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William Zantzinger, villain in Dylan song, dies
January 16th, 2009 | 
Author: William Zantzinger, a wealthy Maryland landowner whose fatal beating of a black barmaid was recounted in a Bob Dylan protest song of the 1960s, was buried Friday. He was 69.
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Coast Guard: Security Zone for 09′ Presidential Inauguration
2009 Presidential Inauguration: The Coast Guard will establish a temporary security zone in designated waters in Maryland and the District of Columbia on Jan. 17, 2009, for a scheduled railway transit by high-ranking government officials.
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Math Error To Cost Maryland $31 Million
As fiscal flubs go, this was a doozy…
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The Maryland legislature, driving and cell phones
Stupid or greedy? The Maryland legislature, driving and cell phones.
Just say “hang up and drive,” but don’t say it too loudly in the halls of the legislature in Annapolis, Maryland. Last session (2008; thank goodness they have only one short one per year) they narrowly defeated a ban on talking on cell phones while driving.
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Parents ‘spy’ on kids’ driving
Parents in the US state of Maryland have installed cameras in their teenagers cars in a bid to reduce accidents on the road.
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O’Malley Begins Quest To Repeal Death Penalty
Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) said yesterday that he will for the first time personally sponsor a bill and do ‘everything in [his] power’ to abolish capital punishment in Maryland, signaling his desire to make the issue a chief accomplishment as he enters the second half of his term.
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State is Addressing Problems, O’Malley Says
A newly released study of Maryland’s emergency preparedness faults the state for a range of organizational and management shortcomings that Gov. Martin O’Malley said his administration has begun to address.
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Enjoy the read? Support DougWeb with coffee money ;) Sphere: Related ContentSex Offenders’ Homes to Be Marked With Pumpkin Symbol
ANNAPOLIS Sex offenders in Maryland have begun receiving paper signs in the mail that read “No candy at this residence,” which they must post on their front doors or possibly face a parole violation. Some bottom-feeding groups are challenging the state law in federal court.
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Enjoy the read? Support DougWeb with coffee money ;) Sphere: Related ContentImproving Helicopter Safety.
Improving Helicopter Safety.In the Sept. 30 Metro story Md. Copter Crash Scrutinized, about the crash of a Maryland State Police rescue helicopter around midnight Saturday, public health professor Susan P. Baker of Johns Hopkins University said that 15 to 20 percent of people who work regularly in helicopters for 20 years will die in helicopter.
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Chased Out Of The Port Of Sevastopol
On Monday the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Dallas pulled into the port of Sevastopol, Ukraine, her crew probably expecting some rest and relaxation following their highly contentious mission to deliver relief supplies to Georgia.
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Overweight Americans Sink Old Boat-Safety Rule
The growth of America’s waistline has hit the waterways. Since it’s not polite to throw a man overboard, the U.S. Coast Guard is revising a standard that commercial boat owners use to determine how many passengers they can safely board and still meet weight limits. The agency is trying to protect more than 6,000 sightseeing, water taxis and ferries
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Coast Guard Explores Web 2.0
This is a brief article describing the efforts being made by the Coast Guard to use the Internet as an effective communications tool.
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Coast Guard Commandant launches his own blog and Flickr feed
Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, launched his own blog and Flickr feed today — Facebook was just too confining for him.
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Drug Runners Stepping Up Mini-Sub Use
Latin American drug smugglers are stepping up their use of small, hand-made mini-subs in order to dodge U.S. military patrols in the eastern Pacific. The Coast Guard detected just 23 mini-subs between 2001 and 2007. This number “ballooned” to some 60 subs so far this year…
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Boating safely or not boating at All?
That is a question that you should ask yourself before you even conceive of getting onto something that has nothing but water supporting it! I am a United States Coast guard auxiliary and I can tell you the majority of all boating accidents are caused be inexperienced operators. Go to
http://www.petergreenberg.com/2008/09/25/boating-safety-
help/
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Man faces fines unless he moes his natural grassland habitat
Sharpsburg, Maryland resident Dean Joyce has been notified by the county commissioners that he has to mow his natural meadow habitat down to 18 inches or he will face huge fines.
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Maryland Anti-Speed Camera Site
Watching those who would watch us
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“Chessie” Chesapeake Bay Creature
Is there something unexplained inhabiting the waters of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay? There have been many sightings and reports through out the years , find out more about the creature nicknamed “Chessie” !
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The hazard of earmarking taxes to programs
About a month ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about Maryland’s financial situation that has soured as lawmakers in that state had hoped a substantial increase in the cigarette tax would help balance the state’s budget.
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Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollar Sees Light in Senate
A Senate bill casts new light on a proposal to commemorate the bicentennial of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ with a silver dollar. Maryland Senators Cardin and Mikulski introduced S. 3525 Thursday, which calls for 350,000 commemorative $1 silver coins to be issued in 2012, the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.
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Top 20 Worst Names for Cities in North America
At the risk of never being given the keys to the city of Crapo Maryland, where you might not to want to open anything anyway, namely a business, there are some places that are just plain unappealing to the ear
—as opposed to say, the state of Indiana, which is unappealing to each of the other senses as well.
[*Editor’s note: It could be worse. It c
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Maryland blue crab industry moves closer to federal relief
Bailouts, bailouts everywhere, but not a drop for you!
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Charles County Fair puppy and piglet races!!
Video of the pig Races at the charles county maryland fair!
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Too Tasty to Fail
Those who have publicized their concerns about the Maryland crab crisis have turned to governmental regulation and subsidies too quickly. CPR organizations can emerge out of individual trading and negotiating, and such arrangements are more likely to lead to economically efficient results. In fact, the government has already tried and failed to all
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