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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. Senate, Elections, The Pentagon, China, U.S. Department of State
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In Baltimore, an inauguration tradition all its own
Louise Johnson popped out of her seat at the Patapsco Arena in South Baltimore — taking a break from tying decorative gold and silver sashes to the backs of hundreds of chairs — and smiled warmly at a man delivering newly pressed gleaming...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, U.S. Senate, Executive Branch, Small Businesses, The Temptations (music group)
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Still recovering from Sandy, Crisfield braces for next storm
— Hazel Cropper, for years the fastest crab picker in this city built on its seafood industry, worries about the storm drain a few feet from her living room. As volunteers assessed the damage Superstorm Sandy caused to her home, the 74-year-old...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Bodies of Water, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Water, Insurance
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Only dictators govern by executive order
The recent column by two law school professors urging President Barack Obama to "bypass Congress" by making law through executive orders is truly alarming ("Bypass Congress," Dec. 27). The Revolutionary War was fought for our freedom from the King of...Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, Lawyers, Justice System, Barack Obama
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Senate approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, sends it to House
Hours before a midnight deadline Monday, the White House reached a tentative deal with Congress to stop an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest households and to postpone for two months tough decisions on how to cut federal spending. After a rare...
Tags: National Security Agency, U.S. Senate, White House, Budgets and Budgeting, George W. Bush
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Wednesday
WEATHER: Sunny, with highs in the mid-30s and sub-freezing wind chills. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS 'Fiscal cliff' deal approved, avoiding tax increases and spending cuts: A bipartisan plan to avoid...
Tags: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Fox News Channel (tv network), Murder, Anderson Cooper, Kathy Griffin
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'Fiscal cliff' deal approved, avoiding tax increases, spending cuts
A bipartisan plan to avoid federal spending reductions and tax increases that would hit Maryland especially hard won final approval Tuesday night in the House of Representatives even as outside groups warned that the bill would simply delay difficult...
Tags: Income Tax, U.S. Senate, Budgets and Budgeting, John Boehner, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Obama for president
Barack Obama has not been a perfect president. Millions are still suffering from a weak economy, vitally important issues like climate change and immigration remain all but unaddressed, and most disappointingly, the promise of a new politics to move us...
Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Health Insurance Cost, Budgets and Budgeting, Nursing Homes
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Obama plays his high cards
As President Barack Obama nears the end of his first term, has he finally found an inner LBJ to channel? His recent words and actions suggest he has turned a corner from his earlier wishful thinking about playing nice with obstruction-minded Republicans...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, The New York Times, CNBC (tv network), Jules Witcover
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The massacre this time
Look at what has become national ritual: A horrific shooting in some otherwise ordinary corner of the country — this time a town in Connecticut — with many dead and wounded, shock and grief, wall-to-wall television coverage. The president...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Safety of Citizens, Murder, White House
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As 'fiscal cliff' looms, federal workers rally against further pay cuts
Federal employees in Maryland and elsewhere stepped up pressure on Congress Wednesday to avert the looming fiscal crisis without making significant cuts to government pay and benefits. In rallies across the country and in a new ad campaign running in...
Tags: Advertising, Elections, White House, Personal Income, Democratic Party
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Columbia Association names new communications director
The Columbia Association announced this week that it named Celeste Olinger new director of communications. Olinger brings more than 25 years of public relations and communications experience from federal, state and local branches of government to the...
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