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Powerful poison Ricin found in letter sent to U.S. senator
WASHINGTON -- An envelope laced with the lethal poison Ricin and addressed to a U.S. senator was found at a Maryland mail processing facility, officials said Tuesday. The envelope, intended for the office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), was discovered...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Jeff Flake, Harry Reid, Anthrax
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Sequesterville
The musical "Annie" is enjoying another revival on Broadway. The show opened during the Carter administration, when America was in need of some optimism. "The sun'll come out tomorrow," sang Annie, and with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, for a...
Tags: Tom Vilsack, Elections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Washington Post, Arts
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Unlocking immigrant detention reform
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security now incarcerates, via immigration detention, more people per year than any other state or federal agency. In 2012, the DHS detained over 429,000 noncitizens awaiting immigration hearings or deportation, at a $2...
Tags: U.S. Congress, University of Maryland, College Park, Justice System, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Barack Obama
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Putting Benghazi in context
My initial impression of the murderous attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was probably similar to yours. A horrific incident. A security failure. Another example of radical Islamic overreaction to the most tepid of incidents — in this case,...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Benghazi, Elections, Libya, Islam
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Dunbar to launch division to armor websites against cyber criminals
Dunbar Armored has been in the armored-car business for nearly 90 years. But the Hunt Valley-based company now is branching into a new way to protect banks' and businesses' money and valuables: cybersecurity.
The company is launching a subsidiary, Dunbar...Tags: The Pentagon, Theft, Bank of America Corp., Organized Crime, New Products
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Somerset County struggles to recover from Sandy
WatermanJohnny Parks was 9 years old when Hurricane Hazel slammed Maryland's Eastern Shore in October 1954. Until this week, he thought he might never see a storm like that again. On Wednesday, he surveyed what Sandy had wrought at the shack where he...
Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Barack Obama, Heart Problems, Frederick County (Maryland), Somerset County (Maryland)
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Deportation reprieve for illegal immigrants starts Wednesday
When Sarita Santillan moved from Peru to Maryland with her family in 2003, she was just 11 years old — and had little clue how hard it would be to stay here. This week, Santillan, 20, an illegal immigrant who lives in Greektown, will be among...
Tags: El Salvador, Barack Obama, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Peru, Greektown
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Union president: Federal work a target for 'wing nuts,' but still a viable career choice
John Gage, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, has announced he will retire in August after leading the politically powerful union for the past nine years. The Baltimore resident, who is 66, has battled with Congress and...Tags: Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Scott Walker, Public Employees, Transportation Security Administration
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Balancing cybersecurity and privacy
From the assembly lines of Detroit to the steel mills of Pittsburgh to the oil fields of Houston, our country has been built by an entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation. And despite our recent economic challenges, that spirit is alive and well....
Tags: Tuberculosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Science, Networking, China
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Md. immigrants laud new federal policy on deportation
Nathaly Uribe's grandmother broke into tears Friday when the Glen Burnie high school senior told her of a new federal policy that would protect many undocumented young immigrants from deportation. "Now," the older woman said, "I know I can't lose you."...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Barack Obama, International Law, Genes and Chromosomes, Deportation
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Funding for regional disaster operations on chopping block
When Howard County decided it wanted a system for disseminating emergency information to its citizens via text message, it tapped into a pool of federal funding to create NotifyMeHoward, which launched in November. When the H1N1 flu virus posed serious...Tags: Conservation, Swine Flu, FEMA, Tamiflu (drug), U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Funds for regional disaster preparedness facing cuts
If a large-scale terror attack were to occur in the Port of Baltimore, responders from Carroll and other counties would be able to coordinate assistance efforts with city responders — thanks in large part to the region's Central Maryland Area...Tags: Conservation, Swine Flu, FEMA, Tamiflu (drug), U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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