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Edward H. "Ham" Welbourn Jr., insurance executive
Edward H. "Ham" Welbourn Jr., a retired insurance executive and World War II veteran, died April 29 of complications from dementia at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98. The son of Edward H. Welbourn, who owned Rennous Kleinle...
Tags: Human Interest, Alzheimer's Disease, Key Largo, Christianity, Catonsville
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Texas tornado leaves Habitat for Humanity neighborhood in ruins
ReutersBy Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS, May 17 (Reuters) - Veronica Orellana, her husband and three sons were used to living in cramped spaces until six years ago, when they moved into their three-bedroom house in Granbury, Texas, built by a nonprofit that...Tags: National Weather Service, Natural Disasters, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Tornadoes
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All missing residents accounted for after Texas tornadoes
ReutersGRANBURY, Texas (Reuters) - All seven people listed as missing after a monster Texas tornado that tore homes from their foundations and uprooted trees on Wednesday have now been accounted for, leaving the death toll at six, authorities said on Friday....Tags: Natural Disasters, Walmart, Tornadoes, American Red Cross
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Texas tornado victims vow to rebuild
On the limb of a barren tree in the tornado-devastated north Texas community of Rancho Brazos, an American flag flaps in the wind — placed there by a firefighter. "It's symbolic of, 'We're here, we're going to rebuild,'" said Sgt. Nathan Stringer,...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Ceremonies, Christianity, Culture, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013)
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Bay View Woman's Council awards $1,000 scholarship to Petoskey High School senior
Zoey Reager, daughter of Wyndham Reager and Nicole Belmonte of Petoskey, was recently selected as the 2013 recipient of the Bay View Woman's Council Petoskey High School Senior Girl Scholarship. The intent of the council's $1,000 scholarship is to...
Tags: Human Interest, The Salvation Army, New York University, Entertainment, Dance
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News briefs for May 17
Potluck dinner set for Monday HARRODSBURG — Habitat for Humanity-Mercer County invites everyone who helps Habitat of Mercer County, or is interested in helping, including families, to an appreciation potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the...
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Vacations with a payoff
Picking a volunteer vacation is a lot like dating: The choices are mind-boggling, but finding the right fit takes work. Treat the search like a job. Opportunities to travel and immerse yourself in a different culture are everywhere. You can enlist...
Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Geography, Judaism, Delray Beach, Colleges and Universities
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RAW VIDEO: Texas tornado likely had 200 mph winds
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday... -
Robert M. Douglass, Calvert Cliffs' chief engineer
Robert M. Douglass, former chief engineer of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.'s Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, died Monday of cancer at his home in Port Republic, Calvert County. He was 88. The son of an electrical engineer and a homemaker, Robert...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Severna Park, Electronics, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism
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Monster Texas tornado kills six, seven people missing
ReutersGRANBURY, Texas (Reuters) - Six people were dead and seven missing after a powerful tornado ripped through a north Texas neighborhood that included housing for the poor, in the deadliest severe storm outbreak in the United States this year. Authorities...Tags: Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011)
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ACTUALIZA 2-Al menos 6 muertos por tornados en Texas, vÃctimas podrÃan aumentar
Reuters* Autoridades advierten que cifra de muertos podrÃa aumentar * Docenas de heridos, casas destruidas, árboles arrancados de raÃz * Hasta 10 tornados impactan en la región, cerca de Dallas-Fort Worth (AmplÃa información, cambia autor) Por Jana J....Tags: Natural Disasters, National Weather Service, Tornadoes
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Forecasters eyeing severe storm risks Thursday, likely south of Baltimore
Forecasters are watching for development of potentially severe thunderstorms across Maryland late Thursday, though the strongest chances for severe weather were expected in Southern Maryland. Warming temperatures are expected to fuel the atmospheric...
Tags: National Weather Service, Weather, Baltimore Weather, Southern U.S. Storms (2011), St. Mary's County
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