Nunzio refused a breath test and sobriety test.
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Prince Street Principal Arrested For DUI
Nunzio refused a breath test and sobriety test.
13 Things You Need To Know For Passover 2013
Passover 2013 begins at sundown on Monday, March 25th. That is the date, this year, which corresponds to the 15th of Nissan, the day according to the Bible, on which the first Passover occurred and on which all subsequent Passovers always begin.
The holiday lasts for 7 days in Israel and 8 days everywhere else, reflecting a long-held custom honoring the fact that maintaining an accurate liturgical calendar far from Israel, where Jewish religious authority was centered in ancient times, was not so simple. It’s a “belt and suspenders approach”, designed to make sure nobody fails to observe the holiday on the appropriate day.
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Towers To Close In April
In a bid to save money, the Federal Aviation Administration is closing 149 air traffic control towers starting in April. The towers are located throughout the United States. Most are at small airports. FAA must cut its 2013 spending by $637 million under sequestration. That means furlough days for 47,000 controllers. The affected airports will remain open. Pilots will have to coordinate among themselves on radio to land safely. Airlines haven't said whether they'll keep scheduled service to tower-less airports. FAA administrator Michael Huerta said the agency is considering ending overnight shifts at larger airports such as Chicago Midway.
Snow Hill Kindergarten Teacher Honored With County Prize
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“I am stunned and amazed to be here to represent the most wonderful group of teachers anywhere in the country,” said Eure after the award was announced Friday. “You are the ones who make our job the best job in the world.”
Eure has been teaching at SHES since 1987 and has “enjoyed the ever-changing world of kindergarten for 25 years.” She has a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature with a minor in Early Childhood Education from Mary Washington College. Eure earned her Masters of Education with a concentration in reading from Salisbury University.
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3,500 Prison Staffers Won't Face Furloughs
More than 3,500 federal prison staffers won't face furloughs after all. Attorney General Eric Holder says he has moved $150 million to the Bureau of Prisons from other Justice Department accounts. That means no guard has to take a day off from work unpaid. Council of Prison Locals president Dale Deshotel told us the planned furloughs were causing panic among guards who feared for their safety. Inmates outnumber guards in federal facilities by more than four to one. Holder cautions staff, the spending bill Congress passed last week does not roll back budget cuts.
Study Considers 3rd Span for Chesapeake Bay Bridge
They trust that the aging spans of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge are well cared for and will get them safely to where they are going.
Within the next few years, to ensure that promise is kept, transportation officials in Maryland will begin determining how much longer the Chesapeake Bay Bridge can wait until a third span is built.
“We’re putting the Bay Bridge ahead of the queue for a life cycle cost analysis,” said Harold Bartlett, executive secretary of the Maryland Transportation Authority.
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32 New Taxes And Fees - And Counting
Annapolis - Change Maryland released today an updated list of tax, fee and toll increases enacted under the O'Malley Administration. This latest report shows 32 increases that remove $2.3 billion out of the economy annually. As final passage in the legislature of yet more record-high taxes and fees appear imminent, the list is a reminder of the ever-increasing amount struggling Marylander's are being asked to pay for the big-government ambitions of politicians.
Fully sourced using Department of Legislative Services analysis, executive branch budget documents and fiscal notes from bills, the list is the only comprehensive analysis of what Marylander's are paying in levies over and above existing taxes and fees since 2007.
"This will not be a slide in the Governor's power point presentations," said Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan. "We're finding yet again, it's time to pull the curtain back on this Administration. Elected officials and bureaucrats don't want their tax, fee and toll increases to be public and understandable, so we did it for them in the interest of promoting fiscal responsibility and transparency."
Sorted by date, the revenue measures chronicle the state’s emergence as a national leader in imposing broad levies either through either traditional forms, or more recently, in novel ways such as to advance narrow policy agendas. The General Assembly's presiding officers and the Governor are making a unified push in 2013 to raise motor fuel taxes and to pay for offshore wind by increasing utility bills to customers. Change Maryland will footnote those proposals as they work through the legislative process and add those in another list to be released separately.
