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WASHINGTON, June 30, 2008 – The goal of a troop-support group’s new Web-based campaign is simple: tell the troops “thank you” a million times over, starting today. Hire A Hero, which works to connect military job seekers and military-friendly employers, has created the “One Million Thank Yous” campaign to do just that. “We … know that servicemembers are not aware of the tremendous amount of support that exists for them,” said Brac Selph, executive director of Hire A Hero. “We want servicemembers to have a virtual place they can go to remind themselves that what they are doing is...

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2007 – The winner of NBC’s second season of “The Apprentice” reality show, Kelly Perdew, is looking to hire an apprentice. Perdew is the president of ProElite.com, an online community for mixed martial arts fighters, fans and organizations. The former Army officer is partnering with the non-profit group “Hire A Hero” to find the right person. "Kelly Perdew is a quality employer, entrepreneur, and a patriot, who is truly helping to make a positive difference in the lives of those who have served," said Dan Caulfield, Hire A Hero’s executive director. “He is setting the example...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2007 – More than 300 business leaders will visit a southern California military base tomorrow to observe Marine Corps training as part of their support of the military. The business leaders belong to the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a 20-year-old global group that has more than 6,000 members across 120 chapters in 40 countries. They plan to hire U.S. military veterans through the “Hire A Hero” program, which assists former active-duty, National Guard, and reserve members and their families in finding careers after military service, according to a Hire A Hero official. “The unemployment rate among young veterans,...

The Schwarzenegger administration must ask state lawmakers for the money to hire hundreds of mental health workers for California's prison system, under a federal judge's order made public Monday. The order from U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton is the latest in a string of actions in which federal overseers are driving reforms in the state's troubled corrections department. Separate lawsuits have placed federal courts in charge of much of the state's prison operations, including inmate safety, employee discipline and its inmate health care and mental health systems. A state court, meanwhile, is ordering reforms to the juvenile justice system. Last...

Hire illegal immigrants and you'll be disqualified By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor (Filed: 16/07/2006) Company bosses who employ illegal immigrants will be disqualified under a contentious "two strikes and you're out" plan being prepared by ministers The crackdown, in which directors would be struck off if their firms were found to be breaching immigration rules on two separate occasions, is the brainchild of John Reid, the Home Secretary. John Reid has abandoned proposals for an amnesty It was discussed at last Thursday's Cabinet meeting and is planned as a central plank of hardline proposals to deal with the illegal immigration...

USA Citizens Day - July 1st Immigration Control Rally Nationwide Rally on Saturday, July 1st, at noon, at your City HallMay 1st - Million of Illegal Aliens Marched in our StreetsTwelve million illegal aliens demonstrated their political power, and declared May 1st to be A Day Without Undocumented Workers ( illegal aliens ). They boycotted the USA, all US businesses and institutions. Millions of them marched in our streets, carried Mexican flags, shouted "Si se puede!", and demanded new laws from our Congress. July 1st - U.S. Citizens Nationwide Rally for Immigration ControlRally to stop our continuous invasion by...

BALTIMORE - The Virginia couple arrested Saturday for trespassing after getting lost trying to find Interstate 95 have retained an attorney and plan to sue the city. “In view of what’s happened, it’s a given,” said Dale Anstine, an attorney in York, Pa., who is representing the family. “I personally know these people; they are good kids. I think the conduct of this police officer is beyond outrageous.” Llara Brook, 20, and her boyfriend, Josh Kelly, 22, traveled from Chantilly, Va., to Baltimore to see an Orioles game Saturday. The couple stopped in the 800 block of Bridgeview Drive in...

President Bush plans to address the nation on Monday night at 8 PM to con the American public into buying into his ludicrous immigration policies. His approval ratings are at an all-time low, with only 31% of Americans approving of his job performance, while "68% believe the United States is worse off today than it was before Mr. Bush became president." Bush's immigration policies would open the floodgates to illegals, and Americans do not approve -- and it looks like the Senate agrees. Another poll shows support for the House's tough and very sensible immigration legislation, HR 4437: ...69 percent...

