Two teens tied to Thurmont pipe bomb blast and Molotovs
In Thurmont two youths ages 17 and 14 were charged after a pipe bomb damaged a wooden dugout at East End Park and a Molotov cocktail was thrown onto a residential patio. Police found 17 more bombs in various stages of construction at their homes and more Molotov cocktails in the suspects’ car.
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Thurmont
East End Park
Frederick
YMCA
Frederick County
Scott Rolle
Frederick News-Post
Kennedy auction madness fuels critique of values
Roy Meachum argues the Sotheby’s sale of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis items shows how money and nostalgia trump intrinsic worth. He notes multimillion totals for a cigar humidor and ashtrays, cites media reverence, and condemns a national mood he calls hollow greed, linking it to broader social and political decline.
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Kennedy
Toronto
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
White House
Bill Clinton
Washington Post
John-John
Caroline
Bouvier
Boston
Sotheby's
Jacques Maritain
France
Clinton Iran Bosnia arms policy mess exposes power power
Scripps Howard News Service analyzes a Washington clash among media policy makers and politicians over Iran arms shipments to Bosnia. It links long‑standing evidence of arms flows to Bosnia, questions congressional and media probes, and critiques the administration’s opaque handling of the embargo and covert policy questions.
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Clinton
Washington
Los Angeles Times
United Nations
Bosnia
Iran
Congress
Tran-Bosnia
Franjo Tudjman
U.S
Croatia
White House
CIA
The
Associated
Kuwait
U.N
Senate
Howard Baker
Scripps Howard News Service
Frederick study notes 1848 drought and VA facility feature
The report notes the driest April in 31 years and the first four months of 1848 as among the driest in five decades for Frederick area. It mentions an unofficial announcement of enlarged Veterans Administration facilities and a full time occupational training officer in Frederick.
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Veterans Administration
Frederick
Dark streak of humanity in war and film propaganda
Essay warns that humans repeat violent acts against neighbors and that propaganda fuels hate. It cites Rwanda and Bosnia, condemns films like Executive Decision for linking Islam to terrorism, and notes public misperceptions of Islam. It references Imam Riaz Arsary and Islite Society of Frederick.
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Rwanda
Bosnia
Hollywood
Ja la Land
The
Isletmite Society of
Fredenck
Letter to the Editor on inflammatory rhetoric and extremism
The letter condemns Rush Limbaugh and others for fueling fear with incendiary rhetoric linking the Unabomber to environmental groups, noting the toxicity of terms like Gestapo and brown shirts. It argues mainstream figures push division, while fringe eco and far-left rhetoric remains marginalized in underground media.
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Rush Limbaugh
Theodore Kaczynski
Limbaugh
Murrah
Oklahoma City
Larry Craig
Tom DeLay
Environmental Protection Agency
Bill Emerson
R. Mo
Internal Revenue Service
Public
A critic weighs commuting costs and habits
Martin French of Baltimore argues that long distance commuting harms time value and personal choice. He contrasts public transit and solo driving to Frederick, noting high costs, unshared rides, and the lure of private car comforts. He urges lightening costs through carpooling.
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Emily Kephart
D.C
Metro
Baltimore
MTA
MARC
Frederick
Frederick News-Post Letters to the Editor policy
The Frederick News-Post invites letters but reserves publication. Readers should include name address and phone number for verification. due to high volume some letters may not be published. Address letters to Frederick News Post 200 East Patrick Street Frederick Maryland 21705 or call 662 8299 for details.
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Frederick
The
Fradecick Aes
Ponick
P.O. Bor
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