Two Fatally Injured In Milford Crash

Location: Southbound SR 1, Coastal Highway, .5 miles south of Wilkins Road, Milford, DE

 

Date of Occurrence: November 22, 2010 at 12:13 a.m.

 

Operators/Vehicles:

 

Operator #1: Diana B. Thornberg, 25, Lincoln, DE

Vehicle #1: 2000 Hyundai Elantra

 

Operator #2: Roseann M. Hottes, 31, Wilmington, DE

Vehicle #2: 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse

 

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Milford- The Delaware State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit is currently investigating a motor vehicle collision in which two people died that occurred early this morning in Milford.

 

The incident happened at approximately 12:13 a.m. this morning as Diana Thornberg, 25, of Lincoln, DE was operating a 2000 Hyundai Elantra and was traveling northbound in the southbound left lane of SR 1 just south of Wilkins Road in Milford. The front of Thornberg’s vehicle struck the front of a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse that was being operated by Roseann Hottes, 31, of Wilmington, DE, and was traveling southbound in the left lane of SR 1. Both Roseann Hottes and Diana Thornberg sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene. Their bodies were both turned over to the medical examiners office where an autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death. Diana Thornberg was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. It is unknown if alcohol was a factor in the crash. SR 1 was closed for approximately 3 hours as the crash was investigated and cleared.

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47 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dallas.

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STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMAN-ELECT ANDY HARRIS

ANNAPOLIS, MD – “An out-of-district, liberal special interest group has decided to start the 2012 campaign with false accusations and personal attacks.  Citizens of the First Congressional District are sick and tired of this revolving campaign and, like me, look forward to spending Thanksgiving with friends and family.  While these outsiders are focused on a different agenda, I am concentrating on long-term job creation, reducing wasteful government spending and getting America back on the road to prosperity.”

Mayor Ireton, YOU Are Out Of Control!!!!!!!!

TO: Mrs. Adams, President, Salisbury Area Property Owners Association FROM: Mayor James Ireton, Jr. RE: Third Friday Encounter with Mr. Adams DATE: November 22, 2010 On Friday, November 19, 2010, which is Salisbury’s Third Friday celebration I had an unfortunate incident involving your husband. Though your husband is entitled to his opinion regarding the relationship that you, as SAPOA’s president, have with the City of Salisbury, I encourage you to suggest to him that it was very clear to witnesses that he was very aggressive and threatening in his approach. I attempted to calm him and suggested that the Third Friday celebration was neither the time nor place for the discussion, but to no avail. Eventually his yelling became unintelligible, yet he did manage to say something about wanting to defend the honor of yourself, and Council President Louise Smith. I, still, am unclear about what he meant.

In the end though, I would appreciate that your family members only contact me on a professional basis and in writing. I have always had pleasant encounters with your daughter and I hope that continues.

The battle for the integrity of Salisbury’s neighborhoods is a policy and political struggle. What your husband did at Third Friday was make it personal. Salisbury deserves better than this. Please extend to Mr. Adams, my clear determination that the incident not happen again without my reporting it to the proper authorities. With your understanding of this, I consider the matter over, done and behind us.

With kind regards,

James Ireton, Jr.

Mayor, City of Salisbury

NOW, the idea that Mayor Ireton is trying to come off innocent here has pissed me off more than ANYTHING I have seen in many years. At the Mayor's Round Table Meeting last week the Mayor went on a verbal attack against Mrs. Adams that was so brutal, I'm amazed Mrs. Adams did not file charges against Mayor Ireton. Mayor Ireton has verbally attacked Louise Smith as well as other FEMALE Council Women.

Mr. Adams simply told the Mayor, PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE, BULLY. Clearly, just because Ireton is Mayor, he thinks he can do whatever he likes, especially to WOMEN.

Mrs. Adams, file those charges against Mayor Ireton. You have plenty of witnesses, (including a Police Officer) and your charges will stick.

Mayor Ireton, cut the crap! No one is buying your innocence here and Mr. Adams was simply defending his Wife. Maybe one day when YOU get married you'll know how to do so.

