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Md. a two-party state for political corruption
In his recent commentary, "Too many Md. politicians have chalk on the shoes" (May 25), Douglas Schmidt gets points for originality for inventing a standard he can use to smear people who have committed no crime. However, he uses it mostly to smear...Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Ellicott City, Republican Party, Political Corruption
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Maryland politicians' crime spree
For the past three years, Maryland has experienced an unprecedented crime wave of political corruption. The only comparable period in memory would be the 1970s, when a governor was jailed and a sitting U.S. vice president (who had served as governor and...
Tags: Annapolis, Regional Authority, Jack Johnson, Values, Executive Branch
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Pimlico wagering up 9 percent from 2011
Et cetera Pimlico wagering up 9 percent from 2011 The Maryland Jockey Club concluded its spring meeting at Pimlico Race Course last weekend, posting average wagering figures that were 9 percent higher than those at the 2011 spring meet. The average...Tags: Pimlico Race Course, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Ice Hockey, Washington College (Maryland), Ticketmaster
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On Preakness day, Baltimore is first class
Baltimore Baby! I was so proud how the Maryland Jockey Club had fixed up Pimlico for the Preakness. Every building, every railing and sign — all were freshly painted with magnificent yellow flowers everywhere! Baltimore is first class! Jim...Tags: Equestrian, Preakness Stakes
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Maryland Jockey Club's Tom Chuckas 'couldn't be happier' about Preakness 2012
Two days after Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another's thrilling win over Bodemeister under sunny skies and in front of a packed house, Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas pronounced the 137th running of the Preakness a rousing success. "I...
Tags: Maroon 5 (music group), Kentucky Derby, Pimlico Race Course, Churchill Downs, NBC (tv network)
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Kevin Cowherd: With future at Pimlico secure, Preakness 2012 is best in years
Let's come right out and say it: This was the best Preakness we've had in years. What a day it was at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. You had a great crowd: a record 121,309. You had a handle of $80,463,005, sixth highest in Preakness history. You had...
Tags: Maroon 5 (music group), Kentucky Derby, Pimlico Race Course, Equestrian, Triple Crown
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Preakness infield party still raucous, but tamer than years past
There were still drunken 20-somethings. Still crowds making a ruckus. And people throwing up after one too many beers.
But this year — unlike at recent Preakness Stakes when infield crowds gained a reputation for debauchery and rowdy stunts like...Tags: Maroon 5 (music group), Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Equestrian
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Dramatic win caps off well-attended Preakness
The largest crowd in Preakness Stakes history watched the thrilling victory of a horse that's now on a Triple Crown hunt, jammed to pop band Maroon 5 and basked under a Saturday sky whose only clouds were the wispy letters of an advertisement sprayed from...
Tags: Maroon 5 (music group), Pimlico Race Course, Executive Branch, Adam Levine, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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I'll Have Another trainer tells governor horse is 'gonna win' Preakness Stakes
Gov. Martin O'Malley scored the behind-the-scene tour most Preakness fans wish for: an up-close look at the 11 horses in the Stakes Stables. Tom Chuckas, president of the Maryland Jockey Club, walked the governor around the barns, packed high with hay...
Tags: Shamrock, Kentucky Derby, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Horse (animal)
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Preakness infield largely laid-back
The Baltimore SunThe crowd as a whole is behaving surprisingly lucid and laidback, enjoying their neon yellow mugs full of beer. Anyone turned off by the debauchery of say, five years ago, might want to consider coming back. Then I spot the first public vomiting sighting...Tags: Preakness Stakes
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T M Fred Texas is first Arabian horse winner at Preakness
The jockey had raced an Arabian horse only once before and had never met the trainer before. The trainer, a former jockey himself, has never actually mounted an Arabian. The owner is an 18-year-old Shiek who, according to the trainer, knows very...
Tags: Arabian Peninsula, United Arab Emirates, Pimlico Race Course, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes
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Preakness 2012 attendance could be among highest ever
Baltimore Police say up to 50,000 people have shown up at Pimlico for the Preakness Stakes. The department expects about 112,000 people to come to the event by the time this evening's big race has been run. If the race hits that mark, it would be one...
Tags: Maroon 5 (music group), Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Event Planning
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