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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: Immigration, Newt Gingrich, Parkville, Elections, Republican Party
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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: John McCain, Rick Santorum, Polls, Media Industry, Parties and Movements
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In Holton case, court sets an impossible standard on bribery
When one of Charles Dickens' characters said, "The law is an ass," he could easily have been referring to the recent Maryland Court of Appeals decision that makes it practically impossible for the state to prosecute legislators for taking bribes —...Tags: Laws, Judges, Corporate Crime, Ulysses Currie, Charles Dickens
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Ron Smith ignores the 99 percent
Ron Smith often seems to be out of touch with the working man's heartbeat. His latest column ("Is serious social unrest in our future?" Oct. 7) is full of his favorite go-to guys off the bench, statistics, as essentially the sole support for his...Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Mark Twain, Barack Obama
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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: Government Debt, Abusive Behavior, Chicago Jobs, Baltimore Development Corporation, Minority Groups
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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: Public Transportation, Employment Opportunities, Annapolis, Corruption, Regional Authority
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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: Wesleyan University, Clarksville, Realty, Loyola University Maryland, United Way
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Police: Laurel murder-suicide witnessed by victim's children
What appeared to have been a strained association — rife with abuse and violence — ended in Laurel on Sept. 14 in a murder-suicide that was witnessed by the young children of the murder victim. According to Laurel and Prince George's County...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Labor Day, Murder, Prince George's County, Laurel
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Hessie Abraham Davidson
Hessie Abraham Davidson, former chairman of the Davidson Transfer & Storage Co., who counted among his many interesting and challenging moving jobs overseeing the moving of the U.S. Constitution, died Sept. 18 of complications from a stroke at Springhouse...Tags: Immigration, United Van Lines Incorporated, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Pikesville, Fine Arts
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Arrest at Inner Harbor renews free speech debate
The arrest of a man selling paintings at Baltimore's Inner Harbor has renewed debate over the confusing rules governing free speech along the waterfront promenade — an issue that already is the focus of an eight-year-old federal lawsuit.
City...Tags: Fine Arts, Brooklyn Park, Judges, Arts, Inner Harbor
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Spray-paint artist arrested at Inner Harbor
A spray-paint artist who recently won a temporary court order that allows him to create his work along Ocean City's boardwalk without a permit was arrested Sunday at Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
Mark Chase was arrested about noon when he attempted to set up...Tags: Fine Arts, Judges, Brooklyn Heights, Arts, Inner Harbor
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