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Friday, November 11, 2011
Doggone! Pooch Eats Couple's $1,000 Cash Stash
'Sexually Provocative' Dakota Fanning Perfume Ad Banned In UK
The ad, for Marc Jacobs "Oh, Lola!" fragrance, featured Fanning, the child star of "War of the Worlds" and "I am Sam" wearing a short dress and holding an oversized bottle of the scent in her lap.
Four readers complained that the photograph -- which appeared in two British magazines in August -- was "offensive and irresponsible," for showing Fanning, 17, "in a sexualized manner."
Poll: Boomers Anxiety About Retirement Grows
So much for kicking back at the lake house, long afternoons of golf or pretty much anything this generation had dreamed about in retirement. The Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll found a baby boom generation planning to work into retirement years — with 73 percent planning to work past retirement, up from 67 percent this spring.
Universal Buying EMI Group For $4.1B
Universal Music Group said Friday that it has agreed to buy the recording division of EMI for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.9 billion).
Sony/ATV has reached a deal to buy the second part, the publishing division in charge of songwriting copyrights, for $2.2 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Montford Point Marines Reportedly Awarded Nation's Highest Civilian Honor
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November Proclaimed Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in Delaware
Amanda Moretto of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network says there's a reason why this type of cancer is so dangerous. She says it develops in the pancreas, which is deep within the body and therefore can become advanced before it is detected.
Pain Almost Drove George Clooney To Suicide
'I can't exist like this,' actor thought after injury making 'Syriana' in 2005
Sky Metalawala Missing: Dad Thinks Boy's Mother, Julia Biryukova, May Be Involved In Disappearance
"I do believe that Julia has a, she's responsible …," Solomon Metalwala said Wednesday, speaking of Julia Biryukova, the boy's mother. "It's sad. Because if she can just cooperate, we can find where, where is our son."
Greece Forms A Kind Of Communist Government?
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Rick Perry, On Letterman Show, Blames Debate Gaffe On 'El Nino'
Perry sauntered on stage smiling, clapped his hands and saluted the crowd before rattling off the "Top Ten Rick Perry Excuses." Among them:
Egypt Closes Pyramid after Rituals Rumor
The authority's head Mustafa Amin said in a statement Friday that the pyramid of Khufu, also known as Cheops, would be closed to visitors until Saturday morning for "necessary maintenance."
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So Long, America
Does the government work for us or do we work for the government? Tonight, wars and rumors of war.
The United States was forged in a war: The American revolution. After the rebels defeated the King, we were blessed with something unique in history; a founding document, the Constitution, which was not imposed upon the people but rather was ratified by them, and which set out to establish strict limits on the federal government. The whole purpose of the Constitution was to keep the government off the people's backs; to assure that the new government here would never be as destructive of freedom and property as the King had been; to guarantee that the government is the servant and the people were the master; still a revolutionary idea even today, more than 230 years later.
So what happened to the war machine that freed the American colonies of their British masters? It was subsumed by the new government. The same generation that fought an American revolution whose unifying principles were life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, ran a government that violated those very principles. In the Whiskey Rebellion, President George Washington shot and arrested farmers who refused to pay a federal tax on booze they made at home; and under the Alien and Sedition Acts, President John Adams prosecuted people for criticizing him.
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Opens
Army Being Sued For $750 Million
Santa Cruz County Severs Ties With JP Morgan, Bank Of America
Keeley said he is removing New York-based JP Morgan Chase and North Carolina-based Bank of
Occupy D.C. Turned Into Occupy The EPA Yesterday
America's Problem With Sex Education
Bill Passes Senate On Tax Credit For Corporations That Hire Vets
‘60 Minutes’ To Look At Lawmakers And Stocks
No Smoking Within 25 Feet Of Federal Buildings
It Was Close, But We Won: Viva Net Neutrality!
Though the FCC’s rules are not great, they do offer some protections for net neutrality on the wired Internet and overturning them would have been a huge setback for free speech on the web. During debate on the Senate floor yesterday supporters of the resolution railed against government regulation while opponents defended the rules saying they were necessary to maintain the openness and innovation that has allowed the Internet to thrive.
10 Million More In Poverty Because Of Medical Expenses, Census Reports
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Poll: Cain Tops 3-Way Race With Romney, Gingrich
In the Republican race for the presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich's support continues to slowly grow, and he is now tied with Mitt Romney for second place, while Herman Cain just edges both of them out for the top spot. Both Cain and Romney have lost support since late October.
