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River sojourns mix fun with history, importance, stewardship
With all the talk of dam removals in the news — scheduled removal of nine dams from the Little Lehigh and Jordan Creeks, and potential removal of two from the Lehigh River near its confluence with the Delaware — getting out in the late...
Tags: Sports, Travel, Canoeing and Kayaking, Water, Trips and Vacations
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More poor in U.S. suburbs than cities, report says
Once considered the definition of the middle-class American dream, the suburbs are now home to a larger, faster-growing poor population than urban areas, according to a new analysis. During the 2000s, the number of poor living in U.S. suburbs grew by 64...
Tags: Brookings Institution, Social Issues, Calumet Heights, New York City, Poverty
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More poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in Baltimore
More people live in poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in the city itself, part of a nationwide shift that is challenging the largely urban assistance network built up over decades. Suburban poverty in the Baltimore area grew 58 percent between 2000 and...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Dundalk, Poverty, Government, Environmental Issues
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Colombia pins energy hopes on shale oil discoveries
Reuters* For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/LatinAmerica13 * Oil reserves at 6.9 years, but increasing slightly * End of war with FARC would help oil industry * Foreign investment falling from...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Petroleum Industry, Productivity, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bogota (Colombia)
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Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp. The...Tags: Credit and Debt, Petroleum Industry, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance
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XenoPort to drop multiple sclerosis drug, shares fall
Reuters(Reuters) - XenoPort Inc said it would stop development of an experimental multiple sclerosis treatment it planned to launch in 2015 after a late-stage trial failed to show significant improvement over a placebo. Shares of the company fell 26 percent...Tags: Stock Activities, Placebo, Trials, Drugs and Medicines, Environmental Issues
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Former Harford Land Trust member receives Conservation Award
The Harford Land Trust honored former board member Mildred Krieder with its Conservation Award at its annual meeting held March 16 at the Bel Air Armory. The award cites Kreider's personal support of the land trust's founding, years of serving on the...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Rentals, Environmental Issues, Harford County
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NW Indiana politician denies federal corruption charges, slams 'relentless' investigation
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana politician indicted on federal corruption charges says he has done nothing wrong. Lake County Surveyor George Van Til pleaded not guilty to six felony counts of wire fraud and two counts of obstruction of...Tags: Political Corruption, Environmental Issues
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Ask the L.A. mayor candidates: What about L.A.'s crumbling sidewalks?
During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters. Among them is Alissa Walker of Silver Lake, who asked: What do the candidates...Tags: Politics, Wendy Greuel, Environmental Issues, Eric Garcetti, Elections
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High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely...
Tags: Farms, Sports, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Golf
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White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. The five-year farm bill would...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Congress, Wells Fargo & Co., Washington, DC, Environmental Issues
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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Nigeria
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