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Delaware
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Delaware is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States of America. Delaware is named for Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr. Population estimates by the Census Bureau for 2005 place the population of Delaware at 843,524, moving from the 45th most populous state at the 2000 Census to the 46th most populous. Despite this, it is the 7th most densely populated state with a population density of 320 more people per square mile than the national average, ranking ahead of states such as Florida, California, and Texas. Delaware was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and is known as the “First State”, officially referring to the fact that it was the first to ratify the United States Constitution. Even though the states were already known as such prior to the Constitution, the motto itself is still historically accurate, as Delaware was indeed the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, the first legal document establishing the new American political entities as “states” (although the Declaration of Independence refers to them as “States”). Commemorating Delaware’s ratification, Constitution Park (one block from where Dover’s Golden Fleece Tavern once stood) features a four-foot cube upon which is inscribed the entire document as it has evolved.
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News from The Delaware News Journal
Judge: Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner
Feb 8, 2012 7:45 pm
A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges
Boehner: Congress to overturn birth control policy
Feb 8, 2012 7:37 pm
WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner accused the Obama administration today of an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom," promising that Congress will reverse a new policy requiring re...
Construction causes nighttime closures of Del. 1 near mall
Feb 8, 2012 7:36 pm
The Del. 1/I-95 interchange bride project near the Christiana Mall will result in nighttime lane closures next week as bridge forms are removed.
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Feb 8, 2012 7:23 pm
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Truck hits wires, pulls down five poles; one hits house
Feb 8, 2012 6:49 pm
Power outage lasts several hours near Lincoln
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Feb 8, 2012 6:36 pm
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Bruce Hornsby unleashes hits at The Grand tonight
Feb 8, 2012 5:26 pm
You know him as the dude who sang "The Way It Is," the big-time hit from 1986.
DNREC clears way for pollution control at Claymont Steel
Feb 8, 2012 5:24 pm
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has cleared the way for a Claymont business to help with pollution control at its plant. DNREC said today it has issued a constru...
Report: Teacher's aide sent love letters to boy
Feb 8, 2012 5:00 pm
LOS ANGELES - Officials at an elementary school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims are investigating yet another allegation of misconduct, this one involving a teacher's aide accused of sending love ...
Wilmington restaurant condemned
Feb 8, 2012 4:19 pm
Police say an investigation led to officers buying single cigarettes outside the Northeast Boulevard establishment. The property was then shut down.
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