In a new CBS News Poll, 61 percent of Republican primary voters say the sexual harassment accusations against Cain won't make any difference in their vote, but 30 percent say the charges make them less likely to back him, and that rises to 38 percent among women. Cain has lost support among women since last month - from 28 percent in October to 15 percent now. He has lost ground with conservatives and Tea Party supporters as well.
A War To End All Wars???
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A new and different war is underway. But first let me take you back. I want you to take some time this day, at 11 AM, to reflect. 93 years ago today the horrible cacophony of the Great War, the "War to End All Wars," came to a conclusion. There were to be no winners for the next century.
Europe today is still struggling for the answer to the troubling question of a united and powerful Europe and a better life for all. Germany is now in the driver’s seat in Europe in spite of her catastrophic defeats in two of her last three European conflicts. The results speak, perhaps, to the great resiliency and productivity of the German people.
But wars are costly in human capital. In the Great War, Canada, in its role as a loyal member of the British Commonwealth, suffered 66,976 deaths and 149,732wounded. That amounts to 3% of the population of 7.2 million at the time. The United States suffered 322,000 casualties or about .33% of its population of 92 million at the time.
Germany lost 6.7 million (2.5 million deaths) or 3.4% of her population.
Overall 16.5 million souls perished (7 million civilians) during the Great War in Europe while another 21.2 million wounded and disfigured emerged from the disaster. Perhaps worse, the political settlement (League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles) of the Great War laid the foundations for a second far more disastrous conflagration in the 1930s. In that war more than 60 million perished and there were 80 million casualties, 4% of the world’s population.
By 1945 Germany was devastated. She lost between 6.7 and 8 million killed, 8 to 10.5 % of her population and all her industrial base and infrastructure.
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Flat Taxes Are Big In The Former USSR. Have They Worked?
Flat income taxes have been criticized for putting a greater burden on middle-income people while cutting taxes for the rich. Critics say a flat tax would bring in less revenue for the government to fund social programs (though, as Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post puts it, “of course, for many conservatives, a drastically smaller government is a feature, not a bug").
Flat-tax success stories?
MorePenn State Scandal: Mother Of Alleged Victim Says Son Was Afraid To Tell Sandusky 'No'
Speaking exclusively with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News' "Good Morning America" the mother of the boy, who is referred to in court papers as Victim 1, describes how she learned of the abuse and how her son lived in fear of coming forward to implicate a football coaching legend.
9/11 Terrorists Made Millions On The Stock Market
“When terrorists have ‘inside information’ about an imminent attack, they purchase financial derivatives before the attack and make millions from the subsequent market movements.“Global financial markets reacted swiftly to the news of the terrorist attacks on New York (2001), Madrid (2004) and London (2005), with a general flight to quality. Gold, bonds and defence stock strengthened and investors flocked to highly liquid, developed markets.
More“In contrast, less mature markets suffer as do stocks such as reinsurance and aviation. American Airlines’ share price dropped 39 per cent after the 9/11 attacks and United Airlines dropped 42 per cent. Even a novice trader can see the windfall that could be achieved in shorting these stocks before a terrorist attack.”
Family of Murdered Border Agent Breaks Silence, Lashes Out At Holder
Until now.
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Occupy The Press
Are You Expecting Men to Act Like Women?
Alison's mission is helping men and women understand each other, which inevitably leads to deeper and richer relationships and creates peace between the sexes. It also eliminates the craziness that comes from trying to figure out what the heck the opposite sex is thinking and feeling and why they do what they do. (I know you're familiar with that craziness, right?)
Md.: Top 50 Tax Cheats Cost State More Than $11m
"This is an issue of fairness," said Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, who released the list. "These people are just telling the state to go jump into a lake. We want to both put the spotlight on them and shame and embarrass them into paying up."
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Celebrity Doctors, Beware
What is it about caring for celebrities that causes professionals to lower their standards and often enable unhealthy behaviors? There are several factors:
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Why Is Paterno Getting So Much Support From Fans?
