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Outside G-8 summit, few protesters
— A high-profile meeting of world leaders at Camp David drew only sparse protests Friday despite extensive security preparations by local officials. Frederick County closed public schools Friday and police said they felt obligated to "prepare for...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Summits, NATO Summit, Bank of America Corp.
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Emails show O'Malley's close ties to Perdue lawyer
A series of emails between Gov. Martin O'Malley and Perdue's corporate lawyer shows what an environmental group calls a "cozy relationship" between the two law school classmates as Maryland's chief executive weighs farm pollution regulations of concern to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Democratic Governors Association, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Renewable Energy
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Good fences made for good neighbors in 1912
100 Years Ago Of-fensive neighbors In the Howard County courthouse column: "After the completion of the criminal docket, the civil docket was taken up and the first case on it was the one of Curtis vs. Thompson. This grew out of a dispute over a...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), USS Monitor, Summits, Carl Sandburg
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Protesters, police prep for G-8 summit at Camp David
In the little town of Thurmont (population not quite 6,200), the recession has taken a heavy toll on Main Street, but things are picking up as residents prepare for next month's G8 Summit at nearby Camp David. The Cozy Country Inn has been busy booking...Tags: Conservation, International Organizations, Frederick County (Maryland), Shootings, Summits
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Frederick Co. welcomes G-8 summit move to Camp David
Frederick County officials welcomed news Tuesday that President Barack Obama will host this year's G-8 summit at Camp David. They also acknowledged the potential for protests of the sort that have accompanied past gatherings of the leaders of the Group...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Vladimir Putin, Summits, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton
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State park near Camp David to close during G-8 Summit
A state park will be closed to the public for three days next month while world leaders gather nearby at the Camp David presidential retreat for the G-8 Summit, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The move is highly unusual, and...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Vladimir Putin, Summits, Jimmy Carter
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UMBC president named among world's most influential leaders
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the longtime president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County whose trailblazing work in educating minority students in the sciences has catapulted the university onto the national stage, has been recognized as one of the...Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Civil Rights, Facebook, Science, Hampton University
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Politicians who fail their country should resign
The failure of the congressional supercommittee to reach agreement to limit the federal debt and balance the budget is a disgrace. The electorate knows that a balanced budget is achievable, but our representatives again have kicked the can down the road,...Tags: Government
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Maryland law professor was adviser to Nobel laureate
When University of Maryland law professor Larry Gibson was asked to become involved with the Liberian presidential campaign of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, he initially declined. But she ultimately won him over, and his efforts helped her become Africa's...Tags: Political Campaigns, World Bank Group, Feminism, Civil Rights, Human Rights
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As Obama weighs Afghan troop withdrawal, he should heed America's mayors
As President Obama makes his final decision on a schedule for drawing down the number of troops in Afghanistan, members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, meeting in Baltimore, voted overwhelmingly on Monday to urge him to end the wars there and in Iraq as...Tags: Regional Authority, Iraq, Defense, National Government, White House
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Rep. Bartlett right on U.S. intervention in Libya
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and I would agree on very few political issues. But he is correct to sue over the war in Libya ("Bartlett, others sue over Libya," June 16). While I have great empathy for the people of Libya who have lived for decades under a...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, George Bush, Richard Nixon, Bahrain, Dick Cheney
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When is a war not a war? When Americans can't get hurt, Obama says
The Obama administration has come up with a remarkable justification for going to war against Libya without the congressional approval required by the Constitution and the War Powers Act of 1973.
American planes are taking off, they are entering Libyan...Tags: Lawyers, Abusive Behavior, Defense, Libya, Pakistan
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