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College Summit is honored to announce it has been awarded $125,000 of President Obama's $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award, which will support students in communities across the country on their path to higher education.

President Obama has unveiled a bold plan with multiple steps that will create jobs quickly and provide immediate incentives for businesses to invest, hire and expand. I am supporting the President wholeheartedly as he moves ahead with today's jobs acceleration initiative.

Under the framework of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Forest Service, and the Russian Federal Forest Agency signed a Protocol of Intent to strengthen collaboration in the sustainable management of forests through 2013.

AT&T Labs Researchers to Collaborate Directly with Educators to Develop High-Impact Lab-Based Learning Opportunities for Middle School and High School Students

Dept. of Energy's fuel efficiency loan program expands to make companies like Aptera – with its ultra-high mileage, three-wheel electric vehicle – eligible for funds

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

President Obama recognized IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its Blue Gene family of supercomputers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country's most prestigious award given to leading innovators for technological achievement.

Additional Capacity and Bandwidth Added to Cell Sites Near Hudson Valley Community College in advance of President's September 21st Visit.

Continued commitment to National Guard and Reserve honored with highest recognition given to U.S. employers.

Democratic National Committee's Veterans and Military Families Council Lauds Administration's Implementation of Post-9/11 GI Bill and Commitment to a New Generation of Veterans

Verizon Wireless stands ready for the challenge as all eyes and ears prepare to fall on downtown St. Louis for the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and President Obama's ceremonial first pitch on July 14.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision today to grant California's long-standing request to carry out Clean Car standards immediately clears the way for emission standards in California and 13 additional states to cut global warming pollution.

Secretaries Chu, Salazar and Vilsack and Chairs Sutley and Wellinghoff announce energy and transmission policies at the Western Governors’ Association Annual Meeting

There’s nothing more important to most Americans than the nation’s security and a strong economy. The key to both – agree President Barack Obama and Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons – is a safe and secure Internet.

Verizon's cybersecurity teams are known around the world as the authority on investigative response, computer-security product testing and evaluation, and analysis of data collected on new vulnerabilities and threats.

A federal judge today denied the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss or delay a challenge to the unlawful detention of Mohammed Jawad, a Guantánamo prisoner who has been held in U.S. custody since he was a teenager. In February, the government filed a motion continuing Bush administration efforts to deny Jawad his right to challenge his detention in federal court until after the Guantánamo military commission case against him is complete, even though President Obama has ordered a halt to all military commission proceedings.

According to a study released today by IBM (NYSE: IBM), increasing demand on rail systems in the U.S. and around the world will dramatically strain existing rail infrastructure. The study, "The Smarter Railroad," analyzes new approaches to modernize and build high-speed rail networks globally, such as those announced today by President Obama.

President Obama will ride the wave of sentiment at the Summit of the Americas to move forward US relations with Cuba, predicted John McAuliff, executive director of the Fund for Reconciliation and Development.

Environmental and public health experts call for Americans to go "Meatless" on Mondays

Researchers have discovered a way to get another bonus from the implementation of electronic medical records: testing the efficacy of treatments for disease.