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Yucca Mountain critic picked to head nuclear panel
WASHINGTON — Stirring the lingering debate over storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, President Obama tapped Yucca critic Allison Macfarlane as the new chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The nomination of Macfarlane, an...
Tags: White House, Mitch McConnell, Republican Party, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Our Take: The week in Maryland sports
Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland basketball and football. As Maryland's nonconference basketball schedule comes together, are there enough...
Tags: Mark Turgeon, Basketball, Syracuse Orange, Students, Gary Williams
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Maryland basketball schedule coming together
The Baltimore SunLet’s look at what we know so far about Maryland’s men’s basketball nonconference schedule. We know about the Kentucky game in Brooklyn (the Barclays Center Classic) on Nov. 9. We know about the game at Northwestern in the ACC/Big...Tags: Long Island University, Brad Pitt, Maryland Terrapins, Barclays Center, Verizon Center
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Teel Time: Former NCAA basketball selection chair Littlepage prefers formula for football playoff
Neither of the state’s Bowl Subdivision athletic directors has decided how teams should be selected for the four-team national football playoff most believe will replace the Bowl Championship Series in 2014 and beyond. Virginia’s Craig...Tags: College Football, Basketball, College Sports, Virginia Tech Hokies, Sports
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Saturday's high school roundup: HRA takes state boys lacrosse crown
Daily PressHere's a look at Saturday's game-by-game action in high schools: http://highschoolsports.dailypress.com/2011/schedules/20120519/20120519 As for the highlights: Boys lacrosse: The Hampton Roads Academy Navigators are state champions. Tournament MVP...Tags: College Sports, Tennis, Hampton Roads, Sports, Lacrosse
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Newsweek's 'gay president' cover was unfair to Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians have justification for being upset over this week's Newsweek magazine cover, portraying President Barack Obama as "the first gay president."
That had to do with Obama's decision to come out, excuse the expression, in favor of same-sex...Tags: Time (magazine), White House, Same-Sex Marriage, Joe McCarthy, Republican Party
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In Europe, time for true austerity
Talks to form a coalition government in Greece collapsed again this week as a result of the country's belt-tightening backlash. The country now faces an unpleasant dilemma: agreed-upon austerity measures in exchange for bailout funds, or a messy default...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Personal Income, National Government, Government Debt, United Kingdom
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New company hires, promotions in the Lehigh Valley area
Mary Bauer a 26-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, has joined RamboPlus Associates LLC as a senior development specialist, bringing a lifetime of professional experience and background in problem solving, communications and mentoring to her...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Services and Shopping, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Coopersburg, Mortgages
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Taking a scythe to the Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON -- Controversies can be wonderfully clarified when people follow the logic of illogical premises to perverse conclusions. For example, two academics recently wrote in the British Journal of Medical Ethics that "after-birth abortions" -- killing...
Tags: National Government, Civil Rights, Religion and Belief, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health
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Amendment Strips Free Speech Rights From Corporations
The Hartford CourantControversies can be wonderfully clarified when people follow the logic of illogical premises to perverse conclusions. For example, two academics recently wrote in the British Journal of Medical Ethics that "after-birth abortions" — killing...Tags: National Government, Civil Rights, Religion and Belief, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health
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Maryland's economic mobility is among the best in U.S.
If you're aiming to be upwardly mobile, living in Maryland might help. The state is one of the best in the country for moving on up, what the study calls positive economic mobility, a new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts concludes. States doing...Tags: Science and Technology, Towson University, Earnings
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Antony Davies: Unions do not appreciate our teachers
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and the teachers unions ask that you please refrain from showing your appreciation in any meaningful way. Of all the things employers can do to show appreciation, nothing beats cold hard cash. A raise says that...Tags: Education, Schools, Consumers, Teachers, Business
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