Guilty Verdict In Chandra Levy Murder Case

Ingmar Guandique's defense attorney had pointed finger at former Rep. Gary Condit

WASHINGTON — A jury on Monday found an El Salvadoran immigrant guilty of murdering Washington intern Chandra Levy in 2001.

Jurors deliberated over parts of four days before convicting Ingmar Guandique of two counts of first-degree murder for attacking Levy while she exercised in Washington's Rock Creek Park in May 2001.

The jury could have opted for a conviction of second-degree murder, but instead chose the more serious counts. Guandique, 29, could be sentenced to a minimum of 30 years and a maximum of life in prison. Sentencing was set for Feb. 11.

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Criminal Arrest / Theft Of Jewelry

LOCATION:  Bishopville, Worcester County

CRIME:  Theft from $1,000 under $10,000, Theft less $1,000 and Theft Scheme $1,000 to under $10,000    
VICTIM:  Mark Kauffman and Dave Speier

Suspects:  Traci Brooke Sterling, 28 years old, Crisfield, MD
   
Deposition: Held on $10,000 Bond, $5,000 and $3,000                            

NARRATIVE:

During the above listed date and time, WCBI was investigating a case of stolen jewelry from two residences in the Bishopville, Worcester County, MD .   The suspect, Traci Brooke Sterling stole numerous items of jewelry from both of the residences while working for Merry Maids Cleaning Service.  Traci Sterling
pawned the stolen jewelry at “The Jeweler” in Salisbury, MD.  Numerous items of stolen were recovered from “The Jeweler”.  The value of the stolen jewelry is $1,725.00.
 
On 11-19-10 at approximately 1527 hours, Traci Brooke Sterling was arrested and processed at the Princess Anne Barrack.  Sterling was charged with Theft from $1,000 under $10,000, Theft less $1,000 and Theft Scheme $1,000 to under $10,000.  Sterling was held on $10,000 bond and held at the Somerset County Jail.  Sterling was held on two additional arrest warrant bonds of $5,000 and
$3,000.

Good Job On The Exam, Kids! Your Reward: Plastic Surgery

With grueling university entrance exams finally behind them, exhausted South Korean students are now choosing their reward — plastic surgery.

A number of plastic surgery hospitals have taken advantage of a recent trend by some parents to reward their children for years of hard study with plastic surgery, offering substantial discounts for eye and nose operations.

Popular surgeries include "Westernizing" the nose to give it an upward tilt and double-eyelid surgery to make eyes look bigger, which is especially popular with young women.

"We already had a long reservation list with names of students even before they took the test," the manager of one hospital told the JoongAng Daily.

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Car backed into front of dentists office next to Ace Hardware College Ave.

Tent Cities, Homelessness, Soul-Crushing Despair: Legacy Of Decades Of Government Debt, Mismanagement Of Economy

