JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 2 -- The Alaska Department of Public Safety issued the following State Troopers dispatches: Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. A Detachment...No news reported. B Detachment ------------------------------------------------- Location: Wasilla Case number: 10-83750 Type: Violation of Protective Order (DV) Text: On 09/01/2010 at approximately 2318 ho  more

TIGARD, Ore., Sept. 1 -- The city of Tigard issued the following news release: On Tuesday August 31st at around 8:30 pm officers responded to a disturbance and shots fired call at the Arbor Heights Apartments in Tigard. Officers from Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, King City and Washington County deputies arrived and found two adults (1 female and 1 male) deceased with gunshot wounds outside an apartment in a breeze way. The apartment was cleared by uniform officers and they found a two year old   more

KENT, Ohio, Sept. 2 -- Kent State University issued the following news release: What happens in religious congregations when the subject of domestic violence comes up? For more than 20 years, Dr. Nancy Nason-Clark, founder and director of The RAVE Project, has been writing and speaking about the "holy hush" that hovers over most religious congregations when it comes to talking about this kind of abuse. Kent State University's Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) prese  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The office of Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Vic Snyder (AR-02) today announced that the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will soon receive $199,339 from the U.S. Department of Justice to create a centralized database for Arkansas's juvenile justice system, research the needs of juvenile victims and offenders, and train juvenile justice system personnel on how to   more

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 2 -- The city of Lincoln issued the following news release: Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that his Cleaner Greener Lincoln initiative is developing a program to help local nonprofit agencies improve the energy efficiency of their facilities and save operating expenses. An energy audit of 13 agencies showed that a one-time investment in the agencies' buildings could reduce energy consumption by 20 percent, and the investment would pay for itself in only about five ye  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The office of Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln and U.S. Representative Vic Snyder (AR-02) today announced that the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will soon receive $199,339 from the U.S. Department of Justice to create a centralized database for Arkansas's juvenile justice system, research the needs of juvenile victims and offenders, and train juvenile justice system personnel on how to best   more

RAINSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 2 -- Northeast Alabama Community College issued the following news release: Domestic violence touches thousands of lives each year in North Alabama. Each year someone we know or live near dies because of it, but even with shocking statistics and even more shocking headlines about people who are victims of domestic violence we underestimate the danger it poses to our community. A crisis can occur in anyone's life when too many stresses occur at once. "Domestic and Se  more

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 2 -- The University of Maryland issued the following news release: A new report by terrorism researchers at the University of Maryland concludes that the deadly hostage-taking incident at the Discovery Communications headquarters in suburban Washington, D.C. meets the criteria of a terrorist act - a rare one for media organizations and the nation's capital region. Hostage-taking, though, is a familiar pattern in capital-region terror, the researchers add. The repor  more

FULTON, Mo., Sept. 2 -- William Woods University issued the following news release: William Woods University will host its third annual service-learning fair Thursday, Sept. 9, to give students and the community a chance to learn more about community service opportunities. The service-learning fair will be held from noon to 2 p.m. outside Tucker Dining Hall. In case of rain, the fair will be held in the Ivy Room (lower level of Tucker Dining Hall). It is free and open to anyone in the comm  more