Contributor ReportsFailing hospitals should close
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Essex :: MD :: USA | updated Fri Nov 27 13:44:11 -0800 2009 | health-news
The report on Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals foundation trust's failings makes grisly reading. And we learn that the chairman of another foundation trust (FT), Colchester Hospital University , has been sacked by Monitor , the regulator of FTs, for...
Black Friday kicks off holiday shopping
Source: United Press International
Rockville :: MD :: USA | updated Fri Nov 27 08:46:27 -0800 2009 | business-news
Shopping on Black Friday this year was predicted to be up, but any spending momentum may not last through this holiday shopping season, analysts said. Consulting firm Accenture predicted about 52 percent of consumers -- up from 42 percent in...
Terrapins test BC's heart
Source: Boston Herald
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | updated Fri Nov 27 21:58:35 -0800 2009 | sports-news
The Eagles are 7-4 while the Terrapins are 2-9 and by all accounts the university is seriously considering putting an end to the Ralph Friedgen era. But put a couple of tight BC wins against Wake Forest and Florida State...
Bacteria in cigarettes may harm health
Source: United Press International
College Park :: MD :: USA | updated Thu Nov 26 21:22:57 -0800 2009 | political-news
Cigarettes are widely contaminated with bacteria, including some known to harm health, French and U.S. researchers said. Researchers at the University of Maryland in College Park and Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France found cigarettes could be the direct source...
Lawmakers get bounty of benefits
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constution
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | updated Fri Nov 27 00:19:08 -0800 2009 | political-news
While many of us have seen our paychecks shrink this year, members of Congress got a pay raise. While most of our retirement accounts were walloped by the stock market decline, senators’ and representatives’ pension plans were protected by cost-of-living...
Jurors head for long weekend
Source: Baltimore Sun
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | updated Thu Nov 26 00:44:25 -0800 2009 | political-news
Sweeney bid the jurors in Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon 's theft case farewell for a four-day holiday break Wednesday after rejecting repeated requests by defense lawyers for a mistrial. The judge pleaded with jurors not to put their "hard work...
Ravens' offense in need of spice
Source: The News Journal
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | updated Wed Nov 25 01:05:21 -0800 2009 | sports-news
Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron needs to go back into his lab and become a mad scientist again. A major reconstruction isn't needed, but he could jazz up the offense a little like last season, when the Ravens were run-oriented...
Festival of Trees to shine again
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Fallston :: MD :: USA | updated Wed Nov 25 08:33:37 -0800 2009 | political-news
Volunteers were finishing work on the 47 trees in Brady?s Run Lodge. It is the 20th year for the festival that will open to the public on Thanksgiving night. Red with green and gold with white likely will be dominant...
Braddock group's goal: Repeal closing of hospital
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Braddock Heights :: MD :: USA | updated Wed Nov 25 21:29:14 -0800 2009 | political-news
Braddock, slated for Jan. 31, community members have mobilized efforts to change the hospital's mind, starting last Thursday with a rally that drew a few hundred people. The objective of the working group, facilitated by Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato,...
177: Chuck Berry
Source: FameBall.com
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | updated Tue Nov 24 19:34:09 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news
Charles Edward "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter...According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website, "While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll,...
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