For decades, our politicians have been deeply addicted to government debt, they have stood idly by as millions of our jobs have been shipped overseas and they have passed countless business-crushing regulations and they never thought that it would catch up with us. Well, it has. America has been living in the biggest debt bubble in the history of the world, and now that bubble is starting to pop. There has never been such an extended period of unemployment in the United States since the Great Depression, and millions of Americans are losing their homes. Homelessness is skyrocketing, tent cities are popping up everywhere and countless numbers of American families are experiencing the soul-crushing despair that comes from desperately trying to hang on for month after month after month. Now, because of the horrific hole that our politicians have dug for us, we are faced with some heartbreaking choices. For example, right now the U.S. Congress is deciding whether or not to extend long-term unemployment benefits for the nation’s jobless. Extending those benefits through the end of February would add another $12.5 billion to the U.S. national debt. But not doing it would cut off the only lifeline that many Americans have just in time for the holidays. The extension of jobless benefits that was passed last summer expires on December 1st. If these long-term benefits are not renewed, approximately 2 million unemployed Americans will lose their checks. But what can the U.S. Congress do? Just keep going into endless amounts of debt? As I have written about previously, the United States is never going to see another balanced budget ever again under the current system. The U.S. government is flat out broke. Somehow our politicians desperately need to find a way for the federal budget to stop hemorrhaging red ink. There is no more “extra money” to spend. The U.S. government has piled up the biggest mountain of debt in the history of the world and we are headed for a complete and total economic disaster because of it. But what are we going to do? Are we going to let millions of Americans starve in the streets? It’s not just the rapidly rising number of homeless Americans that is the problem. Millions of Americans are not going to be able to heat their homes this winter. Millions of others are going to have to choose between buying medicine and buying food because they will not be able to afford both. How would you like to be at a point where you could not go to the doctor because you knew that you could not pay the deductible? How would you like to be at a point where you had to decide whether to buy diabetes medicine or to buy macaroni and cheese to feed your family? More than 42 million Americans are now on food stamps, and that number keeps going up month after month after month. Just think about that. 42 million Americans would not be able to eat if the U.S. government did not give them handouts. The safety net is getting awfully crowded. If you really want to see some soul-crushing desperation, go check out the flood tunnels under the city of Las Vegas. But do not do this alone – it is very dangerous down there. Today, there are hordes of “tunnel people” who call those dark tunnels home. Nobody knows for sure how many people are down there (some people say that it is well into the thousands), but everyone agrees that the number is rapidly growing. But in many major U.S. cities there are no flood tunnels to go to. Instead, in many areas of the United States huge tent cities have sprouted. The following is a video news report from the BBC about the tent cities that are popping up all over America…. GO HERE to see more.

Is City Politics Too Big For The Local Media To Handle?

With every single local MSM outlet downsizing there is less Staff to do ANY Investigative Reporting. All anyone has to do is look back into Salisbury's political history and you start to question just about everything.

The Old Mall TIF. Sassafras Meadows. The Bricks. The Waste Water Treatment Plant. The $14,000,000.00 Fire House. Then there's the old Station 16. A $900,000.00 Fire Boat. The list goes on and on.

Have you seen any progress on the Old Mall property? How's that "growth pays for growth" working at Sassafras Meadows? Since when does a municipality get into the renovation and rental business, especially in such a horrible economy with The Bricks project? Then there's the $84,000,000.00 Waste Water Treatment Plant with a $1,000,000.00 liability clause and now an additional $60,000,000.00 completion fee. A new Fire Station 16 was built for $14,000,000.00. A FIRE HOUSE. You know, a pole building/garage for Fire Equipment. Funny, it seems to me everyone else around us can't seem to spend more than $2,000,000.00 on their new Fire Stations. Now we have the old Fire Station 16 being sold for $100,000.00, you know that whole story. Then there's a $900,000.00 Fire Boat. Look at the agenda for tonight. Unless I am missing something, the only thing on there is the DNR grant acceptance for the fire boat, not the award of bid for the fire boat itself.  As I recall, council reached consensus not to accept the DNR grant until AFTER the bid for the boat was awarded because it doesn't make sense to accept a grant for something you haven't officially decided to get.

Is someone lining their pockets? Is it just me who believes there's some serious problems with those leading the City of Salisbury. I could sit here all day going over each one of the topics I've mentioned here and the questionable details in each one. However, what good will it do. Even with the track record some of these people have, you keep voting for them.

Perhaps the MSM simply knows not to waste their time.

Council President Louise Smith Pulls Fire House From Agenda

Louise Smith has in fact pulled the old Fire Station off tonight's agenda. Clearly this topic is hotter than anything this Council has faced  to date. Every form of media have come together on this topic as Council VP Gary Comegys publicly stated he would not sell Joe Albero the building. This after a $250,000.00 cash offer was presented to the Council.

We strongly encourage as many citizens as possible to attend tonight's meeting to let the Council know where YOU stand on this project. One thing is for sure, the opposition will have their people there in support of it. 6:00 PM at the GOB.

Work On Southern Border Fence Begins Monday

Work on construction of a fence along the Israel-Egypt border begins today.

