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A Lake Oswego public affairs firm has come under scrutiny for its role in a broad-based public relations effort mounted by a company seeking to dispel criticism that its widely used herbicide, atrazine, is a public health threat.

Over at our sister paper, The City Paper , reporter Pierce Greenberg just filed a piece about The Grascals' recent counter-suit against Kirt Webster of Webster & Associates PR.

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ROME: Pope Benedict has urged ''profound renewal'' of the Catholic Church to prevent child abuse, as the Vatican held its first-ever summit on the issue despite protests by victims.

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MMI Public Relations , a Raleigh-based, full-service public relations firm, has announced that Patty Briguglio, president of the firm, presented a review of crisis public relations for associations at the Virginia Society Of Association Executives' Feb.

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In a study on the behavior of college students conducted by the University of Washington, it was determined that students decreased the number of electronics and the time spent on electronics during finals week.

Here's a doozy to add to the annals of great PR stunts gone wrong: Last Friday, Woody Harrelson took to Reddit to promote his latest film, Oren Moverman's Rampart , in which he gives a pretty terrific and tough performance as a corrupt L.A. cop.

Just how bad is the public relations disaster formerly known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure ? So bad that Ari Fleischer-former George Bush flack and the public face of selling the war in Iraq-is distancing himself from it as fast as he can.

The country's largest LGBT rights organization has announced that Goldman Sachs' CEO would be the group's first national corporate spokesman for gay marriage.

ITV's head of press is set to move to the broadcaster's competitor Channel 4 to take the role of head of corporate press.

PSS World Medical, Inc. announced today that, effective March 1, 2012, Jenny R. Kobin, age 45, will join the Company as Vice President of Investor Relations.

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Kingston Holdings, the region's leading promoter of energy efficient solutions, has appointed Four Communications, the integrated communications agency, for a region-wide public relations programme to support the group's strong growth in the Middle East and North Africa.

A federal judge has ruled there's sufficient evidence to allow a polygamous family made famous by a reality TV show to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law.

Andrea Rader, the director of communications for Komen, told HuffPost Friday afternoon that the two groups are not actually affiliated at all.

Adventist Midwest Health's public relations team won two Pinnacle Awards from the Illinois Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations at the organization's annual conference.

Lisa Parro senior public relations specialist, and Julie Busch, regional director of public relations, won two awards from the Illinois Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations.