Milan teammates Friday, offering his support for the remainder of the season. more

Jacksonville, FL (Sports Network) - The eight and nine seeds of the South Region will tangle this evening in first-round action of the NCAA Tournament at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, when the California Golden Bears battle the Louisville Cardinals. more

Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Back in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight year, the Xavier Musketeers try their luck against the Minnesota Golden Gophers as part of the West Regional at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee this afternoon. more

Liverpool winger Albert Riera has attempted to play down comments made in the Spanish media in which he heavily criticised Reds manager Rafael Benitez. more

St. John's season ended in gut-retching fashion Wednesday night in a 73-71 loss at Memphis in a first-round NIT game. more

VANCOUVER, March 19 /CNW/ - Gitennes Exploration Inc. (TSXV-GIT) announces that it intends to undertake a private placement financing of 7 million units at $0.07. more

TORONTO, March 19 /CNW/ - First Defined Portfolio Management Co. is pleased to announce the filing of the preliminary prospectus for First Trust Global Capital Strength Portfolio, an open-end mutual fund trust (the "Fund"). more

NEW YORK, March 19 /CNW/ -- Capital Gold Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CGC; TSX: CGC) today announced the resignation of Gifford A. Dieterle as Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Capital Gold Corporation effective immediately. more

Canadian Shield Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: EXP) ("Canadian Shield" or the "Company") announces the granting of 100,000 incentive stock options on March 16, 2010. more

Mar. 19--A new contest from Carnegie Mellon University's Project Olympus is looking for a few good psychics. more

Bearclaw Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE: BRL)(FRANKFURT: 5BQ) is pleased to announce that Jeff Durno has agreed to join its board of directors. more

IEEE Spectrum's Patent Power 2010 Scorecard, another independent evaluator of patents, has ranked Digimarc Corporation's (NASDAQ: DMRC) portfolio ninth among industry heavyweights in Computer Software in "Pipeline Power," and #1 in "Pipeline Impact." more

Mar. 19--Mirion Technologies Inc., an East Bay company that provides devices and services to detect radiation, hopes to raise $202 million through an initial public offering of its stock, a regulatory filing shows. more

Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Limited more

NEW YORK - Stocks fell Friday after renewed concerns about Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global economic recovery. more

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:FNFG) has raised $300 million through its previously announced offering of ten-year fixed-rate senior notes through a syndicate of underwriters led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. more

SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GenCorp Inc. (NYSE: GY) announced today that it executed an amendment to its $280.0 million senior credit facility. more

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/def8bb/argentina_pharmace) has announced the addition of the "Argentina Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2010" report to their offering. more

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VirnetX Holding Corporation (NYSE Amex: VHC), a secure real-time communications and collaboration technology company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in a letter dated January 19, 2010, confirmed the validity of three claims of U.S. Patent No. more

The clean energy investment outlook has brightened, according to 300 thought leaders attending the third annual Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit this week in London. more

TORONTO, March 19 /CNW/ - O'Leary Funds Management LP is pleased to announce that the O'Leary BrIC-Plus Income & Growth Fund (the "Fund") has completed today its initial public offering (the "Offering") of 14,500,000 Units at a price of $12.00 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $174 million. more

SPRINGFIELD, N.J., March 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Village Super Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:VLGEA) declared a 4% increase in the quarterly cash dividend. more

Consolidated full year revenues at € 689.0 million (+5.2%* vs. 2008), EBITDA at € 99.4 million (14.4% of revenues, up from 12.4% in 2008) and EBIT at € 51.5 million (7.5% of revenues, compared with 7.0% in 2008). more

million) for Q4 2008 (see below for explanation and calculation of more

CALGARY, March 18 /CNW/ - Connacher Oil and Gas Limited is poised for significant production growth over the next two years, with the impending completion of Algar, the company's second 10,000 bbl/d steam assisted gravity drainage ("SAGD") plant at its Great Divide oil sands project in northeastern Alberta. more

AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation (NYSE Amex: ASB), a leading developer of advanced polymer materials for a broad range of medical devices, today announced it will be exhibiting at the MEDTEC Europe 2010 Exhibition and Conference being held at the Landesmesse Stuttgart Messepiazza in Stuttgart, Germany, from March 23-25, 2010. more

VANCOUVER, March 19 /CNW/ - On behalf of the Board of Directors of Mandate National Mortgage Corporation ("Mandate"), Mr. Alan Long, President, is pleased to announce that March 31, 2010 has been fixed as the record date for the first quarter 2010 dividend. more

