Tags / Public

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Apr 21, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- London's Kew Gardens has opened the world's first gallery dedicated to botanical art works - some of which have never been seen by the public. The �3m attraction is exhibiting art from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and from colle.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Apr 8, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- A fluffy white polar bear cub that has captured German hearts is making her first public appearance Tuesday at the Nuremberg City Zoo. Flocke (FLOCK-uh), whose name means "snowflake" in German, was born at the zoo in December. She gained international att.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Apr 7, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief presidential campaign strategist is quitting his post amid criticism of his public relations firm's contacts with the Colombian government over a pending free-trade deal, Clinton's campaign announced. Mark Penn and his politic.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Mar 6, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BusinessWeek -- As recession looms, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slide are taking a go-easy approach before selling shares to the public During the Web's heyday, a profitable Internet company nearing $100 million in annual sales while luring a million new customers a month.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 7, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Two days before she disappeared, Nina Reiser accepted a $50,000-a-year job with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to help Russian immigrants, the woman who hired her testified Wednesday. Prosecutors hope Patricia Erwin's testimony will help.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Oct 29, 2007 @ 4:48pm neoform

CNN -- The man who oversaw public affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency when it held a fake news conference last week will no longer be taking over as head of public relations for the director of national intelligence. Pat Philbin, FEMA's extern.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Oct 17, 2007 @ 8:38pm neoform

Washington Post -- A dangerous germ that has been spreading around the country causes more life-threatening infections than public health authorities had thought and is killing more people in the United States each year than the AIDS virus, federal health officials reported.. Read More

EDUCATION / OPINION Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 11:13am neoform

www.madison.com -- The No Child Left Behind Act is up for reauthorization this month. There has been much necessary criticism and commentary about its unfunded mandates, forced standardized testing, and takeover threats to struggling public school systems. But another cr.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 9:40am neoform

Ars Technica -- The tagline for home improvement superstore Lowe's may be "Let's Build Something Together," but that "something" sure isn't good PR when it comes to dealing with public criticism online. One angry customer was so dissatisfied with Lowe's work and customer.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 9:30am neoform

www.ala.org -- It all began March 26, when a woman came to the reference desk and asked Martha Lee of the Bluffton (Ohio) Public Library for the Allen County Hazardous Materials Emergency Plan. Lee told American Libraries that after receiving the appropriate binder, the.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 9:26am neoform

News.com.au -- IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants a public debate with his US counterpart George W. Bush at the UN this month and a "global referendum" on who's right. Mr Ahmadinejad said he would be visiting Iran's arch-enemy the US for the third time to ta.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Sep 6, 2007 @ 3:43pm neoform

BBC News -- Popular social networking site Facebook has added a public-facing search function in a move which is likely to anger privacy advocates. The function will initially allow anyone who is not registered with the site to search for a specific person. Mor.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 5, 2007 @ 9:12am neoform

Yahoo News -- A man was acquitted Tuesday after being arrested for refusing to heed a police officer's command he stop singing in a public park. A judge found Anthony Riley not guilty of disorderly conduct, saying "This is America, not Afghanistan." Riley, 20, had f.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 2:13pm neoform

Electronic Frontier Foundation -- Whistleblower Declaration and Other Key Documents Released to Public San Francisco - More documents detailing secret government surveillance of AT&T's Internet traffic have been released to the public as part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EF.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 1:29pm neoform

Washington Post -- The Army has asked Loudoun County public schools to distribute a survey to help identify students interested in the military, a proposal some parents contend would give the armed service an unfair recruiting edge over colleges and other career paths. T.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 9:18am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- The Ministry of Defence plans to open its "X-Files" on UFO sightings to the public for the first time. Officials have not yet decided on a date for the release of the reports, which date back to 1967, but it is hoped to be within weeks. The move follow.. Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Wed May 2, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Britney Spears strutted her way back to center stage with a short, sexy set at the House of Blues believed to be her first public concert appearance in nearly three years. Spears, ripped for her recent highly public forays into midnight carousing, appe.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 4:27pm neoform

MSNBC -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain told voters Wednesday that if he becomes commander in chief he’ll brief the public biweekly from the Oval Office on developments in the Iraq war. “I would tell them exactly what the battlefield scenario.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Mar 7, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

Slate -- The U.S. attorneys purge scandal is heating up. The House and Senate have convened hearings for Tuesday, promising an orgy of named names and pointed fingers. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., now admits what he once denied: that he may have had a hand in the r.. Read More

LIFE / NEWS Thu Mar 1, 2007 @ 9:18am neoform

USA Today -- The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation has sued to get rid of crosses in city parks, to end Good Friday public holidays and, most vigorously, to thwart President Bush's faith-based initiative. Now, the group that for 30 years has sought a.. Read More