Potomac River

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Potomac River

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Honor War Dead On Memorial Day

Amid the celebration inspired by improved weather and an extra day off, it is all too easy to forget the reason the holiday exists in the first place. Three years after the Civil War ended in April 1865, Major General John A. Logan, who had served in ... [Published Western Queens Gazette - 19 hours ago]

Entities: John A. Logan, Grand Army of the Republic, Civil War, Union Army

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Mirant Corporation

Grid reliability bill heads to Senate in time for summer heat

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation that would shield electric utilities from environmental fines and lawsuits if they keep power flowing in emergencies.The measure, which passed by voice vote, now heads to the Senate just as ... [Published Fuel Fix - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Pete Olson, Mirant Corporation, Environment, Lawsuit, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Arlington National Cemetery

in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna ... [Published Western Queens Gazette - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Arlington National Cemetery, American Civil War, Arlington (Virginia, United States)

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Pedestrian hit by truck on bridge over Potomac

A Keedysville man was flown to Baltimore Shock Trauma after being hit by a truck late Tuesday night on the U.S. 340 bridge over the Potomac River between Maryland and West Virginia. ... [Published Waynesboro Record Herald - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Keedysville (United States), Potomac River, United States

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Alexandria’s waterfront to get new grocery and cafe in August

In August, the owner of Alexandrias Bittersweet Cafe will open the first new business on the citys waterfront since about how to redevelop the Potomac River shore erupted in 2011.Waterfront Market, a gourmet grocery and cafe with indoor and outdoor dining, ... [Published Washington Post - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Museum Store Company, Market, Potomac River

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

National Park Service

City hopes economic strategies clear way for job creation, growth

Shawn Hershberger, economic development coordinator for the city, gave an update of the strategies being pursued for economic growth, including developing an educational center at the former Human Resources Development Commission location."We want to ... [Published Individual.com - 23 hours ago]

Entities: National Park Service, Sewer, Allegany College of Maryland, Maryland Department of Business

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Keedysville man struck while walking on U.S. 340 bridge is flown to shock trauma center

A pedestrian was struck on the U.S. 340 bridge over the Potomac River on Tuesday night, Maryland State Police at Hagerstown said.George Baugher, 63, of Keedysville, was walking in the travel portion of the bridge when he was struck by a 2006 Freightliner ... [Published HERALD-MAIL Online - May 22 2013]

Entities: Keedysville (United States), United States, R Adams Cowley, Police, Potomac River

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

MGM Files Proposal for Maryland Casino Resort

MGM Resorts International has filed a proposal with the State of Maryland, seeking to build a waterfront casino resort on the Potomac River in Prince George’s County, it announced this month.Located on more than 20 acres of land in National Harbor, Md., ... [Published Successful Meetings - May 22 2013]

Entities: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, Casino, MGM Resorts International, Greenwood Racing Inc, Gaming

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Why Memorial Day?

Day of Remembrance Many people confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained ... [Published About - May 21 2013]

Entities: Civil War, John A. Logan, Grand Army of the Republic

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Scientists Generate Electricity Using ...

Team of researchers have managed to generate electricity from bacteria. Kudos to the researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst who have come up with a bacterium that is capable of producing electricity. This breed of bacteria in the Geobacter ... [Published EFYTimes.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Geobacter, Electron, Bacteria

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Organization needed to help utilize the Potomac River

I am a committee remember on the Tamiami Trail Scenic Highway which stretches from Palmetto to Venice, Fla.We have designed a logo for this trail and given it its name. We have quarterly meetings, we have government and private citizens attend and our ... [Published Cumberland Times-News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Potomac River, Elizabeth M, Manatee, Venice (Italy)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Anniversary of the Potomac River Blockade 1861

Location: Leesylvania State Park2001 Daniel K Ludwig Dr, Woodbridge, VA When:September 21, 2013 / September 22, 2013Time: 10:00 am–4:00 pmJoin Living Historians as they camp at Freestone Point, the preserved site of the Confederate Gun Battery during ... [Published Woodbridge Patch - May 18 2013]

Entities: Blockade, Potomac River, Daniel K. Ludwig, Battery

Quotes

..."Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton said, "This legislation will allow power companies to keep the lights on during times of emergencies without being penalized. I thank Mr. Olson for his leadership and I urge the Senate to take up this commonsense measure."

Full House approves Olson bill to help ensure electric reliability [Published Cleveland Advocate - 11 hours ago]

Brian Weber , CEO of BeBevCo., said, "We're excited to be branching out and joining the Walmart EverStart Series tour and the BASSMaster Opens. With KOMA Unwind available in many Walmart locations and more stores being added all the time across the United States , this partnership is very fitting and appealing to us. David is a great addition to our KOMA Unwind family and we're looking forward to seeing him succeed on the water."

BeBevCo's KOMA Unwind On The Hook With David Cooke [Published Barchart - 19 hours ago]

"Right now the National Park Service says I don't have proper deeded access. They have asked the city to hold up my permit" said Bohrer

City hopes economic strategies clear way for job creation, growth [Published Individual.com - 23 hours ago]

...They noted that the society's website "ensures the preservation and accessibility of this historical information for both current and future generations." Local area schools have linked to the site from their school websites...

David Bettwy Receives 2013 Tibbetts Award [Published Reston Connection - May 21 2013]

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Blogs

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Does Benghazi Rise To The Level Of A “Scandal?” [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - May 09 2013] To listen to conservatives, yesterday’s testimony before the House Government Oversight Committee on the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi last September was the beginning of the major unraveling of a scandal that they have been asserting ...
April 30 News: Global CO2 Levels Will Soon Pass... [Published Think Progress - Apr 30 2013] For the media — and even the White House — the big news was that Obama killed at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner [ WhiteHouse.Gov ]. For homo sapiens, as we have been reporting , the epochal news is that in the next few days, ...
Snakeheads get stunned, then tagged as biologis... [Published The Checkup - Apr 29 2013] Snakeheads are no ordinary fish. They can live for days out of the water. They’re elongated, with a small, flat head and extensive top and bottom fins. The mucus they exude would put a slug to shame. At least two years before the discovery of a northern ...
Proposition 65: When Government Cries Wolf, by ... [Published EconLog - Apr 14 2013] There was some confusion a few days ago about whether certain kinds of licorice are legal in California. I had pointed out that an out-of-state firm was unwilling, because of Proposition 65, to ship its licorice to California. That does not mean ...
Is the Keystone XL pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Apr 08 2013] Josh Lopez A few weeks ago, TIME magazine called the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline that will bring some of the dirtiest energy on the planet from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast the “Selma and Stonewall” of the climate movement. Which, ...

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Watch Santa water-ski with reindeer [Published CNN.com - Video - Dec 25 2012]

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