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Uncertain year ahead for U.S. stocks
Investors had plenty to keep them jittery in 2011. There were the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, economic woes in Europe, and, here at home, politically tinged fiscal showdowns in Washington over deep government spending cuts.
Still, the stock market...Tags: Medifast Incorporated, Personal Investing, Productivity, Stock Market, Natural Disasters
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Letter: Pulling troops out prior to victory harms U.S. foreign policy
The United States has not won a war since 1945. We have been involved in numerous conflicts and our military has performed magnificently — considering the political interference and (mis)direction endured. This interference has caused us to lose...Tags: Nazi Party, Stanley A. McChrystal, Music, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Afghanistan
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No more Fukushimas
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan one year ago today precipitated the most serious nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. A worst-case scenario contemplated the voluntary evacuation of Tokyo, as the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission feared a...Tags: Naoto Kan, New York City, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), York County (Virginia), Nuclear Power
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Franchot's wrong chord
If nothing else, state Comptroller Peter Franchot's objection to Bowie State University's purchase of 32 new Steinway pianos for the $79 million new performing arts center it will open next year shows the state's top financial watchdog has a tin ear for...Tags: Steinway Concert Grand Piano, Music, Colleges and Universities, Finance, Musical Instruments
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A 'virtual power plant' in your home: conservation
I leave the water running while I do the dishes, drive a half-ton truck that gets 10 miles to the gallon and, in the energy hog display that my husband finds most annoying, I move from room to room without turning off lights behind me.
OK, so I also don'...Tags: Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Maryland, Alternative Energy, Chesapeake Bay
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Local Young Marines to participate in Pearl Harbor commemoration
Kennedy Krieger High School student Jeremy Holmes had two dreams after graduating in 2013: visiting Hawaii and following his father's footsteps to stand alongside U.S. Marines.
On Sunday, both dreams will be realized early, when Holmes boards a plane...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise, International Travel, Autism, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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USS Sanctuary leaves harbor to be recycled
The former Navy hospital ship USS Sanctuary, which served in the aftermath of World War II and in Vietnam, has been sold and is now under tow from Baltimore to Brownsville, Texas, for recycling. The move marks the end of a 22-year residence in...Tags: Locust Point, Lawyers, Memphis, Companies and Corporations, Armed Forces
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Bringing Japan to Harford County the Ripken Way
Sixteen Japanese youngsters left the Ripken Youth Baseball Academy in Aberdeen Wednesday laden with gifts from their host, Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr.
As a U.S. State Department Public Diplomacy Envoy since 2007, Ripken has traveled to China...Tags: U.S. Department of State, High School Sports, International Travel, Aberdeen, Cal Ripken
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Shaken, but un-stirred
As of the end of the week, we've been looking down the barrel of a powerful named storm, the kind that cause flooding, power outages and general mayhem in these parts. No one can predict what the storm named Irene has in store for Harford County. It may...Tags: Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Harford County, Disasters, Virginia Earthquake (2011)
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Neighbors connecting in disasters
Have you ever noticed how people just seem to know your business around here? Maybe it's bred into the culture, part of our rowhouse roots or that whole smallest-big-city thing, but no man is an island in Baltimore. I remember grilling lamb chops in...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Social Media, Mass Media, Hurricanes, Bill Gates
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Baltimore Grand Prix likely to repeat Labor Day weekend date
Those planning ahead to the summer of 2012 can likely figure on Indy race cars returning to the streets of Baltimore for Labor Day weekend.
Will Power had barely crossed the finish line Sunday to win the IZOD IndyCar Series race at the inaugural...Tags: Tony Kanaan, Gold and Precious Material, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Auto Racing, Labor Day
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