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  • Endangered bats delay wind project

    Delusional Duck

    Rockville wind-power developer must suspend work on a West Virginia project because the turbines could injure or kill the federally endangered Indiana bat, a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling is the first in federal court to find that a wind power project violates the federal Endangered Species Act. U.S. District Judge [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:29am EST
  • Endangered bats delay wind project

    Delusional Duck

    Rockville wind-power developer must suspend work on a West Virginia project because the turbines could injure or kill the federally endangered Indiana bat, a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling is the first in federal court to find that a wind power project violates the federal Endangered Species Act. U.S. District Judge [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:29am EST
  • Old-hen meat fed to pets and schoolkids

    Delusional Duck

    Pets might like it, but among most consumers, “spent-hen” meat isn’t very popular. It’s tough, stringy and far less appealing than the more tender meat of broiler chickens. But that didn’t stop the government from using the National School Lunch Program as an outlet for egg producers struggling to find [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:22am EST
  • First Click -- Maryland

    Maryland Moment

    Your daily download of Maryland's top political news and analysis Thursday, December 10, 2009: Glitches in governor's first online campaign event "There were more audio and video streaming glitches than headlines coming out of Gov. Martin O'Malley's 'virtual town hall meeting' broadcast on the Web Wednesday night from a Baltimore'" [...]
    Posted: December 10, 2009, 6:45am EST
  • Martin O’Malley’s Town-Hall Webcast

    Maryland On My Mind

    We need a better way to practice politics than these so-called town-hall meetings. It doesn’t work any more. If it’s a hostile crowd, the event becomes an ambush, with no useful information exchanged. If it’s a friendly crowd, like last night in Randallstown, it’s just boring. Controversy  is avoided, or at least [...]
    Posted: December 09, 2009, 11:30pm EST
    by BJH
  • Let the Sunshine In

    Brian Griffiths

    In one of those rare instances in which the left and right of the Maryland blogosphere can wholeheartedly agree, Adam Pagnucco points out that Del. Saqib Ali is introducing the Legislative Sunshine Act, which will require that the business of committees of the Maryland General Assembly, particularly voting records [...]
    Posted: December 09, 2009, 7:43pm EST
  • PA: Specter Leads Sestak By Double Digits

    Hedgehog Report

    Back in October, Joe Sestak had gotten to within 4% of Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary for the US Senate in Pennsylvania. The latest poll from Scott Rasmussen has Specter now ahead by double digits.US SENATE - PENNSYLVANIA - DEM PRIMARY (Rasmussen) Arlen Specter (inc) 48% Joe Sestak 35%This poll ... [...]
    Fetched: December 09, 2009, 6:23pm EST
  • OH: Kasich Leads Strickland By 9%

    Hedgehog Report

    Barack Obama continues to hurt Democrats all over the country as new numbers from Scott Rasmussen for Ohio show Republican John Kasich now ahead of Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland.GOVERNOR - OHIO (Rasmussen) John Kasich (R) 48% Ted Strickland (D-inc) 39%This poll was done December 7th among 500 likely voters. [...]
    Fetched: December 09, 2009, 3:16pm EST
  • On The Foerfront and The Ninth Ward

    Capital Punishment

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    On today's "On The Foerfront" I discuss winter ales, election concerns, bicycle safety and crime, a weird insurance ad, and other local, political and social issues. http://www.1430wnav.com/onthefoerfront.mp3 Be sure to tune in every weekday morning to hear "On the Foerfront" at 08:15 on 1430WNAV. In today's "The Ninth Ward" column in [...]
    Posted: December 09, 2009, 2:13pm EST
    by Paul Foer
  • Has the MoCo Economy Hit Bottom?

    Maryland Politics Watch

    Every business cycle has an inflection point, a moment when up turns down or down turns up. Economists have great trouble identifying them contemporaneously, often finding them after many months have passed. One of the reasons is that the data around an inflection point is contradictory, with some measures showing [...]
    Posted: December 09, 2009, 2:00pm EST

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