BOSTON — A new study on the generosity of Americans suggests that states with the least religious residents are also the stingiest about giving money to charity. The study released Monday by the Chronicle of Philanthropy found that residents in ...

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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique that involves blasting chemical-laced water deep into the ground. The Democrat, surrounded at a Statehouse ceremony by ...

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Bennett J. “Ben” Beres has been named chief operating officer for Greater Baltimore Medical Associates, a group of more than 40 multi-specialty physician practices. Beres will oversee GBMA’s operations in practices on the Towson campus of the Greater Baltimore Medical ...

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Welcome to the final law blog roundup of 2011, featuring — as always — a compilation of items geared toward lawyers and judges but which others might also find interesting. o Crying criminals common, counselors confirm. o Who needs lawyers? ...

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Hurricane Irene has led to the deaths of at least 31 people in 10 states: CONNECTICUT — In Prospect, 89-year-old Charlotte Levine was killed early Sunday when a falling tree limb pulled power lines onto her house and started a ...

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The storm that had been Hurricane Irene crossed into Canada overnight but wasn’t yet through with the U.S., where flood waters threatened Vermont towns and New Yorkers who returned to work had to make do with a slowly reopening transit ...

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Thirty-one percent of Maryland judges at the state and federal level are women, according to a new report. The study, by the University at Albany in New York, ranks Maryland 10th among all states and Washington, D.C., for gender diversity ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on efforts by states to limit drug manufacturers’ use of information about the prescription drugs that doctors like to prescribe. The court took up a dispute between the state of Vermont and ...

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