In 2012, increases centered on raising revenues on individuals in the form of new tax brackets for those making just $100,000 - taking the class warfare argument down to an entire new income level. That year also saw the creation of a new role for state government in local land use decisions - in the form of a stormwater management fee that essentially taxes rainwater and that is expected to collect over $300 million annually for government coffers.
The year 2011 was noted for record toll increases - $90 million extra to pay for using tunnels, bridges and toll roads. Together with 2012, this was also the years of fee increases on literally all aspects of human life including additional levies to buy alcohol, obtain a birth certificate, a death certificate, a contractor's license, a license plate, to stay in a hospital and use indoor plumbing.
In 2009 and 2010, Marylanders were forced to pay more to fish and drive a car thanks to additional fees for licensing and a speed camera system that doesn't work and that elected officials are now trying to distance themselves from.
The Change Maryland analysis includes the extraordinary special session of 2007, a year that saw the ill-conceived computer services tax and massive revenue generators including increases in the individual income, sales and corporate income taxes. All told, legislation of the special session of 2007 adds nearly $1 billion in revenues to the state each year. The computer services and millionaire's taxes, two measures that caused Maryland to be a
national embarrassment in the eyes of the business community, are listed but not included in the revenue that is generated as these measures are no longer in effect.
The grassroots organization periodically updates this list based on newly-discovered measures often buried in legislation and counts separate revenue-raising components individually when they are rolled into omnibus legislation.
"It's hard to believe but they're not done yet", said Hogan. "The Governor and his enablers in the legislature are asking for even more tax increases in the next few weeks. This may very well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. One-party monopoly rule is just too expensive. We need balance and a healthy and competitive two-party system. The taxpayers of Maryland have had enough."
Fully sourced using Department of Legislative Services analysis, executive branch budget documents and fiscal notes from bills, the list is the only comprehensive analysis of what Marylander's are paying in levies over and above existing taxes and fees since 2007.
"This will not be a slide in the Governor's power point presentations," said Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan. "We're finding yet again, it's time to pull the curtain back on this Administration. Elected officials and bureaucrats don't want their tax, fee and toll increases to be public and understandable, so we did it for them in the interest of promoting fiscal responsibility and transparency."
Sorted by date, the revenue measures chronicle the state’s emergence as a national leader in imposing broad levies either through either traditional forms, or more recently, in novel ways such as to advance narrow policy agendas. The General Assembly's presiding officers and the Governor are making a unified push in 2013 to raise motor fuel taxes and to pay for offshore wind by increasing utility bills to customers. Change Maryland will footnote those proposals as they work through the legislative process and add those in another list to be released separately.
In 2012, increases centered on raising revenues on individuals in the form of new tax brackets for those making just $100,000 - taking the class warfare argument down to an entire new income level. That year also saw the creation of a new role for state government in local land use decisions - in the form of a stormwater management fee that essentially taxes rainwater and that is expected to collect over $300 million annually for government coffers.
The year 2011 was noted for record toll increases - $90 million extra to pay for using tunnels, bridges and toll roads. Together with 2012, this was also the years of fee increases on literally all aspects of human life including additional levies to buy alcohol, obtain a birth certificate, a death certificate, a contractor's license, a license plate, to stay in a hospital and use indoor plumbing.
In 2009 and 2010, Marylanders were forced to pay more to fish and drive a car thanks to additional fees for licensing and a speed camera system that doesn't work and that elected officials are now trying to distance themselves from.
The Change Maryland analysis includes the extraordinary special session of 2007, a year that saw the ill-conceived computer services tax and massive revenue generators including increases in the individual income, sales and corporate income taxes. All told, legislation of the special session of 2007 adds nearly $1 billion in revenues to the state each year. The computer services and millionaire's taxes, two measures that caused Maryland to be a
national embarrassment in the eyes of the business community, are listed but not included in the revenue that is generated as these measures are no longer in effect.
The grassroots organization periodically updates this list based on newly-discovered measures often buried in legislation and counts separate revenue-raising components individually when they are rolled into omnibus legislation.
