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I voted! (But only because of dogged willpower)
If there was ever a time I believed my one vote would matter, it was for this 2012 national election. Gene and I both registered to vote months ago and last week, Gene went in to cast his early ballot. While there, he casually, remarked that I, the other...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Elections, Politics, Voting
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Maryland's marathon man goes for race No. 100 on continent No. 7
When Steve Neibergall crosses the finish line at the Safaricom Marathon in Kenya on June 29, he will have finished more than just a 26.2-mile race. The Kenya event will be the 100th marathon the 52-year-old Annapolis resident has completed since he...
Tags: Sports, Tourism and Leisure, Boston Marathon, Travel, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Disparity in generic drug prices is a bitter pill to swallow
Generic prescription drugs have to meet exacting standards for ingredients and quality, which you'd think would make them uniformly priced at pharmacies. But that, of course, isn't the case. Generic drug prices can be all over the map, depending on...
Tags: Prices, Target, Heart Problems, Health and Personal Care, Medicines
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Jordan makes secret appearance in federal courthouse
A federal judge who labeled Michael Jordan's $5 million lawsuit against Dominick's food stores "greedy" ordered the former NBA star to appear in court this week for an off-the-record settlement conference in a locked courtroom. Jordan was allowed to...
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Allergies, Laws, Litigation
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Review: 'Cooked' by Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan went shopping for lunch in a Brooklyn, N.Y., supermarket, and the news made the New York Times. That the Times' Dining section had asked him to go, along with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michael Moss, was the major reason, of course....
Tags: Breads, Entertainment Events, Journalism, Book, Reviews
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Australian dairy farmers cut out middlemen
SYDNEY, Australia - Tim Bale's dairy farm barely broke even in six years as mergers of processors and competition between supermarkets Coles and Woolworths pushed down milk prices. So 14 months ago, he decided to cut out the middleman. "The milk...Tags: Agriculture, Japan, Beverage Industry, Sydney (Australia), Consumer Goods Industries
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H&S plans expanded Whole Foods, department store, apartments for Central Avenue sites
H&S Properties Development Corp. plans to push its Harbor East development east across Central Avenue with an expanded Whole Foods Market, a possible department store and apartments on two sites, baker-turned-developer John Paterakis Sr. said Friday....
Tags: Fells Point, Jewelry and Watches, Whole Foods Market, Harbor East, Baltimore Hotels
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McManus: Mother knows best
There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Politics, Voting, Executive Branch, Bill Clinton
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Employers face deadline to use new worker eligibility form
Employers in Maryland and across the United States face a deadline Wednesday that some may not know exists but that could prove costly if ignored. That's when all employers will be required to use an updated version of the federal I-9 form to prove...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Employment Opportunities, Migration, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics
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Taggants: Still a better way to track a bomber
A number of commenters on the online version of our April 28 Op-Ed, "A better way to track a bomber," argue against the use of taggants to trace explosives because the suspects in the Boston bombings, the Tsarnaev brothers, were identified through...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, FBI, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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And down the stretch come those horse names
What's in a name? Even a horse's name. Or even an imaginary horse's name. We got some great answers to that question in the past week during the revival of our pre-Kentucky Derby contest of naming a great Derby winner. To my delight, about 300 of...Tags: Rosie Napravnik, NFL Draft, Tampa Bay Lightning, Kentucky Derby, Miami Dolphins
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Safeway stock slides as revenue stalls, though profit rises
Safeway Inc. stock slid nearly 20% in morning trading Thursday as the Northern California supermarket giant – facing competition from dollar stores and Wal-Mart – reported flat revenue in the first quarter. The Pleasanton company said...
Tags: Target, Walmart, Tesco plc, JC Penney Company Inc.
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