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Bill makes water users pay for annual permits By Pamela Rigaux, News-Post Staff ANNAPOLIS — A measure proposed by the Glendening administration would require almost anyone who withdraws water from a river, stream, spring or well in Maryland to buy an annual state permit. The requirement would apply to farmers, orchardists, industries and municipal water systems, and would impose fees based on the amount of water used. Only users of less than 10,000 gallons a day would be exempt. About half of the new fees would be paid by farmers, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment. The amount ...

> ARKANSAS CITY (EAP) -- A Little Rock woman was killed yesterday after leaping through her moving car's sun roof during an incident best described as "a mistaken rapture" by dozens of eye witnesses. Thirteen other people were injured after a twenty-car pile up resulted from people trying to avoid hitting the woman who was apparently convinced that the rapture was occurring when she saw twelve people floating up into the air, and then passed a man on the side of the road who she claimed was Jesus. "She started screaming "He's back, He's back" and climbed right out of ...

June 9, 2001 Subject: Petition Dear All: There is a movie that is coming out in 2001 claiming that both Jesus and his disciples were gay. There is already a play that went on for a while. The play and movie are titled "Corpus Christi" which is Latin and translates to "Body of Christ." This is sickening and revolting to all true believers! We can all do something! Please send this to ALL of your friends to sign to stop the movie from showing in America. Already certain areas in Europe have started to ban it from coming to ...

Join the 57,249 who have already signed! Dear friend, If you have a heart for the unborn, then please sign this pro-life petition to keep our tax dollars from funding research on human embryos: http://www.grassfire.net/103.asp?PID=705493 Here's what's happening: Federal law clearly bans using federal funds for research on human embryos. We fought hard for this victory to protect the unborn! But the former administration discovered a loophole around existing law and now the National Institutes of Health is accepting applications to distribute federal funds for human embryo stem cell research. President Bush has gone on record stating his opposition ...

Join the 56,670 who have already signed! Dear friend, If you have a heart for the unborn, then please sign this pro-life petition to keep our tax dollars from funding research on human embryos: http://www.grassfire.net/103.asp?PID=705493 Here's what's happening: Federal law clearly bans using federal funds for research on human embryos. We fought hard for this victory to protect the unborn! But the former administration discovered a loophole around existing law and now the National Institutes of Health is accepting applications to distribute federal funds for human embryo stem cell research. President Bush has gone on record stating his opposition ...

Parrot A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of this bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, and anything he could think of to set a good example. Nothing worked. Finally, John got fed up and he yelled at the parrot. And, the bird yelled back. John shook the parrot, and the bird got angrier and ruder. Finally, in a moment of ...

Motor Fuel Excise Tax Rates Motor Fuel Excise Tax Rates January 1, 2001 Note: The tax rates listed are fuel excise taxes collected by distributor/supplier/retailers in each state. Additional taxes may apply to motor carriers. For information of carrier taxes, see the IFTA, Inc. Home Page. ----Gasoline---- ----Diesel Fuel---- ----Gasohol---- Excise Add'l Total Excise Add'l Total Excise Add'l Total State Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax Notes Alabama 16.0 2.0 18.0   17.0 2.0 19.0   16.0 2.0 18.0 Inspection fee Alaska 8.0   8.0   8.0   8.0   0.0   0.0   Arizona 18.0 ...