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    Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  1. Hagerstown Regional Airport officials highlight impact of closing tower

    Without a staffed air traffic control tower, “there is going to be an incident” involving aircraft at or near Hagerstown Regional Airport, one concerned business owner said Thursday.
    cj.lovelace@herald-mail.com
    Without a staffed air traffic control tower, “there is going to be an incident” involving aircraft at or near Hagerstown Regional Airport, one concerned business owner said Thursday. “I feel very strongly that we are going to have an...

    Tags: Ray LaHood, Politics, Martin O'Malley, Barack Obama, Air Transportation Industry

    2. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Harbor freeway's toll lanes faster, others slightly slower

    Rush-hour traffic in the new 110 Freeway toll lanes is moving faster, but traffic in other lanes has slowed slightly, according to the first report on the project.
    Rush-hour traffic in the new 110 Freeway toll lanes is moving faster, but traffic in other lanes has slowed slightly, according to the first report on the project. The Metro and Caltrans data is the first evaluation of the county's initial attempt at...

    Tags: Road Transportation, California Department of Transportation, Traffic, Highway Transportation, Transportation

    3. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Caltrans workers falsified testing data on bridges, auditor finds

    Two Caltrans technicians tasked with doing foundation testing for construction projects claimed over 260 hours they didn’t work, and one of them falsified testing data on 10 projects, according to an investigative report Thursday by state Auditor Elaine Howle.
    Two Caltrans technicians tasked with doing foundation testing for construction projects claimed over 260 hours they didn’t work, and one of them falsified testing data on 10 projects, according to an investigative report Thursday by state Auditor...

    Tags: California Department of Transportation, Jerry Brown, Employees, Accounting and Auditing, Career and Workplace

    4. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Distracted driving

    Strange as it may sound, only a few years ago Marylanders were heatedly debating whether to ban drivers from text-messaging on their cell phones while behind the wheel. The dangers of "distracted driving" were an illusion, opponents claimed, manufactured by a nanny-state government to justify unwarranted intrusions on personal liberty.
    Strange as it may sound, only a few years ago Marylanders were heatedly debating whether to ban drivers from text-messaging on their cell phones while behind the wheel. The dangers of "distracted driving" were an illusion, opponents claimed,...

    Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Telecommunication Service, Cell Phones, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Crime, Law and Justice

    5. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  5. Hagerstown Regional Airport control tower on sequestration budget cuts list

    The control tower at Hagerstown Regional Airport is included on a list of 149 regional airport control towers that will close because of federal budget cuts known as sequestration, the FAA announced Friday afternoon.
    dona@herald-mail.com and cj.lovelace@herald-mail.com
    The control tower at Hagerstown Regional Airport is included on a list of 149 regional airport control towers that will close because of federal budget cuts known as sequestration, the FAA announced Friday afternoon. “We got the word. We didn&...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011, Air Transportation Industry, Local Government, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)

    6. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Airlines push for system to sell more than just a seat

    A trade group for the world’s airlines is pushing to modernize a decades-old booking system to help speed along the latest airline trend: the sale of customized fare packages.
    A trade group for the world’s airlines is pushing to modernize a decades-old booking system to help speed along the latest airline trend: the sale of customized fare packages. Behind the effort is the International Air Transport Assn., the trade...

    Tags: Air Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Business Trips, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation

    7. Feb 23, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant

  7. Kevin Hunt: Carnival Triumph Fallout: What Are Cruise Passengers' Rights?

    After five days adrift in the Gulf of Mexico with no working toilets, sewage oozing down walls and no air conditioning in their cabins, passengers on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship were offered a full refund, reimbursed on-board expenses, a free flight home, a free future cruise and a check for $500.
    The Hartford Courant
    After five days adrift in the Gulf of Mexico with no working toilets, sewage oozing down walls and no air conditioning in their cabins, passengers on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship were offered a full refund, reimbursed on-board expenses, a free...

    Tags: Festive Events, Labor Legislation, John Cook, Arts and Culture, Transportation Industry

    8. Mar 9, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  8. Harriet Tubman park to be on land she worked as a slave

    Abolitionist Harriet Tubman's struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad will be remembered on Saturday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland state park in her honor.
    Abolitionist Harriet Tubman's struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad will be remembered on Saturday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland state park in her honor. An escaped slave herself, Tubman toiled in...

    Tags: Tourism and Leisure, State Parks, Railway Transportation, Slavery, Wildlife

    9. Mar 9, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  9. Harriet Tubman park to be on Maryland land she worked as a slave

    Abolitionist Harriet Tubman's struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad was remembered on Saturday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland state park in her honor.
    Abolitionist Harriet Tubman's struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad was remembered on Saturday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland state park in her honor. An escaped slave herself, Tubman toiled in bondage...

    Tags: Railway Transportation, Martin O'Malley, Wildlife, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Harriet Tubman

    10. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Clocks to spring forward this weekend for daylight savings

    Forward. It's more than a presidential campaign slogan.
    Forward. It's more than a presidential campaign slogan. It's also a directive on the second Sunday of March — this weekend — for clocks in the United States to move forward one hour under daylight-saving time. This means more afternoon sun....

    Tags: Standards, Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology

    11. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Former Des Plaines cop charged with inflating DUI arrests

    A former Des Plaines police commander stands accused of padding DUI arrest records to get federal grant money and was charged with one count of making false information, federal authorities announced today.
    Tribune reporter
    A former Des Plaines police commander stands accused of padding DUI arrest records to get federal grant money and was charged with one count of making false information, federal authorities announced today. Timothy Veit, 55, of Mount Prospect, is...

    Tags: Prosecution, Police Arrests, Drunk Driving

    12. Mar 3, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Lawmakers look past cuts to next budget battle

    Days after the Obama administration threatened widespread furloughs of government employees, one of Maryland's largest federal agencies, the Social Security Administration, said it might shoulder across-the-board spending cuts without sending any of its full-time employees home.
    Days after the Obama administration threatened widespread furloughs of government employees, one of Maryland's largest federal agencies, the Social Security Administration, said it might shoulder across-the-board spending cuts without sending any of its...

    Tags: White House, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Unemployment

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