Hobby Lobby on Capitol Hill Seeks Antique Glassware Protections
Washington AP reports lawmakers study a Hobby Protection Act to curb misleading antique glassware fraud. Rep. Rooney says consumers pay millions on items believed genuine as dealers and collectors encounter copies and fakes in flea markets and shops. Harvey Stack notes many coins sold as originals are reproductions or fakes.
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Hobby Lobby
House Commerce Committee
Fred B. Rooney
D-Fa
House
Commerce and Finance
Harvey G. Stack
Stack
New York City
Friendship Airport to Gain 200000 Passengers
Sen Beall says FAA plans to divert 119 long haul flights from Washington National to Dulles will boost Friendship Airport passenger numbers by about 200000 next year. He warned the move would inconvenience residents of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties and urged reconsideration.
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V-Washington
Friendship
Federal Aviation Administration
J Glenn Beall Jr
Beall
FAA
Washington
Dulles
Virgginia
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Senate Commerce Committee
Chinese Clam Disrupts U.S. Rivers in National Report
Zoologists report the invasive freshwater clam Corbicula manilensis has spread from California to Delaware and other rivers, crowding native organisms. The Nautilus article notes rapid growth since 1880 introductions, with clams found in the Delaware River, Savannah, Pee Dee, and other systems, and links possible Cantonese origins.
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Greenville, del
U.S
China
Delaware River
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Delaware
Philadelphia
Trenton
N.J
Pee Dee River
Society Hill
S.C
Delta Mendota Canal
California
San Joaquin Valley
R. Tucker Abbott
United States
Canton
Columbia River
Oregon
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Altamaha
Apalachicola
Georgia
Hagerstown Convictions Upheld by Court of Special Appeals
ANNAPOLIS AP The Maryland Court of Special Appeals upheld the convictions of three inmates in the May 1971 rioting at the Hagerstown Correctional Institution. The court ruled Judge Paul W. Ottinger properly refused to transfer their case to Baltimore, involving a state law on transfers for capital punishment cases.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Hagerstown Correctional Institution
Washington County Circuit Court
Paul W. Ottinger
Baltimore
Hagerstown
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Benjamin Stevens
University of Pennsylvania
Roger Batt
Steve Blose
Stevens
Capitol Hill
Mt. Washington
Jhobby
Thurmont
The
Thurmont Bank
FDIC
Savannah River
Millhaven
Aruba
den Fridaerick Towne Mall
Hinstant
Brunswick
First United Methodist Church
St. Maryland Ave
Sears
Sears-O
Kings Row
Rey
Seans
W. Patrick St. Frederick, Md
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