"It's hard to believe but they're not done yet", said Hogan. "The Governor and his enablers in the legislature are asking for even more tax increases in the next few weeks. This may very well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. One-party monopoly rule is just too expensive. We need balance and a healthy and competitive two-party system. The taxpayers of Maryland have had enough."
32 for $2.3 Billion
Change Maryland has updated it's list of taxes and fees enacted by Governor O'Malley's.
Since taking office O'Malley has implemented 32 tax and fee increases, removing $2.3 billion annually from the pockets of Marylanders.
"This will not be a slide in the Governor's power point presentations," said Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan. "We're finding yet again, it's time to pull the curtain back on this Administration. Elected officials and bureaucrats don't want their tax, fee and toll increases to be public and understandable, so we did it for them in the interest of promoting fiscal responsibility and transparency."
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Since taking office O'Malley has implemented 32 tax and fee increases, removing $2.3 billion annually from the pockets of Marylanders.
"This will not be a slide in the Governor's power point presentations," said Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan. "We're finding yet again, it's time to pull the curtain back on this Administration. Elected officials and bureaucrats don't want their tax, fee and toll increases to be public and understandable, so we did it for them in the interest of promoting fiscal responsibility and transparency."
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Communism For Children!
A Department of Education children’s website featured a quote Friday from none other than deceased Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong.
The quote, still up as of Friday afternoon, was on the “Kids’ Zone” portion of the National Center for Education Statistics website [UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: The quote has been removed]. The NCES “is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations” and is located within the Department of Education.
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The quote, still up as of Friday afternoon, was on the “Kids’ Zone” portion of the National Center for Education Statistics website [UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: The quote has been removed]. The NCES “is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations” and is located within the Department of Education.
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Major U.S. Automakers Come To The Aid Of Destitute Detroit
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General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co, Chrysler Group LLC, which have their headquarters in the Detroit area, joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Quicken Loans and other area companies in the effort, Mayor Dave Bing announced.
"This is an unprecedented collaboration between the business community and the mayor's office," said Bing.
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2nd Amendment Town Hall Meeting
At 8, Getting Used To Marriage
Getting used to married life: Boy, 8, who wed 61-year-old woman on orders of dead ancestors, enjoys a meal with his new wife
Sanele Masilela said that he feels like a proper husband now
Married 61-year-old friend Helen Shabangu in an extravagant white wedding
His dead grandfather asked him to wed from beyond the grave
His family insists it was just a ritual to appease ancestral spirits
By JAYMI MCCANN
With his feet dangling above the floor and his child's portion of food, it looks like he's having dinner at his grandma's.
In fact Sanele Masilela, 8, is enjoying dinner with his wife, following his marriage to her two weeks ago, and said he is now beginning to feel like a proper husband.
The school boy married Helen Shabangu after his grandfather contacted him from beyond the grave telling him that he needed to wed.
Sanele Masilela said that he feels like a proper husband now
Married 61-year-old friend Helen Shabangu in an extravagant white wedding
His dead grandfather asked him to wed from beyond the grave
His family insists it was just a ritual to appease ancestral spirits
By JAYMI MCCANN
With his feet dangling above the floor and his child's portion of food, it looks like he's having dinner at his grandma's.
In fact Sanele Masilela, 8, is enjoying dinner with his wife, following his marriage to her two weeks ago, and said he is now beginning to feel like a proper husband.
The school boy married Helen Shabangu after his grandfather contacted him from beyond the grave telling him that he needed to wed.
As Casinos Struggle, Tribes Seek More Federal Aid
The money provided annually to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation through the Interior Department and the Department of Health and Human Services has risen over the last five years to more than $4.5 million, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act. One former tribal employee says department leaders were encouraged to offset dwindling resources by seeking more federal grants.
The Pequots, who once distributed stipends exceeding $100,000 annually to adult members, are not alone among gaming tribes seeking more federal aid. Several, including the owner of Foxwoods' rival Connecticut casino, the Mohegan Sun, say they have been pursuing more grants — a trend that critics find galling because the law that gave rise to Indian casinos was intended to help tribes become financially self-sufficient.
