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EPA settles civil rights complaint over pesticide
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California pesticide regulators discriminated against Latino schoolchildren when they annually approved a powerful pesticide used near their schools, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. The preliminary...Tags: Civil Rights, Mass Media, Minority Groups, Politics, Arts and Culture
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Clifford P. Mostoller, 86, of Somerset
Clifford P. Mostoller, 86, of Somerset, loving and dedicated husband, father and grandfather and great-grandfather, went to be with the lord on Aug. 28, 2011, at In Touch Hospice House. Born May 12, 1925, in Somerset, he is the son of the late Cloyd E....Tags: Ohio, Roxbury, American Legion, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Cary
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Mail Call - Aug. 30
“I have a suggestion as to how to get more acceptable candidates to run for office. Let’s all stop contributing to these huge multimillion-dollar ‘campaign fund treasuries’ that politicians typically accumulate. Why should it...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Government, Edgewood, Wages and Pensions, Defense
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Mail Call - Aug. 31
“With fall soon approaching and the schools here in Washington County opening this week, my question is when is the Washington County roads department going to fill the potholes on the raceway to the east, Old Forge Road, east of Hagerstown? It...Tags: Trips and Vacations, George W. Bush, Michelle Obama, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Democratic Party
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TODAY IN HISTORY
1888: George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film box camera, and registered his trademark: ''Kodak.'' 1951: President Harry S. Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live, coast-to-...Tags: George Eastman, Television Industry, George W. Bush, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Entertainment
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How to protect your luggage from being pilfered
Philip Bramson's iPod vanished from his checked luggage on a recent flight to Mexico, and recovering it seemed impossible.
"It was hidden in my luggage, so it could only have been seen through the X-ray or a pretty thorough search," he says. "The only...Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Trips and Vacations, Domestic Travel, Transportation, Tourism and Leisure
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Torture: Wrong then, still wrong now
The images of the burning towers on Sept. 11 are seared into our collective memory. It seemed unthinkable that we could be attacked on our native soil.
During our nation's founding, we were also attacked on our soil. And though the British who captured...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice System, Human Rights, Dick Cheney, U.S. Department of Justice
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Letters to the Editor - Sept. 10
Trade deficit is costing us jobs To the editor: Today’s news accounts reported that our country had a “trade deficit” of $59.4 billion just for the month of June. When are we going to wake up to this continued drain that our so-called...Tags: Trade Agreements, Radio, Trade Policy, Entertainment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Patt Morrison Asks: Memorial man Peter Walker
Berkeley landscape architect Peter Walker has designed bigger projects than the 9/11 memorial in New York, but probably none has carried more weight. The opening of the eight-acre plaza Sunday marks 10 years since the terrorist attacks, and almost as many...Tags: Government, Labor Day, Wages and Pensions, Architecture, Entertainment
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Goat field day, sale is scheduled for Sept. 24
The fourth annual Western Maryland Goat Field Day and Sale will be Saturday, Sept., 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center. The top-performing bucks from the 2011 Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Politics
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Rick Perry is no Ron Paul
Thrilled as I was with Texas Rep. Ron Paul's good showing as a truly constitutional candidate in the Iowa straw poll, I am concerned that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be seen in the same light. Granted, Governor Perry is the top elected official of a...Tags: Government, Elections, Executive Branch, Iowa, Rick Perry
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10th anniversary of Pearl Harbor was low-key
The Sept. 11 observances that were the focus of much of the nation last weekend were in marked contrast to the somewhat understated 10th anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Perhaps what presaged this change was TV's ascendancy and power,...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Defense, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
Aug 26, 2011
|Story| Aberdeen News
Aug 29, 2011
|Story| Daily American
Aug 29, 2011
|Story| Herald Mail
Aug 30, 2011
|Story| Herald Mail
Sep 4, 2011
|Story| Aberdeen News
Sep 2, 2011
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Sep 8, 2011
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Sep 9, 2011
|Story| Herald Mail
Sep 10, 2011
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Sep 15, 2011
|Story| Herald Mail
Aug 19, 2011
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Sep 17, 2011
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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