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Muni bond market a big winner as stocks dive
Money & CompanyTurns 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...... -
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: Health, Companies and Corporations, Local Government, Public Finance, Credit and Debt
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GOP Has Lock on South, and Democrats Can't Find Key
Times Staff WriterThe 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: Crime, Law and Justice, Nashville, Fairfax County, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Local Elections
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Judge Declares Natalee Holloway Legally Dead
CNNBIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- An Alabama judge Thursday signed an order declaring Natalee Holloway officially dead. A probate judge made the decision at a presumption of death hearing in a Jefferson County courtroom in Birmingham Thursday afternoon. Holloway...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Murder, Natalee Holloway
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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, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Bankruptcy, Jefferson County (Pennsylvania), Economy, Business and Finance
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Nearly 400 jam into auditorium to learn more about stink bugs
richardb@herald-mail.comJefferson 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: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Jefferson County (Pennsylvania), Allentown, Jams and Jellies, Agricultural Research and Technology
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10th group of whooping cranes glide into Florida
Animal Crazy - Orlando SentinelFrom 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... -
Haridopolos fires consultant tied to Alabama banking scandal
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — 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... -
Orland man cleared of murder in Joliet, found guilty in Alabama
TribLocal - Orland Park » NewsA former Orland Park man convicted of robbery in connection with the brutal murder of a Joliet woman is awaiting execution for the rape and …... -
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Latest Alabama News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WBRC-TV)--- Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press. DOUBLE HOMICIDE Police probe murders of two males in Opelika OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) -- A double homicide in Opelika is under investigation today. According...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Murder, Meteorological Disasters
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Children's Hospital reports six children on life support from flu
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The number of flu cases among children in the Birmingham area is increasing. Some of those cases are severe. Children's Hospital officials say there are six children on life support fighting severe cases of influenza. A U-...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Children, Birmingham , Flu
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