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Mahorn, 10 players suspended
From Wire ReportsThe WNBA punished so many players for their roles in this week's skirmish that the league is staggering the suspensions by alphabetical order. "None of us can recall an incident like this," WNBA president Donna Orender said yesterday during a...Tags: Natural Disasters, Lisa Leslie, Deion Sanders, Punishment, Fines
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Volunteer Notes
Historic Ellicott City Inc. will present its 24th Decorator Show House at Homewood Farm from Sept. 20 to Oct. 19 and is seeking volunteers to help with the event. Volunteers are needed while the house is being decorated, from late this month to early...Tags: Consumers, House, Emergency Planning, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure
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Spill idles ships near New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Cleanup, Water Pollution, Emergency Incidents
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Louisiana: Ships remain idle after tanker oil spill
Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil into the shipping...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution, Emergency Incidents
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Conn. homeland security grant increases
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Sen. Joe Lieberman said Thursday that the federal government will be giving Connecticut nearly $15 million in homeland security aid this year, a 42 percent increase over last year's grant. Lieberman, I-Conn. and chairman of the...Tags: Defense, National Security, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Joe Lieberman
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Lieberman shows flash of past in Shock loss
AP Sports WriterNancy Lieberman savored every moment of her brief return to professional basketball, even throwing in a no-look pass. The 50-year-old Hall of Famer had two assists and two turnovers in the Detroit Shock's 79-61 loss to the Houston Comets on Thursday...Tags: Natural Disasters
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Girls' Junior Postponed
Courant Staff WriterThe on-again, off-again U.S. Girls' Junior Golf Championship barely got started Thursday. One first-round match from Wednesday was completed, but heavy rain and a bad forecast caused the U.S. Golf Association to postpone play at Hartford Golf Club in...Tags: Natural Disasters, Sarah Brown, Clubs and Associations
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Space legend Aldrin says moon mission plan off course
Tribune NewspapersCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four years after President George W. Bush announced his vision to send astronauts back to the moon and then on to Mars, legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin is leading an effort to re-examine the whole idea — in particular,...Tags: Cape Canaveral, Satellite Technology, Buzz Aldrin, Natural Disasters, George Bush
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After Katrina, residents seek higher ground by raising homes
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSince Hurricane Katrina, it's been the high life for Robin D'Aunoy and his family. Literally. The D'Aunoys, like many other families in the New Orleans neighborhood of Lakeview, are building homes higher off the ground in hopes of never again losing...Tags: Lakeview, Natural Disasters, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Metal and Mineral, Meteorological Disasters
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UCF season tickets will ship Monday
Sentinel Staff WriterUCF football season tickets will be shipped via first-class mail on Monday. Weldon, Williams and Lick, the company printing the tickets, will handle the shipping from Fort Smith, Ark. UCF season ticket holders will receive information about Ticketmaster's...Tags: Natural Disasters, Joe Paterno, Drug Trafficking, Assault, Prosecution
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