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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: Democratic Party, Government, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Montgomery County (Maryland), Parties and Movements
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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: Government, Brian E Frosh, Howard County, Parties and Movements, Barbara A. Mikulski
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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: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Unions, Bernard C. Young, Local Elections, William H. Cole IV
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Delight and disbelief at Iraq withdrawal announcement
Dorothy Lee says it will be good to get her grandson back home from Iraq. But the Havre de Grace woman will believe it when she sees him.
In the months since Pfc. Christopher Hine left for Contingency Operating Base Adder in southern Iraq, Lee has...Tags: George W. Bush, Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Fort Meade (military base), Baghdad (Iraq)
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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: Government, Brian E Frosh, Anthony G. Brown, Regional Authority, Prosecution
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Howard County gets a more welcoming Welcome Center
For years the Howard County Welcome Center operated from a small and rather unwelcoming space on the basement level of Ellicott City's old Post Office on Main Street. A fallout shelter sign by the entrance set a less-than-inviting tone.
Despite the...Tags: Howard County, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Ken Ulman, Mail Order Industry, Ellicott City
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Coast Guard plans advanced ships off East Coast
The commandant of the Coast Guard, in Maryland this week to visit a newly launched national security cutter, said Thursday that he expects to deploy two of the state-of-the-art vessels off the East Coast.
Initially, the Coast Guard had planned to berth...Tags: Democratic Party, Atlantic Ocean, Morgan State University, Colleges and Universities, National Security
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House approves debt ceiling deal
The House of Representatives approved a bipartisan deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling Monday in a vote that splintered the Democratic and Republican members of Maryland's congressional delegation and pushed the months-long battle toward a climax in...Tags: Government Health Care, Maryland, Baltimore County, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Donna F. Edwards
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Md. transportation officials brace for latest federal standoff
— First came the budget debate. Next, it was the debt ceiling. Then, the FAA shutdown. Now Maryland officials are keeping a wary eye on the latest congressional stalemate over federal spending, an impasse that has the potential to put dozens of...Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Construction, Laws, Maryland
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Jury selection begins in bribery trial of state Sen. Currie
Jury selection in the federal bribery and extortion trial of Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie and two Shoppers Food Warehouse executives opened Monday with the judge reading aloud a who's who in state politics.
Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Thomas...Tags: Dereck E Davis, Blackmail and Extortion, Diseases and Illnesses, Corporate Crime, Bribery
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Postal workers protest layoffs, closures in Md., across U.S.
With rain coming down Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings picked up a bullhorn and looked toward more than 100 people protesting proposed U.S. Postal Service cutbacks in Catonsville.
"I refuse to take you for granted," he told the cheering crowd,...Tags: Democratic Party, Unions, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Layoffs and Downsizing
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Ehrlich campaign robocalls could provide ammo for Democrats
The Ehrlich campaign's alleged effort to keep blacks from voting last November could have the opposite effect for years to come, according to political observers who said indictments over the automated phone calls would become election-season fodder for...Tags: Democratic Party, Government, Dereck E Davis, Parties and Movements, Prosecution
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