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McManus: The write stuff
The news from Washington — bickering over the debt ceiling, poor prospects for the economy — hasn't been uplifting lately. It's time for some beach reading.
And I have just the ticket. There's a whole crop of potential Republican presidential...Tags: Barack Obama, Michele Bachmann, Productivity, Utah, Government
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Today in history: Aug. 9
1854: Henry David Thoreau's ''Walden,'' which described Thoreau's experiences while living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts, was first published. 1910: The U.S. Patent Office granted Alva J. Fisher of the Hurley Machine Co. a patent for an electrically...Tags: Charles Manson, Sharon Tate, Social Issues, Juvenile Delinquency, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Hike, bike and eat your fill of clams on Block Island
Special to the Los Angeles TimesI am standing atop Clay Head, a 70-foot-high bluff, looking over miles and miles of open ocean on a clear summer morning. It is an ideal way to greet a day that will include hiking, biking, birding, skimming stones and eating my weight in fried clams. And...Tags: Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Tourism and Leisure, Connecticut
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Murray named to co-chair deficit 'super committee'; RNC slams choice
Q13 FOX News Online & CNNWashington’s Sen. Patty Murray was named as the Senate Democratic co-chair of the congressional “super committee” charged with crafting a plan to cut the U.S. deficit, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday. Reid said...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Max Baucus, Montana
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Crews Finishing Hazmat Cleanup
FOX40 NewsIt’s been more than two days since a trailer containing around 40 hazardous materials erupted into flames at an Elder Creek Dr. storage yard Wednesday afternoon. Sacramento Fire Department was called out around 8:00am that morning because the...Tags: Hazardous Materials, Injuries and Wounds, Utah, Fires, Arts and Culture
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Virginia native plants: purpletop grass
Virginia's Wildflower of the Month for August: Purpletop grass, or Tridens flavus
This grass is all over the roadsides in late summer, and easily recognized by its loose, open, purple spikelets and distinctive weeping form. Growing to 4 feet tall,...Tags: Texas, Politics, Elections, Nebraska, Michigan
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Baltimore libraries will soon check out Nooks in addition to books
After Crystal Langdon checks out 22 books from her library on Reisterstown Road on Wednesday, she plans to carry them home on the Metro in her purse.
And preteen boys enrolled at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy may soon be able to leave their book bags at...Tags: Corporate Officers, Politics, Services and Shopping, Reisterstown Road, Bram Stoker
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Rocker accused of pharmacy robbery before show
MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The bass player for a rock band has been arrested and charged with robbing a Massachusetts pharmacy of prescription painkillers just hours before a show. Attleboro police say Michael Todd, bassist for Coheed and Cambria,...Tags: Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Comcast Center (arena), Coheed and Cambria (music group), Soundgarden (music group)
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Cops: Rocker Uses Cell Phone Stickup Note to Rob Pharmacy Before Concert
KTLA NewsATTLEBORO, MA -- A musician, using a stickup note posted on his cell phone, robbed a Massachusetts pharmacy of prescription pain pills just hours before his scheduled rock concert, authorities said on Monday. Michael Todd, 30, a bass player and singer...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Prosecution, Crimes, Facebook
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Testing under way on brain of man in Pa. shooting
MEDIA, Pa. (AP) — Testing is under way to determine if a brain tumor contributed to a Pennsylvania ex-convict's deadly shooting rampage before he was killed by police. A spokeswoman for the Delaware County medical examiner says the pituitary...Tags: New York City, Pennsylvania, Brain, Delaware, Human Body
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BOA Lays Off Over 100 Connecticut Workers
Bank of America announced last week that it would cut 107 jobs in Hartford and East Hartford by year's end. A statement released by the bank says workers "may be eligible to receive severance or relocation assistance in lieu of severance." The...Tags: Employees, Chicago Hotels, Connecticut, Career and Workplace, Bank of America Corp.
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Owings Mills resident to cycle in Pan-Massachusetts Challenge
Owings Mills resident Buzz Levin will be cycling in the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, Aug. 6-7, for the 21st consecutive year to raise money to support lifesaving adult and pediatric cancer care and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the...
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