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In the Pipeline: Pushing for change after tragedy
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission of Skylab, the first U.S. orbital space station. Skylab 2, as it was called, set off to repair the space station, and was led by Cmdr. Peter Conrad. As you probably remember, Conrad was...
Tags: Authors, Injuries and Wounds, Space Programs, Book, Washington, DC
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Australian dairy farmers cut out middlemen
SYDNEY, Australia - Tim Bale's dairy farm barely broke even in six years as mergers of processors and competition between supermarkets Coles and Woolworths pushed down milk prices. So 14 months ago, he decided to cut out the middleman. "The milk...Tags: Japan, Beverage Industry, Australia, New Zealand, Agriculture
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Review: 'Cooked' by Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan went shopping for lunch in a Brooklyn, N.Y., supermarket, and the news made the New York Times. That the Times' Dining section had asked him to go, along with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michael Moss, was the major reason, of course....
Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Science and Technology, Recipes
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Video: Convocation of eagles takes over bed of Nissan pickup
Autoblog.comFiled under: Truck, Videos, Nissan, Humor Let this be a lesson to those of you who plan to visit Unalaska, Alaska (yes, it's a real city on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands): If you park at Safeway with a garbage bag full of fish fillets in your... -
H&S plans expanded Whole Foods, department store, apartments for Central Avenue sites
H&S Properties Development Corp. plans to push its Harbor East development east across Central Avenue with an expanded Whole Foods Market, a possible department store and apartments on two sites, baker-turned-developer John Paterakis Sr. said Friday....
Tags: Jewelry and Watches, Whole Foods Market, Mount Vernon, Realty, Harbor East
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McManus: Mother knows best
There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Paul Ryan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Periodicals, Sarah Palin
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Employers face deadline to use new worker eligibility form
Employers in Maryland and across the United States face a deadline Wednesday that some may not know exists but that could prove costly if ignored. That's when all employers will be required to use an updated version of the federal I-9 form to prove...
Tags: Small Businesses, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center , Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, Business
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Arizona law bans destroying guns purchased in buyback programs
This post has been corrected. See the note below.TUCSON — City- or county-sponsored gun buybacks — often used in larger cities to entice people to give up their handguns — have become effectively pointless in Arizona with legislation signed by Gov. Jan Brewer. The bill prohibits...Tags: Jared Lee Loughner, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Gabrielle Giffords, Firearms
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Taggants: Still a better way to track a bomber
A number of commenters on the online version of our April 28 Op-Ed, "A better way to track a bomber," argue against the use of taggants to trace explosives because the suspects in the Boston bombings, the Tsarnaev brothers, were identified through...
Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Gabrielle Giffords, FBI
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And down the stretch come those horse names
What's in a name? Even a horse's name. Or even an imaginary horse's name. We got some great answers to that question in the past week during the revival of our pre-Kentucky Derby contest of naming a great Derby winner. To my delight, about 300 of...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, NFL Draft, Oakland Raiders, Joe Maddon
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Safeway stock slides as revenue stalls, though profit rises
Safeway Inc. stock slid nearly 20% in morning trading Thursday as the Northern California supermarket giant – facing competition from dollar stores and Wal-Mart – reported flat revenue in the first quarter. The Pleasanton company said...
Tags: Tesco plc, JC Penney Company Inc., Walmart, Target
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The day ahead in business April 25
Reports: Initial jobless claims for week ended April 20, 7:30 a.m.; Mortgage rates for week ended April 25, 9 a.m.; Natural gas inventories for week ended April 20, 9:30 a.m.; Kansas City Fed manufacturing index for April, 10 a.m. Local earnings:...
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