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• Fears of spoilage in cargo checks

  —Delusional Duck

  Fruit, vegetable and seafood wholesalers are worried that their perishables will spoil at airports next year because of a new security law requiring crates of goods to be checked for bombs before going on passenger airplanes. Boxes of fresh food could sit in airport warehouses for hours, losing freshness and potentially [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 5:51am EST
  

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• Which side is the AARP on?

  —monoblogue

  For decades, the AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons; now they simply go by the acronym) has advocated for the interest of senior citizens. In the process they’ve become known both as a fearsome lobbying group for older Americans and as a marketing brand whose imprimatur [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:00am EST
  by Michael

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• GOP: Breast Exams Show 'Rationing'

  —Salisbury News

  Number of comments: 4
  Confusing new recommendations on mammograms and pap smears are playing into public fears about the increased role the federal government would play in health care if President Barack Obama’s health care reform efforts are successful.
  
  Even some supporters of health care reform legislation, which faces a critical test [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:20am EST
  by joealbero

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• U.S. Fears Iraq Development Projects May Go to Waste

  —Delusional Duck

  In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools and bridges. But there are growing concerns among American officials that Iraq [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:37pm EST
  

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• Hrawbowski named to The 10 Best College Presidents by Time

  —Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog

  Time Magazine

  Freeman Hrabowski has a problem. The president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), has been so successful at cultivating his school’s reputation for steering African-American students toward science and engineering — fields in which they have been traditionally under-represented — that he fears the university will [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:10pm EST
  by Stan Moore

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• 2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes

  —Delusional Duck

  WASHINGTON — Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors’ races in a cross-country Democratic wave. Now, with most [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

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• Our Brain Dead Country

  —Baltimore Reporter

  The Headline of the Day, from the BBC: Shooting Raises Fears For Muslims In US Army Right now the body count stands at: Non-Muslims 13 Muslims 0 by David Horowitz A Muslim fanatic with an Internet [...] [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:53pm EST
  by Robert Farrow

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