The first tractors and heavy machinery will commence work on the obstacle, which is to block the influx of  infiltrators that has plagued Israel in recent years. The fence is planned to stretch over 150 kms, and will be fitted with cameras and other technological devices that will make it possible to locate infiltrators.

The project is to last two years. The first 50-km stretch of fence is to be constructed north of Tze'elim in the Negev. This area is the scene of relatively large-scale infiltration by migrant laborers from sub-Saharan Africa and by weapons smuggling gangs.

The fence project is being undertaken by the Ministry of Defense, based upon a March cabinet decision. Work was slow to start, however, and last month the Prime Minister's Office published a statement prodding the officials responsible for the project to begin work as soon as possible.

The cabinet decided that it would supervise the pace of construction of the fence.         

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GOP Vows To End Fannie And Freddie Bailouts

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill say ending the federal bailout of insolvent mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be a major goal for the next Congress  and criticize Democrats for failing to fix the pair of institutions that had central roles in the recent financial and housing crises.

House Republicans have rebuked Democrats for not including the troubled lenders in the landmark Wall Street reform bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in July, saying they ignored a central problem that led to the housing market collapse, and are prepared to take up the topic when they take control in of the chamber in January.

"Over the last few years, Americans have seen up close the fallout from policies that encourage overexposure and the reckless overextension of debt," said Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative House Republicans. "By using Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to manipulate the housing market, Washington created a recipe for economic disaster."

Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee and presumed incoming chairman, called ending federal assistance to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "my top priority."

Fannie and Freddie are government-sponsored companies that either guarantee or own almost half the nation's mortgages.

"Using taxpayer money to subsidize the mortgage market is an addiction, and like all addictions it can't be cured overnight," he told CNBC this month. "There will be a reasonable transition period over a number of years to allow for the private market to develop."          

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Gates Rushes Delivery Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Report

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is instructing his staff to accelerate by one day the public release of a yearlong study into the implications of repealing the ban on openly gay people serving in the military.

That study, initially due Dec. 1, will now be ready for release on Nov. 30 to allow the congressional defense committees to hold hearings on the report as soon as possible.

Supporters of repealing the Clinton-era law, known as "Don't ask, don't tell," are eying the weeks after Thanksgiving recess as the last opportunity to see the ban scrapped. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has committed to bringing up the 2011 defense authorization bill, which contains a repeal provision, for a vote in December. The House already approved its version of the massive defense policy bill, which contains a repeal provision.

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who leads the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he first wants to hold hearings on the Pentagon's yearlong study.

Gates now has compressed an already "aggressive" timeline for the report delivery in order "to support Congress' wish to consider repeal before they adjourn," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said in a statement on Sunday.        More

Report: N. Korea Makes 'Stunning' Leaps In 'Astonishingly Modern' Nuclear Facility

A report that North Korea has made alarming, secret progress in its nuclear enrichment activities sparked alarm about Pyongyang's "belligerent behavior," in the words of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen.

Siegfried Hecker, a former director of the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory, on Nov. 12 witnessed an "astonishingly modern" new secret nuclear processing facility, where he saw the "stunning" progress made by the reclusive nation, according to wire reports.

"Instead of seeing a few small cascades of centrifuges, which I believed to exist in North Korea, we saw a modern, clean centrifuge plant of more than a thousand centrifuges, all neatly aligned and plumbed below us," Hecker wrote in a report published Saturday.

"It is North Korea continuing on a path that is destabilizing for the region," Mullen said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, adding that the news was “very dangerous.”

The Hecker report comes on the heels of a U.N. Security Council report that found Pyongyang has a thriving $100 million per year weapons and missile export business in spite of the sanctions and accuses the North of using a "broad range of techniques to mask its financial transactions" and falsifying shipping container labels and ship manifests.

In addition, the report utilizes evidence gleaned by various sources including the International Atomic Energy Agency to conclude that North Korea is active in “nuclear and ballistic missile related activities in certain other countries including Iran, Syria and Myanmar."

