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'Rejoicing in opportunity to be cleared'
Associated Press WriterAlan Beaman spent his first days of freedom after 13 years in prison taking a driver's test, learning to use a cell phone and looking through a telescope at the night sky with his dad. Beaman, 35, faces retrial in the 1993 stabbing and strangling...Tags: Prisons, Witnesses, Health and Safety at School, Northwestern University, Murder
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Landmarks list hearing is planned
A public hearing about 14 properties on Baltimore County's preliminary historic landmarks list will follow the 6 p.m. County Council meeting Monday. Properties being considered for landmark status include the Loch Raven Elementary School and Stansbury... -
Tobacco policy criticized
Sun reporterTo lift a burden from the police, Baltimore County lawmakers authorized the Health Department last year to take over the task of imposing fines on store clerks who sell cigarettes to underage teenagers. But the county hasn't been doing that job -...Tags: Health Organizations, Local Elections, Health and Safety at School, Tobacco Products, People
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Creative cost-cutting used to avoid layoffs
As Michigan-based Pro-Temp Inc. grapples with its slowest period in eight years, co-owner Cal Van Hemert has started snipping away at expenses at the heating, cooling and refrigeration service company. He replaced the company's formal holiday dinner...Tags: Camarillo, Best Buy Company Incorporated, Employment, Unemployment, Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Activist judges still pose threat
The landmark decision of the Supreme Court on the Washington handgun law yielded two eye-opening revelations of critical importance to Americans ("Justices back gun owners," June 27). The first is the majority opinion that the U.S. Constitution's...Tags: Interior Policy, Public Officials, John Paul Stevens, New London (New London, Connecticut), Constitutional Issues
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Michigan seeks disaster declaration after storms
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has asked President Bush to declare a major disaster for parts of Michigan following severe storms in mid-June. Granholm asked Thursday for federal aid to partially cover the costs to the state and local governments in...Tags: Disasters, Executive Branch, George Bush, Government
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Employers use federal law to deny benefits
Of The Associated PressDying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. ''He was obsessed with dotting every 'i' and crossing every 't','' Melissa Amschwand-Bellinger...Tags: Death and Dying, Trials, Judges, Patrick Leahy, Spherion Corporation
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Does court ruling put Hard Rock in a hard place? Table games may be shut down
South Florida Sun-SentinelWhat's in the cards for the Seminole Tribe's casinos? With Thursday's Florida Supreme Court ruling that Gov. Charlie Crist had no authority to allow blackjack and other table games at the casinos, new questions have arisen, while old ones linger. Here...Tags: Bill McCollum, Charlie Crist, Trials, Marco Rubio, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Politicians get real about ground zero rebuilding
Associated Press WriterThe signature skyscraper that replaces the World Trade Center is nearly ready to move in. The memorial to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is a year away from opening. A skyscraper damaged by the falling towers was taken down years ago. Four other...Tags: Terrorism, Deutsche Bank AG, Renovation, Santiago Calatrava, Executive Branch
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Responses to green energy programs lack energy
Associated Press WriterEven as more Americans look to shrink their carbon footprints, relatively few have switched to providers of electricity generated by wind, water and sun. "Green power" programs allow consumers to purchase renewable energy, usually at a premium,...Tags: Consumers, Energy Saving, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Energy KD, Electricity Production and Distribution
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