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    Aug 20, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  1. Things to come? R.I. city files for bankruptcy

    As I found myself reading the USA Today newspaper the other morning, one article caught my attention and I wondered if its story represented the future. In Rhode Island, the town of Central Falls is filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Although the article...

    Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, USA Today, Maryland, Real Estate, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)

    2. Aug 5, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Muni bond market a big winner as stocks dive

    Money & Company
    Turns out it was a good idea to keep the faith in tax-free municipal bonds last winter when so many investors were bailing out. It was an even better idea to buy more munis at that point. While the stock......
    3. Feb 9, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  3. Nearly 400 jam into auditorium to learn more about stink bugs

    Jefferson County vegetable grower Bill Grantham wanted to learn how to stop the stink bug devastation that's ruining his crops and his livelihood.
    richardb@herald-mail.com
    Jefferson County vegetable grower Bill Grantham wanted to learn how to stop the stink bug devastation that's ruining his crops and his livelihood. "My field corn was destroyed. My green and lima beans were wiped out. Wiped out. Zero. So I came here...

    Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Allentown, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Technology

    4. Dec 11, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  4. 10th group of whooping cranes glide into Florida

    Animal Crazy - Orlando Sentinel
    From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Ten young whooping cranes have completed more than three-quarters of their migration from Wisconsin to Florida. They flew into Florida from Georgia on Friday, Dec. 10, and landed in Jefferson County.   Only...
    5. Dec 24, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  5. Haridopolos fires consultant tied to Alabama banking scandal

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Mike Haridopolos on Friday abruptly fired a consultant tied to an Alabama banking scandal, a day after the Orlando Sentinel disclosed his contract. The Merritt Island Republican said in a statement Friday that although...
    6. Jan 17, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  6. Orland man cleared of murder in Joliet, found guilty in Alabama

    TribLocal - Orland Park » News
    A former Orland Park man convicted of robbery in connection with the brutal murder of a Joliet woman is awaiting execution for the rape and …...
    7. Apr 30, 2011 |Story| Reuters

  7. Obama Ramps Up Recovery Help For Tornado-Hit South

    The U.S. government ramped up efforts on Saturday to help thousands of homeless victims of the country's second deadliest recorded tornado outbreak, which killed at least 350 people.
    The U.S. government ramped up efforts on Saturday to help thousands of homeless victims of the country's second deadliest recorded tornado outbreak, which killed at least 350 people. President Barack Obama, who surveyed the tornado destruction in the...

    Tags: Illinois, Mississippi, Janet Napolitano, Science and Technology, Heads of State

    8. Apr 3, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Why the bond rating system works

    In its March 11 editorial, "Rethinking state bond ratings," The Times editorial board suggested that because state and local governments default on their obligations less often than corporations do, all bonds issued by governmental entities should...

    Tags: Automotive Equipment, Finance, Bonds, Vallejo, Debt Market

    9. Oct 13, 2008 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  9. 'Our cash cow died on us'

    Of The Morning Call
    About two decades ago, regional and suburban school districts across the Lehigh Valley area began using unconventional and controversial bond transactions to pay for building renovations and new schools. During the same time, the Allentown School...

    Tags: Death, Finance, Concord (Contra Costa, California), Banking, California

    10. Oct 17, 2008 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  10. BASD's swaps are investigated by feds

    Of The Morning Call
    The Bethlehem Area School District has been swept up into a nationwide federal investigation of possible banking industry violations, according to the school district's lawyer. Solicitor Don Spry confirmed Thursday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

    Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Personal Finance, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Investments, Money and Monetary Policy

    11. Dec 15, 2004 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. GOP Has Lock on South, and Democrats Can't Find Key

    Times Staff Writer
    The generation-long political retreat of Democrats across the South is disintegrating into a rout. President Bush dominated the South so completely in last month's presidential election that he carried nearly 85% of all the counties across the region --...

    Tags: Leon County (Florida), Civil Rights, Tampa, Lyndon B. Johnson, Louisville

    12. Sep 18, 2004 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Panhandle paying for code exemption

    Tallahassee Bureau
    When Florida adopted a statewide building code in answer to Hurricane Andrew, it set tough wind-construction standards well inland for much of the state -- except for the Panhandle. At the time, home builders and local legislators argued the extreme...

    Tags: Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Science and Technology, Alabama, Lee Constantine

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