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Raven Matt Birk joins fight against same-sex marriage
Ravens center Matt Birk is expected to film a video this week opposing Maryland's new same-sex marriage law, making him the second player on the team to take a public stand on the referendum. Birk, a Roman Catholic and father of six, is pressing a view...
Tags: Abortion, Family, Baltimore County, Steve Bisciotti, Same-Sex Marriage
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Vindication mixes with continued uncertainty for Exxon plaintiffs
The oversized windows of Hans Wilhelmsen's house in Jacksonville command a view to the east of hills dotted with baled hay and stands of oak, maple and pine on the 70 acres he owns a mile south of where an Exxon station unleashed an underground flood of...Tags: Maryland, Judges, Lawyers, Water, Stress
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Re-energizing young voters
DeJanee Fennell hears the excuses.
Young people are apathetic. Young people are sick of politics. Young people have given up.
But Fennell doesn't buy that. The 20-year-old junior at Morgan State University knows President Barack Obama needs the youth...Tags: Facebook, Polls, Democratic Party, Charles Village, Ron Paul
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Homicide charge is latest trouble for former Wizard
Javaris Crittenton never had a chance to establish a reputation in the NBA before he became notorious. He was the other, seemingly insignificant half in one of the most embarassing incidents the Wizards franchise has had to face. An often-injured,...Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Punishment, National Basketball Association, Basketball, Javaris Crittenton
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Ron Paul is sweeping the GOP youth vote
Across the country, the youth vote is down. Registration is low. Voter enthusiasm for Republican candidates has been lackluster.
Unless that candidate's name is Ron Paul.
The 76-year-old U.S. representative from Texas has energized — and gained &#...Tags: Rick Santorum, Aberdeen, National Defense Authorization Act, Voting, Ron Paul
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The moral hazards of redistricting
Before Gov. Martin O'Malley frolics down the morally hazardous path of gerrymandering, it would be well to remember exactly why James Madison, the father of our Constitution, steered his fellow delegates away from creating a direct democracy and toward...Tags: Democracy, Timonium, Martin O'Malley
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U.S. flag's condition matches that of our Constitution
Reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, a TV news program showed video of the U.S. flag, flapping atop its pole at the Capitol. It had been torn nearly lengthwise twice. Besides on public grounds, the flag is prominently displayed by businesses...Tags: Television, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve as mayor.
Baltimore is my hometown and I have lived here my whole life--graduating from Western High School and I am proud to send my daughter to...Tags: Values, Government Debt, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Annapolis
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Lorenzo Gaztanaga
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve as council president.
I have been involved with independent party politics since 1992, fighting with my colleagues against the powers that be (in...Tags: Nazi Party, Democratic Party, Public Transportation, Primaries, Employment Opportunities
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Islamophobia on parade at GOP debate
I was appalled by the Islamophobia on parade at the first major Republican debate in New Hampshire on Monday night. Herman Cain, the Godfather's Pizza Mogul, made a spectacle of himself by denying that he ever said he wouldn't appoint a Muslim to his...Tags: Minority Groups, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, African Americans, Herman Cain
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Frederick W. Glassberg, community developer
Frederick W. Glassberg, a one-time Rouse Co. executive who became a prominent real estate and community developer in Howard County, died Sept. 15 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 77. A native of...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Wesleyan University, United Way , Loyola University Maryland, Clarksville
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