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Baltimore area Giant and Safeway workers approve new contract
Union workers at Safeway and Giant Food in the Baltimore and Washington regions overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday that increases wages and maintains key benefits. "It's a good day to be a member," said Tim Goins, executive vice president...Tags: Giant Food, LLC, Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation, Safeway Inc., Employees
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Legislation passed to create health exchanges
Maryland continued its aggressive implementation of health care change Thursday despite uncertainty surrounding the issue nationally, as the General Assembly passed legislation to create open markets where people will buy insurance. The law to set up the...Tags: Judges, Government, Justice System, Health Care Reform (2009), Regional Authority
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Md. lawmakers take on political spending spree
Three Maryland lawmakers are leading vastly different approaches in Congress to address the growing influence of so-called super PACs and other political nonprofits that have poured money into campaigns, raising concerns about the outsized influence of...
Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Baltimore County, Parties and Movements
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Consumer agency to review mandatory arbitration in financial services
Finally, a spotlight will be shone on a widespread business practice that forces unhappy customers to settle disputes through binding arbitration — rather than by telling their story in court. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now is seeking...Tags: Arbitration, Television Industry, Colleges and Universities, Judges, Justice System
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for highs in the lower 70s and clear skies. Clouds are expected to move in for the evening, with a 20 percent chance of showers after midnight.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic map for this morning's issues as you plan your...Tags: Holidays, Anne Arundel County, Sheila Dixon, Sex Crimes, Labor Day
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In the presidential campaign, money talks
Think money doesn't talk? Try telling that to this year's GOP presidential hopefuls, whose fates are more than ever tied to a handful of wealthy donors who bankroll the super PACs that raise and spend unlimited amounts of cash on their behalf. Campaign...Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, Republican Party, Rick Santorum, Sheldon Adelson
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Appeals court ruling requires lawyers at bail hearings
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the state must provide lawyers to indigent defendants during bail hearings, overturning a long-standing practice under which newly arrested individuals face court commissioners alone — often in...Tags: Conservation, Court Preliminary, Judges, Conservation, Government
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Md. lawmakers sign brief supporting health care law
More than two dozen Maryland state lawmakers have signed an amicus brief that will be filed in U.S. Supreme Court Thursday in support of President Barack Obama’s health care law.
The advisory brief, which also includes signatures from state...Tags: Laws, Judges, Healthcare Laws, Justice System, Justice System
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Howard police did not violate teen's rights, judge rules
A Howard County judge has ruled that police did not violate the rights of a teenager when they questioned him about the rape of a woman on a field between Wilde Lake middle and high schools, a sexual assault for which he was later convicted. Unless an...Tags: Assault, Prosecution, Trials, Sexual Assault, Judges
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What investors can expect in 2012
If you had slept Rip Van Winkle-style through 2011, you'd be awakening now to find that your stock portfolio was much the same as you left it. Presuming you stayed awake, you endured a volatile year for equities. Market swings were so violent that by the...Tags: Music, Morningstar Incorporated, Charles Schwab, China, Companies and Corporations
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1908 Illinois race riot was impetus behind founding of the NAACP
When an African-American was accused of raping a white woman and another of murdering a white locomotive engineer, Springfield, Ill., exploded into a race riot on the evening of Aug. 14, 1908. The mob grew furious when they learned that the two men had...Tags: New York City, Kweisi Mfume, Riots, Colleges and Universities, Baptist
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Expanding access to health care
Maryland is right to move ahead with plans for establishing a state health-insurance exchange, despite uncertainty over the ultimate outcome of pending court challenges to the federal health-care reform law. Even if the Supreme Court were eventually to...Tags: Business, Startups, Local Government, Health Insurance, Judges
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