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A trap for small businesses
Laws are like fine nets, catching the common fish even as the biggest push their way through. Or so you might think on learning of how federal prosecutors keep nabbing small and medium-size businesspeople who violate an obscure law relating to bank...
Tags: Manhattan (Will, Illinois), Prosecution, Livestock Farming, U.S. Department of Justice, Manhattan (New York City)
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Politicians in Annapolis gambling away the budget
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to bury the notion of Governing. It has been suffering the ravages of age for some time now, so it perhaps would not be surprised that people gather to bury rather than praise it. And yet the site of its...Tags: Annapolis, Prince George's County, Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley, Democratic Party
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Norquist's 'beast' thrives
For the last 20 years, the charming Grover Norquist has been perhaps the most successful of American political entrepreneurs, having used a letterhead and small office to secure "no tax" pledges from a near-majority of Congress members and myriads of...Tags: Media Industry, George Bush, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Parties and Movements, Unemployment Benefits
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Convert defense cuts into civilian benefits
Weapons-makers, ideologues and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta are busy whipping up fears in reaction to scheduled reductions in our bloated military budget. Don't be fooled. These cuts will not put our security at risk, though they will cut into profits...Tags: NATO, Defense, Finance, Afghanistan, Russia
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Poor choices
The persistence of poverty in Baltimore is disturbing. It is even more so when one looks deeper into the official data.
The 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) estimates that 25.6 percent of Baltimore's population "for whom poverty status is determined"...Tags: Productivity, Poverty, United States Census Bureau, Lyndon B. Johnson, Labor Markets
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Laurel travelers were out and about 100 years ago
100 Years Ago Social Laurel folks "Mrs. W. Marion Baldwin is the guest of her parents, near Woodbine, Carroll county. Mr. C.E. Phelps, passenger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Washington, has returned from a trip to Niagara Falls. Mr. and...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Tourism and Leisure
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Conservative federal appeals court shifts left
The federal appellate court that covers Maryland has for years been considered one of the more right-leaning in the nation, finding that women can be banned from a military institute, that the FDA can't regulate tobacco and that confessions count even...Tags: National Security Agency, Cocaine, Food and Drug Administration, Bill Clinton, Punishment
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Group proposes alternative currency to support local economy
A Baltimore group wants to put civic pride in your wallet.
The Baltimore Green Currency Association, a nonprofit that aims to help small restaurants and mom-and-pop retailers fend off the big chains, is trying to build an alternative economy —...Tags: Sales, Dining and Drinking, Tools and Hardware, Restaurants, Mount Washington
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Paul Ryan's Medicaid block grants: good for Maryland
Shortly after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin unveiled his plan to convert federal Medicaid funding to a block grant — which has since passed the House — Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and 16 other governors issued a...Tags: Government Health Care, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Fraud, New York City
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Medicaid great for Maryland — when others foot the bill
Reader Suzanne R. Schlattman ("Ryan budget would hurt Maryland," May 9) writes, "we here in Maryland … know far better" how to run the state's Medicaid program. I couldn't agree more. So why does she oppose the reforms that passed the U.S. House,...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Maryland
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Did waterboarding lead to bin Laden? We don't know and it doesn't matter
The successful raid on Osama bin Laden's safe house in Pakistan has reinvigorated debate over the role that "enhanced interrogation techniques" have played in fighting al-Qaida. No one is switching sides, which has turned the argument into a theological...Tags: Abusive Behavior, George Bush, John McCain, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense
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Navy baseball primed for first NCAA tournament game since 2002
To members of the Navy baseball team, it finally feels like they're back where they belong.
For the first time since 2002, the Midshipmen earned a berth to the NCAA tournament after winning the Patriot League title and the conference's automatic bid. For...Tags: Virginia Cavaliers, Teaching and Learning, Atlantic Coast Conference, Baseball, Students
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