WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and boost it annually to keep pace with inflation is already getting a trial run. Ten states make similar cost-of-living adjustments, including Washington state, where ...

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WASHINGTON — Warning that American companies are the target of an intensive cyber-espionage campaign, President Barack Obama’s top security officials said Wednesday they are struggling to defend the nation from attacks on its private computer networks and called on Congress ...

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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia is moving to the next phase of its plan to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has accepted the second phase of the state’s watershed implementation plan, part of ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown Mayor Robert Bruchey says the city is making “great headway” toward construction of a downtown stadium to keep minor league baseball in the western Maryland city. The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown reports that Bruchey said Thursday that there’s ...

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DOVER, Del. — Tribune Co. won court approval to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, more than four years after a leveraged buyout left the media company with unsustainable debt. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey in Wilmington, Del., on Friday ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge says he will rule this week on whether Tribune Co. can emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. U.S. bankruptcy judge Kevin Carey said Wednesday that he has drafted a 50-page opinion and will issue ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The owners of Wisp, Maryland’s only ski resort, have met with a number of potential buyers in their efforts to stave off financial failure, one of the partners said Thursday. But selling the western Maryland resort is not ...

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NEW ORLEANS — The head of AT&T’s wireless business says he’s looking to introduce plans that share a data allowance among family members, similar to the way it sells family calling plans. AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega says the company ...

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CUMBERLAND — The Allegany County Commissioners and a casino developer have struck a deal removing a hurdle to slot-machine gambling at the Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort. The Cumberland Times-News reports that Evitts Resort LLC would pay the county ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Senate subcommittee adopted a measure in the capital budget on Thursday that would fund the planning and design of a proposed expansion to the Baltimore Convention Center with one caveat. The Budget and Taxation capital budget subcommittee ...

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