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Super-size this: Huge, aggressive mosquito may be abundant in Florida this summer, UF professor warns
FloriDUHA popular look this summer may be long pants, long-sleeved shirts, socks and gloves if this pesky mosquito appears in droves. If mosquitoes were motorcycles, the species known as Psorophora ciliata would be a Harley-Davidson — big, bold, American-...Tags: Harley-Davidson Inc., Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Closing schools for last week's snow, better safe than sorry [Commentary]
Football season's over and baseball spring training games often don't rise to the level being topic for casual conversation, so last week's big snow that wasn't quickly became fodder for plenty of commentary at many levels. A major target when stormy...Tags: Weather, Spring Training, Weather Reports, The Weather Channel (tv network), Tropical Weather
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Winter Storm Nemo is just the beginning
Ever since Winter Storm Nemo lit up the Twitterverse and The Weather Channel's round-the-clock coverage, I've been fascinated with the idea that commercial enterprises can go far beyond the National Weather Service's rather stodgy names for hurricanes and...
Tags: Fires, Ernest Borgnine, David Hasselhoff, Traffic, Tropical Weather
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New Mediation Process Proposed For Homeowners Disputing Catastrophe Claim Payments
The Hartford CourantThe state Insurance Department recommended legislation that would create a new mediation process to resolve disputes between homeowners and insurers over claims from catastrophes, such as hurricanes. The mediation would be paid by the insurer, though...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, Insurance, East Haven, Andrew Cuomo
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Maritime museum's new director sees bright future for former oyster shucking house
On the job a little more than a week, Alicia Estrada hasn't settled into her new digs at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. But she has begun evaluating its programs as she looks to the future of the former oyster plant. "I'm just trying to get my head...Tags: Festive Events, Annapolis, Netherlands, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Good news, for a change, about the Chesapeake Bay
For 30 years, the Chesapeake Bay Program — a partnership including the six bay states, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies — has been measuring and assessing...
Tags: Natural Resources, Environmental Politics, Renovation, Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources
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Hurricane center's cone of error shrinks again
Sun SentinelYou won't notice much difference, but the National Hurricane Center's cone of error has shrunk - again. The center determines the size of the cone by averaging out its forecast track errors over the past five seasons - and in the past five years storm...Tags: National Hurricane Center
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Winter Storm Warning: snow, sleet and freezing rain expected Wednesday, Thursday
Update: The National Weather Service has upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Storm Warning for Wednesday night and Thursday. The winter storm warning for snow... sleet and freezing rain will be in effect from 6 pm this evening to 6 pm Thursday....
Tags: Weather Warnings, Weather, Pacific Ocean, National Weather Service, Snow Storms
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Lutherville doctor known for running habits critically injured in Towson accident
Shirtless, hair flowing, legs pumping, Dr. Theodore Houk is a familiar sight running along North Charles Street on his twice-daily, 5.5-mile trek between his Lutherville home and his job at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. "You always see him out...
Tags: Charles Street, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Disasters and Accidents, Baltimore County, Internists
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Plan for wall repair ready to take shape in historic Ellicott City
Before it became "The Wall That Ate Some Cars," it was just a stone wall on Mulligans Hill Lane, bracing a 20-foot-high embankment — stalwart as the steep hills that give Ellicott City's historic district much of its character. Then in early...
Tags: Human Interest, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Renovation, Roman Catholicism, Disasters and Accidents
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CL&P To Ratepayers: Please Remit $414M For Storms
The Hartford CourantThe state's largest electric utility is filing its receipts for reimbursement. Connecticut Light & Power sent more than 600 pages of documents to regulators Thursday, launching its case for repayment of $414 million the utility said it spent on five...Tags: Northeast Utilities, Halloween
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Despite rate increases, flood insurance is worth the cost
Homeowners will see increases in the rates they pay for flood insurance soon, if they haven't already, with owners of vacation homes seeing the biggest jump. But that isn't reason enough to drop coverage. Flood insurance is one of the best deals going....
Tags: Natural Disasters, Insurance, Floods, FEMA
Mar 6, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 11, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 6, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Feb 28, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 24, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 20, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Feb 19, 2013
|Story| KY3-TV
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 28, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 28, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Feb 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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