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Schauer, Peters pleased with committee assignments
Associated Press WriterMichigan's new members of Congress said Tuesday they hoped to use their committee assignments to give the state's ragged economy a needed boost. Democrats Mark Schauer and Gary Peters were sworn into the U.S. House, joining a large class of freshmen...Tags: Business Institutions, Gary Peters, Michigan, Family, Automotive Equipment
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Truck driver charged in crash that injured girls
757-928-6479A truck driver from North Carolina has been charged in an accident last month that sent two young girls to the hospital. The girls, sisters who are 3 and 4 years old, were in safety seats in the back of their parents' car when the vehicle was struck from...Tags: Vehicles, North Carolina
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Man charged with murder after striking woman with truck
Baltimore County police said today they have charged a 40-year-old man with first-degree murder in the death of a woman who was struck by her own pickup truck yesterday afternoon as she walked on a sidewalk in Rosedale. Jose Manuel Claros of the 1200...Tags: Murder, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland), Vehicles, Crimes, Assault
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City, county work on long-term lease for Robert E. Lee Park
Baltimore County is working on a long-term lease agreement for city-owned Robert E. Lee Park that would accelerate the pace of necessary repairs if state funding is approved.
The footbridge that serves as the most popular entrance to the park, just north...Tags: Local Authority
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Optimistic forecast boosts Navistar shares
Tribune reporterNavistar International Corp. shares jumped Monday after officials told analysts in an upbeat conference call that the truck and engine manufacturer sees light at the end of the tunnel for the troubled truck sector. Despite the broad market's decline,...Tags: Ford Motor Co., Navistar International Corporation, Vehicles, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Ford
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Kenneth Leibach, 1941-2008: Des Plaines firefighter with strong work ethic
Special to the Tribune .Kenneth Leibach was a retired Des Plaines firefighter with a strong work ethic and straightforward approach to life. "He worked hard all his life," said James Chavoen, a friend from grade school. "It's a little old fashioned, but he made his living by...Tags: Des Plaines, Ethics, Values, Vehicles, Death and Dying
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Driver gets jail in fatal South Whitehall Township crash
Of The Morning CallJust before being led to jail Monday, a dump truck driver who ran a red light and killed two Breinigsville residents in 2006 asked a judge to permanently ban him from driving commercial vehicles instead of the five-year-suspension the judge had ordered....Tags: South Whitehall Township, Punishment, Lehigh County, Transportation Accidents, Prisons
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U.S. auto sales take major hit in December
tom.incantalupo@newsday.com; This story wasMajor carmakers reported another bloodbath for last month on gasoline alley; almost all said sales had declined by more than 30 percent from a year earlier amid recession and tight credit. Chrysler Llc's car and truck deliveries fell by 53 percent....Tags: Nissan, Honda, Chrysler, Sales, General Motors Corp.
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Engineering, construction firms seek to dismiss part of Minn. bridge victims' lawsuits
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An engineering firm that analyzed the Interstate 35W bridge and a construction company that was resurfacing the span when it collapsed have asked a judge to dismiss parts of four lawsuits from victims. URS Corp. of San...Tags: Technology, URS Corporation, Engineering, Minnesota
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Toll Booths
Why does talk of returning highway tolls always suggest placing them at the state borders, as if only visitors from out of state would have to pay [Our View editorial, Jan. 3, "Return Of The Tolls?"]? Here's a suggestion: Put tolls on the interstates...Tags: Clinton (Middlesex, Connecticut), Massachusetts, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Connecticut, Transportation
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Review: 'Frontline: The Old Man and the Storm'
Television CriticThree and a half years after the floodwaters rose and swallowed New Orleans, popular culture doesn't quite know what to do with Hurricane Katrina and its ongoing effect on the city's and the country's identity. The diminishing news reports vacillate...Tags: CNN, Family, Frontline Limited, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane Preparedness
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NN roads projects spared for now
247-4536Under a preliminary state transportation plan, the city will be able to finish the widening of Jefferson Avenue and Warwick Boulevard and will receive state funding to build the $45 million extension of Middle Ground Boulevard. But there's no money to...Tags: Technology, Fort Eustis, Mariners' Museum, Transportation, Denbigh
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