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Oxbow wins 2013 Preakness, beating Derby winner Orb
No Triple Crown winner this year, no first-female-jockey-to-win, no sunshine? No problem, said those who flocked to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday and waited out a midafternoon downpour to watch Oxbow leave behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb to capture the...
Tags: Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Anthony G. Brown, Marriage, Triple Crown
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Thatcher made history by standing firm
In 1975, when asked to explain why Margaret Thatcher was poised to take over the Tory Party, the irascible British satirist Malcolm Muggeridge replied that it was all due to television — and the fact that the telegenic Mrs. Thatcher had a "certain...
Tags: Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Elections, Margaret Thatcher, Sociology
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The lady was a champ
MANCHESTER, England -- There is a story about Margaret Thatcher that is probably apocryphal but speaks volumes about the strength of Britain's first female prime minister, who died Monday at age 87. Following her election in 1979, the story goes that...
Tags: Government, Jimmy Carter, David Cameron, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher
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Tony Blair tells crowd at Loyola about global challenges
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a Baltimore audience Tuesday night that the world's challenges have never been greater, nor come with such speed, and he advocated intervention in struggling countries by powers such as Great Britain and the...
Tags: Tony Blair, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Margaret Thatcher
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The copy editor fudges
The Baltimore SunIn its obituary of William Rees-Mogg, sometime editor of The Times, Britain's Independent included this passage: Fraser Nelson, the editor of The Spectator, yesterday recalled the advice Lord Rees-Mogg gave him in 2001: "He said he took inspiration from...Tags: Ben Johnson, Ben Jonson
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Watching a Netflix 'House of Cards' get built at the Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore SunA few weeks ago, a group of actors dressed as reporters clustered near a cafeteria in The Baltimore Sun building. I had to take a second look to make sure they were actors and not visiting reporters or editors. But as I walked by, one asked me if I was in...Tags: Ian Richardson, BBC, HBO (tv network), Entertainment Events, MASH (tv program)
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Harford County Police Blotter
Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Daniel Raphael Gilbert, 37, of the 200 block of East Bel Air Avenue, was arrested on a bench warrant Friday in a case in which he was charged with disorderly conduct....Tags: Sears, Arson, Aberdeen, Robin Hood, Apple iPhone
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Norway becomes first NATO country to draft women into military
ReutersOSLO, June 14 (Reuters) - Norway's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to conscript women into its armed forces, becoming the first European and first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both genders. "Rights and duties should be...Tags: Parliament, Minority Groups, Elections, Feminism, Labor Legislation
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New lobbying scandal hits British parliament, Cameron's party
ReutersLONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - A lobbying scandal that has tarnished the reputation of Britain's parliament widened on Sunday after a newspaper secretly filmed a senior lawmaker from Prime Minister David Cameron's party making what is said were improper...Tags: Parliament, Government, Lobbying, David Cameron, National Government
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NEWSMAKER-Ed Balls, UK's anti-austerity finance chief in waiting
ReutersBy Andrew Osborn LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - Critic-in-chief of the government's strategy to revive the weak British economy, on the face of it Ed Balls looks like he may be winning the argument ahead of elections due in 2015. His opposition Labour party...Tags: Tony Blair, David Cameron, Elections, United Kingdom, Gordon Brown
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Britain will bring in lobbyists' register, says deputy PM after scandal
ReutersLONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - Britain will introduce a statutory register of political lobbyists, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said after three members of the upper house of parliament were suspended from their parties at the weekend in a "cash for...Tags: Government, Parliament, Lobbying, David Cameron, Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Canada says EU trade deal won't come next week, issues remain
ReutersBy David Ljunggren OTTAWA, June 7 (Reuters) - Canada and the European Union are still deadlocked over a long-delayed free trade agreement, officials said on Friday, casting more doubt on the pact as the EU shifts focus to a bigger deal with the United...Tags: France, Trade Dispute, Stephen Harper, Trade Agreements, European Union
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