"Apartheid survivor" Eddie Daniels shares his story with the impressionable young minds of the Maumee Valley Country Day School? [http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061019/NEWS04/610... Read more…

Economists through years of study and practice have concluded that through free trade, based on the principal of comparative advantage, the world economy can achieve a more efficient allocation of re... Read more…

The National Commander of The American Legion called on Sen. John Kerry to apologize for suggesting that American troops in Iraq are uneducated. Read more…

Reflecting the political maturity of Latino communities throughout our country, Latino candidates are competing in 38 states for the nation's top federal and state offices in Election 2006, according to the 2006 Election Profile released today by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund. The Profile presents the results of an analysis of all candidates running for Congress, statewide office, and state legislative seats in the November general election. Read more…

Platinum-selling rock band Shinedown will soon bring its unique sound to troops stationed in the Persian Gulf on the band's second USO tour. The group which has scored six consecutive top five rock radio hit singles will perform and meet with service members. This tour is also co-sponsored by U.S. Army-Europe. Read more…

With the partisan balance of power at stake in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Latinos are poised to determine the outcome of key races on November 7, according to an analysis conducted by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund. The NALEO Educational Fund also projects that 5.6 million Latinos will make their voices heard in the election, the highest Latino turnout for any Congressional election not held in conjunction with a Presidential contest. Read more…

Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today issued the following statement regarding Democrat Senator John Kerry's remarks Read more…

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is set to honor its 60,000 members for their hard work and dedication to protecting public health during the third annual AWWA Member Appreciation Week, Nov. 5-11. Read more…

> The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is pleased to announce a staging of Moliere's Tartuffe. Second City co-founder Bernard Sahlins assembles a cast of Chicago's finest actors for a staged reading of Richard Wilbur's celebrated verse translation of Le Tartuffe ou l'imposteur. This is the fifth production in the Poetry Foundation's critically acclaimed Poetry on Stage series and runs in three performances from Nov. 17 to 19. Read more…

The Archdiocese of Chicago and the Board of Notre Dame High School today announced they are nearing the end of the school's leadership transition process. The Provincial Superior of the Congregation of Holy Cross Priests, Indiana Province and the officers of the new not- for-profit corporation that will receive the school's assets signed the official Letter of Intent for transfer of ownership in September. Final documents for the legal transfer of assets are being prepared now. In addition, the Archdiocese and the Board have been meeting to create the civil and canon law structures necessary to set up Notre Dame as an independent Catholic school. Read more…

The Department of Justice plays a limited, but important, role with respect to elections. The Justice Department's Criminal and Civil Rights Divisions enforce specific federal laws that help to ensure that all qualified voters have an opportunity to cast their ballots and have them counted. More specifically, the Department is responsible for enforcing federal laws that help prevent and punish fraud and other assaults on the integrity of the election process for federal elections; for ensuring compliance with the Voting Rights Act, including preventing discrimination and voter intimidation; and for protecting the voting rights of servicemembers and overseas citizens, as well as voters with disabilities. Read more…

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on U.S. authorities in Iraq to maintain custody of an American citizen facing the death penalty in that nation until his legal appeal can be heard. Read more…

> The International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies cordially invite you to a special international seminar on "International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects." After brief statements, panelists will respond to questions from the audience. Read more…

The war in Iraq, and U.S. foreign policy generally, are the number one issues with voters in the upcoming election. Peace organizations around the country are engaging in a number of electoral and voter education strategies to help keep the electorate's focus there. Read more…

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the world's largest charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research, is urging people to learn more about the symptoms and health effects of a devastating and unpreventable disease that affects as many as three million Americans. Every year, more than 13,000 young children are diagnosed with type 1 (or juvenile) diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas stops producing insulin a hormone that enables people to turn food into energy. Read more…

Consumers are almost assured to pay higher prices in restaurants following an increase in the minimum wage, while employees could see jobs eliminated or their hours greatly reduced. These are the actions that restaurant operators said they would be forced to take following an increase in the minimum wage, according to a new nationwide survey of 600 operators by the National Restaurant Association. The survey results are published as voters in six states, including Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ohio, will decide whether to raise their respective minimum wage. Read more…

While ghosts and goblins roam the streets this Halloween, it might be a good idea to stay in and scare up some fun on a home computer. Horror-thriller "Incubus" is making its big premiere October 31 - exclusively on AOL's new teen portal, Red. Hollywood starlet Tara Reid headlines the cast and is excited to be part of an online premiere. Read more…

U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao will host the annual Salute to Veterans ceremony at the Department of Labor's headquarters Thursday. Read more…

Two more Louisiana residents pleaded guilty in federal court on fraud charges related to hurricane disaster relief programs, U.S. Attorney David R. Dugas of the Middle District of Louisiana announced today. Read more…

Accuracy demands that Congressional candidate Larry Grant retract his advertisements trashing a popular plan known as the Fair Tax that's the gist of a letter the non-partisan National Taxpayers Union (NTU) sent to Grant late yesterday. NTU has over 3,000 members in Idaho and 350,000 members nationwide. Read more…

the blandly and bureaucratically named Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, forever remembered as the G.I. Bill of Rights, would alter both the aspirations and the expectations of all Americans, veterans and nonveterans alike. Read more…

The Autism Society of America (ASA) and the Autism Research Institute (ARI) today announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on conferences, publications and services that will improve the lives of all those affected by autism in the United States. By joining forces, ASA and ARI aim to continue the important stewardship of their founder, Dr. Bernard Rimland. A pioneer in the area of autism diagnosis and treatment, Rimland transformed the prevailing pessimistic view of autism in the medical and scientific community and built the largest parent support organization in the United States. Read more…

The California Department of Health Services (CDHS) has approved the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Registry (ASCP BOR) Medical Technologist examination for California clinical laboratory scientist (CLS) licensure purposes. Read more…

The VSA arts Institute yesterday wrapped up three days of intense professional development for educators from around the country. The Institute: Student Achievement and Growth in the Inclusive Classroom, convened October 27 at the Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington. Read more…

A new study reveals a dramatic increase in student enrollment in online learning courses throughout the country, with up to 50 percent increases in some states, according to the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL). The results of the study will be highlighted at the Council's annual conference in Dallas, Nov. 5-7. Read more…