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Mary Louise Bennett, longtime educator

2013-03-05 13:32:00

Mary Louise Bennett, a longtime Anne Arundel County educator who was a founding member of the Chesapeake Academy, died Sunday from complications of an infection at Genesis Health Care Facility in Severna Park, where she had lived for the past three years....

Curtis B. Reiber, Army officer

2012-11-28 14:16:00

Curtis B. Reiber, an Army intelligence officer whose career spanned three decades, died Nov. 20 of a stroke at Saint Agnes Hospital. He was 77. The son of a DuPont Co. worker and a homemaker, Curtis Brooks Reiber was born in Centre Hall, Pa., and...

Cordelia P. Gilbert, homemaker

2012-11-30 14:49:00

Cordelia P. "Cordy" Gilbert, a homemaker and flower arranger, died Nov. 24 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Towson's Edenwald retirement community. She was 91. A daughter of farmers, Cordelia Phillips was born and raised in Laurel, Del.,...

Farm profits boom amid employment bust as owners automate

2013-02-08 01:05:37

The property Kevin Liefer and his son, Kirk, cultivate in southern Illinois has been expanding for decades without adding a single manager. These are boom times for farming and a bust for farm jobs. The 3,600 acres of mostly corn, wheat and soybeans the...

Martha Elizabeth (Deeter) Brown, 92, of Providence Place Chambersburg and formerly of Greencastle

2013-01-28 21:02:00

Martha Elizabeth (Deeter) Brown, 92, of Providence Place Chambersburg and formerly of Greencastle, died Friday morning, Jan. 25, 2013, at Providence Place. She was the wife of the late Bruce B. Brown, her husband of 55 years who died Jan. 14, 2002. Born...

Europe, China taking toll on U.S. corporate profits

2012-10-24 00:00:00

With U.S. stocks near five-year highs, the unmistakable reality of a sputtering global economy has hit home, stifling U.S. corporate sales and spooking investors. They started heading for the stock market exits last week, and they picked up the pace...

Dow Chemical to slash 2,400 jobs, close 20 plants

2012-10-26 01:05:35

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) - The Dow Chemical Co. will eliminate about 2,400 jobs and close roughly 20 manufacturing facilities as part of a restructuring plan aimed at coping with slowing economic growth in Europe and elsewhere. The manufacturing giant said...

Exits show how few women make it to CEO in U.S.

2011-09-07 12:39:00

For advocates of gender equality, this week's ouster of two of corporate America's most powerful women served as a reminder of how little progress U.S. companies have made in promoting women to executive positions. In particular, Yahoo Inc.'s decision to...

Drum pioneer snares a big chunk of the market

2010-04-04 00:00:00

The gig: Chief executive and founder of Valencia-based Remo Inc., a pioneer in drumhead technology and a leading manufacturer of drumheads for more than 50 years. Background: Remo Belli, 82, started drumming at age 12, while growing up in the South Bend-...

Washington Wakes up to Global Warming

2007-01-27 00:00:00

Bush: Obama's 'sherpa' with Europe

2008-11-15 16:24:13

by Mark Silva What an international dance is taking place today: Around the perimeters of a global Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy which President Bush has convened on a rainy day in the nation's capital, the leaders......

White is Top Car-Color Choice Again This Year

2008-12-09 16:32:09

There's probably a really obvious D.L. Hughley joke in this story. According to the 2008 DuPont Global Color Popularity Report, White and White Pearl are America's choice for favorite car color, with 16% and 4% of the market share, respectively.......

Jeff Gordon , driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 5, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas.

2009-04-05 00:00:00

Jeff Gordon , driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, leads Kurt Busch, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, Jimmie Johnson , driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, and Tony Stewart , driver of the #14 Office Depot Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 at the

2009-03-29 00:00:00

Jeff Gordon , driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, stands in the bed of a truck during driver introductions prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 at the Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2009 in Martinsville, Virginia .

2009-03-29 00:00:00