“Instead of continuing its failed strategy of seeking to engage the regime in endless negotiation, the administration must ratchet up pressure on Pyongyang," Rep. Ilena Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), the likely incoming chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement earlier this month. “...We must act quickly and firmly to stop North Korea’s proliferation before it ends up costing American lives and those of our allies.”More here

[Once again, America's intelligence community has been caught by surprise... a bad sign. -- Editor]

Gingrich: Holder Should Resign For Handling Of Terrorism Cases

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is outraged that convicted terrorist Ahmed Ghailani was just acquitted in civilian court of all but one of the 286 charges against him.

"It's clear to me that Attorney General [Eric] Holder should resign," he tells Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview. Gingrich was in Palm Beach, Fla. attending Restoration Weekend, a conservative conference organized by the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

Gingrich angrily denounced Holder's handling of this and other terror cases.


Ghailani, 36, the first ex-Guantanamo inmate to be tried in a civilian court, will still serve at least 20 years in jail and could be sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of conspiracy against US property. But the New York jury cleared the Tanzanian national of all but one of 286 charges brought against him for the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa.

Gingrich blamed Holder for creating the conditions for Ghailani's legal victory.

"His rulings have been wrong. They've endangered our national security. They allowed a federal judge to throw out most of the evidence."

Terrorism cases shouldn't be tried in civilian courts, Gingrich says.

"This is a war," he adds.. "You can't bring into this kind of trial the kind of evidence a military tribunal would have."

The Obama administration refuses to admit we're in a war, he says.

"It's very dangerous to have an administration which refuses to deal with reality."

Gingrich doesn't think much of the new body scanners and pat-down procedures for air travelers.

"It's tragic that the Obama administration refuses to tell us the truth about our enemies, refuses to design a strategy to defeat them and instead believes inconveniencing, embarrassing, humiliating millions of innocent people is better than profiling and addressing intelligence," he says.

In sum, "This is a grotesque overreach of government," Gingrich says.

Gingrich also predicted a difficult time ahead as the new Republican House faces off against the Obama White House.      More here

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THE LAME DUCK DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO TRY TO PUSH THROUGH AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS BEGINNING NOVEMBER 29!  ITS CALLED THE DREAM ACT.  THEY WILL START WITH A HOUSE VOTE AND THEN MOVE TO THE SENATE.  BELOW IS THE LATEST UPDATE FROM  WWW.NUMBERSUSA.COM 

Pres. Obama has met with leaders from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and said he wants the DREAM Act Amnesty passed before lawmakers adjourn in December. According to a release issued by Rep. Nydia Velasquez (D-N.Y.), who attended the White House meeting, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tentatively scheduled a vote on DREAM for Nov. 29 - the Monday Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess.

How The Government Killed Safest Car Ever Built

Thirty-five years ago, the U.S. government built a fleet of cars that were safer than anything on the road. Twenty-five years ago, the government shredded them in secret. Two escaped the crusher. This is their story.

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Barbara Bush: Palin Should Stay In Alaska

Former first couple give Larry King opinions about Tea Party, son's book

Former first lady Barbara Bush says she hopes Sarah Palin stays in Alaska.

In a preview for a Larry King interview to be shown Monday on CNN, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, are shown addressing topics such as the Tea Party influence, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, and their son's book.

Asked for her read on Palin, Barbara Bush responded:

"I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful and I think she's very happy in Alaska — and I hope she'll stay there."

Palin has been active in election campaigns, acknowledged she is looking at the possibility of a 2012 presidential bid and plans a promotion tour for her own book due out next week, "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag."

