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IRS provides 'relief' for airlines on ticket taxes
The Baltimore SunSome days I feel like a harpy and I guess today's just gonna be one of those days. The FAA is back up and running as of Aug. 8, but the whole dispute has left a bad taste in my mouth. Case in point: Soonafter the deal - OK, 10 days ago and I don't know...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Air Transportation Industry
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Commissioners to decide fate of airport expansion by Sept. 29
The Board of County Commissioners last week gave themselves a Sept. 29 deadline on making a decision on whether to proceed with a $74 million expansion of Carroll County Regional Airport. The expansion plan has been studied for years, and would include...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Air Transportation Industry
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BWI to close two runways for maintenance this weekend
The Baltimore SunIf the weather holds, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday night will close its two busiest runways for about 54 hours, relying on a shorter, little-used one as it repaves a critical intersection. Airport officials...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Weather Reports, British Airways Plc, Boeing Co., Transportation Industry
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Taneytown dedication of 9/11 memorial mixes reflection and community spirit
Taneytown's ambitious salute to the victims and survivors of 9/11, held Sept. 11, on the 10 anniversary of the terror attacks, stretched from mid-afternoon until well after sunset with a program of speakers, musical presentations and community spirit....Tags: Defense, Clubs and Associations, John F. Kennedy, Armed Forces, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Body of victim in Chesapeake Bay crash recovered near Smith Island
Search crews on Monday recovered the body of a woman, believed to be the victim of a small plane crash over the weekend, from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, police said. Mary L. Lagerquist, 78, of Sequim, Wash., had been a passenger Sunday in a...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Somerset County (Maryland), Tangier (Accomack, Virginia), Transportation Industry
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Civilian pilot strays into restricted air space over Washington
The U.S. Air Force sent two F-16 jet fighters to intercept a civilian plane that had strayed into restricted air space over Washington, D.C., at about 8:30 p.m. Monday. The military planes, based at Andrews Air Force Base, escorted the smaller craft until...Tags: Defense, National Security, U.S. Air Force, Bill Lewis, Washington, DC
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Congress creates a transportation time bomb
Tick, tick, tick.
The big political news of last week, the brief skirmish between House Speaker John A. Boehner and President Barack Obama over whether the president would address Congress on Wednesday or Thursday, was the classic sort of playground...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Barack Obama, Air Transportation, Credit Ratings
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Commissioners reject expansion of Carroll County Regional Airport
One of the most ambitious, and contentious, issues in Carroll County over the past decade came to a crash landing on Thursday, Jan. 26, as the Board of County Commissioners rejected the $74 million expansion plan for Carroll County Regional Airport in...Tags: Elections, Sykesville, Twitter, Inc., Media Industry, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Effort to save cranes sees successes, challenges
Just as it can with human couples, sharing a good meal apparently sparks thoughts of love among whooping cranes.
The stately, endangered birds at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel are being primed by their keepers for another season of...Tags: Natural Resources, Science, Natural Resources, Zoology, Endangered Species
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Plane crash in Chesapeake Bay left mother and son adrift
Lanny Ross struggled to push his 78-year-old mother through the surf toward shore.
On a cool, cloudy October afternoon, his two-seater plane had smacked into the Chesapeake Bay, stranding them both amid five-foot waves.
His mother's right eye was...Tags: Transportation, Chesapeake Bay, Air Transportation, Soups, Entertainment Events
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For abortion foes, an ultrasound is worth 1,000 words
U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles last Tuesday granted a request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks a provision in North Carolina's new abortion-restriction law that would require women seeking an abortion to view an...Tags: Federal Reserve, Transportation, Court Preliminary, Judges, Air Transportation
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BWI radar project stalled over FAA fight
Work on a surface radar system for the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was halted because a spat in Congress has stalled legislation to fund the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. transportation officials said Monday....Tags: Emergency Planning, Air Transportation Industry, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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