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Here's one way to call the slots tossup
The last poll I saw on slots showed about 54 percent of Marylanders still supporting a state constitutional amendment allowing the gambling machines. That support was not as large as it appeared to be eight or nine months ago, which fits a theory I have:...Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, Casino and Gambling, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Casino and Gambling Industry, Tourism and Leisure
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Justices reject LNG appeal
A proposed natural gas terminal at Sparrows Point overcame a crucial hurdle yesterday when the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not consider an appeal by Baltimore County that sought to stop the project. The court's decision eliminated what...Tags: Unions, Bethlehem Steel, Patapsco, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Government
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WETHERSFIELD: Redevelopment Forum Planned
The town's redevelopment agency will host a community forum on Oct. 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Silas Deane Middle School. The session will focus on the town's redevelopment plans and how the agency can develop specific sites in town. Guest speakers...Tags: Real Estate Agents
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Hampton Roads alliance names new president
The Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance tapped an executive from the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce to become the new president of the regional group. Darryl Gosnell takes over Oct. 27 after Jones Hooks left for a new job in Georgia. The...Tags: National Government, Hampton Roads, Government
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School class-size rules may be relaxed in Florida's budget crunch
Orlando SentinelFlorida's popular class-size law may be put on ice, thanks to a weakening economy and a statewide budget crisis. Despite strong public support, a broad consensus is forming that the goal of limiting class size is simply too expensive during the current...Tags: James F. Notter, Teaching and Learning, Constitutional Issues, Tribune Co., Palm Beach County School District
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Could it be 1929 again?
Washington Post Writers Group robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post Writers GroupWatching the slipping economy and Congress' epic debate over the unprecedented $700 billion financial bailout, it is impossible not to wonder whether this is 1929 all over again. Even sophisticated observers invoke the comparison. Martin Wolf, the...Tags: Business Institutions, Financial and Business Services, Unemployment, Banking, $700 Billion Bank Bailout
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Are we depresssed yet?
A grisly banner was held aloft the other day at a demonstration on Wall Street. Its graphic message advised denizens of the street to "Jump!" It was a frightful reminder of perhaps the most widely believed legend about the Great Depression of the 1930s;...Tags: Financial Markets, Consumer Confidence, Stock Broking, Financially Distressed Companies, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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New Jersey plans to triple its use of wind energy by 2020, becoming a world leader
Associated Press WriterATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) _ New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy. Gov. Jon Corzine wants the Garden State to triple the amount of wind power it plans to use by 2020 to 3,000 megawatts....Tags: Alternative Energy, Rehoboth Beach, Jon Corzine, Energy Saving, Renewable Energy
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America's big new flimflam
The $700 billion financial bailout may be the biggest flimflam ever pulled on the American public. It has all the earmarks of a good con: Bankers and assorted Wall Street grifters will make off with hundreds of billions of dollars, abetted by Washington...Tags: Wachovia Corp., Stocks, Warren Buffett, Money and Monetary Policy, Stock Activities
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Energy key as Montana governor's race features old foes from legislative battles
Associated Press WriterHELENA, Mont. (AP) _ Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and his Republican challenger have both called for increased energy development, lower taxes and a more open state government. Schweitzer points to last year's property tax rebate and several recently...Tags: Stan Jones, National Government, Roy Brown, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Rick Green: We Need Immigrants
We need immigrants, but the latest numbers suggest that increasingly they might not want to be in Connecticut. For our state to flourish — where we have good schools and people who pay taxes and businesses that actually make things — we need,...Tags: National Government, Population, Danbury, Migration, Rick Green
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UCF: Wise beyond its years
The University of Central Florida is a young university, having opened our doors to students only 40 years ago today. But our achievements in academics, research, service and economic development rival those of far more-established institutions around the...Tags: Further Education, John Hitt, Colleges and Universities, Research, University of Central Florida
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