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URS profit declines as energy, construction work slows
ReutersMay 7 (Reuters) - Engineering company URS Corp posted a drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday as energy and construction work weakened compared with last year, while its backlog of projects also declined. URS reported a first-quarter net profit of $71.9...Tags: Science and Technology
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First phase of $100 million BWI upgrade opens to passengers
The future of BWI Marshall Airport can be seen in the new sweeping terminal roofline that hints of something big, the panorama of glass that gives street-side passengers a view of arriving jets and a cavernous security checkpoint with nine stations and...
Tags: Concourse, Southwest Airlines Co., Air Transportation Industry, AirTran, Spirit Airlines
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Wedded: Kimberly Carlins and Sigmund Young
Wedding date: Feb. 24, 2013 Her story: Kimberly Carlins, 32, grew up in Ocean Pines. She is a government contractor for URS Corp. in Germantown. Her father, Leo, is a repairman for Sears, and her mother, Renee, is a secretary for a nonprofit...
Tags: Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Family, Diane von Furstenberg, Marriage, Weddings
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Mayor's task force recommends speed camera reforms
A task force studying Baltimore's troubled speed camera program will urge the city to increase oversight, change the way camera sites are selected and create a website containing maps and other information of interest to the public, according to draft...
Tags: Photography and Video, Science and Technology, Automotive Equipment, Frank Murphy, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Baltimore approves $278,000 for firm to monitor speed cameras
Baltimore officials on Wednesday hired a private company to oversee an overhaul of the city's speed and red light camera system — and audit tickets to ensure accuracy. The city's spending panel, the Board of Estimates, approved a six-month, $278,...
Tags: Photography and Video, Bernard C. Young, Science and Technology, Services and Shopping, Government
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This week in government
The agenda for this week’s scheduled meeting of Hagerstown’s Mayor and Council (the Washington County Commissioners and Washington County Board of Education are not scheduled to meet this week:) HAGERSTOWN MAYOR AND COUNCIL City Hall,...Tags: YMCA, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Science and Technology, Satellite and Cable Service, Local Government
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URS Corp. notifies state of possible layoffs
An engineering, construction and technical services firm notified the state that it might lay off 31 employees next month, Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said Wednesday. California-based URS Corp. said possible layoffs could...
Tags: Job Layoffs, Labor Legislation, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, Annapolis
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Newport Beach looks at outsourcing
The Newport Beach City Council voted to outsource its printing services and to inch forward in what could eventually be the privatization of its refuse collection services. The shutting down of the city's in-house print shop in favor of a contract...Tags: Printing Service, Layoffs and Downsizing, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Politics, Mark Harmon
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Study: Squeeze on spending could lead to mass-transit meltdown
If you are a CTA or Metra rider who is miffed about paying more to ride buses and trains next year, those higher fares represent only one relatively minor worry for Chicago-area transit customers, according to a new study by DePaul University. It...
Tags: Public Transportation, Forrest Claypool, Renovation, Chicago Tribune, Budgets and Budgeting
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Harbor issues, outsourcing on Newport's agenda
The Newport Beach City Council may have one foot out the door of its Newport Boulevard chambers as the group prepares to move to its new digs in Corona del Mar in early December, but it'll be business as usual Tuesday night at the council's regular...Tags: Waste Management and Pollution Control, Business Enterprises, Office Depot Inc.
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Homer: Biologist Finds No Invasive Species on Drill Rig
Brian Smith, Peninsula ClarionA Homer-based biologist says shells attached to a drill rig moved from Singapore to Cook Inlet did not carry invasive species. Senior biologist David Erikson of URS Corp. concludes that organic marine debris attached to the rig did not survive the...Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, Trips and Vacations, Invasive Species, Travel
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Newport council to look at seawall improvements
In an effort to guard against rising sea levels, the Newport Beach City Council is set to award a $1.3-million contract Tuesday that would start the design of new seawalls around Balboa and Little Balboa islands. Replacing the aging concrete barriers...Tags: Career and Workplace, Environmental Issues, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Retirement
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