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Baseball game with foul language broken up in Aberdeen [Police Blotter]
Aberdeen Robin L. Graver, 22, of the 600 block of Plater Street, was charged Saturday with possessing a drug other than marijuana. Joe A. Epps, 25, whose address is listed as a post office box, was charged Saturday with possessing a drug other than...Tags: Apple iPhone, Prosecution, Health and Safety at School, Cell Phones, Vandalism
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Good intentions don't create jobs
Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...
Tags: Marc Steiner, Local Government, Business, Bernard C. Young, The New York Times
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Howard County, Local Government, William Donald Schaefer, Government, Finance
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The high personal and economic cost of our broken immigration system
While the political winds seem to be propelling the first comprehensive immigration reform in more than a quarter-century, every day our broken immigration system takes a cruel and little-noticed toll on countless hardworking, law-abiding individuals...
Tags: Lung Cancer, China, Barack Obama, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Migration
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Tom Perez and the 'nuclear option'
Republicans accuse Thomas E. Perez, President Barack Obama's nominee for labor secretary, of twisting the legal process in three cases in St. Paul, Minn., to suit his political purposes. But it is they who are twisting the Senate's role to "advise and...
Tags: Rental Service, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Harry Reid
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AP case fuels complaints on Obama whistle-blower policies
The Justice Department's secret review of Associated Press telephone records gives advocates for federal employees one more reason to doubt the Obama administration's full commitment to protecting whistleblowers, particularly those in national security...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Defense, National Security, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Government
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A tale of two Marylanders: One stays and prospers, the other cuts and runs
I was filled with admiration after reading about Kevin Plank's dedication to staying in his home state of Maryland ("Under Armour founder Kevin Plank sees himself as the underdog," May 9). I have no doubt that he will achieve his goal of growing Under...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Under Armour Inc., Gun Control, Interior Policy, Kevin Plank
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HCC board approves cultural diversity plan
Harford Community College officials have spent years working to improve cultural diversity on campus, leaving them well prepared to honor a state mandate to create a "plan for a program of cultural diversity." Education Article 11-406, passed by the...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Minority Groups, Cultural Development, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Perez clears committee, now faces larger fight
WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans quickly squared off Thursday over the confirmation of Labor Secretary nominee and Marylander Tom Perez -- preparing for a fight that is likely to intensify after a Senate committee voted along party lines to advance...Tags: Steny Hoyer, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Michael Mukasey, Parties and Movements
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Carroll Sheriff Tregoning will not seek reelection in 2014
Longtime Carroll County Sheriff Ken Tregoning announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2014 after completing his 16th year in office. Tregoning said a combination of factors led him to decide against running for reelection in 2014,...
Tags: Local Elections, Safety of Citizens, Government, Laws, Law Enforcement
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Council OKs bill that would force contractors to hire city residents
In a unanimous vote, the City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would require businesses getting large city contracts or financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore. "My council colleagues believe this is a...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Business, Bernard C. Young, George Nilson, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Labor official brings minimum-wage push to Baltimore
The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore. The head of the U.S. Department of Labor plans to swing into town Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about how they make — or don't make — ends meet. Seth D. Harris, the agency'...
Tags: Barack Obama, Health Insurance Cost, Breads, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, State of the Union Address
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