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Md. hospitals say rate vote means jobs cuts
Maryland hospitals said they will need to cut jobs and patient services after a state panel voted Wednesday to keep hospital rates flat, despite a 2 percent cut in Medicare payments required by federal sequestration. "There are significant job cuts...
Tags: Government Health Care, Obstetrics, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Elections, Medical Specialization
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Ire grows after Towson president cuts teams
Towson University baseball coach Mike Gottlieb got the call March 8 at 9:07 a.m. — a time he has committed to memory. We need you to meet with us at 9:45 a.m., athletic director Mike Waddell told him. Call your players and tell them to come, too,...
Tags: Students, College Baseball, Peter Franchot, College Sports, Elections
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Supporters mount campaign to preserve assault weapons ban
Gov. Martin O'Malley and gun-control advocates launched an offensive Thursday to protect his proposed ban on assault-type weapons from a House committee's efforts to scale it back. "Military-style assault weapons belong on the battlefield, NOT on the...
Tags: Annapolis, Shootings, Elections, U.S. Congress, Firearms
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Baltimore lobbies for tall ships, naval vessels to fill Inner Harbor
The sales pitch to 46 uniformed men was simple: Welcome to Baltimore. Next time, bring a tall ship. City and state officials and the nautical community have begun a marketing drive aimed at filling the Inner Harbor with majestic sailing vessels and...
Tags: Inner Harbor, War of 1812, Star Sailing, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Comfort food and charming history at Friendly Farm
For The Baltimore SunWe live in an age that glorifies home cooking. Accomplished chefs across the region strive to recreate the flavors, smells and experiences of their grandmothers' kitchens. "Comfort food" is an haute cuisine buzzword. Though it's been open for more...Tags: Chicken, Restaurants, Appetizers, Pork Chops, Foods and Beverages
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Gun advocates detail armed school guard plan
Gun-rights advocates unveiled Tuesday a 225-page report paid for by the National Rifle Association that lays out a vision for arming teachers to prevent the kind of mass shootings that claimed 27 lives at a Connecticut elementary school last year....
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, George W. Bush, Teachers, U.S. Congress, Gun Control
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Harford lobbyist arrangement an unsavory problem [Editorial]
That Harford County government has to retain a lobbying firm to build relationships and advance the county's cause in state government is reason for voters to take pause and be concerned. It would be easy to blame Harford County's lackluster elected...
Tags: Annapolis, Maryland General Assembly, Local Elections, Harford County
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As coastal sea levels rise, Congress sticks its head in the sand
Thanks for your article on climate change and rising sea levels ("Survey shows Americans wary of sea level rising," March 29.) Global warming is driving major change in sea levels. In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world's...
Tags: Ecosystems, U.S. Congress, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceans, Global Warming
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O'Malley offers only a con job
Regarding The Sun article on Gov. Martin O'Malley's recent campaign swing to South Carolina ("O'Malley takes a tryout in S.C.," March 24), he states that his principles are working in Maryland. This is false. During his campaign, Mr. O'Malley opposed...
Tags: Executive Branch, Annapolis, Regional Authority, Government, Martin O'Malley
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Lawyers Hill community lobbies for sound barrier
Traffic can be seen zipping along I-95 through the trees from the front porch of Michelle Kline's Elkridge home on Lawyers Hill Road. The hum of traffic is constant and inescapable, even inside her home. "Absolutely, I can hear it inside," Kline said....
Tags: Lawyers, Ellicott City, Finance, Justice System, Ken Ulman
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Md. gun bill gets stronger
Despite the national horror at the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, the effort in Congress to enact any meaningful legislation to address gun violence appears increasingly at risk. The first casualty of...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Elections, Criminals, Justice System
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House panel kills 'black liquor' bill
Legislation that would have phased out millions in ratepayer-financed subsidies for mostly out-of-state paper mills died in a House committee Friday, just a day after the Senate passed a companion measure. The House version of the so-called "black...
Tags: John A. Olszewski, Jr., Baltimore County, Elections, Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Allegany County
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