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Md. pension panel makes final recommendations
Associated PressA state commission voted Thursday to seek an attorney general's opinion on whether Maryland law would allow the state to reduce cost-of-living adjustments for retirees. The Public Employees' and Retirees' Benefit Sustainability Commission, which has been...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Employees, Maryland
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Toeing the party line
The event was pegged as the first major debate among GOP presidential hopefuls in 2012, but Monday night's gathering turned out to be less a clash of competing ideas than a rote recital of hoary political nostrums that Republican primary voters have...Tags: Health, Herman Cain, Pennsylvania, Medical Services, Government
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Best entertainment value: GOP nomination contest
Las Vegas is one of my favorite places, but there's a tinge of sadness on the Strip these days.
It's not a lack of crowds or dearth of attractions. The streets, shows, restaurants and casinos are packed as always. No, what's made the people of Las...Tags: Herman Cain, Tim Pawlenty, Human Interest, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Barack Obama
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Appeals court panel won't close Chicago locks over carp -- yet
A federal appeals panel today rejected the request of five Great Lakes states to close Chicago-area shipping locks. But the panel warned that if ongoing efforts to stop the advance of Asian carp stop or slow down the issue could be revisited.
The ruling...Tags: Trials, Ohio, Fishing, U.S. Army, Human Interest
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Rick Santorum: 'I'm ready to lead'
Rick Santorum launched his White House bid from ancestral turf Monday, imploring an enthusiastic crowd of several hundred to join his fight.
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FOR THE RECORD
An earlier version of this online article described Ron Paul as a former Texas...Tags: Herman Cain, Pennsylvania, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Mitt Romney
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Different on surface, alike at heart
Literary editorLike many ideas, this seemed like a good one at the time: Ask novelists Jacquelyn Mitchard and Elizabeth Berg to appear in the latest installment of our Author Talks series. They are friends who have the same editor and publisher, and each has had...Tags: Animals, Elizabeth Taylor, Book, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs
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Senators agree on plan to end ethanol tax credit
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators on Thursday announced a final deal that ends a 45-cent-per-gallon tax credit for ethanol by the month’s end. The measure now goes to the House of Representatives, where the nation’s formidable farm lobby...Tags: Ethanol, Energy Resources, Natural Gas, Brian Jennings, Credit and Debt
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Dorothy Ann Young
Obituary
Dorothy Ann Young, 86, passed away on June 30, 2011, peacefully in her bed with family close at hand. All of her children were able to visit with her in the hours before her passing.
Born in San Francisco to Harold and Evelyn Sell on Sept 23,...Tags: Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, California, UNICEF
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Pawlenty aide sorry about Bachmann 'sex appeal' comment
If there's one thing Tim Pawlenty's campaign will not tolerate, it's talking about how sexy GOP frontrunner Michele Bachmann is.
I mean, think about it from the former Minnesota governor's perspective: It's bad enough to lose to his state's...Tags: Tim Pawlenty, Elections, Government, Michele Bachmann, Executive Branch
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McManus: A boomlet of Perrymania
For a man who hasn't formally decided whether to run for president, Texas Gov. Rick Perry sure sounds a lot like a candidate. "I'm not ready to tell you that I'm ready to announce that I'm in," Perry told the Des Moines Register, the biggest newspaper in...Tags: Sociology, Government, Protestantism, Fox News Channel (tv network), Executive Branch
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'State of Wonder' by Ann Patchett
![Prize-winning author Ann Patchett ("Bel Canto," "Truth and Beauty," "The Magician's Assistant") once confessed that the single most important artistic influence on her work is "The Poseidon Adventure," the 1933 Paul Gallico potboiler that was made into a classic 1970s action-adventure-disaster movie featuring Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine fighting their way out of a luxury liner capsized by a 100-foot tidal wave. Patchett explained, "['The Poseidon Adventure'] was the first time I saw something that made me think, Oh, that's what plot is: you're going along, it's fine, then everything turns upside down; people band together, sacrifices are made, there's passion, there's loss, there's a journey and at the end you cut a hole in the boat and you come into the light."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63094957-08121900-187105.jpg "Prize-winning author Ann Patchett (\"Bel Canto,\" \"Truth and Beauty,\" \"The Magician's Assistant\") once confessed that the single most important artistic influence on her work is \"The Poseidon Adventure,\" the 1933 Paul Gallico potboiler that was made into a classic 1970s action-adventure-disaster movie featuring Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine fighting their way out of a luxury liner capsized by a 100-foot tidal wave. Patchett explained, \"['The Poseidon Adventure'] was the first time I saw something that made me think, Oh, that's what plot is: you're going along, it's fine, then everything turns upside down; people band together, sacrifices are made, there's passion, there's loss, there's a journey and at the end you cut a hole in the boat and you come into the light.\"")
Special to Tribune NewspapersPrize-winning author Ann Patchett ("Bel Canto," "Truth and Beauty," "The Magician's Assistant") once confessed that the single most important artistic influence on her work is "The Poseidon Adventure," the 1933 Paul Gallico potboiler that was made into...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Chemical Industry, Indigenous People, Columbia University, Science and Technology
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Irene Likness
Britton: The funeral for Irene Likness will be 2 p.m. Monday, July 11, 2011, at the First Lutheran Church of Britton. The Rev. Terrill Sorensen will officiate. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the Price Funeral Chapel of Britton, with a 7 p.m....Tags: Texas, Watertown, Human Interest, North Dakota, Lutheranism
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