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Bikers, others want to know age of tires
For Gary "Pappy" Boward, the prospect of the tread stripping off an aging tire on his van or car is scary enough. The possibility of it happening on his motorcycle is downright terrifying.
Boward, chairman of the motorcycle rights group ABATE, came to...Tags: Annapolis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Consumers, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment
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Groups react to Susan G. Komen's Planned Parenthood reversal
The Susan G. Komen for the Curebreast cancer advocacy and charity group backed away Friday from a plan to slash funding to Planned Parenthood programs, but the public apology might not be enough to repair its damaged image right away.
Experts in public...Tags: Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Abortion, Media Industry, Safeway Inc.
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Ronald M. Tillier
Ronald M. Tillier, a retired Ford Motor Co. executive and longtime Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge volunteer, died Sunday.
He was 72.
Mr. Tillier, who enjoyed competitive clay and skeet shooting, was attending a meet Sunday afternoon in Kennedyville...Tags: U.S. Army, Natural Resources, Wildlife, Christianity, World War II (1939-1945)
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Detroit auto show signals a turnaround for the industry
Signs that the auto industry recovery is likely to continue this year are everywhere at the North American International Auto Show — massive two-story video screens, dozens of futuristic concept and previously unseen vehicles and thousands of car...Tags: Music, Passenger Cars, North American International Auto Show, Fiat, BMW
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Eileen R. Philips, volunteer, dies
Eileen R. "Mimi" Philips, a homemaker and volunteer who enjoyed music, died of cancer Monday at her Richmond, Va., home.
The former Roland Park resident was 77.
The daughter of a Ford Motor Co. assembly line worker and a factory worker, Eileen Rose Wade...Tags: Baltimore County, Hunt Valley, Physical Disabilities, Opera (genre), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Honest work for honest pay? Not in America, not anymore
For most of the last century, the basic bargain at the heart of the American economy was that employers paid their workers enough to buy what American employers were selling.
That basic bargain created a virtuous cycle of higher living standards, more...Tags: Consumers, Unemployment, Business, Sales, Henry Ford
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Auto salesman 'Bob' Bell, known for TV commercials, dies at 78
Baltimore Sun reporterRobert L. "Bob" Bell, who began his career in auto sales in the 1950s which later grew into the Bob Bell Automotive Group, died Sunday of leukemia at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 78. Mr. Bell was best known for his appearances in TV...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Virginia, Manufacturing and Engineering, Colleges and Universities, Automotive Equipment
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Auto salesman Bob Bell, known for TV commercials, dies at 78
Robert Lee "Bob" Bell, who began his career in auto sales in the 1950s and went on to own the Bob Bell Automotive Group, one of the state's largest car dealers, died Sunday of leukemia at theUniversity of Maryland Medical Center.
The Ellicott City...Tags: U.S. Army, Lee Iacocca, Christianity, Clarksville, Ellicott City
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Automakers look to Obama for aid
Associated PressDetroit automakers and their allies in Congress said yesterday that Barack Obama's victory could help U.S. automakers line up federal funding needed for them to survive the current economic slump. Obama made it clear during his campaign that he...Tags: Barack Obama, Automotive Equipment, John McCain, General Motors Corp., Weather Reports
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Old, new owners bitter rivals
Sun reporterThe current owner of Sparrows Point is a rapidly growing multinational steel giant controlled by one of the world's richest men. Sparrows Point's new owner will be a rapidly growing multinational steel giant controlled by one of the world's richest men....Tags: Russia, Saint Petersberg (Russia), Finance, Christopher Plummer, BBC
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GM loses $1 billion, will cut 25,000 jobs
Sun StaffGeneral Motors Corp., a symbol of American industrial might a half-century ago when it became the first U.S. company to make $1 billion in a year, announced plans yesterday to cut 25,000 jobs after losing more than $1 billion in the first quarter of...Tags: Medical Services, Stock Market, Economic Policy, General Electric Company, Employees
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U.S. economy proved resilient
Sun StaffMuch has been written about heroes in the past year, but the unsung hero has been the American consumer, who almost single-handedly prevented the country from plunging into a deep and prolonged recession. Immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,...Tags: Annapolis, Consumers, Apartments, Business Enterprises, U.S. Airways
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