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Pietro 'Pete' Rugolo, owner of Jerry's Belvedere Tavern
Pietro "Pete" Rugolo, the popular owner of Jerry's Belvedere Tavern on York Road in Govans, died May 8 at Gilchrist Hospice Care of pancreatic cancer. The Lutherville resident was 75. Mr. Rugolo grew up in Enna, Sicily, where he stopped attending...
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Georg H.B. Luck, Hopkins professor
Georg H.B. Luck, whose career teaching the classics at the Johns Hopkins University spanned two decades and included studying the role magic and witchcraft played in the theology and world of the ancient Greeks and Romans, died Sunday from complications...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Yale University, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Christianity
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Morgan State to stage 'Porgy and Bess'
It's a kind of a musical homecoming.
"Porgy and Bess," the first and, many would say, greatest American opera, returns to Baltimore after a long absence with a large-scale production this week at Morgan State University, featuring several well-...Tags: Music, Oprah Winfrey, Music Theater, Colleges and Universities, Morgan State University
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Emmarene Ida "Rena" Pennington, homemaker
Emmarene Ida "Rena" Pennington, a homemaker who later became a school bus driver, died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson.
She was 92.
Emmarene Ida Bartholomae, the daughter of a German...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Edenwald, COPD, Diseases and Illnesses, Swiss Confederation
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Switzerland buries U.S. tax law, banks seen at risk
ReutersBERNE (Reuters) - Swiss lawmakers dealt a death blow on Wednesday to a draft law which aimed to protect the country's banks from criminal charges in the United States for helping wealthy Americans evade tax. The Swiss government has warned that the bill'...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Lobbying, Prosecution, Criminal Laws
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EU tax chief urges Swiss to end bank secrecy
Reuters* Fighting tax evasion on agenda of G8 summit * Swiss only likely to seal negotiating mandate in autumn * Semeta rejects Swiss demand to link talks to market access BERNE, June 17 (Reuters) - The European Union official in charge of tax policy tried to...Tags: Finance, G8, Summits, Global Expansion, Government
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Germany mourns death of World Cup winners Flohe, Walter
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany mourned the death of two former World Cup winners on Sunday with 1974 champion Heinz Flohe passing away hours before 1954 winner Ottmar Walter. Flohe, who won 39 caps for Germany and scored eight goals, spent 13 seasons at home...Tags: FIFA World Cup, Germany
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Swiss experts back bank client data exchange with EU: radio
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - A panel of experts set up to advise the Swiss government on tax will recommend adopting an exchange of bank client data with the European Union, Swiss radio SRF reported on Thursday, citing a confidential report from the group. The 13-...Tags: National Government, Swiss Confederation, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Finance, Government
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Swiss-U.S. tax spat goes to wire after parliament setback
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss government plan to protect the country's banks from U.S. criminal charges has been thrown into doubt by a Swiss parliamentary committee's rejection of the proposed bill on Tuesday. Lawmakers are deeply divided over the plan...Tags: Interior Policy, Lawyers, Justice System, Prosecution, Parliament
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U.S. PRISM spying programme rattles EU lawmakers
Reuters* EU lawmakers react angrily to U.S. surveillance reports * Existing EU-U.S. data-sharing agreements at risk * Concern follows exposure of PRISM monitoring programme By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS, June 11 (Reuters) - European lawmakers threatened on...Tags: Interior Policy, Skype, National Security Agency, Eric Holder, Google Inc.
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Canada's Hesjedal injured in crash at Tour de Suisse
ReutersBERNE (Reuters) - Former Giro d'Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal of Canada suffered several injuries in a crash during the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Monday and has withdrawn from the race, his Garmin-Sharp team said. The 32-year-old, who...Tags: Garmin Ltd., Giro d'Italia, Ryder Hesjedal
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Swiss must meet U.S. 'diktat' over tax: Ackermann
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland has no choice but to bow to a U.S. ultimatum and sidestep its banking secrecy laws to end an investigation into how Swiss banks helped wealthy Americans to evade taxes, former Deutsche Bank head Josef Ackermann said. The...Tags: Banking, Criminal Laws, Deutsche Bank AG, National Government, Parliament
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