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W.W. Keen Butcher, longtime CEO of Butcher & Singer
The Philadelphia InquirerWilliam Williams Keen Butcher, 97, of Chestnut Hill, CEO of the former Philadelphia brokerage firm Butcher & Singer and former chair of the Committee of Seventy public watchdog group, died at home Wednesday, May 15. A U.S. Army major who served in World...Tags: Anglicanism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Walnuts, Ronald Reagan
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Veterans take to the trees
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.Cristal Bednar took photos of her husband, Justin, as he laboriously climbed his way up a "Dangle-Duo" to get to a zipline at Indiana State University's Sycamore Outdoor Center. She and their 4-year-old son, Braeden encouraged Justin on. "Good job," she...Tags: Army National Guard, Indiana State University, Canoeing and Kayaking, Sports, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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His dark battle
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserStaff Sgt. Billy Caviness is on patrol -- not in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, where he was wounded in battle, but in his tree-lined neighborhood in Schofield Barracks. The fight that he waged outside is now inside, in his head, on a...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Iraq, Insomnia, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , U.S. Department of Defense
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Milestones - May 17-18
Birthdays May 17 — Charles Hafer Sr., West Side Avenue, Hagerstown, turns 91; Mary L. Sprecher, Hagerstown, turns 71. May 18 — Jason Bachtell, Maugansville Road, turns 30; Brenda Gabriel, Hall Street, Sharpsburg, turns 50; Gidget Maffitt...Tags: Culture, Ceremonies, Arts and Culture
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BRIEF: Scene Maker: Attorney Ray Kramer's favorite spots, from Palm Beach dining to Jupiter hiking
The Palm Beach PostRay Kramer is an award-winning commercial and real estate litigation attorney in West Palm Beach. He grew up in North Palm Beach, and graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. He has extensive trial experience, including serving as a prosecutor...Tags: North Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, Norton Museum of Art, Justice System
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
WASHINGTON – The next big phase of Everglades restoration will plug canals, build levees and create giant storage areas to guide fresh clean water through western Broward and Palm Beach counties and into the core of the famed River of Grass. The...Tags: U.S. Senate, Science and Technology, Wetlands, Lobbying, Politics
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Benjamin Lipsitz, 94, Pikesville attorney who defended Bremer
Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so...
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Arizona officer, Silver City native, killed in the line of duty, buried at Fort Bayard
Silver City Sun-News, N.M.Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer Tim Huffman, who grew up in Silver City, was killed in the line of duty Monday when his patrol car was struck by a tractor-trailer tanker truck on Interstate-8 near Dateland, Ariz., 65 miles east of Yuma, Ariz....Tags: Highway Transportation, Safety of Citizens, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Government, Politics
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RPT-Training push fails to halt U.S. military sexual assault crisis
ReutersBy Tabassum Zakaria and David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Under pressure to fight sexual assault, the U.S. armed forces in recent years rolled out education programs about proper sexual conduct through methods like role playing and video...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gaming, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Military
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Portsmouth shipyard workers spared from furlough, but 2,000 Maine workers still face unpaid leave
Bangor Daily News, MaineThe 4,700 civilian employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery will not be forced to take unpaid leave this summer as a result of the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration. However, there are at least 2,000 other civilian...Tags: Unemployment, Shipbuilding, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Manufacturing and Engineering
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William White, Tuskegee Airmen successfully battled racism, America's enemies in WWII
William White says he and his fellow members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen fought two battles during World War II: one against America's enemies and another against racism. White is sure he and his mates helped win the former on the battlefield, while he...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hampton Roads, Labor Legislation, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Smithfield
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Smithsburg still thriving after 200 years
julieg@herald-mail.comChristopher Steiffel Smith ended up dying in a poorhouse, but the town he founded 200 years ago — Smithsburg — is thriving today. Smith, who had been a stone mason, was believed to be in his early 60s when he bought Shadrach’s Lot...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Farms, Museums, Caves and Caverns, Arts
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