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HAGERSTOWN — A zoo near Cumberland is fighting a 45-day suspension ordered by the U.S. Agriculture Department for repeated violations of the Animal Welfare Act from 2006 to 2010. Tri-State Zoological Park owner Robert Candy said Wednesday he did nothing ...

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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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Fair Housing requirements help eliminate discrimination in the buying, selling or renting of real estate.

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ANNAPOLIS — A panel of Maryland lawmakers has approved regulations requiring new construction to use the best technology in septic systems to fight pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. The Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review voted 11-8 on ...

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WASHINGTON — The government can require airlines to show consumers a total ticket price that includes taxes and fees in print and online ads, the U.S. Court of Appeals said Tuesday, rejecting an industry challenge to a series of consumer ...

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BOSTON — Taking aim at what they call an abuse of the taxpayers’ money, a growing number of states are blocking welfare recipients from spending their benefits on booze, cigarettes, lottery tickets, casino gambling, tattoos and strippers. “If you’re not ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Regulations requiring new Maryland construction to use the best technology in septic systems would help clean up the Chesapeake Bay, supporters told lawmakers Tuesday, but critics said the proposal by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration is a back-door effort ...

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As an HR Director, a recent post by William and Janine DiPaula Stevens got me thinking that it might be good to spend a little extra time on the topic of harassment and how small businesses can best protect themselves ...

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A landlord who manages about 175 rental units throughout Baltimore has been sentenced to a year in prison for lead-paint violations. Federal officials say 69-year-old Cephus R. Murrell of Catonsville was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in ...

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