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Wells Fargo agrees to pay $175M settlement in pricing discrimination suit
About 1,000 Baltimore-area residents are expected to receive thousands of dollars each under a landmark $175 million settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Wells Fargo over accusations of discriminatory lending practices.
Under the terms...Tags: Chicago City Hall, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Chicago Mortgages, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bank of America Corp.
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Grade level of congressional speech falls
A study suggesting that the sophistication of congressional floor speeches has declined by a full grade level since 2005 ranks Reps. Chris Van Hollen and John Sarbanes as the most eloquent -- or verbose, depending on perspective -- members of Maryland&...Tags: Energy Saving, HIV, Democratic Party, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Roscoe G Bartlett
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George K. McKinney, U.S. marshal
George K. McKinney, who was the first African-American to be appointed U.S. marshal for the District of Maryland, and whose career in federal service spanned more than four decades, died June 17 of leukemia at his Northwest Baltimore home. He was 77.
"It...Tags: Philosophy, National Security Agency, Richard Nixon, Coppin State University, Justice System
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Cosby stumps for Rolley in Baltimore
Comedian Bill Cosby joked with seniors, marched through Mondawmin Mall and dropped by Northeast Baltimore homes Wednesday to stump for mayoral candidate Otis Rolley. "So how many of you know anything about this young man?" Cosby asked a crowd of about...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Television, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Coppin State University, Bill Cosby
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Drug company deals eyed in probe of shortage
Congressional lawmakers investigating the shortage of lifesaving drugs used to treat cancer and other illnesses are looking into three companies in North Carolina and Maryland that they believe set up "fake pharmacies" to access the drugs that they then...Tags: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Drug Trafficking, Food and Drug Administration, Long Term Care, Marketing
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Cummings looks into prescription drug shortages
University of Maryland women's basketball coach Brenda Frese said she was heartbroken that a chemotherapy drug used to treat her 3-year-old son, Tyler, for leukemia was in short supply and possibly unavailable.
When she discovered that some companies...Tags: College Sports, Laws, Brenda Frese, Food and Drug Administration, Chemotherapy
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Delaney wins in 6th District primary
A wealthy Potomac businessman whose very candidacy challenged state Democratic leaders won a hotly contested congressional primary in Western Maryland on Tuesday, setting up a battle for the seat in November that will help decide control of the House of...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Donna F. Edwards, Democratic Party, Benjamin L. Cardin, Roscoe G Bartlett
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State Center pledge continues back-and-forth on city project
Proponents of an ambitious plan to redevelop the city's largest state government complex gathered Saturday to pledge that the project's benefits would be shared among surrounding communities and disputed a recent report critical of the roughly $1.5...Tags: Contracts, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Montgomery County (Maryland), Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Peter G. Angelos
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Investigation highlights Balto. Co. minority hiring struggle
When Baltimore County Police Capt. Andre Davis took command, late in 2010, of recruiting and hiring, he could see that efforts to bring in African-Americans had slipped. Background checks were not being completed on many applicants, and no effort was...Tags: NAACP, Kenneth N. Oliver, Feminism, Discrimination, Randallstown
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Democrats oppose new congressional map
A chorus of Democratic officials concerned about minority voters in the Washington suburbs said Tuesday that they oppose the new congressional districts proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley's redistricting commission, setting up a key battle as the General...Tags: NAACP, Martin O'Malley, Local Elections, Donna F. Edwards, Democratic Party
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Mortgage settlement has shortcomings, critics say
As the federal government and 49 states signed a landmark mortgage relief settlement Thursday, housing advocates and others pointed to shortcomings and raised questions about how the $25 billion plan would be able to provide relief to nearly 2 million...Tags: Fannie Mae, Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Justice System, Federal Housing Administration
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Secret Service to receive ethics training at Hopkins
About 100 U.S. Secret Service agents will take part in a two-day ethics training this week to be overseen by professors at the Johns Hopkins University — a response to the widening prostitution scandal that began in Colombia, agency and university...Tags: Maryland State Police, Law Enforcement, Laws, Johns Hopkins University, Values
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