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Mary Louise Bennett, longtime educator
Mary Louise Bennett, a longtime Anne Arundel County educator who was a founding member of the Chesapeake Academy, died Sunday from complications of an infection at Genesis Health Care Facility in Severna Park, where she had lived for the past three years....Tags: Judges, Justice System, Colon Cancer, Severna Park, Crime, Law and Justice
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Farm profits boom amid employment bust as owners automate
The property Kevin Liefer and his son, Kirk, cultivate in southern Illinois has been expanding for decades without adding a single manager. These are boom times for farming and a bust for farm jobs. The 3,600 acres of mostly corn, wheat and soybeans the...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Finance, Employment, David Anderson
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Martha Elizabeth (Deeter) Brown, 92, of Providence Place Chambersburg and formerly of Greencastle
Martha Elizabeth (Deeter) Brown, 92, of Providence Place Chambersburg and formerly of Greencastle, died Friday morning, Jan. 25, 2013, at Providence Place. She was the wife of the late Bruce B. Brown, her husband of 55 years who died Jan. 14, 2002. Born...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), World War II (1939-1945), Science and Technology, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Europe, China taking toll on U.S. corporate profits
With U.S. stocks near five-year highs, the unmistakable reality of a sputtering global economy has hit home, stifling U.S. corporate sales and spooking investors. They started heading for the stock market exits last week, and they picked up the pace...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Companies and Corporations, European Central Bank, General Electric Company, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Curtis B. Reiber, Army officer
Curtis B. Reiber, an Army intelligence officer whose career spanned three decades, died Nov. 20 of a stroke at Saint Agnes Hospital. He was 77.
The son of a DuPont Co. worker and a homemaker, Curtis Brooks Reiber was born in Centre Hall, Pa., and...Tags: Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, Saudi Arabia, Anglicanism, Vietnam
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Cordelia P. Gilbert, homemaker
Cordelia P. "Cordy" Gilbert, a homemaker and flower arranger, died Nov. 24 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Towson's Edenwald retirement community.
She was 91.
A daughter of farmers, Cordelia Phillips was born and raised in Laurel, Del.,...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Baltimore County, Alzheimer's Disease, Edenwald, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Dow Chemical to slash 2,400 jobs, close 20 plants
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) - The Dow Chemical Co. will eliminate about 2,400 jobs and close roughly 20 manufacturing facilities as part of a restructuring plan aimed at coping with slowing economic growth in Europe and elsewhere. The manufacturing giant said...Tags: Productivity, Job Layoffs, Electronics, Science and Technology, Dow Chemical Co.
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Exits show how few women make it to CEO in U.S.
For advocates of gender equality, this week's ouster of two of corporate America's most powerful women served as a reminder of how little progress U.S. companies have made in promoting women to executive positions.
In particular, Yahoo Inc.'s decision to...Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Companies and Corporations, Management Change, Shareholders, Justice and Rights
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Bush: Obama's 'sherpa' with Europe
The Swampby Mark Silva What an international dance is taking place today: Around the perimeters of a global Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy which President Bush has convened on a rainy day in the nation's capital, the leaders......Tags: National Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Madeleine Albright, Dmitry Medvedev, G8
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White is Top Car-Color Choice Again This Year
KickingTiresThere's probably a really obvious D.L. Hughley joke in this story. According to the 2008 DuPont Global Color Popularity Report, White and White Pearl are America's choice for favorite car color, with 16% and 4% of the market share, respectively.......Tags: Corporate Performance, Marketing, Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Dennis J. Kucinich
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