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<Title>How do I sign up to receive emergency text alerts on my phone?</Title>
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    <li>Click the Alerts tab (the bell icon) at the top of the screen.</li>
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    <li>The Omnilert system will send a validation code to your mobile phone. You will need to enter the code in the <strong>Validation Code </strong>box on the website.</li>
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<Title>Cultural factors in web design</Title>
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<Title>Free Icon Pack: 375 Retina-Display-Ready Icons</Title>
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<Title>Are You Leaving Money on the Table? 5 Often Overlooked Tax Deductions</Title>
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<Summary>At tax time, novice entrepreneurs will quickly find out just how complex the U.S. tax system is. But don't let that stop you from taking advantage of a few key tax deductions.</Summary>
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<Title>Let the Good Times Roll: Big Easy Kicks Off Entrepreneur Week</Title>
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    <p>This week marked the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Were there any winners?</p>
    <p>The son of the richest woman in Australia is <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/gina-rinehart-sorry-payment-australian-billionaire_n_2865582.html?ir=World" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">suing his mother for $15 million</a> in damages ‘for her treatment over the years’. We’re looking forward to his self-help novel ‘I sued my Mom, and you can too!’</p>
    <div> If you’re still confused about the sequester, just know that it’s <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/sequester-milk-prices-suspended-reports-_n_2869152.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">going to make dairy prices soar.</a> Got milk?</div>
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    <div>Think our favorite Alaskan has been quietly relaxing as of late? Think again: <a href="http://video.msnbc.msn.com/now-with-alex-wagner/51164389/#51164389" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Sarah Palin appears to be further broadening her writing career</a>, with the subject this time being the Christmas season. But this may be more than your typical fireplace tale: It may foreshadow a  greater Palin re-emergence in the public eye.</div>
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    <div>Who said the West gets to have all the fun? In an effort to save money on criminal justice costs, Maryland lawmakers proposed a bill to <a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/viewart/20130313/NEWS02/130313031/Md-Senate-hears-marijuana-decriminalization-bill" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana</a>, under 10 grams. This comes after a week where both governor O’Malley and Health Secretary Joshua Sharfstein came out in support of a medical marijuana bill. </div>
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    <div>Maryland is on the verge of becoming the 18th state to repeal the death penalty; the bill passed the Senate by a 27-20 vote and is expected to pass in the <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&amp;stab=03&amp;id=sb0276&amp;tab=subject3&amp;ys=2013RS" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">House of Delegates</a>.  Meanwhile, 6,695 miles away, 7 men were publicly executed this week in Saudi Arabia by a firing squad. This was a first. Normally convicts who are sentenced to death are <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/03/201331221118103218.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">traditionally </a>beheaded.  </div>
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<Title>Aldunate Wins Twice, But Women's Tennis Drops Narrow 4-3 Decision at Towson</Title>
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<Title>Baseball Opens 2013 America East Slate by Hosting Binghamton for Three-Game Weekend Series; Schedule Revised</Title>
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