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Financial aid award letters often lack transparency and wind up confusing students and parents
When you buy a house, you know the price and your monthly payment. The same with a car. But when it comes to a college education, students often don't have a clear idea of what they'll end up paying or whether one school is offering a better aid...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Financial Aid, Consumers, Students, University System of Maryland
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Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Baltimore SunSens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...Tags: Ron Wyden, Republican Party, Frank Lautenberg, Taliban, International Military Interventions
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Would you vote for James for Senate?
No love lost in Texas David Teel Daily Press A democracy that has given us Sen. Al Franken and Gov. Terminator surely is capable of producing Sen. Craig James. But I'd sooner vote for Lee "Don't forget the 7-second delay" Corso. The beauty of James'...Tags: Television, Football, Erin Andrews, Tiger Woods, Chris Berman
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Testimony before Senate panel calls for more oversight of crime stats, broader definition of rape
— In Cleveland, women's claims that a sex offender had assaulted them were ignored, until police found the bodies of 11 women at the man's home. In Milwaukee, a woman tried to report being raped but was told at three different police stations to...Tags: Maryland, Society, Justice System, Benjamin L. Cardin, Local Government
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Democrats expand majorities; several races remain undecided
Los Angeles TimesDespite his conviction last month on corruption charges, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator, clung tenuously to his seat yesterday as congressional Democrats exulted in their election gains elsewhere around the...Tags: Sarah Palin, Commerce, John McCain, Republican Party, Ted Stevens
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Democrats tighten U.S. Senate grip
Chicago TribuneThe same Democratic wave that made history yesterday by electing Barack Obama to the presidency drowned Republicans in the House and Senate and seemed poised to give Democrats commanding power in Congress. Voters appeared to be looking for someone to...Tags: Republican Party, Ted Stevens, Saxby Chambliss, Executive Branch, Government
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List of Grammy Award nominees
Baltimoresun.com StaffComplete list of nominees in 108 categories announced Thursday for the 48th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: 1. Record of the Year "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey "Feel Good Inc.," Gorillaz featuring De La Soul "Boulevard...Tags: Sean Penn, Derek Bell, Companies and Corporations, Weezer (music group), Movies
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O'Malley's speech doesn't go far
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley brought his prescription for improving homeland security to the Democratic convention last night, but his short speech was rewarded with only modest applause outside the Maryland delegation and a snub from major broadcast...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Republican Party, C-SPAN (tv network), John Kerry, Al-Qaeda
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Attitudes toward guns predict places in a divided electorate
Sun National StaffSecond in a series MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Sunday mornings, there is God. Sunday afternoons, guns. After sitting in the pews of their Lutheran church, the Montest family will load up their white Chevy Suburban with guns, ammo and safety gear, and head out...Tags: Howard Dean, Clubs and Associations, Republican Party, Television, Abortion
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...
Tags: Heritage Foundation, Barbara Boxer, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Employment, Economic Indicator
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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...Tags: DREAM Act, Republican Party, Jeff Sessions, AFL-CIO, Orrin Hatch
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