NAPA, Calif., Aug. 26 -- Napa County issued the following news release: Napa County has been recognized by the U.S. Census as an "outstanding partner" in encouraging residents to respond to the 2010 Census. At the Aug. 24 of the Board of Supervisors, David Rosas, a partnership coordinator with the Census, presented Chair Diane Dillon with a plaque, citing the County's efforts to ask residents to return their census forms on time. Rosas cited the County's efforts to encourage the cities   more

STILLWATER, Okla., Aug. 26 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news release: An Oklahoma State University researcher has been awarded a grant for $349,175 to better understand the monogamy and other social behaviors of prairie voles, a rodent found throughout the Midwest that exhibits certain behaviors similar to humans. The research, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Schriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health, could cont  more

TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 26 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The DEP has brokered an agreement that enables the Camden Redevelopment Agency to use dredged materials from a State-owned facility along the Delaware River in Palmyra to redevelop a Camden landfill as a multimillion-dollar Salvation Army community center, Commissioner Bob Martin announced today. The work is made possible by agreements reached with National Amusements, the Bur  more