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Maybe it's just a response to endless complaints about suburban traffic jams, but U.S. politicians are starting to pay attention to the sprawl problem. Presidential candidate Al Gore has raised the subject, and Maryland Governor Parris Glendening sounds downright alarmed. "Every time we cut down one more forest or sell off another acre of farmland, we have permanently lost more of our finite natural resources," says Glendening. "Sprawl costs taxpayers dollars to support new infrastructure, costs natural resources that we know are not unlimited, and costs us as a society in lost opportunities to invest in our existing communities...
...wellbeing, having been frustrated for four days in their efforts to see the boy because Juan Miguel Gonzalez wants more time alone with his son before he is prepared to consider a meeting. And Elian moved with his father to a private residence near the Wye River Plantation in Maryland. There they'll be joined shortly by Elian's cousin and teacher, and four of his playmates (and one parent for each), to whom the State Department will issue visas allowing them to visit the U.S. for two weeks to keep the boy company...
...Force Base for a fourth successive day because Juan Miguel Gonzalez wants more time alone with his son before he is prepared to consider a meeting with his uncle Lazaro and cousin Marisleysis, Elian moved with his father to a private residence near the Wye River Plantation in Maryland. There they'll be joined shortly by four of Elian's playmates (and one parent for each), to whom the State Department will issue visas allowing them to visit the U.S. for two weeks to keep the boy company. While the Miami relatives are certain to pursue their efforts to keep...
After her son was killed, Carole Price was stunned to learn that in Maryland it was only a misdemeanor to leave a loaded gun accessible to a child. She started attending gun-control rallies and was host at meetings in her home. After she showed up with a TV news crew at a local Republican fund raiser that was raffling off a 9-mm handgun, Price gained the attention of other local media and legislators...
...testimony before the Maryland legislature helped push through a new law that requires trigger locks and a firearms-safety course for all new handgun owners. When the measure was signed into law last week, President Clinton traveled to Annapolis to praise the Prices' efforts...