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Mystery Contrail Was From Chinese Missile

Although the U.S. Defense Department and North American Aerospace Defense Command have speculated publicly that the unidentified contrail of a projectile soaring into the skies off the California coast – and recorded by a KCBS television crew – came from a jet and posed no security threat to the U.S., several experts are raising provocative and disturbing questions about the government's official response, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. Two governmental military experts with extensive experience working with missiles and computer security systems have examined the television video and conclude the mysterious contrail originating some 30 miles off the coast near Los Angeles did not come from a jet – but rather, they say the exhaust and the billowing plume emanated from a single source nozzle of a missile, probably made in China. They further suggest the missile was fired from a submerged Chinese nuclear submarine off America's coast, and point out that the timing of the alleged Chinese missile shot coincided with an increasing confrontation between the U.S. and China, and was likely meant to send a message to Washington. Indeed, the Federal Aviation Administration documents that there were no aircraft flying in the area at that time, the night of Nov. 8. "The question that still must be answered is why NORAD's muted response was simply that North America was not threatened, and later our government approved the lame excuse that the picture recorded was simply an aircraft leaving a contrail," said retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jim Cash. A former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and commander of an F-15 squadron and an F-16 wing, Cash was assigned to NORAD as an assistant director of operations at the Cheyenne Mountain complex near Colorado Springs, Colo., and is fully knowledgeable of NORAD procedures. "There is absolutely no doubt that what was captured on video off the coast of California was a missile launch, was clearly observed by NORAD, assessed by a four-star general in minutes, and passed to the president immediately," he said. Even more ominously, cautioned Cash: "We must question the timing of this shot across our bow. The president was abroad being diplomatic, which means trying to placate China which is becoming overly concerned with our handling of a totally out-of-control deficit in spending." More here

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Food Stamp Usage Across The Country

The number of food stamp recipients has climbed by about 10 million over the past two years, resulting in a program that now feeds 1 in 8 Americans and nearly 1 in 4 children.

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Maryland's Kratovil Will Consider Running In 2012

DENTON, Md. - Ousted Congressman Frank Kratovil says he'll consider trying to win his seat back in 2012.

Kratovil, a moderate Democrat, was defeated by Republican Andy Harris after just one term representing Maryland's First District.

He tells The Star-Democrat of Easton that his defeat can be traced to anger at President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He says Harris ran against Pelosi, not him, and that if the election had been a referendum on his performance in office, he would have won easily.

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Hospitality Industry Says “Dime-A-Drink” Tax Hike Could Be Devastating

Despite the deceptively simple catch phrase, bars, restaurants, wineries and alcohol wholesalers think that the “dime-a-drink” proposal to increase the state tax rate on alcoholic beverages will cost them a lot more.

“They can call it 10 cents a drink. I call it $3 a case of beer,” said Jack Milani, a partner in Monaghan’s Pub in Baltimore County. Milani is legislative co-chair of the Maryland State Licensed Beverage Association. The trade group represents about 1,400 restaurants, bars and package liquor stores, and times have been hard, he said.

“A lot of our people haven’t fully recovered from the last two years of the economic downturn,” Milani said. “We’ve lost establishments in the state.”

Currently, the state tax is 9 cents per gallon on beer, 40 cents per gallon on wine and $1.50 per gallon on spirits. The increase would add roughly 10 cents per “drink” across the board. While this seems small, calculations have shown that the actual taxes would increase by 700% to 1,300%.

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Cancer Survivor Flight Attendant Forced To Show Prosthetic Breast During TSA Pat-Down

After 32 years on the job as a flight attendant, not to mention being a breast cancer survivor, a North Carolina woman says airport screeners went too far when they told her to remove her prosthetic breast during a recent pat-down.

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Dutch Seek To End 'Drug Tourism'

For those of you who thought it might be worth it to be screened and patted-down by the TSA for your trip to the Netherlands, just so long as you could sit in a "coffee shop" and get stoned without threat of a legal hassle, here's some bad news. In an effort to curb so-called "drug tourism," the Dutch government is looking to limit the sale of cannabis to residents only.

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American Family Association Calls Off Boycott On Dick's Sporting Goods Over 'Christmas'

My how things change overnight. Yesterday, we told you about the far-from-loony folks at the American Family Association who had called for their members to boycott Dick's Sporting Goods because the retail chain used the word "holiday" instead of "Christmas" for its November and December sales circulars. Now the AFA has announced that it's called off the boycott because Dick's will be using that word after all.

