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WESM Local/Regional News
UMES to host celebrity-studded Gala in 2010
Tinseltown is coming to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) next year, in support of the University\'s 11th Annual Gala. Some of the celebrities who have pledge to support the Gala\'s fundraising goal - and personally appear at the event - include Academy-award winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. and legendary blues artist B.B. King.
Woman indicted in infant\'s death
A Trappe woman has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the death of an infant who was in her care.
US
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
"Yard sale" brings U.S. empire to bargain-bin ending
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three years after a billionaire divorce gone terribly wrong, this is what is left: unfinished plans for America\'s largest home, several bankruptcies and an auction featuring a talking moose head.
World
China mine explosion death toll reaches 87
HEGANG, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China\'s latest coal mine disaster reached 87 as hopes dimmed on Sunday that more survivors would be found a day after a gas blast at a colliery in the country\'s far northeast.
Colombia\'s Uribe seeks to ease Venezuela tensions
CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday ruled out any military retaliation against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two cross-border footbridges.
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