ER Visits For Intentional Poisoning Soars, Especially Among Women
Meet Uncle Sam, Housing Contractor
A federal program tries to spur people to invest in vacant houses
Kip Kuntz’s block in Baltimore’s Old Goucher neighborhood is getting a face-lift, courtesy of the federal government. The 47-year-old Johns Hopkins University research scientist paid $249,900 in September for a 19th century row house that was rehabbed as part of a $7 billion federal program that provides states and local governments with funds to buy, fix up, and resell abandoned and foreclosed properties. Kuntz, who has lived in the area for about 20 years, praises the care the contractor took in restoring the home’s windows, slate roof, and masonry. “For years I’ve been living in this neighborhood, and it will get a little worse here and a little better there, but there was no progress one way or another,” he says. “Suddenly, things are looking up.” He adds that the half- dozen federally funded rehabs on his block may be attracting attention: A private investor recently began renovating a boarded-up house on the street.Baltimore is a test case of whether government money can help resuscitate an ailing residential market. The Obama Administration’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program is spending $26 million on restorations designed to drive up prices and spark investor-backed redevelopment in pockets of this city of 621,000, where prices have fallen about 40 percent from the 2007 peak, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. Nationwide, 11,545 single-family homes have been renovated and sold since NSP money first started flowing in 2009, with another 24,000 sales projected.
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No Truth Coming From Mortgage Bankers Ass.
Of course, if the news gets bad enough, like if purchase apps drop to new lows, they can always stop publicizing the data altogether. These are after all, the very same people who brought us the housing crisis in the first place. Things like fudging, lying, cheating, stealing, and committing fraud are part of their natural order. Getting the truth out--not so much. In fact, before joining the organization a prospective member needs to pass a sociopathy test.
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The Mortgage Of The Future
Samuel Perez has a steady job running trains for the New York City subway system on the No. 4 line. His wife, Rosemarie, earns a reliable paycheck as a unionized school bus driver in the Bronx. In 2003 they bought a semi-attached, two-story house in unfashionable western Staten Island for $246,000—as cheap as New York City real estate gets. With two children and a foster child at home, they’re not big spenders. “We haven’t taken a vacation in years,” Rosemarie says.
If you’ve paid any attention to the U.S. housing market over the past four years, you probably know where this is headed.
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The Sixties
Md. Man Guilty In Duct-Taped Dog Case
Twenty-four-year-old Ricky Adams was convicted in a bench trial Wednesday. No sentencing date was set.
The judge convicted Adams on two misdemeanor counts but acquitted him of felony animal mutilation.
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Medicare Premiums
New Treatment Kills Fat Cells
Historically, weight loss products have targeted appetite or fat absorption, but scientists say this new technique kills fat cells by cutting off their blood supply.
In a study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers from the University of Texas say injecting a peptide called "adipotide" into obese monkeys made the animals eat less, shed belly fat and increased their metabolic function -- without any change to their diets or exercise regimens, The Los Angeles Times reports.
It also resulted in improved insulin resistance, which could be helpful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
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DIVORCE AGREEMENT
Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al:
Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.
Here is a model separation agreement:
--Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.
--We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them.--You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.--Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military.
--We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar and biodiesel.
--You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.
--We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall Street.
--You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal aliens.
--We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.
--We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood
--You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us.
--You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.
--We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.
--You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N. but we will no longer be paying the bill.
--We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Volt and Leaf you can find.
--You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors.
--We'll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a right.
--We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."
--I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or "We Are the World".
--We'll practice trickle-down economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot.
--Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag.
Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.
Sincerely,
John J. Wall
Law Student and an American
Jonathan Taylor Demands Three Council Members Resignation
Twas The Month Before Christmas
Republican Former Secret Service Agent Files To Challenge Sen. Benjamin Cardin Of Md.
Teen Arrested In Bowie Girl-Scout Caper
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Senate Panel Approves Delaware National Park Bill
The Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the bill on Thursday, sending it to the full Senate for consideration. U.S. Sen. Tom Carper praised the decision, saying it moves the state closer toward having a park that "preserves and teaches" the lessons of Delaware's history.
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BREAKING NEWS: Bankrupt Financial Firm MF Global Fires All Workers
From Fox News
Ripken Asks Sandusky's Charity Not To Use His Name On Website, In Brochures
Former Orioles star had spoken at a dinner benefiting the Second Mile but had no other affiliation with Pennsylvania group
On Wednesday, Cal Ripken Jr.'s name appeared on the website of the Second Mile charity under the heading "Board of Directors: Honorary Board."By Thursday, it didn't.
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High winds prompt Va bridge-tunnel restrictions
Tunnel officials say winds of 40 mph have prompted the bridge-tunnel to be closed to certain vehicles and cargo.
