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08/29/2008
Commissioners offer revised Detrick study (WTOP Radio Network)
Frederick County commissioners are proposing a narrower but deeper study of new biodefense labs at Fort Detrick than what the National Academy of Sciences proposed.
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08/29/2008
Tropical Storm Gustav Heads to Caymans; U.S. Prepares (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Gustav crossed Jamaica and headed for the Cayman Islands as residents of the U.S. state of Louisiana prepared for the system to strengthen to a hurricane and hit areas devastated by Katrina three years ago.
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08/29/2008
Clinton mayor apologizes for private swearing-in ceremony for new fire chief (Herald & Review)
CLINTON - Mayor Ed Wollet said he is sorry for encouraging Shawn Milton to take the oath of office as fire chief in a private ceremony rather than waiting until the Sept. 2 city council meeting.
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08/29/2008
Storm Gustav Moves Across Jamaica; Louisiana Prepares (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Gustav moved across Jamaica today as residents of the U.S. state of Louisiana began to prepare for the system to hit at hurricane force next week, three years after Katrina devastated New Orleans.
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08/29/2008
Clinton mayor sorry over private swearing in of fire chief (The Pantagraph)
CLINTON -- Mayor Ed Wollet says he is sorry for encouraging Shawn Milton to take the oath of office as fire chief in a private ceremony rather than wait until the Sept. 2 City Council meeting. | More firefighters quit Clinton department
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08/29/2008
Dike concerns could prompt lowering of Lake Okeechobee (Sun-Sentinel)
Lake Okeechobee rose so high, so fast after Tropical Storm Fay that federal water managers may start dumping lake water to ease the strain on the aging dike that protects South Florida from flooding.
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08/29/2008
Tropical Storm Gustav Moves Across Jamaica; Louisiana Prepares (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Gustav moved across Jamaica today as residents of Louisiana began to prepare for the system to hit at hurricane force next week, three years after Katrina devastated New Orleans.
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08/28/2008
Shisha smoking will be strictly regulated (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — The regulations governing shisha-serving outlets will be strictly implemented in the next few months, but the municipal authorities in Dubai have not banned smoking of shisha during the holy month of Ramadan.
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08/29/2008
Dike concerns could prompt lowering of Lake Okeechobee (Sun-Sentinel)
Water level after Fay might strain 70-year-old dike Lake Okeechobee rose so high, so fast after Tropical Storm Fay that federal water managers may start dumping lake water to ease the strain on the aging dike that protects South Florida from flooding.
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08/29/2008
Fights set off probe of Schuman staffing levels (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The state Department of Public Welfare is investigating whether enough staff members were working at Shuman Juvenile Detention Center to ward off two fights reported this week.
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