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Haiti suffered in 1842 quake, too
Maryland WeatherSituated as it is on the edge of an active joint in the Earth's crustal plates, Haiti is no stranger to earthquakes. Baltimore Sun librarian Paul McCardell has pulled some clips from the Sun's archives of stories we published in......Tags: Earthquakes, Disasters and Accidents, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Prisons, Arkansas
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Many have had H1N1 flu, many have had a shot -- and many remain vulnerable
Booster ShotsAn estimated 18% of Americans have fallen ill with H1N1 flu, but about 20% have been vaccinated against the strain, according to new estimates released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new numbers show that...... -
Heartening statistics for Puget Sound orca whale population may be related to salmon stocks
L.A. UnleashedSEATTLE — A little over a year after researchers feared that a drop in the Northwest's endangered killer whale population meant disaster, the number of orcas has bounced back with six new babies and no whales lost. Though scientific evidence...... -
Census: Same-sex marriages counting
The Swampby Mark Silva Reversing course from the policy set by the Bush administration, the 2010 Census will include a count of same-sex couples who are married. Under President George W. Bush, the Census Bureau had determined that the federal Defense......Tags: Heads of State, Iowa, Government, Barack Obama, National Government
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Senate split: Deadlock Dean did that district deed
Spin CycleCall him Deadlock Dean, since he helped to take us to this point. Long before the savvy and influential Rockville Centre senator and lawyer engineered last week's surprise parliamentary coup, he happened to make an unprecedented 31-31 standoff possible......Tags: Coup d'Etat, Government, Eliot Spitzer, National Government, Executive Branch
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Same-sex marriages: Census issue
The Swampby Mark Silva The Obama White House is facing no small amount of pressure from the gay and lesbian community to make good on campaign promises of ensuring equal rights - including repeal of that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy......Tags: Iowa, Rahm Emanuel, Family, Barack Obama, White House
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Obama's healthcare lacks votes: Senator
The Swampby Mark Silva Storm warnings on the healthcare reform front: Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said today that President Barack Obama may lack the votes in the Senate necessary to push the healthcare reform he wants this summer. "Well to......Tags: Heads of State, Iowa, Healthcare Provider, Parties and Movements, Prosecution
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Obama: Healthcare costs must be cut
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to......Tags: Small Businesses, Heads of State, Healthcare Provider, Insurance, Minnesota
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Census counts: $446 billion going 'round
The Swampby Mark Silva The 2010 Census that will get underway soon is not simply a matter of counting heads. It's not only a question of carving up congressional districts. It's also a question of handing out cash. Nearly a half-trillion......Tags: Demographics, Population and Census, Politics
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Obama's Vineyard: Retreat's rich history
The Swampby Mark Silva This isn't Crawford, Texas, anymore. This is Martha's Vineyard, the remote island retreat of clapboard cottages, bluff-views of the ocean and tranquil harbors reachable by ferry, boat or plane off the shore of Cape Cod where the......Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., September 11, 2001 Attacks, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., John Kerry, Arts and Culture
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ACORN: A double-edged lightning rod
The Swampby Mark Silva ACORN news here. The question is what people are making of it. In the controversy surrounding a federally financed community organization whose members have been accused of vote-tampering, and a few of its employees caught in surreptitious.....Tags: Ohio, Republican Party, Benjamin L. Cardin, Prostitution, Politics
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Weather news, Sunday comics changing July 5
Readers' Representative Journal(The map above was used by editors in determining which cities to keep on the weather page.) The weather page will be streamlined starting Sunday, and there are changes as well to the Sunday comics. Both moves are to being......
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