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Watch Out For Signs Of Get-Poor-Quick Scams

These may be hard times for the working man, but they're boom times for con artists. In a tough financial climate, it's more tempting than ever to seek out extra income streams, taking flyers on opportunities with which you may have little experience. That's where shysters come in, ready to exploit your need for quick, easy money while hoping you overlook things that don't seem quite right with their propositions.

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New York State Foreclosure Mediation Shows Glimmers Of Hope In Helping Homeowners

New York is requiring banks to sit down with homeowners before foreclosing. And it’s slowly starting to pay off.

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A Letter To The Editor On The Old Fire Station

Joe, I no longer live in the City but want to put in my 2 cents. If the city wants to sell the old fire station it should be sold at a price like you offered or closer to its appraised value. Actually, I believe that the city should keep the building as a Library Annex instead of talking about spending more taxpayer dollars on a new library building. I am sure there are other municipal uses for that beautiful building. I have always felt it was inappropriate to call our children, "kids" but I see and hear it more and more lately. Kids are baby goats!!! Also, the in-phrase, "you guys", or, "guys", more than half of the population are not guys. The Daily Times ran a short piece a few years ago justifying the use of the term to apply to all of us regardless of gender. I disagree with that stance completely. Thanks for listening.

House Votes Against Extending Unemployment Benefits

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Deer And Lawn Ornament Battle

A seven-point buck lost a fight with a 640-pound concrete elk lawn ornament in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye's home in Viroqua , Wis. last week.
 
 - The buck was apparently sparring with the lawn ornament. Mark Brye, 58, couldnt help but laugh about the unusual incident, the La Crosse Tribune reports.
 
 - "Our gave it to us for
four years ago because we like to hunt elk," Brye told the . "The elk is a nice thing to see every morning. It looks pretty cool, especially on a foggy morning."
 
 - Brye said he knew exactly what happened when he saw the elk tipped over on its side, but wasnt expecting to find the bucks carcass lying about 20 yards away.
 
 - The deer shattered its skull.  Brye claimed the deer using a deer tag issued by a Vernon County conservation warden. The warden's tag note read: "lawn ornament fight & lost."
 
 - He took the deer to a butcher and now has a freezer full of venison.TribuneChristmasson and daughter

13th DART Stuff The Bus Food Drive Nets A Record Setting 20.4 Tons Of Food For Needy Delawareans

Wilmington -- DART First State announced today that the thirteenth annual Stuff The Bus Thanksgiving Food Drive was a record setting one, collecting 20.4 tons (40,847 pounds) of food. The DART week-long food drive took place from November 9 to November 12 at Walmart in Milford, Acme in Dover, Acme in Fairfax Shopping Center, and Rodney Square in Wilmington. The Food Bank of Delaware will distribute the donated food through its more than 346 hunger relief partners to the Delaware residents in need.

The donations this year of non-perishable food filled three 30-foot buses. Donations were received from the general public, as well as businesses, schools, organizations, and state agencies throughout the entire State. The Pepsi Bottling Group made a very generous donation that helped set a new record. We collected 11,578 more pounds than in 2009, which was previously our best year. Again this year, DART partnered with WAFL 97.7 FM and WNCL 101.3 FM, which are part of the Delmarva Broadcasting Company. Thanks to staff and listeners of both radio stations, Stuff the Bus in Milford and Dover was a great success. Also thanks to the WJBR 99.5 FM staff and listeners who helped to fill the bus in Rodney Square.

DART First State is the bus, train, and intermodal transportation provider for Delaware. The Delaware Transit Corporation, a subsidiary of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), operates DART First State. DART First State services include contracted SEPTA commuter trains, intercounty bus, fixed route bus, Paratransit, seasonal resort bus, commuter assistance, Operation Lifesaver rail crossing safety and trespasser awareness programs, and the RideShare Delaware ridematching program. DART First State provides more than 11,185,000 passenger trips annually, removing up to 7,034,591 vehicle trips from area roadways. In 2008, DART was recognized nationally with awards from the Federal Transit Administration for Enhancing Ridership programs and the American Public Transportation Association for first place in the annual Bus Roadeo.