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Four to receive Maryland consumer-rights awards
Two political leaders, an advocate for seniors and a community activist are to receive consumer-rights awards this month. The Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition said Thursday that it was naming U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings the "Federal Champion of the...Tags: Consumers, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Arbitration, Trials, Hank Greenberg
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Consumer advocate feared by financial institutions appears in Baltimore
On Capitol Hill, some lawmakers treat Elizabeth Warren as if she were Public Enemy No. 1.
That's what happens when you're charged with setting up an agency whose purpose is to protect consumers on financial matters — a job that brings you up...Tags: Barack Obama, Banking, Loans, Mortgages, Republican Party
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Maryland bankers: We've got heart
Elizabeth Warren is a native of Oklahoma, but she might as well be from Baltimore based on the reception the city gave her Thursday night. She spoke at a town hall meeting held by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings to talk about the new Consumer Financial Protection...Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Banking, Maryland, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Elections
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Elizabeth Warren: Baltimore's rock star
There’s more than 40 miles that separate Baltimore from Washington.
In Washington, Elizabeth Warren has undergone some merciless grilling by members of Congress about the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she is setting up.
But in...Tags: Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren, Consumers, Banking, Wages and Pensions
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Redistricting panel begins task
Gov. Martin O'Malley's redistricting advisory committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday to begin the process of redrawing Maryland's congressional and state legislative district maps. The five-member panel, which is charged with recommending a...Tags: Alex X Mooney, Maryland, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Government, Democratic Party
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WWII shipwrecks could threaten U.S. coast
On the evening of Feb. 2, 1942, an unarmed tanker with 66,000 barrels of crude oil on board was steaming in the Atlantic, about 90 miles off Ocean City. Without warning, it was struck by German torpedoes. The attack set the W.L. Steed ablaze, and sank it;...Tags: Wildlife, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Diesel Fuel, John Morgan, Water Pollution
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Mistrial declared in Clemens case
— The judge in the Roger Clemens federal perjury trial abruptly declared a mistrial on the second day of testimony, leaving government attorneys weighing whether to try again or drop the charges against the former All-Star pitcher that he lied...Tags: Chicago Hotels, William Miller, Los Angeles Times, Boston Red Sox, Judges
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Sarbanes, Harris lead in 2012 race for cash
Rep. John P. Sarbanes, a third-term Democrat who faces little opposition for re-election in 2012, raised more campaign cash than any other Baltimore-area member of Congress in the past three months, campaign finance reports made public over the weekend...Tags: Annapolis, Primaries, Benjamin L. Cardin, Federal Election Commission, Maryland
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Ehrlich takes stand for Currie in bribery trial
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. testified Wednesday on behalf of state Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, calling him "a gentleman" and "very friendly." Ehrlich, a Republican, and Currie, a Democrat, were elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1986, a...Tags: Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Annapolis, Anthony G. Brown, Regional Authority, Brian E Frosh
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National Democrats rally in Maryland for 2012
In the state's first large-scale campaign event of the 2012 election cycle, Maryland Democrats hosted their party's national leader Wednesday for a rally intended to energize voters and drum up support for President Barack Obama's re-election. The...Tags: Barack Obama, Entertainment Events, White House, Benjamin L. Cardin, Government
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Md. power elite close ranks around Currie
The No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives called Ulysses S. Currie a "decent, honest person." A former governor said he is "a gentleman." And Maryland's lieutenant governor described him as a "man of strong integrity."
It was an outpouring fit...Tags: Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Annapolis, Anthony G. Brown, Regional Authority, Diseases and Illnesses
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City Council candidates still raising, spending for November
At a time when campaigns in Baltimore usually are over, candidates in two City Council races are spending thousands of dollars battling to win the Nov. 8 general election. In East Baltimore's 13th District, Councilman Warren Branch has spent more than...Tags: Entertainment Events, Primaries, Evanston, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. Young
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