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Ehrlich column another hack attack
It was quite entertaining to read Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s recent column alleging President Barack Obama has made numerous foreign policy blunders ("Obama foreign policy follies befuddle both left and right," June 9). Unfortunately, Mr. Ehrlich was only...
Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Jeremiah Wright, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama
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After homelessness, mother and son graduate from Howard CC
Sandy Johnson and her son, Jeff, were juggling the demands of classes and exams, jobs and family life in pursuit of associate degrees. They also were confronting what could have been an insurmountable obstacle: homelessness. "This has been a tough...
Tags: Homelessness, Heart Disease, Students, Dwayne Johnson, Colleges and Universities
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Online sales tax bill should be improved, and passed
The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would allow states to require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on behalf of local governments. This bill has flaws, but they could be fixed in the House. It should be passed. I don't like the idea...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Small Businesses, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senate, Local Government
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Congress flies blind
What does it require to get members of Congress to take action quickly and decisively on an issue of federal spending? Now we know. The possibility that they will be delayed in an airport terminal somewhere waiting for a flight out of town is apparently...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, White House, Air Transportation Delays, Health Treatments, Head Start
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Government, unions offer advice, answers on furloughs
As thousands of federal workers prepare to be furloughed, many are concerned about how to deal with a pay cut. Keith Everett, a chief steward with the American Federation of Government Employees, said his union held two meetings in recent weeks at...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment, National Government, Fort Meade (military base), Taxation
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City schools report card
The latest statistics from the Maryland State Department of Education show Baltimore City making steady progress toward increasing the number of students who finish high school. Last year city schools awarded 149 more diplomas than in 2011, and the city's...
Tags: Students, High Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Graduation
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Why there's a bull market for investors and a bear market for workers
Last Friday, the Labor Department reported that 236,000 new jobs were created in February. That's good news -- but not nearly good enough. Even if this rate were to continue, which seems unlikely, the United States wouldn't be back to pre-recession levels...
Tags: Unemployment, Money and Monetary Policy, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Global Expansion, Technology
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Corporate welfare for Lockheed Martin
At this time of severe cutbacks in government funding for food stamps, early childhood education and Meals on Wheels, some Maryland legislators are hard at work looking out for the welfare of one of the world's wealthiest corporations. Under a bill...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Women, Infants and Children, U.S. Military, Lockheed Martin Corp., Head Start
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Sequester vs. social justice: What would RFK do?
With the sequester now beginning, I find myself thinking about Robert F. Kennedy -- and 46 years ago, when I was an intern in his Senate office. The nation was going through a difficult time in 1967. America was deeply split over civil rights and the...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Mitt Romney, International Military Interventions
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Bel Air payroll firm sued for allegedly keeping clients' tax payments
A Bel Air company that handled payrolls for many employers in the area is being sued by clients for allegedly stealing years of tax payments rather than sending them on to the tax collectors as required — leaving the companies on the hook....
Tags: Music, Harford County, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Taxation, Unemployment
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Food survey shows one in six Marylanders have gone hungry
Nearly one in six Marylanders did not have enough money to buy food their family needed at times during 2012, according to a report released Thursday by the Food Research and Action Center. Of those surveyed, 15.9 percent in the Baltimore-Towson area...Tags: U.S. Congress, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Safeway Inc.
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Md. man gets 121/2-year term in biodiesel credit fraud
A Perry Hall man was sentenced Friday to 121/2 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $42 million in restitution after being convicted of selling $9 million worth of fake biodiesel fuel credits to oil companies and commodities brokers. Rodney R....
Tags: Baltimore County, Renewable Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Justice System, Trials
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