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For Republicans, a not so happy New Year
Author's disclaimer: Today's piece may cause my center/right readers severe irritability, sleeplessness, and a strong desire to limit your cable television options to Fox. The antidote may not arrive until the midterm elections of 2014. Fiscal cliff...
Tags: The Salvation Army, U.S. Congress, Small Businesses, Labor Legislation, Illegal Immigrants
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Same-sex marriage would transform American society
Your recent editorial argued that Question 6 is about equal rights and that "the gay marriage law strongly protects religious liberties" no matter what opponents say ("Gallaudet's mistake," Oct. 12). It seems disingenuous to argue that Maryland's gay...Tags: The New York Times, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Freedom of Religion
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Timonium video game maker closes, lays off 100
About 100 employees of Big Huge Games, a Timonium-based maker of video games, lost their jobs this week as the studio and its Rhode Island-based parent company abruptly shut down because of financial problems. The 12-year-old company was one of the...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Companies and Corporations, Zynga Inc., Lobbying, Gaming
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Friday Buffet: The strange and sad demise of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games
On Thursday, the entire staffs of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games were given pink slips. The company, which released “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” (which I reviewed in February), was in partnership with the state of Rhode Island to bring...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Companies and Corporations, Gaming, National Basketball Association, Babe Ruth
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Educators say Obama plan relieves stress
It didn't matter whether they worked at a small city elementary school or a large, suburban middle school. Educators said Friday that President Obama's decision to lift the increasingly rigorous targets of the No Child Left Behind law would mean less...Tags: Andres Alonso, Middle Schools, Catonsville, Arne Duncan, Teachers
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Filibuster on Roberts looks unlikely
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. appears unlikely to be blocked by the delaying tactics of a Democratic filibuster, members of a key group of senators said yesterday. Roberts was the topic of conversation when the...Tags: John McCain, Democratic Party, Philosophy, Bill Frist, Justice System
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Congress OKs Bush's use of force
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- Edging America closer to possible war, Congress voted decisively to give President Bush the broad authority he wants to use military force against Iraq. The Senate passed the measure early this morning by a vote of 77-23, after the House...Tags: Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Dennis J. Kucinich, Constance A Morella, Democratic Party, Iraq
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Homeland security bill on verge of being shelved
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The Senate has become so deadlocked over the creation of a Homeland Security Department to protect Americans against terrorism that the chances the agency will be established this year have all but vanished. After a month of debate and...Tags: Unions, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Constance A Morella, Labor Legislation, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Stephen Goldstein: Tea party leading Republicans to history's dust pile in a hurry
Can the Republican Party become the Party of Yes, or will it wind up on the ash heap of history with the Tea Party of No? Think back to 2010. The tea pot seemed to be boiling. In Wisconsin, Ron Johnson stunningly defeated long-time Sen. Russ Feingold....Tags: Heritage Foundation, U.S. Congress, Russell Feingold, Parties and Movements, Chris Christie
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Delaware to become 11th state with gay marriage
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A divided Delaware state Senate voted Tuesday to make their state the 11th in the nation to allow same-sex marriage, after hearing hours of passionate testimony from supporters and opponents. The Senate's 12-9 vote sends the...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, U.S. Supreme Court, Gays and Lesbians, Government, Laws
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Delaware to vote on becoming 11th state to allow gay marriage
Delaware lawmakers will take up a gay marriage bill on Tuesday in a bid to make the state the 11th to allow same-sex couples to wed. The scheduled vote in the state's Democrat-controlled Senate follows the General Assembly's passage of the bill...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, U.S. Supreme Court, Gays and Lesbians, Government, Jack Markell
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Rhode Island on way to be 10th state to allow gay marriage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is on a path to becoming the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a landmark vote in the state's Senate on Wednesday. The Senate passed gay marriage legislation by a comfortable 26-12...
Tags: Christianity, Gays and Lesbians, Lobbying, Washington, DC, Same-Sex Marriage
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