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Here is the latest Maryland news from The Associated Press
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is returning to Fort Meade for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month. The pretrial hearing today for Pfc. Bradley...Tags: Annapolis, Martin O'Malley, Montgomery County (Maryland), Bradley Manning, Mining
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Union, environmental protesters planning presence at FirstEnergy shareholder meeting in W.Va.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Protesters are gathering in Morgantown to challenge Ohio-based FirstEnergy over labor issues, executive compensation and the proposed sale of a coal-fired power plant in north-central West Virginia. Shareholders are...Tags: CEO Pay, AFL-CIO, Allegheny Energy Inc., FirstEnergy Corp., Mining
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Ashland Area Rotary celebrates 75th anniversary
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa.The Ashland Area Rotary Club celebrated the 75th anniversary of receiving its charter with a dinner and program Sunday at The Mineshaft Cafe. The dinner celebrated a club that has placed the Rotarian motto, "Service Above Self," in its community...Tags: Holidays, Government, Rotary International, Human Interest, Regional Authority
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Elkhart Brass built to last
South Bend TribuneELKHART -- A recent episode of the NBC series "Chicago Fire" featured a product made in Elkhart. Elkhart Brass makes more than 2,000 products used in the fire-fighting industry, including nozzles for hoses, controls, monitors and valves. Established in...Tags: Science and Technology, Design and Engineering, Invention and Innovation, Chicago Fire (tv program), Technology
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Minnesota's struggling ethanol makers hope to snap back this year
Star TribuneFarmer Dwayne Ehlert remembers the moment last August when he delivered a truckload of corn to an ethanol plant here and sold it for a record $8.16 a bushel. "I knew it was good for me, and I knew it wasn't good for �anyone else," said Ehlert,...Tags: U.S. Congress, Green Plains Renewable Energy Incorporated, Plant Openings, Environmental Issues, Business Enterprises
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Blacksburg World War II nurse recalls duties
The Roanoke Times, Va.Frances Brennan "Rusty" Rice said she knew something terrible had happened. On May 24, 1938, she was 17 years old and walking home from high school. She saw scores of cars parked near her family's home in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Elinor, an older sister,...Tags: Pneumonia, Hospitals and Clinics, Broken Bones, Mining, Nursing
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Former Belfry athlete, coach and principal retiring
Williamson Daily News, W.Va.My how time flies by. Sort of like Rod Varney flew by the competition back in the early 1960s as a quarterback and sprinter for the Belfry Pirates. Fast forward 49 years later, to when Varney graduated from Belfry to his last days as principal at his...Tags: Marshall University, Mining, Eastern Kentucky University, Colleges and Universities
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Stoughton's Nelson Global Products grows through acquisitions
The Wisconsin State JournalDon't talk to Nelson Global Products CEO Tom Gosnell about the historic decline in manufacturing in Wisconsin and across the U.S. It's not that he doesn't believe it, of course. U.S. manufacturing has comprised a shrinking share of employment and...Tags: Plant Openings, Economic Indicator, Navistar International Corporation, Mining, Labor Legislation
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BRIEF: $2 billion eyed for Africa natural resource projects
The Japan TimesTokyo plans to supply $2 billion over the next five years for Japanese firms to carry out natural resource development projects in African nations, trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Saturday. At the first Japan-Africa Ministerial Meeting for...Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources, Conservation, Natural Resources
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Proposals seek to reduce power plant water pollution
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.Federal environmental regulators have proposed a range of options designed to reduce toxic pollutants discharged by certain power plants close to waterways. The proposals were made in accordance with a consent order issued in a lawsuit filed by...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Politics, Water Pollution, Mining
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Alpha cited in November 2012 mine death
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Alpha Natural Resources created an "imminent danger" to miners when it used mobile equipment that had been modified in a way that limited the visibility of underground miners, state inspectors have alleged. The state Office of...Tags: Pocahontas, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Greenbrier, Mining
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A house with a view
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sitting at a desk in his upstairs home office, Gaston Caperton looks out over the Kanawha River and two manifestations of his achievements. He can see the glittering gold dome of the Capitol, where he served eight years as...Tags: Government, Photography, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fine Artists, Lifestyle and Leisure
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