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True American heroes: Stunning photographs of U.S. military's bravest among the Defense Department's best images of the year
By DAMIAN GHIGLIOTTY
The Defense Department has released its top picks for the most memorable images of 2012.
The more than 40 images include U.S. soldiers, jets and other military machinery, amputees, citizens in foreign countries and stray dogs. While some of the images call for laughter and awe, others call for sorrow and solemn reflection.
The images were chosen as winners, runners up and honorable mentions for the department’s Visual Information Awards Program in seven categories: Operational Combat, Combat Training, Hardware, News Photography, Pictorial, Portrait and Sports.
The program is ‘designed to recognize, reward and promote excellence among military photographers, videographers, journalists, broadcasters, photojournalists, graphic artists and mass communication specialists for their achievements in furthering the objectives of military photography, videography, and graphic arts,’ according to a Defense Department release.
Below are 20 select photos from the department’s picks for last years’ most visually striking military moments (not in order of ranking).
By DAMIAN GHIGLIOTTY
The Defense Department has released its top picks for the most memorable images of 2012.
The more than 40 images include U.S. soldiers, jets and other military machinery, amputees, citizens in foreign countries and stray dogs. While some of the images call for laughter and awe, others call for sorrow and solemn reflection.
The images were chosen as winners, runners up and honorable mentions for the department’s Visual Information Awards Program in seven categories: Operational Combat, Combat Training, Hardware, News Photography, Pictorial, Portrait and Sports.
The program is ‘designed to recognize, reward and promote excellence among military photographers, videographers, journalists, broadcasters, photojournalists, graphic artists and mass communication specialists for their achievements in furthering the objectives of military photography, videography, and graphic arts,’ according to a Defense Department release.
Below are 20 select photos from the department’s picks for last years’ most visually striking military moments (not in order of ranking).
Week Twelve: Crossover Deadline & Hearings On Agenda
By tonight, legislation has to pass at least one chamber of the legislature, if it has any chance of becoming law before the session ends on April 8.
Nearly 1,100 bills have been introduced this year in the Maryland Senate. More than 1,500 bills were introduced this year in the House of Delegates.
Only a handful of bills have passed both chambers so far.
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Dog Found 3-25-13
Today I arrived home from work with this sweet dog sitting on my door step. She has been here all day long from what my neighbors have told me. She is very gentle but seems scared. I'm located near the city park/civic center in Salisbury. I can not keep her long bc I have 2 dogs of my own.I have set up shelter for her in my garage with food/water/blankets. I do plan on calling humane society tomorrow, but hoping her owners see this or someone who knows who the dog belongs too tonight.
My contact info is: Courtney Culver 410.251.8594 CourtCulver511@yahoo.com
US Ambassador Chris Stevens May Have Been Linked To Jihadist Rebels In Syria
The official position is that the US has refused to allow heavy weapons into Syria.
But there's growing evidence that U.S. agents—particularly murdered ambassador Chris Stevens—were at least aware of heavy weapons moving from Libya to jihadist Syrian rebels.
In March 2011 Stevens became the official U.S. liaison to the al-Qaeda-linked Libyan opposition, working directly with Abdelhakim Belhadj of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group—a group that has now disbanded, with some fighters reportedly participating in the attack that took Stevens' life.
In November 2011 The Telegraph reported that Belhadj, acting as head of the Tripoli Military Council, "met with Free Syrian Army [FSA] leaders in Istanbul and on the border with Turkey" in an effort by the new Libyan government to provide money and weapons to the growing insurgency in Syria.
But there's growing evidence that U.S. agents—particularly murdered ambassador Chris Stevens—were at least aware of heavy weapons moving from Libya to jihadist Syrian rebels.
In March 2011 Stevens became the official U.S. liaison to the al-Qaeda-linked Libyan opposition, working directly with Abdelhakim Belhadj of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group—a group that has now disbanded, with some fighters reportedly participating in the attack that took Stevens' life.
In November 2011 The Telegraph reported that Belhadj, acting as head of the Tripoli Military Council, "met with Free Syrian Army [FSA] leaders in Istanbul and on the border with Turkey" in an effort by the new Libyan government to provide money and weapons to the growing insurgency in Syria.
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