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<title><![CDATA[Employee fatally shot by county police described as erratic]]></title>
<link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/07_02-25/BUS</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Imani Rashad Lee had no criminal record and nothing in his past that made the owner of Trojan Alarm Solutions Inc. think twice about hiring him.</p>
<p>The owner of the Hanover business certainly never anticipated that the 30-year-old&#39;s angry, erratic behavior on his first day of work would set off a chain of events ending with him being shot and killed by county police Monday afternoon.</p><p>Police shot Lee after he punched and stabbed a...</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Constellation plans new fly ash dump]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Constellation Energy plans to purchase a 65-acre industrial landfill in Curtis Bay to dispose of fly ash, a byproduct of its coal-fired power plants in Pasadena, a company spokesman said yesterday.</p>
<p>The site, off Fort Armistead Road just over the Baltimore City line, is owned by Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, which has applied to modify its permit to allow fly ash to be dumped at the site.</p><p>The plan concerns Anne Arundel County off...</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Madoff gets 150 years, 10 others to be charged]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Federal authorities are pressing a probe of 10 associates of Bernard Madoff despite a sentence that means the mastermind of one of the biggest financial frauds in history will spend the rest of his days behind bars, The Associated Press has learned.
A person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, wouldn&#39;t detail potential charges or say whether the 10 would include Madoff&#39;s family ...</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FDA panel to vote on painkiller restrictions]]></title>
<link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/06_30-04/BUS</link>
<description><![CDATA[ADELPHI, Md. (AP) &mdash; Government experts are scheduled to vote on whether Nyquil and other combination cold medications should be pulled from the market to help curb deadly overdoses.
The Food and Drug Administration has assembled more than 35 experts for a two-day meeting to discuss and vote on ways to prevent overdose with acetaminophen &mdash; the pain-relieving, fever-reducing ingredient in Tylenol and dozens of other prescription and ove...</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Constellation gets certificate for Calvert Cliffs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE (AP) &mdash; The Maryland Public Service Commission has granted a certificate for a proposed nuclear energy facility at Calvert Cliffs in southern Maryland.
The PSC issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity on Monday on an application by UniStar Nuclear Energy, a joint venture of Constellation Energy and EDF Group.<p>The certificate is required before construction can begin.</p><p>Constellation says the proposed facility ...</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Longtime AAMC staffers compare &#39;old&#39;, &#39;new&#39; facilities]]></title>
<link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/06_30-34/BUS</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>It has been years since anyone has worked at Anne Arundel Medical Center&#39;s downtown location, but nurse Peggy Holston still vividly remembers her time there. Especially when she took a patient to Italy.</p>
<p>Holston had been working on B4, which operated as the hospital&#39;s medical surgical unit until 2001.</p><p>She was treating a patient with terminal cancer who was approaching her 40th birthday and had dreamed of spending that day i...</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BWMC wins fight to expand heart surgery]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>State health care regulators have reversed a decision to keep Baltimore Washington Medical Center out of a national study of elective angioplasty surgery at community hospitals.</p>
<p>The June 18 decision by the state Health Care Commission settles a lawsuit by the hospital, which claimed the state didn&#39;t have the authority in 2007 to block its participation in the Cardiovascular Patient Outcomes Research Team study.</p><p>A spokesman for...</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More physicians aiming to provide concierge services]]></title>
<link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/06_29-09/BUS</link>
<description><![CDATA[When Debra Doyle learned her physician was going to offer concierge service, she was eager to sign up.
