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Hurricane Ike grows to a Cat 3 storm
Sun-Sentinel.comAfter weakening slightly this morning, Hurricane Ike returned to Category 3 strength this afternoon and continued on a course toward northeastern Cuba. The 2 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center reported that the storm increased maximum...Tags: Hurricane Ike, Florida Keys Vacations, Hurricane Preparedness, Disasters, Beach Vacations
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Obama rebukes Palin on earmarks
Associated Press WriterBarack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them. Speaking to 800 people at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds in...Tags: Sarah Palin, Democratic National Conventions, Barack Obama, George Bush, National Government
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Keokuk disagrees with EPA over storm sewers
The city of Keokuk plans to fight U.S. Environmental Projection Agency efforts to have the city separate its sanitary and storm sewers. The EPA has asked the city to make adjustments over the next 17 years -- a proposal that would cost as much as $60...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Governor exchanges quips on 'Colbert Report'
New York Gov. David A. Paterson has survived an appearance on Stephen Colbert's television show, which often leaves political leaders eating their own words. The governor traded one-liners with the late-night host during Friday night's broadcast on...Tags: David Paterson, Executive Branch, Republican National Conventions, David A. Paterson, Stephen Colbert
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Lots of rain, some flooding as Hanna moves north
The Associated PressTropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages. Hanna moved quickly inland after...Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Preparedness, Disasters, Relief and Aid Organizations, Puerto Rico
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Hometown paper to Palin: Stop stonewalling
Spin CycleThe Anchorage Daily News is not happy that since getting the v-p nod, Gov. Palin has shifted from cooperation to resistance in the probe of her firing of state public safety director Walter Monegan: "Gov. Sarah Palin is taking the......Tags: Local Elections, Executive Branch, Elections, Sarah Palin, Government
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Story: More on Palin and library censorship
Spin CycleHere's a good, pretty long story from Anchorage that tries to get to the bottom of whether Sarah Palin really tried to ban books at the library when she was mayor of Wasilla. Palin eventually tried to fire the librarian......Tags: Sarah Palin, Censorship
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Could the EPA cripple the Chevy Volt?
MotorTrend MagazineWord around Detroit is GM and the EPA are apparently duking it out over the Chevy Volt. The problem is this: Is the Volt an electric car, or a hybrid? How you define the Volt is important, because it dictates how the official EPA fuel economy numbers will... -
Sarah Palin popular pick, poll shows
The Swampby Mark Silva BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Sarah Palin dominated the Republican National Convention. And, for the Republican Party, she makes for a good show. She is initially proving to be a popular pick for a vice presidential nominee - if......Tags: Washington Post Company, Local Elections, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Governor orders review of Md. inspection protocols
Prompted by the discovery of previously undetected corrosion on the Bay Bridge, Gov. Martin O'Malley has ordered the state's transportation chief to assemble a panel of experts to evaluate Maryland's toll bridge and tunnel inspection program. The...Tags: Building Material, Robert L Flanagan, Technology, Transportation Industry, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Sizing up wrongful execution risk
In the last of its four public hearings, the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment explored yesterday the risk of innocent people being executed - calling upon of one its members to tell the story of his own wrongful conviction.
Former Maryland death...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Punishment, Prisons, Executive Branch, Murder
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Md. braces for Hanna
Marylanders were tying down and tightening up Friday as they braced for the heavy wind, torrential rain and high water predicted to arrive Saturday with Tropical Storm Hanna, the first such storm to menace the state since Ernesto in 2006.
Forecasters...Tags: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Preparedness, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Disasters, Havre de Grace
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