PHILADELPHIA, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) will participate in the 2010 J.P. Morgan Insurance Conference on Monday, March 22, 2010, at approximately 1:15 p.m. EDT. more

Theravance, a biopharmaceutical company, has priced its public offering of 7.5 million shares of its common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. more

We believe that one of the more costly mistakes investors could make this year is to extrapolate forward the themes of 2009. more

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/70cf06/poland_pharmaceuti) has announced the addition of the "Poland Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2010" report to their offering. more

ROMEOVILLE, Ill., March 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nanophase Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:NANX), a technology leader in nanomaterials and advanced nanoengineered products, today announced the Company will disseminate a financial news release for calendar 2009 on March 25, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. CDT, 4:00 p.m. EDT. more

Mar. 19--The return of warmer weather and big incentives were luring car buyers back into auto dealerships during the first half of March and has put the automotive industry's recovery back on track, according to two automotive forecasting firms. more

NEW ALBANY, Ohio, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVGI) announced today that it priced a public offering of 3,800,000 shares of common stock at a price of $6.25 per share to the public. more

IRVINE, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netlist, Inc. today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 3,995,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $3.85 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $15.38 million. more

ASHBURN, Va., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SteelCloud, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCLD), a leading developer of mobility computing appliance solutions, today announced financial results for its first quarter 2010 fiscal year which ends October 31, 2010. more

Mar. 19--TACOMA -- Ownership of a 1,250-acre property in Yelm might be changing hands. more

TORONTO, March 19 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd (WDO: TSX) ("Wesdome" or the "Company") is pleased to report its financial and operating results from its Canadian operations for the year ended December 31, 2009. more

FORT LEE, N.J., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Empire Resources, Inc. (OTC: ERSO) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.025 per share. more

Regarding the issue of moral rights infringement (Voxpop, DW 11 March), I think the best way to address manipulation of other people's work is to put in place a system that recognises ownership and provides a cost-efficient and simple means of licensing and permission-based usage. more

NEW YORK, March 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kohlberg Capital Corporation (Nasdaq:KCAP) ("Kohlberg Capital") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.17 per share on shares of its common stock for the quarter ending March 31, 2010. more

NEW YORK, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sterling Bancorp (NYSE: STL) (the "Company" or "Sterling"), today announced the closing of its public offering of 8,625,000 common shares at a price to the public of $8.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $69 million, which included 1,125,000 common shares pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. more

IRISH INVESTORS who backed the purchase of 47 Marriott Hotels in the UK in 2007 by a consortium that included Dublin-based Quinlan Private (QP) face having their shareholdings diluted significantly as part of a refinancing of the company's debts. more

Mar. 19--Local business owners greeted President Barack Obama's new jobs bill with a mixture of hope and skepticism Thursday. more

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to approximately $660.5 million of State of South Carolina general obligation (GO) bonds, consisting of: more

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited ("AXIS Capital") (NYSE: AXS) today announced that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, AXIS Specialty Finance LLC, has priced an offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% Senior Notes due 2020, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. more

Mar. 19--Leaving a job, whether you got laid off, fired or took a buyout package, can definitely bring about some twist and turns when filing a tax return. more

First California Financial Group, the holding company of First California Bank, has priced an underwritten public offering of 14.4 million shares of its common stock at a price of $2.50 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $36 million. more

GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE Amex: GSB), a leading developer of secure information exchange solutions, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and 2009 fiscal year end. more

NEW YORK and HARBIN, China, March 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eastern Environment Solutions Corp. (OTCBB:EESC), a leading provider of municipal solid waste (MSW) processing and disposal services in northeast China, today provided a business update and announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2009. more

LAFAYETTE, La., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stone Energy Corporation today announced the results of its participation in the Outer Continental Shelf Sale 213 held Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by the Minerals Management Service ("MMS") in New Orleans covering available blocks in the central Gulf of Mexico. more

NEW YORK, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced today that the S&P 500 indicated dividend rate has turned up, registering net positive announcements of $4.4 billion in expected dividend payments -- the largest increase since the $6.7 billion that was registered in the fourth quarter of 2007, and in sharp contrast to the first quarter of last year which saw companies decrease their forward rate by a record $38.7 billion. more

LONDON - Britain's benchmark stock index was the only main market up Friday after the part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group issued a buoyant business update. more

Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:DMND) announced today that it has received notice of early termination of the antitrust waiting period for its pending acquisition of Kettle Foods, and now anticipates the transaction will close by March 31, 2010. more

Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT), owner of upscale, mid-scale and extended stay hotels in major metropolitan markets, announced the pricing of its public offering of 24,000,000 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share, at a price of $4.25 per share. more