Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Group, a multi-line insurance company licensed in 47 states, announced today that it has acquired all of the insurance and insurance-related service operations of AmFed Holding Company Inc., the largest workers' compensation insurance and self-insurance administration company in Mississippi. Read more…

Richmond-based marketing firm wants to deliver 5,000 pounds of cat and dog food to Meals on Wheels Read more…

ADVERTISEMENTTo: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Charlie Greenwald, ITAA VP Communications, +1-703-284-5305, cgreenwald@itaa.org ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. Read more…

'Mr. Health,' Research!America Chair Emeritus, Former Florida Congressman Read more…

The following was issued by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity Read more…

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish media say a hijacker attempted to commandeer a Turkish Airlines plane over Belarus but he was overpowered by passengers. Read more…

LONDON - A 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempting a suicide bomb attack on a family restaurant. Read more…

Annette Taddeo, candidate for US House of Representatives in Florida's 18th district, has pledged to support a comprehensive strategy to fight HIV/AIDS in the US and around the world. Read more…

The following is an excerpt from an editorial from New York Post, and is being released today by the Republican National Committee: Read more…

While Senators Barack Obama and John McCain are presenting dueling economic recovery bills for the middle class, a bill has been floating around Congress for more than a year that could immediately infuse more money into the middle class economy than anything that has been proposed so far. Read more…

REALIZE is the first phase III study to evaluate a specifically targeted antiviral therapy for hepatitis C (STAT-C) across a full range of HCV-patients who failed prior treatment to current standard of care, including null responders Read more…

McCain and Obama Should Return Big Alcohol Contributions Read more…

VIENNA, Austria - Experts say an Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children is mentally fit to stand trial. Read more…

BRUSSELS, Belgium - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is urging his EU counterparts to support calls for overhauling the International Monetary Fund in the wake of the global financial crisis. Read more…

Veterans for Americas (VFA) National Guard Program releases its final report on the Alaska National Guard. Read more…

DHAKA (Reuters) - The European Union urged Bangladesh's army-backed interim government on Wednesday to lift the state of emergency ahead of elections in December, warning it may not otherwise send monitors. Read more…

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian authorities have asked the International Monetary Fund for help in stemming a financial crisis in the country, the organization said Wednesday. Read more…

The following is the text of an open letter to the nations hunters and sportsmen issued today by Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson: Read more…

MOSCOW - A prominent Russian human rights lawyer says she and her children are ill after a suspicious substance was found in their car in France. Read more…

LONDON - British newspapers say Madonna and Guy Ritchie are splitting up. Read more…

The Detroit Economic Club(DEC) is pleased to host Ron Williams, Chairman & CEO of Aetna, on Tuesday,October 21, 2008. The speech will begin at 12:30 p.m. and will be held at theDetroit Marriott in Detroit, MI. Read more…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Court of Justice plans to rule Wednesday on whether to order Russia to take immediate steps to halt what Georgia calls ethnic cleansing in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Read more…

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Environmentalists applaud bi-partisan effort Read more…

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has condemned the Rev. Jesse Jackson's statement about "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades." Read more…