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Clear Spring farmer says it's more than just cows and plows
janeth@herald-mail.comClear Spring farmer Steven "Steve" Ernst doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. The state of Maryland has recognized him with Excellence in Agricultural Stewardship, as a 2011 Smart Green and Growing Award recipient. "It was a surprise to us,"...Tags: Maryland State Fair, Agriculture, Animals, University of Maryland, College Park, Potomac State College of West Virginia University
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College buzzing about energy drink sales ban
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire's short-lived decision to ban sales of nonalcoholic energy drinks on campus has created more buzz than the caffeinated beverages themselves. UNH announced Monday that it would stop selling Red...Tags: Colleges and Universities, College Sports, Energy Drinks
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Statistics: Mo. Baby Unlikely Taken by Stranger
Associated PressDecades of statistics on infant abductions in the U.S. suggest one of the least likely scenarios in this week's disappearance of a Kansas City baby is that a stranger broke into her home and quietly snatched her from her crib. But the numbers also lead...Tags: Kidnapping, Accidental Death, Crimes
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Landis B. Whitsel, 62
Mr. Landis B. Whitsel, 62, of 7286 Mentzer Gap Road, Waynesboro, died at 3:25 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, in his home following a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.
Born Nov. 19, 1948, in Three Springs, Pa., he was the son of Dixie Lee (Booth)...Tags: Robert Cook, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Fine Arts, Arts and Culture
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Herman Cain gaining on Mitt Romney in New Hampshire
Washington BureauNew Hampshire is still Mitt Romney country, but Herman Cain is rising fast, according to two new surveys of Republican voters in the first-in-the-nation primary state. A poll released Monday from the Institutes of Politics at Harvard University and St....Tags: Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Harvard University, Republican Party, Politics
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Owings Mills Times Head of the Class
Jennifer Frank, of Reisterstown, daughter of Timothy and Jamie Frank, and a graduate of Garrison Forest School, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Bucknell University. Stephen Wilkes, a 13-year-old eighth-grade student at...Tags: Technology, Scranton, Space Programs, Schools, Politics
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Locals prepare for one more battle
The 2010 prep football season reaches closure Friday with the 52nd annual Brea Lions Orange County North-South All-Star Game at Orange Coast College. Courtland Drummond (tight end) and Brandon Moss (offensive line), Zane Hudak (offensive line) of...Tags: Sports, Education, National Collegiate Athletic Association, San Diego Chargers, High School Sports
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Walk-ons fill their role and Maryland's roster
They are an eclectic group, more typical of college students who find themselves living in the same dormitory than basketball players who wind up on the same Division I team. As they hung out together during Maryland's Media Day earlier this month at...Tags: Technology, Engineering, Virginia Tech, Maryland Terrapins, College Basketball
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Republican top-tier contenders face-off in first debate
ReutersMANCHESTER, New Hampshire -- Republican White House contenders focused their attacks on President Barack Obama and refrained from attacking each other on Monday in their first major debate of the 2012 nominating race. The seven Republican hopefuls...Tags: Republican Party, Alaska, Politics, Elections, Government
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New U.S. census numbers herald a greater Latino presence in the Chicago area
New U.S. census figures herald a future where Spanish is more likely to be heard inside classrooms and everything from politics to fashion and food will be executed with a Latin flair.
After a steady increase of Latinos in the area due to births and...Tags: Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Schools, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Little Village
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LIONEL: More Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Would Be An Insane Response to Penn State Scandal
![<em>[Ed.] As was to be expected a host of instant child abuse experts are mindlessly clamoring for more mandatory child abuse reporting that they think would be just a swell idea in response to the Penn State child abuse scandal. The National Coalition of Child Protection reform (NCCPR) doesn't seem to agree. This <a href="http://www.nccprblog.org/2011/11/child-abuse-in-america-learning-wrong.html">disquisition</a> is a must read as a counter to the knee-jerk "there must be more laws" crowd. I wholeheartedly agree. As an ex-prosecutor, my tenure in juvenile court taught me that the last thing these poor kids need is some interloper do-gooder meddling. </em>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-11/66045471-12134432.jpg "<em>[Ed.] As was to be expected a host of instant child abuse experts are mindlessly clamoring for more mandatory child abuse reporting that they think would be just a swell idea in response to the Penn State child abuse scandal. The National Coalition of Child Protection reform (NCCPR) doesn't seem to agree. This <a href=\"http://www.nccprblog.org/2011/11/child-abuse-in-america-learning-wrong.html\">disquisition</a> is a must read as a counter to the knee-jerk \"there must be more laws\" crowd. I wholeheartedly agree. As an ex-prosecutor, my tenure in juvenile court taught me that the last thing these poor kids need is some interloper do-gooder meddling. </em>")
[Ed.] As was to be expected a host of instant child abuse experts are mindlessly clamoring for more mandatory child abuse reporting that they think would be just a swell idea in response to the Penn State child abuse scandal. The National Coalition of...Tags: Buzz Bissinger, Abusive Behavior, Pension and Welfare, New York City, Politics
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Simsbury, Tolland, South Windsor Leaders Testify At Two Storm Panel Against CL&P Storm Performance
Tell us the bad news early. Frustrated town officials from Simsbury, Tolland, Somers, and Roxbury delivered that message when they testified in front of Gov. Dannel Malloy's Two Storm commission Tuesday as huge mounds of brush remained piled along the...Tags: Roxbury, Companies and Corporations, East Haven, Tropical Storms, Electricity Production and Distribution
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