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- The U.S. trade deficit with China is again the largest-ever recorded with one country. And with the announcement of a record-high trade deficit, especially with China, the 10-year Treasury note yield has declined to 4.47 percent. |
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- The elections in Iraq tomorrow will probably be crucial, but the Iraqis and the world probably won't know how crucial, or in what way, for a good long while. They could stem Iraq's turn toward civil war, or they could accelerate it - depending not only on the results but also on how the winners conduct public policy once in office. They could lead to a redefining of the American role - but not necessarily in a way that would allow for a graceful exit. It's important to recognize that elections are not in themselves a sign of strength. |
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- Despite assurances to the contrary, the office that monitors conditions in state Department of Juvenile Services facilities is a shadow of its former self, in size and authority. When it reconvenes next month, the General Assembly must restore the presence and the power of the office of the independent juvenile justice monitor by overriding Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s veto of a bill to house it in the attorney general's office. |
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- America's refusal to accept binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions has been dismissed by leaders in most of the rest of the industrialized world as a temporary political blip. |
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- Prison system had cut much of the information about booking center Taking up the cause of public access to government information, Baltimore officials filed a lawsuit yesterday against the state prison system, demanding an uncensored version of a consultant's report about problems at the Central Booking and Intake Center. |
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- Sparks fly over history, access for disabled in Washington Monument's green space The serene and picturesque park that surrounds Mount Vernon's Washington Monument has become a battleground as those who favor preserving it exactly and those who want it more accessible to the disabled fight over rehabilitation plans. |
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- Governor removed employees seen as disloyal, panel told The Ehrlich administration systematically got rid of state employees believed to be politically or personally disloyal to the governor, according to testimony yesterday from a former employee of the Maryland Department of Human Resources. |
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- Immigrants travel to Virginia, other states in hopes of making change back home With the din of Arabic speakers and the waving of the Iraqi flag yesterday, the lobby of the Best Western here resembled that of an upscale Baghdad hotel. |
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- Foster children, including toddler with feeding tube, kept overnight at office after vows to stop months earlier A 2-year-old girl on a feeding tube and other foster children were temporarily housed in a Baltimore office, months after state officials promised to stop using the impromptu shelter because it lacked proper bedding, toiletries and medical supplies. |
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- Instruction was disrupted by changeover between agencies State juvenile services officials agreed yesterday to offer more educational programs at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center, beginning next week. |
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- His plea in shooting of St. Paul's School educator averts possible execution As his lawyers offered new details of the events that led to the fatal shooting of a private-school educator this year in a parking garage at Towson Town Center, the teenage gunman pleaded guilty to murder yesterday and avoided a possible death sentence. |
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- NIH officials earmark $100 million for study of malignant tumors at molecular level In a bold but uncertain bid to spur cancer treatment, federal medical researchers announced yesterday a $100 million project to begin cataloging the disease's molecular underpinnings. |
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- Healthy lifestyle, not diet alone, may help cut colorectal illness People who eat high-fiber diets run a lower risk of colorectal cancer than those who don't -- but it's probably not the fiber that's protecting them, scientists reported today in one of the largest studies of the subject. |
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- Immigrants travel to Virginia, other states in hopes of making change back home With the din of Arabic speakers and the waving of the Iraqi flag yesterday, the lobby of the Best Western here resembled that of an upscale Baghdad hotel. |
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- Congress won't move to block reach of AMT; may try again next year Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, said yesterday that Congress had run out of time this year to save millions of upper-middle-income 2006 taxpayers from the grasp of the alternative minimum tax, which was created in 1969 to prevent the wealthiest citizens from sheltering most of their income from the IRS. |
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- President acknowledges complexity of drug benefit program With the Medicare prescription benefit scheduled to take effect in less than three weeks, President Bush acknowledged yesterday that navigating the complex program can be a challenge - a complaint often voiced by its detractors. |
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- He could appoint her during Congress' recess The nomination of Maryland Republican Ellen R. Sauerbrey to a top State Department post has stalled in a Senate committee and won't be dealt with until next year unless President Bush acts to bypass Congress and give her the job on a temporary basis. |
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- Verticent, a revitalized reincarnation of the languishing public mid-market enterprise applications vendor PowerCerv, seems to be thriving under a financially stable adopted parent, and it has found a defendable niche where it can exploit its competitors' functional "fatal flaws". |
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- I've said this many times, but I don't mind saying it again. "I'm a big fans of the USB Sushi Disk from SolidAlliance". I still can't find it in local computer store here, but I'll keep my finger cross. I hope one day I can get my hand on it. And nothing can stop me [... |
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- Esta actividad promueve temas como: Introducción al grupo de usuarios Borland y discusión de su mecánica. Presentación de lo nuevo en Borland Developer Studio 2006. Mejoras al IDE y refactorings. Introducción a Together. |
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