Large pickup campers, camper trailers, house trailers, anything being towed and vehicles with exterior cargo are prohibited from crossing the bridge-tunnel until the winds die down.
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Speaker Busch Gets Roasted For The Kids
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QUOTES OF THE DAY - SUPPORT THE TROOPS EDITION
“Defensive wars to preserve our liberties, fought only with proper congressional declarations, are legitimate. Casualties under such circumstances still are heartbreaking, but they are understandable. Casualties that occur in undeclared, unnecessary wars, however, are bewildering. Why must so many Americans be killed or hurt in Iraq when our security and our liberty were not threatened?” - Ron Paul
“Clichés about supporting the troops are designed to distract us from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war.” – Ron Paul
Board Rejects Confederate License Plates For Texas
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Marijuana: Public Enemy #1
The dame who was tickling the ivories complied, out of control herself. The music revved to a dangerous velocity — oh, too fast for decent, sober, well-behaved Americans to bear — and . . . well, you just knew, violence, madness, laughter were just around the corner. The year was 1936 and, oh my God, they were high on marijuana, public enemy number one.
The scene is from Reefer Madness, arguably the dumbest movie ever made — but smugly at the emotional and ideological core of American drug policy for the last three-quarters of a century. The policy, which morphed in 1970 into an all-out “war” on drugs, has filled our prisons to bursting, created powerful criminal enterprises, launched a real war in Mexico and presided over the skyrocketing of recreational drug use in the United States. The war on drugs just may be a bigger disaster than the war on terror.
Man Outed As Undercover Cop At Occupy Oakland Condemns Police Brutality, Supports The Movement
Life Sentence In Deadly Pharmacy Shooting
(CNN) -- A New York man was sentenced Thursday to life without parole for killing four people at a Long Island pharmacy in June.
Mayor Ireton Pulls Together All Department Heads This Week To Count Christmas Lights Downtown
Tennessee Woman Indicted In Deaths Of Infant Twins
Carl Anderton, Jr. Endorsement
Yard Sales
Occupy Delaware Wins Battle With City
After a judge issued an order temporarily preventing the City of Wilmington from restricting use of Spencer Plaza, the City does an about face.
2011 ANNUAL FRUITLAND CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING
PUBLIC NOTICE
Salisbury City Council Agenda For 11-14-11
6:01 p.m. WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
6:03 p.m. INVOCATION/MEDITATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6:08 p.m. CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION – Mayor James Ireton, Jr.
James M. Bennett Percussion
6:18 p.m. ADOPTION OF LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
6:20 p.m. DATA BRIEFING – Frank McKenzie
Election Redistricting
6:45 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA – City Clerk Brenda Colegrove
October 17, 2011 work session minutes
October 17, 2011 closed session minutes separate envelope
October 24, 2011 closed session minutes separate envelope
October 24, 2011 regular meeting minutes
October 24, 2011 work session minutes
November 7, 2011 special meeting minutes
Manufacturing exemption request – Labinal Salisbury, Inc. (formerly Harvard Manufacturing Company)
6:50 p.m. INTRODUCTION/PUBLIC HEARING – City Administrator John Pick
Resolution No. 2116 - approving the calculation of maximum permitted rates for limited basic service and regulated equipment rates and installation
charges as set forth in Comcast’s rate filing (Form 1240 and Form 1205)
dated September 30, 2011
7:10 p.m. RESOLUTION – City Administrator John Pick
Resolution No. 2117 - approving a loan to Mojo Management, LTD from the City’s Revolving Loan Fund to assist in the renovation of the
building located at 213/215 E. Main Street
7:20 p.m. ORDINANCES – City Attorney Paul Wilber
Ordinance No. 2177 - 2nd reading - approving an amendment of the FY12 General Fund Budget to appropriate additional funds for the lease/purchase
of a front-end loader
Ordinance No. 2178 - 1st reading - approving a budget amendment of the FY12 General Fund to appropriate the funds received from the Local
Government Insurance Trust for two emergency police vehicles which were
involved in accidents and deemed a total loss with the intention of arranging a lease/purchase of two new vehicles
Ordinance No. 2179 - 1st reading – approving FY12 budget amendment to
address an anticipated shortfall in the grass cutting and rubbish removal
accounts
Ordinance No. 2180 - 1st reading – approving FY12 budget amendment to
accept and appropriate additional funds associated with providing medical/
physical screening for the volunteer members of the Fire Department
Ordinance No. 2181 - 1st reading - authorizing the refunding of the 1994 Bonds, the 1999 Bond, the 2001 CDA Bonds and the 2003 CDA Bonds
8:00 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS
8:15 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
Eighteen Counties Oppose PlanMaryland
PlanMaryland describes itself as a "blueprint for a collaborative process between the State and local governments…" It asserts its interest in "working with local governments to identify the areas for growth and preservation. And… coordinating and aligning state programs to support mutual local and state goals."