<p>The Severna Park resident and her family had been patients of Dr. Stephen Katz for seven years. Doyle liked the idea of concierge service, which would enable her to pay an annual fee for services and get greater access to her physician. She thought this would be best since her youngest child lives in California and can only schedule appointme...</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Local mortgage activity drops as interest rates rise]]></title>
<link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/06_28-25/BUS</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>County mortgage brokers said business has leveled off significantly as interest rates rise above 5 percent amid fears of inflation.</p>
<p>According to Freddie Mac, a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.38 percent last week.</p><p>Comparatively, the 30-year rate was 4.82 percent during the week of May 21 and 4.78 the last week in April, the government-run mortgage company reported.</p><p>The seemingly inconsequential rise in rates has led ...</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Transients seek port despite troubled waters]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The boating industry may be encountering some rough seas because of the recession, but transient boaters are too busy enjoying themselves on the water to notice.</p>
<p>And local officials said they certainly appreciate the much-needed business they bring to Maryland&#39;s shores.</p><p>&quot;People are still boating in this economy,&quot; said Susan Zellers, executive director of the state Marine Trades Association. &quot;This is a revenue st...</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask Score: Does owning a franchise make sense for you?]]></title>
<link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/06_28-30/BUS</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>If you have never owned a business or have limited business experience, then a franchise may be your best choice for starting your own business.</p>
<p>Ironically, if you have considerable business experience and substantial net worth, a franchise may still be your best choice for starting a business.</p><p>Yes, that&#39;s right; a franchise may be an excellent choice wherever you fit on the experience/net worth spectrum. The No. 1 reason for ...</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Digest]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<h3>ARINC CEO leads AAMC campaign</h3>
<p>Annapolis - The leader of one of the state&#39;s largest employers has taken the reins of Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation&#39;s fundraising campaign.</p><p>John M. Belcher of Edgewater, chairman and chief executive officer of Parole-based ARINC, will lead the Care Like No Other campaign, the largest and most ambitious effort in the hospital&#39;s 107-year history.</p><p>The $44 million campaign is ...</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business People]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Annapolis-based Zenoss Inc. recently hired Olivier Thierry as its chief marketing officer. He has more than 30 years of enterprise software experience, having held numerous executive positions in leading providers including; NetIQ, Amdahl, Boole and Babbage, and KPMG Peat Marwick, according to a release.</p>
<p>Most recently, Thierry was CEO of FiveRuns, a venture-backed, open-source Web operations business.</p><p>* * *</p><p>Frank Newhard of ...</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Calendar]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Tuesday - The Central Chesapeake Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America will hold a mixer from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on board the Cabaret II, at the Annapolis Landing Marina, 980 Awald Road, Annapolis, by Ken&#39;s Backporch Cafe.</p>
<p>The event also will talk about how Watermark can help organize water-based events. All PRSA meetings are open to the general public. Walk to the Cabaret II, which will be moored on E Dock at the far en...</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Notes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Annapolis-based J. Mayer Architects LLC recently received the 2009 Excellence in Concrete Award for the decorative use of concrete from the Maryland Chapter of the American Concrete Institute.</p>
<p>The firm received the award for The Kent Island Estate, a large private residence located on the Chesapeake Bay.</p><p>* * *</p><p>Paul Reed Smith guitars in Stevensville once again is partnering with Chevrolet, this time on the &quot;Win Dale Jr....</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Doughy Dog offers a taste of hope]]></title>
<link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/06_27-19/BUS</link>
<description><![CDATA[For two years Lorraine Alt, originally from Arnold, was homeless as she struggled with addictions to crack and alcohol.
<p>After she lost everything, she finally decided on her birthday in November 2007 to get help.</p><p>&quot;I couldn&#39;t stand losing anymore,&quot; Alt said. &quot;I said &#39;If I go any further down I&#39;m going to be dead.&#39; It was either pull myself out of the hole I&#39;m in or I&#39;m going to die.&quot;</p><p>After...</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Local job losses up - again]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The two months of improvements in unemployment numbers that excited county job market experts might have been just a blip on the radar.</p>
<p>Last month 6.5 percent of the county&#39;s work force didn&#39;t have a job, according to the state&#39;s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation statistics.</p><p>And though the labor market has grown countywide by about 1,000 more job positions since three months ago, the number of unemployed co...</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BGE shutting off thousands of delinquent customers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The power shutoffs are here.</p>
<p>Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. officials this week finally began following up on the promise they made in letters to ratepayers last month.</p><p>On Monday, BGE began switching off the lights to the homes of about 74,000 customers who, even after receiving at least three different types of warnings from the utility, did not contact the company about their past-due debt.</p><p>BGE officials said they weren&#3...</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00</pubDate>
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