A Senate committee signed off on a plan for hiring thousands of new Border Patrol officers while eliminating a plan to build 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico divide. The Judiciary Committee agreed on a plan to add roughly 10,000 agents to the ranks of Customs and Border Protection over the next five years. It also adopted an amendment from Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., to replace old fences only in high-population areas along the Arizona border, and required the detention of non-Mexican immigrants caught illegally crossing the border, ending the so-called "catch and release" policy. Kyl's proposal includes funding...

To zap illegals, jail those who employ them Published on: 11/30/05 On Monday, President Bush gave a speech designed to reassure his conservative base that he is serious about protecting the country from illegal immigrants. Speaking before an invitation-only audience in Tucson, Ariz., the president didn't spend too much time talking about the valuable contributions that immigrants have made or about granting them the opportunity to become citizens. Instead, Bush focused on fences and raids and deportations. In so doing, he reached out to a disaffected Republican constituency that is increasingly hostile to immigrants — especially to those Latinos who...

A Riverside man has been incurring the ire of businesses he has named on a Web site that purports to out alleged employers of undocumented workers. Jason Mrochek, a 30-year-old software developer, said he hasn't been sued over his Web site, www.WeHireAliens.com The site lists 200-plus companies, some of which are in San Diego County. On the site, he invites people from around the country to post complaints about specific companies, from large corporations to mom-and-pop businesses. Also posted are addresses, phone numbers, corporate logos and even photographs in some cases. "We have been dealing with people calling up and...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In sworn testimony that contrasts with their promises to the public, the FBI managers who crafted the post-Sept. 11 fight against terrorism say expertise about the Mideast or terrorism was not important in choosing the agents they promoted to top jobs. And they still do not believe such experience is necessary today even as terrorist acts occur across the globe. "A bombing case is a bombing case," said Dale Watson, the FBI's terrorism chief in the two years after Sept. 11, 2001. "A crime scene in a bank robbery case is the same as a crime scene,...

PHILADELPHIA (May 23) - Maurice Cheeks is running the show again for the Philadelphia 76ers. In a surprising move nearly three weeks following the end of their season, the Sixers fired Jim O'Brien on Monday after one season as coach and replaced him with Cheeks, one of the most popular players in franchise history. "Mo is family. Mo bleeds 76ers. He bleeds Philadelphia," team president Billy King said. Cheeks will be introduced as Philadelphia's 21st head coach at a Tuesday news conference. Philadelphia is certainly banking on the former point guard to have a happier homecoming than O'Brien, a Philadelphia...

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego City Council unanimously agreed today to spend $250,000 to hire the former chief accountant for the Securities and Exchange Commission to help in federal investigations of the city's finances. Lynn E. Turner, now a senior adviser with Kroll Zolfo Cooper, would be retained to review investigative reports by the law firm Vinson & Elkins and the City Attorney's Office, and make recommendations to the City Council. The city's goal in hiring Turner is to secure an audit of San Diego's 2003 finances, which was held back by the outside accounting firm KPMG pending further...

By PETER PORCO Anchorage Daily News November 26, 2004 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sixteen-year-old Rachelle A. Waterman would appear to be any parent's ideal child - an honor student, an athlete, a gifted singer. But for months, she planned her mother's murder with two of her former boyfriends who are eight years her senior, according to Alaska State Troopers. Two weekends ago on Southeast's Prince of Wales Island, their plot ended in the death of 48-year-old Lauri Waterman of Craig, according to court papers. Lauri Waterman, a teacher's aide and community activist, was killed by one of the men using a...

Nov 13, 2003Franklin Mint Dismisses 200 Employees From Suburban Center The Associated Press FRANKLIN CENTER, Pa. (AP) - The Franklin Mint, a prominent collectibles maker, plans to lay off two-thirds of its employees in suburban Philadelphia, a company spokesman said. The company, seeking to implement a new restructuring plan, on Wednesday notified 200 workers at its Franklin Center site in Delaware County that they would be dismissed over the next several months, said spokesman Howard Lucker. Weakened by decreasing sales of figurines, Franklin Mint plans to shift its focus to production of die-cast cars, airplanes and Harley-Davidson collectibles. "We're going...

<p>CLARKSDALE — Not since legendary blues singer Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads here has a tale stirred more speculation than this one.</p> <p>Robert Hunter, the principal at Jonestown Elementary School in Coahoma County, is charged with attempted first-degree murder in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme.</p>