If the State is truly interested in working with local governments, a good place to start would be to honor their requests for more time.
DuPont Fined $500,000 For Violations
Driving In Fog - Safety Tips
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Wilmington Woman 5th To Plead Guilty In Abortion Case
Forty-three-year-old Lynda Williams pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of third-degree murder. She had been charged in a disturbing grand jury report that alleged ghastly conduct at the Women's Medical Center operated by Dr. Kermit Gosnell.
New Website Takes The Work Out Of Searching For A Job
The new site, http://www.easternshorejobfinder.com%20pulls/ listings from many popular websites including Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, Craigslist.org, and more to create one daily listing of jobs available. And instead of covering one small region, this website covers the whole Delmarva Peninsula with jobs for all three states and even work from home listings.
The site’s creator, Gretchen Parks, works from home and knows how discouraging the job search can be. "As a freelancer, I am always trolling the job boards and looking for my next client or opportunity. The competition is fierce and every edge that you can have can make all the difference." Parks said.
Parks had the idea to create this blog site to fill a need. "I saw people online looking for work and asking others if they knew of any openings. Online groups have formed to help each other, but the job listings are not plentiful in these groups because only the person looking knows the extent of their experience and qualifications for any given job," she said.
Job seekers are encouraged to subscribe to updates through the website so they can be notified of the daily additions of new jobs. Sometimes all the edge you need is to be one of the first to respond to a new opening.
Site owner, Parks, said, "I once had a call back from a resume I sent within 15 minutes of sending it, so I know that timing can be everything in the job market."
Employers wishing to list a job can do so for free by emailing Gretchen Parks at gretchenparks@comcast.net. Anyone can also post comments on the site if they have heard of a new job opening or they want to post the good news of being hired.
"We can help each other to get hired. It all starts with where to look. EasternShoreJobFinder.com is the place to start."
Veterans Day Quotes
In honor of Veterans Day 2011, which happens November 11, here’s a list of 25 quotes to live by:
21. Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them. -Napoleon Bonaparte
Judge: School Can Ban American Flag Shirts
U. S. District Court Judge James Ware was ruling in a case involving students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, CA, who were banned from wearing American flag t-shirts on the Mexican holiday in 2010.
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Senate Approves Jobs Benefits for Veterans
The 95-0 vote will let senators head home for Friday's Veterans Day events and take credit for helping some of the 240,000 jobless veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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DOG SHOW STARTS TODAY IN SALISBURY
Joe: I am not sure if anyone as asked you, but I had a minute and wanted to ask you to please put in a plug for our wonderful vendors from all over the east coast. We have items that you will NOT find in any stores in this area. There is a vendor with wonderful shoes that fit like you are walking on a cloud, magnetic necklaces, bracelets, great iron yard ornaments, brass door knockers, pillows, lap throws, sweaters, and lots of dog related items way to numerous to mention. Lots of these items are hand crafted and specialized with your "very own dogs" picture at some vendors. OH yes, and we also have a massage therapist if you want to de-stress. We have a raffle and every dime will go towards vest for any police K9 needing one in Wicomico, Somerset or Worcester counties.
Thanks and hope to see everyone there to support our local folks.
Barbara Furbush
Obama To Explore New Route For Controversial Keystone Pipeline
The State Department today announced plans to explore a new route for the Keystone XL pipeline, putting off the decision on whether to approve the controversial project until after the 2012 election.
The decision marks a partial victory for environmentalists and other opponents of the TransCanada Corp. project, which would link the tar sands fields of northern Alberta to oil refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. The 1,700-mile underground oil pipeline has been in the works for three years. Its supporters say it would create jobs and help the U.S. lessen its dependence on oil imported from the Middle East, while its opponents -- both Democratic and Republican -- point to its environmental risks.