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Two Step Salsa could take a big step up
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe competition will get tougher for Two Step Salsa when he looks for his third consecutive win of the Hollywood Park spring-summer meet in the $350,000-added Swaps Stakes on Saturday. Successful in the seven-furlong Lazaro Barrera Memorial and the...Tags: James Barry, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Equestrian
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Who abuses handicap parking most? Perspectives vary
Q: I'd like to make a comment or two concerning the June 30 column about handicap parking spaces. A woman says she takes her handicapped parents on errands, and sometimes drops them off at a building's entrance and then parks in a reserved spot. I'd say...Tags: Tickets, Whitehall, South Whitehall Township, Road Transportation, Vehicles
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Pick-six carry-over of nearly $1.2 million awaits bettors at Hollywood Park
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBesides a slew of graded stakes races, Saturday at Hollywood Park will also feature a massive pick six carry-over. No one was able to isolate all six winners in the sequence on Friday, so there is a three-day carry-over of nearly $1.197 million. Not a...Tags: Kentucky, Inglewood, Arlington Park, Churchill Downs, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Don't park in wheelchair zone between handicap spaces
Q: In some parking areas there are two handicap parking spaces marked, and in between them is an area, sometimes as big as a parking space, sometimes a little smaller, that has diagonal lines painted on it. Does the space with the diagonal lines mean ''no...Tags: Road Transportation, Police Investigations, Transportation, Emmaus, Fines
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Tighten enforcement on parking for disabled
Since I became disabled (which hopefully will not be permanent), I've become excruciatingly aware of the lack of handicapped parking. One of the major reasons for this is the lack of consideration by what I view as perfectly healthy-looking men and/or...Tags: Massachusetts, Delray Beach
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Charges stick in assault case
Of The Morning CallA 28-year-old Warminster woman who whipped a weighted tape dispenser into a Bucks County Prison case manager's face from just a few feet away will spend the next two to five years in state prison. Bucks County Judge Jeffrey Finley sentenced Regina Rhoads...Tags: Social Security, Wages and Pensions, Prisons, Illnesses, Trials
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Two graded stakes are on Hollywood Gold Cup program
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup is the marquee event Saturday at Hollywood Park, but the 11-race program includes two other graded stakes. The first is the $250,000 American Handicap for older horses at 1 1/8 miles on turf. The other is the $150,000 A...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Rugby League, Insider Trading, Humana Incorporated, Churchill Downs
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Motorists should call police if they see signs of handicap placard, plate abuse
Q: What can we do when we see people parking in handicap parking spaces with the 'handicap' placard displayed, but they obviously are not handicapped? At the Lehigh Valley Mall I saw a 30-something woman in a big, new SUV pull into a handicap spot,...Tags: Whitehall, Road Transportation, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Vehicles, Transportation
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Children nobody wants
Great column Sunday about gay foster parents. It makes no sense for so many children to need homes, and for so many people to assume that every home with two gay adults in it is unsuitable. When I was a boy, 40 years ago, I would visit the Duvall Home...Tags: Florida, Sex, Minority Groups, Family, Gays and Lesbians
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Community Notes
The Arc of Howard County presented awards to individuals and groups that have provided innovative programs and opportunities for people with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Recognized with 2008 Celebration of Excellence Awards were Chuck...Tags: Christianity, Furniture, James Rouse, Schools, Collectibles
Jul 7, 2008
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Jul 7, 2008
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jul 5, 2008
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Jun 30, 2008
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 22, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 17, 2008
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 28, 2008
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Jun 27, 2008
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 19, 2008
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Jun 18, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
