National News Desk

PETALUMA, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announces the opening of new offices in Petaluma. The new EPIC facility, featuring a multi-media training room for risk management, insurance, employee benefits and safety seminars, will help the EPIC team serve the growing needs of North Bay clients in a wide range of industries. These industries include wine making, construction, non-profits and the public sector.

DENVER, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- With the many ups and downs in the economy lately, it seems unusual to hear about a new business emerging strong - yet in Denver, Colorado, the timing seems to be just right for Jiggy's Pipes. With the emergence of the Medical Marijuana Dispensary rush that has been going on for some time now in Colorado, the focus in the news has been the legal, tax, and other ramifications this new industry would bring.

BELLVUE, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Art lovers from all over the West will gather in a picturesque mountain valley outside Fort Collins, Colorado on Labor Day Sunday. They're coming in hopes of acquiring original art from over 100 well-known artists that will be auctioned off to the highest bidder under the 'Big Top' at the 16th Annual Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction on Sunday, September 4, 2011.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Max Jacques Entertainment announces Fight Night returns to the Playboy Mansion on August 27, 2011 as sexy Girl Next Door Bridget Marquardt hosts a world-class combat and concert event.

DALLAS, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Despite breakup rumors, Teen Choice Award winners Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are presented as a 21st Century Adam and Eve in a new life size portrait created by controversial American artist Daniel Edwards. The portrait depicts the teenagers almost entirely nude, with a Canadian maple leaf and a Texas lone star covering their most intimate parts. The portrait will be unveiled at Dallas's New Fine Arts, near Gomez's hometown, at a time yet to be announced by Cory Allen Contemporary Art.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- DJ Jimmy Stewart Jr. just finished his 'I have a Dream' record and Sesene Entertainment is promoting it via a free download on its web site. 'To date, this is the most powerful piece Stewart has done and he believes that this is one of those projects that is and will always be bigger than him,' says Sean Alfonso, president/CEO of Sesene Entertainment.

KIRKLAND, Wash. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Many Americans - unsatisfied with traditional treatments for cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other intractable diseases - are looking south for advanced remedies. 'We're struggling to keep up with demand,' says Dr. Oscar E. Castro, head of Regenerative Cellular Therapy (RCT), of Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico.

BETHESDA, Md. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- ADF Solutions, Inc., the global leader in site exploitation and digital forensic triage, today announced a partnership with High Tech Crime Institute (HTCI), the global leader in the field of computer crime investigation and computer forensics, that will provide law enforcement investigators high quality training and education on the industry's leading forensic triage tools.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EaseUS Software, a leading provider of easy-to-use storage management, data backup and system disaster recovery solutions, today announces the availability of EaseUS Partition Master 9.0, an all-in-one partition management solution with non-destructive and advanced partition manager features that go beyond the basic functionality offered by Windows' own Disk Management tool.

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Quandis, Inc., a leading provider of default management solutions, announced that is has earned a spot on Mortgage Technology magazine's annual Top 50 Service Providers list.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- SmartStops announced today the launch of the SmartStops Risk Barometer Index or SRBI. The SRBI is an easy to use metric that helps investors quickly gauge the relative level and direction of risk posed by a specific group of equities such as a particular market or sector.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- International Document Services (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, has made its first appearance on the 2011 Top Service Providers list issued by Source Media's Mortgage Technology magazine.

AUSTIN, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Revenue Cycle Inc. announces that it has forged a strategic collaboration with D3 Oncology Solutions for SABRE financial consulting and support. In this newly formed partnership, Revenue Cycle Inc. will research and educate D3 Oncology Solutions clients in proper coding, billing, documentation, and compliance for SABRE.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- It all started in front of a coffee shop in Daytona Beach, FL. Pavlina Osta, a 10-year old musician, was playing the steel drums and piqued the interest of a local radio show; this quickly led to a show of her own and to the creation of Pavlina Productions.

IRVINE, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Kathleen 'Kathy' Holmes as a senior account executive in its Employee Benefits Division. Kathy brings nearly 25 years of experience in the health insurance and employee benefits industry. She will be based in EPIC's Irvine, Calif. branch office and report to Steve Vilas, Employee Benefits Division, Chief Operating Officer.

DAVIS, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- California IVF: Davis Fertility Center, Inc. announces a name change for their Sacramento area fertility centers. The infertility treatment center will now operate under the name California IVF Fertility Center and the shorter version California IVF. The name change was made to reflect the operation of clinics at various locations throughout the Sacramento area.

PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Give Back Foundation saw its mission - helping people give more to the causes important to them - fulfilled to a 'T' in their recent campaign. During GiveBack.org's '100 Days of Giving,' members donated to 754 charities, representing the gamut of philanthropy, from neighborhood nonprofits to big global relief efforts, summer camps for special needs children, veterans organizations, pet rescues, environmental action groups, medical research, memorial funds, houses of worship and more.

MARSHALL, Mo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Missouri Alliance for the Development of Entrepreneurship announced today that seven regional winners will be moving forward as finalists in the 2011 MADE In Missouri State Entrepreneurship Competition, an event that will highlight new and aspiring businesses through a competitive and educational business development process.

AUSTIN, Texas (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- When searching for Austin home builders you will not find many that are locally owned, says Buffington Homes. Austin home builders primarily consist of the large public builders found in any big city USA and very few of these big builders understand Austin Texas real estate and building in central Texas.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- E'shee Clinical Esthetic introduces the next step in anti-aging skin care - White Truffle Radiance Cream - an amazingly powerful skin anti-oxidant. This supremely elegant formula combines the finest bioengineering technologies, and offers skin the most effective anti-oxidant protection and luxurious brightening action ever experienced in skincare formulation