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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: Brooklyn (New York City), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), March of Dimes Foundation, Laurel
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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, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on Small Business, U.S. Senate
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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, Barack Obama, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. House Committee on Small Business, U.S. Senate
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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: Foods and Beverages, Billy Goat Tavern, Brooklyn (New York City), Long Island, Television
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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: Expedia Incorporated, Virgin Group, Ltd., Hotel and Accommodation Industry, New York City
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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: Washington, DC, Pittsburgh, Natural Disasters, Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Tornadoes
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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: Patapsco, Baltimore Police Department, Criminals, Science and Technology, Theft
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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: Religion and Belief, Ellicott City, Anglicanism, Christianity, Roland Park
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Bob Hope Airport Tops Cheapest Airport List
KTLA NewsBURBANK (KTLA) -- Bob Hope Airport has been ranked the most affordable in the United States, according to the website CheapFlights.com. The website's third annual Affordability Report looked at 101 airports across the U.S. and averaged the price of...Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Bob Hope
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Kastles extend win streak to 30 in Lasers finale
mscott@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, MO - The Washington Kastles rewrote sports history Saturday night by completing an unprecedented second consecutive undefeated World TeamTennis regular season with a 25-14 Overtime victory over the Springfield Lasers. It was the 30th...Tags: National Basketball Association, Los Angeles Lakers, Edina Gallovits-Hall, Tennis, GEICO
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