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COLUMN - The price of ignoring climate change: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Reuters(US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Senator Sheldon Whitehouse June 19 (Reuters) - The effects of climate change, driven by carbon pollution, hit Americans harder each year. Extreme weather events like...Tags: Science and Technology, Global Warming, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Department of State
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Report: Md. third-highest for guns lost and stolen from dealers
Nearly 1,000 guns were reported lost or stolen from federally licensed gun dealers in Maryland last year, the third-highest number of any state in the country, according to a federal report released this week. Gun dealers in the state reported 886 lost...
Tags: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Inventories, Government, Barack Obama, Theft
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Frustrated by delays, some gun dealers skip background checks
When Scott Schulte stopped at Pasadena Pawn and Gun last week to pick up his fifth firearm of the year, the Maryland State Police still hadn't finished his background check. The store let him take the pistol anyway. "I figure I can use my discretion,"...
Tags: University of Chicago, Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Laws, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Interior Policy
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Shootings get city's summer off to violent start
First a bicyclist was hit by a stray bullet last Sunday afternoon on Kirk Avenue. Then a man was shot in his car several blocks away on East 32nd Street near Lake Montebello early Monday. A half-mile from there, a man police were trying to question...
Tags: Holidays, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Memorial Day, Mary Pat Clarke, Cherry Hill
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ACLU calls for probe of FBI's fatal shooting of Ibragim Todashev in Orlando
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for an independent investigation into the shooting of Ibragim Todashev by an FBI agent in Orlando two weeks ago. "What needs to happen, because there has been so much contradictory information released, is an...
Tags: Laws, Sports, Rick Scott, Buddy Dyer, FBI
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History's 12 greatest mountaintop miles
Taken cumulatively, it might be the most historic stretch of mountaintop in the Mid-Atlantic. From the Interstate 70 footbridge south along the spine of South Mountain, the ridgeline has seen an extraordinary amount of American life (and death) go by. In...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Wars and Interventions, Washington Monument, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Around Town: Waiting for the plastic bag hearing
It was a normal night in the 91011.The east La Caņada parking lots were full. The Flintridge Proper waiters served flutes of champagne mixed with gin and flowers. At Taylors, bartenders quietly cranked out gin and tonics while servers carried baskets of...Tags: Apple iPhone, Sushi and Sashimi, Whole Foods Market, Lifestyle and Leisure, Google Inc.
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Scoreboard -- May 16, 2013
|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball--New York Mets at Chicago Cubs, 1:10 p.m. (WGN); Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) Soccer--Spanish Pimera Division, Copa del Ray, Championship, Atletico Madrid at Real Madrid, 2:25 p.m. (ESPN) College...Tags: Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Golden State Warriors, Rob Scahill
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Benefactor doesn't dictate direction of research
Editor: In response to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15th, 2013): The article quotes a Harford County Councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York...Tags: Gun Control, Laws, Michael Bloomberg, Research, Interior Policy
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Dorothy E. Papa, 89
Dorothy Elizabeth Papa, 89, of Hagerstown, Md., passed away surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, of respiratory failure at Meritus Medical Center. Born Dec. 5, 1923, on a small farm between Buffalo Mills and Hyndman (Bedford County)...
Tags: American Legion, Nursing, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Bedford County (Virginia), American Red Cross
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More gun laws = fewer deaths, 50-state study says
CHICAGO (AP) — It's a study everyone is talking about today because the statistics are so dramatic: States with the most gun control laws have a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of gun control laws, according to a...
Tags: Laws, Health and Medical Professionals, Washington, DC, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Internal Medicine
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More gun laws equals fewer deaths, 50-state study says
CHICAGO (AP) — States with the most gun control laws have the fewest gun-related deaths, according to a study that suggests sheer quantity of measures might make a difference. But the research leaves many questions unanswered and won't settle...
Tags: Laws, Washington, DC, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy
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