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Gross' health 'deteriorating;' wife pleads with Cuba, U.S. for release
As Alan Gross neared his third anniversary behind bars in Cuba, his wife gave new details of his deteriorating health and issued an impassioned plea to officials in Washington and Havana to negotiate his release immediately. Judy Gross, who visited her...
Tags: Cuba, White House, Trials, Montgomery County (Maryland), Prisons
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Defense bill includes provision for space contractors
A little-noticed provision in a massive, $633 billion military spending bill approved by Congress last week will end a decade-old battle over whether to ease export restrictions on U.S. satellite technology. If signed by President Barack Obama, the...
Tags: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Satellite Technology, National Defense Authorization Act, The Pentagon, U.S. House of Representatives
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The shameful treatment of foreign children in U.S. custody
The State Department revealed this month that the United States has detained more than 200 children at its military prison in Afghanistan. I represent one of them, a boy who left his parents' home in Karachi, Pakistan in July 2008, when he was 14, on a...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Prisoners and Detainees, Prisons, Pakistan
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America stands by Israel
More than seven years after Israel withdrew from Gaza in exchange for peace, we stand today faced with increased rocket fire from Hamas (an organization that is on the U.S. State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations). In the past 12 years,...Tags: Hamas, Terrorism, Gainesville, Emergency Incidents, National Government
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Wednesday
WEATHER: Sunny, with highs in lower 50s. Tonight is expected to be partly cloudy, with a low around 37. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS O'Malley likely to introduce gun control legislation: Gov. Martin O'...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Phylicia Barnes, Baltimore Orioles, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Hillary Clinton and the 'clot plot'
Apparently, if the secretary of state needs to take a sick day, she had better get a note from her doctor. A very "transparent" note, a very detailed note. With enough copies to send to her most vociferous critics. Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered a...
Tags: Flu, Al-Qaeda, George W. Bush, Sean Hannity, David Petraeus
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Flaming meteors, hot Nike kicks and another juicy 'Scandal' are the talk of Twitter
Good morning and welcome to an extra robust Friday online trends report. So did you see that awesome Meteor Shower? No, I didn't either, but thanks to Internet our ignorance and laziness will not be punished because the photos are plentiful and popular....
Tags: The Huffington Post, L.A. Reid, Tina Fey, Turkey, Twitter, Inc.
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Kanye West has a 'baby mama' in Kim Kardashian and other stressful news close out 2012
Goodbye 2012, it's been real. But on the trends front, we end on a sad note. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West -- two of the most obnoxious people in the world -- are reproducing. Joe Flacco can't even claim the title of the NFL's most pathetic quarterback....
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), New Year's Day, U.S. Senate, Joe Flacco, U.S. Congress
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Skeptics notwithstanding, Clinton will accept responsibility for ambassador's death
It was disappointing to read Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s column criticizing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not appearing before Congress to testify about the death of our ambassador to Libya ("For Republicans, a not so happy New Year," Jan. 6)....Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Dick Cheney, Government
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W. Kennedy Cromwell III, foreign service officer
W. Kennedy Cromwell III, a retired foreign service officer who spent the majority of his 32-year career in Africa, died Dec. 13 from complications of a stroke at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville.
The former Washington and Annapolis...Tags: Senior Health, Africa, Johns Hopkins University, Annapolis, Government
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Why did David Petraeus have to step down from the CIA?
We need to learn to get past these bimbo eruptions. Because if we don't find a way to forgive and move forward, a lot of good people are going to end up on the scrapheap. Gen. David Petraeus is the latest. Perhaps the most brilliant and successful...
Tags: Adultery, West Point, Tampa, Anthony D. Weiner, Police Investigations
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Ambassador to Syria keeps profile low in Bolton Hill
When the violence in Syria began spinning out of control last year, the Obama administration made the unusual decision to bring its ambassador to the troubled country home.
And for Ambassador Robert Ford, coming home has long meant returning to...Tags: George Washington, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Cairo (Egypt), Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Government
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