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Yuan Advances 20% Since End of Dollar Peg as China Seeks to Cool Inflation
The yuan extended gains to 20 percent since China ended a fixed exchange rate to the dollar in July 2005, easing trade tensions with the U.S. as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson prepares to meet with Chinese ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=aTeE4z9jNtHU&pid=20601087
Damaging storms hit Southern Md., D.C.
Five rescued from capsized boat Heavy wind and rain sent five people into the Patuxent River yesterday after the ...
http://feeds.baltimoresun.com/~r/balt[...]9/bal-md.storm17jun17,0,5883407.story
Easy solution: Hire your own kid
T he job market for teenagers has been shrinking for a couple of years, but this summer it's looking exceptionally brutal.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/[...]ose17jun17,0,6343514.column?track=rss
Vets used as "lab rats"
The government is testing drugs with severe side effects like psychosis and suicidal behavior on hundreds of military veterans, using small cash payments to attract patients into medical experiments that often ...
http://www.salon.com/5things/2008/06/16/vets_used_as_lab_rat/index.html
Girl tried to cut tracking anklet: cops
A 16-year-old girl who laughed about the death of a city cab driver is back in custody after she allegedly tried to cut off her electronic ankle bracelet early yesterday.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/06/17/5899556-sun.html
TV doctor Persaud admits plagiarism
TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud has admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote.
http://www.herefordtimes.com/uk_natio[...].TV_doctor_Persaud_admits_plagiarism/
Intelligence Agency Joins U-Md. Research Center
The University of Maryland 's newest tenant is not in the business of advertising its existence or its work.
http://www.zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2920
Journalism interns, blogging together
A nice use of blogging for journalism interns, shared by Penny Bender Fuchs, at the University of Maryland j-school: I have my 62 summer interns blogging rather than writing papers on their experiences.
http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/journalism-interns-blogging-together/
Bellarmine University Selects Regent Enterprise
Frederick, MD June 17, 2008 -- Regent Education, the leading provider of financial aid management Software-as-a-Service solutions for higher education institutions, today announced that Bellarmine University ...
http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/20[...]-university-selects-regent-enterprise
Diaoyutai Tidbits
Friends passed along these interesting tidbits of information: "Around the turn of this century, an enterprising Japanese named Koga brought in scores of seasonal workers, food and supplies each year to develop ...
http://michaelturton.blogspot.com/2008/06/diaoyutai-tidbits.html
Tech Talk
What a week! Between iPhone 3G in San Francisco and the Webby Awards here in New York there was a lot going on.
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/techtalk/main501465.shtml
Recipe Finder: Excellent Crab Imperial Topped With Gruyere Cheese
Martha Nielson of Trenton, N.J., was hoping someone would have the recipe for a Crab Imperial dish similar to the one she and her husband used to enjoy on their trips to Maryland.
http://www.lcsun-news.com/food/ci_9603532
Daniel High's Williams chooses Va. Tech over USC, Maryland
It didn't take Jerrod Williams long to answer when the Virginia Tech coaching staff offered a football scholarship after watching him work out at one of the Hokies' recent camps.
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/[...]icle?AID=/20080617/PCN/806170310/1002
Summer events hold promise for area businesses
Click photo to enlarge Filling the streets: The biggest summer event in Chambersburg is Old Market Day in July, which draws about 10,000 to 15,000 people from all over the area.
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_9607277
History supports choice of vice presidential candidate with experience
By JULES WITCOVERWASHINGTON -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, the Democrat who often says and does what many others in his party only think about, tied up the House of Representatives for more than four hours ...
http://thehour.com/story/70602
Real ID, real problem
"No. Nope. No way." So exclaimed Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana when asked whether his state would participate in the federal Real ID program.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opin[...]p.id17jun17,0,2050136.story?track=rss
This summer, let's try to save the endangered bookworm
Last summer, I flew from Salt Lake City to BWI Marshall Airport and found myself sitting next to two kids from a small town in Utah.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opin[...].say17jun17,0,4637140.story?track=rss
Three "super-Earths" found orbiting sun-like star
NEW YORK. June 17. KAZINFORM. A trio of "super-Earths" have been found near a sun-like star, a team of European astronomers announced today.
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle3.php?lang=eng&id=165818
Longtime Norman physician dies
Services for longtime Norman physician Dr. William Crittendon will be 11 a.m. today at the All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, his daughter, Claudia Crittendon Arthrell, said Monday.
http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_169003150
Currie Investigation: Senator Seeks to Pay Legal Fees With Campaign Funds
Federal agents raided state Sen. Ulysses Currie's home May 29. Enlarge Photo COMMENT By Rosalind S. Helderman and John Wagner Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, June 17, 2008; Page B06 Sen.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/[...]ticle/2008/06/16/AR2008061602288.html
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