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Report: 87 shipwrecks, most from WWII, could leak oil near US, but no 'ticking time bombs'
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says. While 87 of the ships — most sunk during World War II by German...Tags: Politics, Oil Spills, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Government, U.S. Coast Guard
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Ruby K. Miller, 5
Ruby Katherine Miller, 5, of Hamilton Boulevard, Hagerstown, Md., died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Born July 19, 2007, in Charleston, W.Va., she was the daughter of Mary Helen Leatherman...Tags: Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Brooklyn (New York City), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), March of Dimes Foundation, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Obama tries to steer attention back to jobs
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday he wanted to put more Americans to work by slashing the amount of time it takes to grant federal approval for big job-creating projects. But Obama's choice of venue for his remarks — a Baltimore...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. Department of Justice, Keystone XL Pipeline
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Keystone XL looms as Obama wants to cut delays on big projects
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday he wanted to put more Americans back to work by slashing the amount of time it takes to grant federal approval for big job-creating projects. But Obama’s choice of venue for his remarks of a...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, White House, Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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A port first: box ship drafts 49 feet of water
The Port of Virginia has outdone itself, when it comes to handling big container ships. The Virginia Port Authority announced that the port complex topped its own East Coast record on Saturday when a fully loaded Mediterranean Shipping Co. vessel set...Tags: New York City, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Military Justice, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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'Burger Land' and the Billy Goat
No one who met George Motz on the afternoon of April 19, 2003, as he bit into his first double cheeseburger in the subterranean Billy Goat Tavern on Hubbard Street — “It is incredible, everything I had heard it was. The taste is distinctive...
Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Long Island, PBS (tv network), Foods and Beverages, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
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Feb. 27 in History: Quechan Tribal Council protests against boundary commission
>> 50 Years Ago — The business committee of the Quechan Tribal Council has protested recent action by the State Boundary Commission which altered the California-Arizona border. The Quechan tribe owns land along the disputed border. The tribes-...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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HISTORY: Quechan Tribal Council action by the State Boundary Commission
>> 50 Years Ago — The business committee of the Quechan Tribal Council has protested recent action by the State Boundary Commission which altered the California-Arizona border. The Quechan tribe owns land along the disputed border. The tribes-...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Web Buzz: Help homeless youths by booking hotel on Rooomr.com
You can help a child at the same time you book a hotel stay — without an added price hike. Name: Rooomr.com What it does: Rooomr is a hotel booking site that also seeks to improve the lives of homeless youth by donating 5% of its gross income to...Tags: New York City, Expedia Incorporated, Virgin Group, Ltd., Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Storm system rumbles toward East Coast; tornadoes in South kill 2
A long line of storms stretching from the deep South to upstate New York continued to roll across the nation on Wednesday, with reports of two fatalities in separate tornadoes. It's the traditional dead season for tornadoes, but northern Georgia was...
Tags: New York City, New York Weather, Tornadoes, Georgia Floods (2009), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Pizza delivery drivers face assaults, robberies
He pulls to the curb in his dented sedan, grabs a bag containing the extra-large pepperoni and strides to the front of a dilapidated-looking rowhouse. Pizza deliveryman Shakeel Anjum knows too well that criminals have attacked people in his line of...
Tags: New York City, Baltimore Police Department, Criminals, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Crime, Law and Justice
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John Vander Horst Jr., businessman
John Vander Horst Jr., a former hardware store executive, died Sept. 8 in Charleston, S.C., where he was recuperating from triple bypass surgery. The former Owings Mills and Roland Park resident was 69. The son of the Episcopal bishop of Tennessee and a...Tags: New York City, Christianity, Carrollton, Ellicott City, Roland Park
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Feb 27, 2013
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