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Tuskegee Airmen offer insights into era of segregation
When he was a Tuskegee Airman on an Alabama air base in the 1940s, Cecil O. Byron and other members of the all-black squadron could not shop or dine in the nearby town. They were relegated to the balcony at the movies and could not leave the theater until...Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, Tuskegee Airmen, Morgan State University, Black History, The Pentagon
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Herman G. "Hank" Tillman Jr., Air Force colonel
Herman G. "Hank" Tillman Jr., a retired Air Force colonel and pilot who flew in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was one of Maryland's most decorated veterans, died Sunday of liver failure at his Chester home. He was 89.
He was born in his immigrant...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Photography Supplies and Services, Italy, Imperial and Royal Matters, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Feds to check immigration status of people arrested in city
A controversial program that lets U.S. immigration officials check the citizenship status of people who have been arrested is being expanded to include Baltimore despite objections from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and immigrant advocates. The Secure...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Migration, International Law, Trials, Government
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Bill Clinton - PBS offers a second draft of history this week
The Baltimore SunIf the daily coverage of Bill Clinton's rollercoaster presidency and the inititial wave of journalist-written biographies constituted the first draft of history, this four-hour PBS film some 12 years after he left office is the second. Proper...Tags: NPR, Bill Clinton, Movies, James Carville
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Santorum and 'phony theology'
At first, it seemed as if Rick Santorum was questioning President Barack Obama's religious faith. Now, it appears that what he meant was to question the faith of all Americans who believe clean water, air and land is in the public interest.
For someone...Tags: Natural Resources, Elections, Environmental Pollution, Parties and Movements, Endangered Species
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Harris seeks to ban low-ceiling horse trailers
— Rep. Andy Harris, whose district is home to last year's Kentucky Derby winner, has tucked a ban on cramped horse trailers into a massive transportation bill pending in Congress, pitting him against lawmakers in his own party, farming interests and...Tags: Animal Kingdom (racehorse), Litigation and Regulation, National Government, Government, Baltimore County
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Md. Democrats balk at bipartisan tax deal
All but one Maryland Democrat in Congress bucked party leaders Friday to vote against extending a nationwide payroll tax break through the end of the year, most of them because of a requirement that newly hired federal workers contribute more to their...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Elections, Parties and Movements, National Security Agency, Baltimore County
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Obama budget cuts would hit Maryland
Labor unions that represent government workers — and some Maryland Democrats — criticized the budget President Barack Obama unveiled Monday for cutting $27 billion in federal employee pensions while offering what they called a modest, half-...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Cancer, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Health and Medical Professionals, Alzheimer's Disease
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Contraceptives rule: A clear affront to the First Amendment
Judging from all the articles in The Sun recently, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, columnist Dan Rodricks and many others are wondering what all the fuss is about regarding the Catholic Church's strong opposition to requiring hospitals and schools to offer...Tags: Human Rights, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Barbara A. Mikulski, Health Treatments
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A first lady in fighting form
The first family is America's egalitarian version of royalty (if you are too young to remember the sprawling Kennedy clan), and thanks to our People magazine sensibilities, we know as much about their family life and fashion as the Brits do about Kate and...Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, iCarly (tv program), People (magazine), Hillary Clinton, Rachael Ray
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First look at HBO's 'Game Change' - A film so political in so many good ways
The Baltimore SunI just walked out of a dark room after spending two hours with the screener for "Game Change," the HBO film about the 2008 Republican presidential campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Based on a best-selling, non-fiction book about the historic race,...Tags: Danny Strong, Music, YouTube, CNN (tv network), Sean Hannity
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Amid birth control debate, Obama sending delegation to watch O'Brien become a cardinal
President Barack Obama is sending a presidential delegation to the Holy See this weekend to watch the elevation of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and another American to cardinal, the White House said Thursday. Both O’Brien, spiritual leader...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Employees, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Barack Obama
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