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Imperial County gets failing air quality grade from lung association
Staff Writer, Copy EditorIn spite of the strides made over the past four decades toward improved air quality, 42 percent of Americans still live in counties that have unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution. Imperial County residents can count themselves among...Tags: American Lung Association, Heart Attack, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Asthma
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State senator fires back at Franchot, defends Towson president
For those who may have lost count, the public drama surrounding Towson University’s desire to disband its baseball and men’s soccer programs has stretched 199 days. (Here’s our original story about the proposal.) Improbably, the...
Tags: Towson University, Basketball, College Sports, College Football, College Baseball
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Review: L.A.'s satisfying sprawl
Architecture exhibitions are notoriously tricky to pull off. It's hard to squeeze a whole building inside a museum, after all. And the number of forces that shape any piece of architecture — engineering, politics and money, to begin with —...
Tags: Photography and Video, Arts and Culture, Tarsem Singh, Artists, Frank Gehry
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State air pollution association cites 'remarkable progress' in report
Staff Writer, Copy EditorAcknowledging the “daunting challenges” that remain before reaching air quality standards, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association nonetheless cited its “remarkable progress” toward that end. Despite the state&...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology, Asthma
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States, cities, environmental groups demand EPA emission rules
WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. On...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
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Experts: Bounce house injuries soaring
Call it a bounce house, moon walk or jump house, but the safety of the block party staple has come under fire. A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics reported that the number of bounce house injuries among children nationwide increased...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Pediatrics, Science and Technology, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Five questions ... for Bill Burwell
Bill Burwell wants to see more Maryland firms competing globally. "We want to enable Maryland firms to win in overseas markets," said Burwell, director of the U.S. Commercial Service in Baltimore, the Commerce Department's trade promotion arm and part of...
Tags: Sales, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Trade Dispute, International Relations, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Eye-candy comment leaves sour aftertaste
Dear Barry: Ordinarily, I'd address you as Mr. Obama or Mr. President, in deference to your office. But we need to have us a guy-to-guy chat here, so I hope you'll excuse the familiarity, because I just have to ask: Barry, brotherman, bubbeleh, what the...
Tags: Star Trek: The Next Generation (tv program), Shaun Donovan, Science and Technology, Periodicals, Pittsburgh Penguins
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Orange corrections chief steps aside after home-confinement failure
The head of Orange County's corrections department and one of his chief deputies are out following two scathing internal reports released Thursday that found little oversight within the agency's embattled home-confinement program. Orange County Mayor...
Tags: Apopka, Judges, Defendants, Science and Technology, Ocoee
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RoxCoal: Employee disregarded training
A representative of RoxCoal, Friedens, said the company acted in good faith regarding the safety of its employees in commenting about a $110,000 fine. RoxCoal received the civil penalty as the company was found in violation of a mandatory electrical...
Tags: Friedens, Judges, Electronics, Fines, Science and Technology
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EPA nominee a champion for public health
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate will hold a confirmation hearing on Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Over her decades of public service, Ms. McCarthy has demonstrated a strong commitment to...Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Heart Attack, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Asthma
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Obama's eye-candy comment leaves sour aftertaste
Dear Barry: Ordinarily, I'd address you as Mr. Obama or Mr. President, in deference to your office. But we need to have us a guy-to-guy chat here, so I hope you'll excuse the familiarity, because I just have to ask: Barry, brotherman, bubbeleh, what...
Tags: Star Trek: The Next Generation (tv program), Shaun Donovan, Science and Technology, Pittsburgh Penguins, White House
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Apr 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 14, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 12, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 10, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Apr 10, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 10, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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