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Amid scandal, Obama focuses on jobs in Baltimore
President Barack Obama told several hundred people gathered at a Baltimore manufacturing plant on Friday that he would keep his administration focused on the economic recovery -- despite a series of political scandals that have rocked the administration...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Steny Hoyer
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Brown to launch campaign for governor
Seeking to emerge from the long shadow of Gov. Martin O'Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make official Friday what everyone in Maryland politics has known for a long time: He's running for governor. Brown, 51, will announce his candidacy in his...
Tags: Primaries, Ken Ulman, Political Fundraising, Polls, Barack Obama
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GOP ramps up criticism of Perez
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans, including Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, stepped up their criticism of Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez on Tuesday, amplifying their concerns a day before the former state official faces a Senate committee vote on his...
Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Eric Holder, Chuck Grassley
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Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?
Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join them. On Tuesday, lawmakers in Delaware adopted a same-...
Tags: Gay Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Rob Portman, Minority Groups, U.S. House of Representatives
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Senate OKs online sales tax
The Senate voted Monday to allow states to assess a sales tax on purchases from Amazon.com, eBay and other online retailers in a bipartisan measure that would also reduce the increase planned for Maryland's gas tax. The bill, which passed 69-27, would...
Tags: Business, Benjamin L. Cardin, Peter Franchot, Amazon.com Inc., U.S. House of Representatives
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The sequester gives Obama one more chance to blow it
In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...
Tags: Barack Obama, Budget Control Act of 2011, Finance, Government, Unemployment
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Hackers pose a serious threat to U.S. small business
When I bought Marlin Steel in 1998, the extent of its technology was an old fax machine. Today, our factory is full of industrial robots that are fed computer-aided designs and churn out steel containers for industry 60 times faster than before. We're...
Tags: Business, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Computer Networking and Internet, Small Businesses
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Obama's revealing reflections
Probing questions at presidential news conferences sometimes have a way of getting their principals to reflect on their state of mind -- and at the same time the state their presidency, particularly when things aren't going well. Back in 1995, when Bill...
Tags: Mark Twain, Television Networks, Barack Obama, Jules Witcover, Bill Clinton
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O'Malley signs death penalty repeal
Surrounded by religious leaders, civil rights activists and others who have fought for years to stop executions in Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Thursday repealing the state's death penalty. Unless the law is overturned in a...
Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Migration, NAACP, Political Fundraising, Justice System
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O'Malley promises corrections reform as GOP calls for audit
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that he would expand the use of technology to block cell phone calls in Maryland corrections facilities, part of a set of reforms designed to "root out corruption" after a federal indictment alleged widespread gang...
Tags: Gang Activity, Parties and Movements, Prosecution, