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November 1 - November 15, 2010 News
- 11-15-10 Washington Examiner: Higher gas tax, fees urged for Md. roads
- 11-15-10 Washington Examiner: Montgomery implements development districts with mixed results
- 11-15-10 Baltimore Sun: Getting There -- $3.4 billion I-270 project slated for long-term plan
- 11-15-10 TBD News.com: Montgomery County moving slowly on car-sharing
- 11-15-10 Bethesda Patch.com: Weast Recommends Moving Up Boundary Study for Elementary Schools in Bethesda, Chevy Chase -- Study should launch in the spring of 2011, Weast recommends
- 11-15-10 United States Army News Release: Secretary of the Army cuts ribbon for new WTU, Soldier and Family Assistance Center
- -- Secretary of the Army John McHugh called the grand opening of Fort Meade ’s Warrior in Transition Solider and Family Assistance Center facility “a very unique achievement” during the ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 10.
- 11-15-10 Air Force Times: Retirees left vulnerable to hospital fee hikes
- 11-15-10 Baltimore Business Journal: Kennedy Krieger opens Columbia clinic
- 11-15-10 Inside NoVA.com: Community comes together at annual breakfast
- -- Local representatives, soldiers, and business leaders joined Fort Belvoir Garrison Commander Col. John Strycula at Fort Belvoir ’s 20th annual Community Relations Breakfast at the Officers’ Club Nov. 4
- 11-15-10 TBD News.com: Columbia Pike streetcar up for public scrutiny
- 11-15-10 WTOP 103.5 FM: Arlington's Way or the Highway -- Part I: A good neighbor? / Part II: A matter of policy
- 11-15-10 WTOP 103.5 FM: Jaywalkers give in to peer pressure, study says
- 11-15-10 Medical News Today: Consensus On TBI And PTSD Will Accelerate Future Research And Improve Patient Care
- 11-15-10 CNN Money: America's Debt Crisis: Stop whining about Bowles-Simpson. Let's make it better
- -- Commentary by Maya MacGuineas, director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Foundation
- 11-15-10 Chevy Chase Patch.com: First Segment of Intercounty Connector Close to Opening -- New road could shorten commute for local residents
- 11-14-10 Washington Post: Coalition challenges GOP on earmarks
- 11-14-10 Washington Post: Amid Montgomery's affluence, plight of suburban poor worsens in downturn
- 11-14-10 Frederick News-Post: Fighting for Frederick continues to raise concerns about possible Fort Detrick cancer cluster
- 11-14-10 Baltimore Sun: Exploring the NSA through world expert on cryptology -- Famed spy historian-author David Kahn donates his collection to the NSA's National Cryptologic Museum
- 11-13-10 CNN: Obama, Republicans agree: Reform culture of earmarks
- 11-13-10 Maryland Gazette (Anne Arundel County): Business Digest -- Fort Meade job fair open to vets, others
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- 11-13-10 Washington Post: Helping veterans reconnect with home
- -- Commentary by Montgomery C. Meigs, retired Army general and president and chief executive of Business Executives for National Security
- 11-12-10 Baltimore CityBizList: Prince George's County Executive-elect Vows to Improve Schools, Spur Growth
- 11-12-10 Baltimore Business Journal: Harford Co. to create commission to study financing for BRAC projects
- 11-12-10 Columbia (MD) Flier: Howard County to be first to use specially recharged electric buses
- 11-12-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: ‘Real Warriors’ Campaign Works to Save Lives
- 11-12-10 Navy Times: Prosthetics team restores looks of injured
- 11-12-10 Tom Philpott's Military Update: Debt Panel Eyes TRICARE Fee Increases, Federal Pay Freeze
- 11-12-10 National Public Radio: On The Hill, Democrats Losing Top Voices On Defense
- 11-12-10 Gazette.Net: Marylanders seek to remain in Congressional leadership -- Hoyer, Van Hollen depending on support of fellow Democrats
- 11-12-10 Gazette.Net: Lawmakers receive more dire economic news from analysts -- Democrats pledge to balance the budget without taxes
- 11-12-10 Bloomberg News: Deficit Cutters Reject Gates on Shielding Defense Budget
- 11-12-10 WTOP 103.5 FM: You live in nation's richest counties
- 11-12-10 Harford County Aegis: Harford to create banking panel -- Craig cites lack of financing for new development
- 11-12 10 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer: Air Force puts larger focus on small businesses
- 11-11-10 Baltimore Business Journal: Merritt Properties to break ground on $60M Aberdeen park
- 11-11-10 WRAMC Stripe: Assistive technology helps troops gain independence, return to ‘normal’ daily living
- 11-11-10 WRAMC Stripe: Pediatric clinics strive in joint efforts
- 11-11-10 American Society of Military Comptrollers: FY2011 appropriations, Defense Authorization, and other legislation await action in “lame duck” congressional session
- 11-11-10 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Maryland launches BRAC blog -- BRAC@U
- 11-11-10 WTOP 103.5 FM: Homes give comfort to veterans' family members
- -- WTOP's Darci Marchese takes you inside Fisher House, a home away from home for families of hospitalized soldiers
- 11-11-10 Washington Post: Unbroken spirit -- On Veterans Day, honoring a Marine who lost his limbs, but not his spirit, in Afghanistan
- 11-11-10 TBD News.com: Veterans Day: Dedicating Silver Spring's plaza
- 11-11-10 Bethesda Patch.com: Bethesda Non-Profit Supports Wounded Soldiers
- -- This Veteran's Day, Patch highlights a local group that's been assisting injured service members and their families since 2005
- 11-11-10 Bethesda Patch.com: Debate Heats Up Over Bradley Boulevard Bike Path -- Some residents oppose project all together
- 11-11-10 CBS News: This Veterans Day, Many Soldiers Still Hurting
- 11-11-10 Marine Corps Times: Prosthetics team restores looks of injured
- 11-11-10 NNMC Journal: Joint Commission and Navy Medical IG Arrive Next Week
- 11-11-10 NNMC Journal: NNMC’s Command Suite Relocating to Tower
- 11-11-10 NNMC Journal: NNMC Celebrates 70th Anniversary of its “Tower”
- 11-11-10 Fort Detrick Standard: Commentary -- ‘‘Building resiliency and restoring balance for Soldiers, Civilians and Families”
- 11-11-10 Fort Detrick Standard: National Center for Medical Intelligence expands facility
- 11-11-10 Gazette.Net: Montgomery's budget shortfall worsening -- County executive says deficit up to $200M due to school spending, expected loss of federal funds
- 11-11-10 Annapolis Capital: SHA revamps Odenton roundabout -- Impact of Route 175 traffic circle still being studied
- 11-11-10 National Public Radio: (AUDIO) Examining The Deficit Commission's Proposals
- 11-11-10 Wall Street Journal: The Pentagon Would Take $100 Billion Hit
- 11-11-10 Federal Times: Intelligence budget agreement hints at more reform
- 11-10-10 Oprah.com: The long road home: Women in war
- 11-10-10 Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Veterans and mental health care -- Commentary by Rosalynn Carter and Patrick Kennedy
- 11-10-10 Washington Post: Md. hearing on MoCo transitway
- 11-10-10 Chevy Chase Patch.com: State, County Officials Meet With Chevy Chase Purple Line Group
- -- The officials addressed the committees concerns, including a crossing at Lynn Drive
- 11-10-10 TBD News.com: Montgomery puts pedestrian islands along Hewitt Avenue in Silver Spring
- 11-10-10 Odenton Patch.com: Fort Meade Celebrates New Warriors Assistance Center
- -- Soldiers in transition can now get help at a one-stop shop near where they may be receiving medical care
- 11-10-10 Annapolis Capital: New restaurants to bring 255 jobs to Arundel Mills -- Last spaces at Hanover mall now spoken for
- 11-10-10 WMAR/ABC2 TV (Baltimore): Harford County schools unveil proposed elementary school redistricting plan -- Changes coming for Harford Co. schools
- 11-10-10 Gazette.Net: Montgomery County Council hopes to avoid budget cuts in wake of ambulance fee vote
- -- Higher than expected income tax revenues could save jobs
- 11-10-10 Gazette.Net: Seven incumbents returning to Montgomery County Council -- Top priority for 2012 appears to be the budget
- 11-10-10 Gazette.Net: Commuter Connections offers incentives for carpooling
- 11-10-10 Gazette.Net: Complaints about Ride On dominate county call center
- 11-10-10 Gazette.Net: Montgomery College helping veterans, service members transition into academic life -- Combat2College program gaining national attention
- 11-10-10 Gazette.Net: Brookeville nonprofit training dogs for wounded and disabled military veterans -- Year-old organization has three dogs in program
- 11-10-10 Gazette.Net: Sector plan leaving the town of Kensington -- Local officials send plan back to county amidst protest from residents
- 11-10-10 The Hill: Van Hollen announces bid for post as budget panel's ranking member
- 11-10-10 Bloomberg News: NIH fears cut in research funds
- 11-10-10 Baltimore Sun: State budget hole deepens
- 11-10-10 Bethesda Patch.com: "Monty" to Break Ground in Woodmont Triangle -- Construction could start on high-rise, mixed-use residential building as soon as January
- 11-10-10 WTOP 103.5 FM (Capital News Service): Decatur Street represents walk on the green side
- -- Quiet, middle-class Edmonston, a diverse Prince George's County community of roughly 1,300 people, unveiled a new green street that officials hope will become a model for environmentally friendly towns across the nation.
- 11-10-10 Frederick News-Post: Medical Intelligence group adds much-needed office space at Fort Detrick
- 11-10-10 Washington Post: Police pushing for pedestrian safety
- 11-10-10 Washington Post: Chevy Chase parents push for solution to packed sixth grades
- 11-9-10 Baltimore Sun: Editorial -- The tax that saves jobs
- -- Our view: Crowded roads, insufficient transit service and a failure to invest enough in transportation are hurting Maryland's economy as surely as any tax increase
- 11-9-10 Politico: Dicks likely top Dem on Appropriations
- 11-9-10 Federal Computer Week: Army sets up central medical care site for wounded warriors -- Site helps navigate complex care needs
- 11-9-10 WTOP 103.5 FM: Groups want bicyclists to see, be seen at night
- 11-9-10 Washington Post: Vets with PTSD train dogs to help comrades
- 11-9-10 WTOP 103.5 FM: Commuter Connections to pay more people to carpool
- 11-9-10 The Canadian Press: HBO documentary 'Wartorn' explores the painful struggle soldiers face after war
- 11-8-10 Baltimore Sun: Exercists blog -- A week after election, Maryland walking issues remain
- 11-8-10 CNN: Veterans in Focus -- Dealing with the unseen scars of war
- 11-8-10 Gazette.Net: Bethesda councilman to enter sophomore term with bigger role -- Berliner says he aims to finish what he started
- 11-8-10 WRC/NBC4 TV: Busy D.C. Street Getting Makeover -- City leaders are trying to slow the hustle and bustle of busy Connecticut Avenue
- 11-8-10 Newsweek: The Warrior's Brain -- One family's terrifying medical mystery could represent the military's next big crisis
- 11-8-10 Army Times: Fisher House to open for families of fallen
- 11-8-10 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Biotech grants stretched thin
- 11-8-10 Washington Business Journal: Feds pump $61m into Md, DC, Va biotech
- 11-8-10 Defense Systems: DISA develops warfighter resources for the next engagement -- Agency helps bring Web 2.0 to the battlefield for information sharing, interoperability
- 11-8-10 Marketplace: Transportation Nation: "Congestion pricing" could be the future of transportation financing
- -- As cars get more fuel efficient, and transit becomes a better option, the amount of gasoline tax the government collects gets smaller and smaller
- 11-8-10 CNN Money (Fortune): How El Paso, Texas dodged the recession
- 11-8-10 USA TODAY: Study: Kids of deployed military have more behavioral problems
- 11-8-10 New York Times: Mental Health Visits Rise as Parent Deploys
- 11-8-10 Government Executive: The Heroes of Walter Reed
- 11-8-10 National Public Radio: PTSD: Not A New Ailment On 'Wartorn' Battlefield
- 11-7-10 Newsweek: Fighting for Themselves: 'We Just Don't Know' -- The Army vice chief of staff explains why inconclusive science is complicating the treatment of wounded warriors
- 11-7-10 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Lemieux Foundation plans Austin's Playroom at Walter Reed -- Lemieux to finance Austin's Playroom for Walter Reed hospital in Bethesda
- 11-7-10 AOL Politics Daily: Defense Spending Cuts for a New Congress? Not So Fast
- 11-7-10 Washington Post: Untangling a knot on Fairfax parkway
- 11-7-10 Washington Post: (MAP) Northern Virginia's 'Outer Beltway'
- -- Bolstered by $40 million of federal stimulus funds, road improvements to the Fairfax County Parkway are scheduled to begin this fall. It will widen the road and remove all signals between Popes Head Road and Route 50. Construction is expected to be completed in 2013 and will cost $70 million.
- 11-6-10 Baltimore Sun: Election over, talk of taxes begins -- O'Malley says he will not propose increases, but lawmakers could
- 11-6-10 Washington Post: Pentagon is debating cyber-attacks
- 11-5-10 WTOP 103.5 FM: Military’s Freakiest Medical Projects
- 11-5-10 National Public Radio: How Questions About Mammography Apply To CT Scans For Lung Cancer
- 11-5-10 U.S. Departmemt of Defense News Release: Military-connected Schools Benefit From Grants
- 11-5-10 Business Wire: Fitch Affirms Stafford County, VA's GOs at 'AA'; Outlook Stable
- 11-5-10 St. Petersburg (FL) Times: Rep. C.W. Bill Young wants waiver to retake chair of defense appropriations subcommittee
- 11-5-10 Gazette.Net: Challenging second term lies ahead for O'Malley -- Economic woes complicate legacy picture
- 11-5-10 Gazette.Net: Election's upside might be gridlock -- Split control of Congress might stall legislation, benefiting business, analyst says
- 11-5-10 Gazette.Net: Tourism rebounding -- Demand for hotel rooms, employment up over national rates
- 11-5-10 Gazette.Net: BioWatch: Biotechs get nearly $48.8M under new health care law -- Small companies winners in $1B federal grant competition
- 11-5-10 Washington Post: Combat Generation Wired War: When the messages home stop -- Facebook brings the Afghan war to Fort Campbell
- 11-5-10 Washington Post: (GRAPHIC) The race to know
- -- On June 7, 2010, five members of the 2-327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division were killed in Afghanistan. Too anxious to wait for formal notification from the U.S. military, the officers' spouses used social media to determine who died and who survived
- 11-5-10 WTTG/FOX5 TV: Wounded Warriors Discuss Their Stories of Recovery
- 11-5-10 Frederick News-Post: Knowledge transfer company relocates to downtown Frederick
- 11-5-10 Annapolis Capital: Arundel Gateway project goes to court -- Environmentalists appeal County Council's decision on zoning
- 11-4-10 Washington Business Journal: Details behind Medical Command bid protest decision
- 11-4-10 Washington Business Journal: Pentagon credit union to open more realty offices
- 11-4-10 Washington Examiner: Montgomery off to bumpy start on White Flint
- 11-4-10 Business Wire: Fitch Rates Maryland Dept. of Transportation's $32MM COPs 'AA'
- 11-4-10 WRAMC Stripe: Quality-of-life issues focus of conference
- 11-4-10 NNMC ournal: Deputy Commander for Integration & Transition -- progress, plans, and events for this quarter
- 11-4-10 NNMC Journal: NSA Bethesda Kicks Off Annual Commuter Survey
- 11-4-10 NNMC Journal: NAVSEA Supplies Custom Career Training to Wounded Warriors
- 11-4-10 NNMC Journal: Warrior Care Month Every Day Celebration for IWFLO, MCLO
- 11-4-10 Odenton Patch: U.S. Cyber Command A Wild Card at Fort Meade
- -- Officials at Fort Meade know how many people are coming as a result of BRAC. The number of jobs coming due to Cyber Command, however, is still unclear
- 11-4-10 ARLnow.com: A BRAC Move, One of Many, Moves Forward
- 11-4-10 Anesthesiology News: Easing the Pain of Combat Wounds
- 11-4-10 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock -- Leaders tout BRAC plans at Ft. Belvoir
- 11-4-10 Washington Post: Veterans who go back to school wish they had more support
- 11-4-10 Gazette.Net: New owner hopes to improve Greenbelt apartment complex -- Crime, arsons, resident complaints have persisted through past management
- 11-4-10 Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot: Virginia Republicans say they're ready to deliver
- 11-3-10 Washington Examiner: Officials look for funds to fill ambulance fee gap
- 11-3-10 Washington Post: Robert McCartney column -- Gains for anti-spending GOP mean trouble for a region so dependent on federal dollars
- 11-3-10 Maryland Daily Record (Associated Press): O’Malley to propose budget with more cuts, no new taxes
- 11-3-10 Gazette.Net: Bethesda legislators stay close to home on issues -- District 16 delegates, senator say plans won't change
- 11-3-10 Gazette.Net: Latest White Flint funding figures unveiled -- Plans for new city becoming clearer; county could spend more than $400M
- 11-3-10 Gazette.Net: 17-story Wheaton Safeway site plan gets green light -- Combination retail and apartment complex gets Planning Board's approval
- 11-3-10 DoD Buzz: NGA Touts App Store Idea
- 11-3-10 Maryland Gazette (Anne Arundel County): School board to review legislative stances -- Next year's school calendar also to be approved today
- 11-3-10 Harford County Aegis: Editorial -- Still tough out there
- 11-2-10 Washington Post: Special Report: Military Medicine -- U.S. military medics use old and new techniques to save wounded in Afghanistan
- 11-2-10 Stars and Stripes: Rescue + Recovery -- From a battlefield blast to a bed in Germany
- 11-2-10 Baltimore Business Journal: Arundel Mills slots issue drives voters to polls
- 11-2-10 Market Watch (Business Wire): Artesian Closes on Acquisition of Port Deposit, Maryland Water Assets
- 11-1-10 Gazette.Net: Schools key factor in Alvarion move to Montgomery -- CEO says Israeli company had 'more attractive financial' offers
- 11-1-10 The Motley Fool: Why I'm Not Buying Anything Today
- -- ...Further digging, however, revealed that the Walter Reed Medical Center, the U.S. Army's flagship hospital, is being moved to Bethesda -- directly across the street from the Doubletree. The day the new medical center opens its doors, that hotel's occupancy struggles will be history.
- 11-1-10 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Experts see a bumpy road to recovery for region's economy
- 11-1-10 Washington Post: Capital Business -- At Army conference, contractors sell their ability to cut down on Pentagon's costs
- 11-1-10 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Q&A: Corporate Office Properties Trust CEO says firm well positioned for BRAC, government cutbacks
- 11-1-10 Washington Post: Capital Business -- GOP blasts property oversight
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