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Harford council reviews $20 million DES budget
Russell Strickland, the new director of Harford County's newly-minted Department of Emergency Services, appeared before members of the County Council Thursday to make the case for his department's $20 million-plus budget for the 2014 fiscal year. The...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Radio
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APG company employees donate to Sandy relief
Employees at the Aberdeen Proving Ground office of New Jersey-based information technology firm Symbolic Systems Inc. – many of whom have ties to the Garden State – have helped raise $11,000 for Superstorm Sandy relief programs in New Jersey....
Tags: New York City, Halloween, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Trips and Vacations, Havre de Grace
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Congress approves additional Sandy aid
In a move that will help some 800 Maryland families affected by the effects of Hurricane Sandy, Congress approved $10 billion in emergency funding Friday for the federal flood insurance program. The hastily scheduled votes came in response to criticism...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Republican Party, Andrew Cuomo, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Sandy aid proposal would include more for Maryland
A $60 billion emergency spending bill that would provide federal aid to states still recovering from Hurricane Sandy would guarantee additional money for Maryland and subtly change the way administration officials determine eligibility for disaster relief...
Tags: Republican Party, Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senate, Benjamin L. Cardin, FEMA
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Catholic Relief Services denies funding contraception
Catholic Relief Services is defending a grant it shared with another aid group that separately funds contraception, which is a violation of church doctrine. The Baltimore-based group that is the Catholic community's official international humanitarian...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Catholic Relief Services, Roman Catholicism, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Charity
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Mortgage settlement has shortcomings, critics say
As the federal government and 49 states signed a landmark mortgage relief settlement Thursday, housing advocates and others pointed to shortcomings and raised questions about how the $25 billion plan would be able to provide relief to nearly 2 million...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Realty, Mortgages, Trials, Litigation
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Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department nets grant to aid water rescues
The Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department was recently awarded $47,610 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant. According to a release from the offices of U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), National Security, Sykesville, Defense, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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The wrong time to play politics with FEMA
Whether it's a hurricane, a flood, a tornado or an earthquake, Americans count on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be among the first responders. As the recent example of Hurricane Irene shows, only government can marshal the vast resources...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Natural Disasters, Disasters, Joplin (Jasper, Missouri), Meteorological Disasters
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Obama authorizes federal funds for Md. disaster relief
Federal disaster relief funds were allocated Wednesday to Maryland by President Obama, according to a statement from the White House. The money will be put toward state and local efforts to clean up from the damage caused by the heavy rains from Tropical...Tags: White House, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Barack Obama, Tropical Storms
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Chasing security with dollars
Sun ReporterFor three days in Howard County last year, 29 veterinarians from Maryland and around the nation honed their homeland-security skills by practicing the rescue of a tame llama named Dexter and his sidekick, Karma, a Tennessee walking horse. Clad in...Tags: Disasters, Maryland, Plastic Surgeons, Guerrilla Activity, Lisbon (Portugal)
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U.S. urged to head off famine in East Africa
Sun StaffAcknowledging their timing couldn't be worse, leaders of two of the largest religious international relief organizations are pressing the U.S. government for an additional $350 million in emergency food aid to head off famine in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The...Tags: Natural Resources, Disasters, Foreign Aid, Ethiopia, Relief and Aid Organizations
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Bush urges new tax cuts
Sun National StaffIn the midst of dealing with military action abroad and an anthrax crisis at home, President Bush paid a brief visit to suburban Baltimore yesterday, telling employees at a small packaging company that he wants Congress to act fast to cure the nation's...Tags: Employees, Glen Burnie, Small Businesses, Maryland, Hospitals and Clinics
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