...know, get that started," said a woman identifying herself as Lavelle Stewart , listed as a "fair housing coordinator" for the ACORN offices of LA. Several telephone calls to ACORN and Stewart went unreturned. Celebrity Photos: Nov. 19, 2009

In this article: Acorn, Washington, Los Angeles, and Louisiana

...it Green's rating system, while others will use the U.S. Green Building Council 's LEED certification standards. of the national Sierra Club , called the guidelines the toughest in San Mateo County. He said it could help influence other...

In this article: Sierra Club, San Mateo, San Mateo County, Redwood City, Daly City, and California

NAPLES The Sierra Club called on the federal government to offer more protections for the Florida panther by expanding its habitat to areas north of the Caloosahatchee River. In filing a petition to the Department of the Interior and the...

In this article: Sierra Club, Caloosahatchee River, Florida panther, Climate change, Global warming, Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Southwest Florida

...Society having Santa Paws again this year? Answer: You and your pets can have holiday photos taken with Santa and Mrs. Paws to benefit the Humane Society this Saturday and Sunday and Dec. 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For a $25...

In this article: Humane Society and E mail

Volunteers from the Humane Society of Eastern Carolina will be gift-wrapping presents for patrons of the Greenville Mall from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 for donations. The annual fundraiser raises money to support Humane Society operations through...

In this article: Humane Society

...nation. There's a lot at stake right now." The lobbying figure doesn't include lobbying by the Chamber of Commerce ($65 million) or AARP ($15 million), groups that have lobbied on health care, as well as other bills, including financial...

In this article: Cnnmoney.com, America's Health Insurance Plans, Autism, Nasdaq, AARP, and Richard Burr

...hoped the summit would commit to eradicating hunger by 2025. Diouf dismissed a question that Norway had withdrawn from a partnership with FAO over his leadership at an agency seen by many as heavy on bureaucracy. He said he hadn't heard of...

In this article: United Nations, Jacques Diouf, Food and Agriculture Organization, Oxfam, Rome, Norway, USA Today, and Silvio Berlusconi

...views from those of the dominant religion from participating in the public schools." Tricia Herzfeld , staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee , which filed the suit along with Barrett 's law firm, said...

In this article: Zondervan, Christianity, New Life Church, Tennessee, American Civil Liberties Union, and Minneapolis

...an interim ruling in favor Josue Brissot ( JOE '-sway BREE '-soh) and scheduled a February hearing on potential compensation. The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday that Brissot was assured when the Transportation Security...

In this article: Boston, Transportation Security Administration, American Civil Liberties Union, and Logan International Airport

Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 6:00 PST Jacques Diouf , head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO ), "is not satisfied" that the World Summit on Food Security's final declaration excludes "exact targets to reduce hunger," the BBC...

In this article: Food and Agriculture Organization, U.N., Jacques Diouf, The Globe and Mail, Pope Benedict XVI, Medical advice, World Summit, Vatican Radio, and Agence France-Presse

The Supreme Court granted cert. in the SAF case, McDonald v. Chicago. A few weeks later, the Court added NRA to the case as a party. So NRA is now a " Respondent in Support of Petitioners. " The suburb of Oak Park , which had been sued by NRA...

In this article: National Rifle Association, Due process, Chicago, Supreme Court, Incorporation, Petitioner, Oak Park, and Alan Gura

Vatican Radio called the lack of a firm money commitment "disturbing," while humanitarian groups claimed the summit had largely failed. Greenpeace called the declaration "empty rhetoric," while Oxfam said the strategy it laid out was...

In this article: United Nations, FAO, Oxfam, Pope Benedict XVI, United States, Waste, Climate change, Vatican Radio, and Pope John Paul II

Hyderabad, Nov 16 : The Food and Agricultural Organisation ( FAO ) of the United Nations has declared that global food insecurity has worsened and continues to seriously threaten humanity. With food prices remaining stubbornly high in...

In this article: FAO, Land degradation, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, United Nations, and India

A major review of Japanese government spending could spell the end to whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according to Greenpeace , after the review committee proposed massive cuts in subsidies to a body which funds whaling.

In this article: Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Nablus, World Summit, Asian Human Rights Commission, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Islamic Development Bank, Greenpeace, and Brazil

... Arizona Humane Society , and all of the animals are homeless. They have either been rescued or turned in by their previous owner. The Humane Society belives this type of store will provide more opportunities to save the lives of these...

In this article: Humane Society, Phoenix, All rights reserved, and Biltmore Fashion Park

First published in print: Saturday, November 14, 2009 The Humane Society has offered a $2,500 reward for information about the case of a beagle bound in duct tape and discarded in northern Saratoga County. The Humane Society of the...

In this article: Dog, Humane Society, Humane Society of the United States, Saratoga County, and Providence

In this article: Humane Society and St. Joseph County

...crisis, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation's chief said. In an interview ahead of a global summit on food security in Rome next week, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said more aid was needed to curb the rising number of hungry...

In this article: FAO, Rome, Barack Obama, Climate change, and Nicolas Sarkozy