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Goodlatte elected as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
Congressman Bob Goodlatte has been elected to serve as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Goodlatte was elected to the post by the House Republican Conference. His chairmanship will start in January when the 113th Congress begins. “I...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Justice System, Bob Goodlatte, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration
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Letters to the Editor - Nov. 26
Democracy is a theory yet to be disproved To the editor: Watching the election returns on television reminded me why I migrated to this country a few years ago. I am proud to be an American. We are a country that is so big, so great, so diverse and...Tags: White House, Democracy, U.S. Electoral College, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Politics
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Part three: Culture shock
Tribune Tower was in crisis, and the illustrations of penguins installed in the building's ornate lobby were meant as a constant reminder. With Tribune Co. revenues sliding and managers struggling to adjust to an Internet revolution, executives in early...
Tags: Computer Hardware, Craigslist, Inc., Newspaper and Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Lobbying
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Full Text: Gov. Bob McDonnell's 2013 State of the Commonwealth address
The following is the full text of Gov. Bob McDonnell's 2013 State of the Commonwealth address: Mr. Speaker. Mr. President. Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the State Corporation Commission, Ladies and Gentlemen of the General Assembly,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Graduation, Medicaid, Automotive Equipment, Pension and Welfare
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N. Joseph Woodland dies at 91; co-inventor of bar code
N. Joseph Woodland, a co-inventor of the system of thick and thin lines that became the ubiquitous bar code labeling nearly every product regulated by commerce, has died. He was 91. Woodland died Sunday at his home in Edgewater, N.J., from the effects...Tags: IBM, Bill Gates, Engineering, Technology, Manhattan (New York City)
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14th Annual Washington County Business Awards finalists announced
The Washington County Business Awards Committee has announced the finalists for the 14th Annual Washington County Business Awards to be held on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Hager Hall Conference and Event Center in Hagerstown, Maryland. The event is co-hosted...Tags: Marketing, The Herald-Mail, FirstEnergy Corp., Ceremonies, Entertainment
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Mayor Villaraigosa outlines plan to boost Silicon Beach tech scene
The Los Angeles technology scene isn’t getting the respect it deserves, a situation that the city is looking to change, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday. At an event in West L.A., Villaraigosa said that despite a boom in new start-ups, so-...
Tags: Startups, University of California, Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Government, Science and Technology
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Venture capital didn't build that
Can government play a positive role in economic development? To understand who built what in the construction of the American economy from its pre-industrial origins, a look at one of the drivers of U.S. innovation — venture capital — is...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military, Ecosystems, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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At JPL, teens learn rocket science by crafting toilet paper catapults
High school students have been known to sling a roll or two of toilet paper — but not many use catapults or compete with rocket scientists for the longest heave. Yet that was the task Friday at the 15th annual Invention Challenge at Jet...
Tags: NASA, High Schools, Schools, Scientific Invention, Education
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College still matters
Young people and their parents are rightly nervous these days about the economy. Many wonder whether their investment in a college education will pay off. Such worries are overblown. College graduates continue to do far better, even in this difficult...
Tags: Employment, University of Baltimore, Teaching and Learning, Students, Science
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Are the Ravens ready for the Patriots' no-huddle offense?
Having grown up in Annapolis, Bill Belichick remembers watching quarterback Johnny Unitas, one of the NFL's pioneers of the pass, drive the Baltimore Colts up and down the field with their version of the two-minute drill. At the time, no one did it...
Tags: Brooks Reed, New York Jets, Bill Belichick, Baltimore Colts, Bernard Pollard
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North Dakota inventions shown at Big Iron
When Chester Schantz attended the recent Big Iron Farm Show in West Fargo, N.D., he overheard someone talking about a device that reduces the odds of combine fires during sunflower harvest. Schantz says he turned around and told the person, “That was me....
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