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Salisbury man convicted in abuse of infant
The Associated PressA jury in Wicomico County has convicted a Salisbury man on child abuse charges for fracturing the skull of his newborn son. Wayman Witcher, 35, was convicted yesterday after a two-day trial and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The infant was injured...Tags: Punishment, Wicomico County
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Lehigh Valley region graduates named
Graduates from the Lehigh Valley region who recently received doctorates, master's and bachelor's degrees and awards are: Receiving doctorate degrees and their field of study: Boston University: Lauren E. Cook, juris doctor in law, cum laude; and...Tags: Schnecksville, Orefield, Freemansburg, North Catasauqua, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia)
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Salisbury man gets 25 years for grocery store robbery
The Associated PressA Salisbury man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for robbing a grocery store in Salisbury, Wicomico County prosecutors said. Alonzo Johnson, 48, must serve the term without the possibility of parole. He pleaded guilty May 21 to armed robbery....Tags: Punishment, Wicomico County, Snow Hill, Theft
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Broadband project's fees waived
The Board of Public Works yesterday approved a wetlands license and waived the applicable fees for a project that will allow greater broadband Internet access in the state's rural areas. The Maryland Broadband Cooperative, a public-private partnership...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Natural Resources, Wallops Island, Wetlands, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Video game dilemma
True or false: Violent video games cause children to become more aggressive. Sorry, that was a trick question. Despite much bandying of statistics and loud talking by critics on both sides of the argument, the real answer is that there is no real answer -...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Research, Illnesses, Family, Video Games
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U.S. will triple port security grants for Md.
Sun ReportersThe federal government will more than triple its grant funding this year for port security in Maryland, providing money for a state-of-the-art video surveillance system and technology to help monitor the thousands of trucks that enter the port of...Tags: Government, Public Transportation, Martin O'Malley, Defense, National Security
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Food prices are growing, but farmers' share of the profit is not
Don't blame the farmer for the biggest increase in food prices in nearly 20 years. The farmer's share of the retail food dollar is about the same today as it was in the 1970s. Take corn, for example. According to economists at the American Farm Bureau...Tags: Market and Exchange, Consumers, Petroleum Industry, Sales, Ethanol
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Higher credit score now norm in prime lending
With the resurgence of tighter underwriting standards, some mortgage-market observers have been predicting that lenders would again rely more on a would-be borrower's overall worthiness and less on his credit score. But if anything, credit scores have...Tags: Allen Johnson, Credit and Debt, Television Industry, Consumers, Mortgages
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'A waterman needs ... faith'
Sun reporterBOZMAN -- P.T. Hambleton could probably make this run blindfolded, and at 4:30 in the morning, he might as well. Gliding through pitch darkness aboard his boat, the Lexi Maye, he is accompanied by the low gurgle of the vessel's diesel engine. Only the...Tags: Weather Reports, Tilghman Island, Natural Resources, Telecommunication Service, Aquaculture
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Town honors soldier killed in Iraq
Standing at a podium overlooking a flag-draped coffin, the Rev. Douglas Nagel told hundreds of mourners gathered in Gloucester's First Presbyterian Church yesterday not to think that Army Spc. Eric Thomas Caldwell's life had been taken from him. To think...Tags: Armed Forces, Family, Defense, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Health and Safety at School
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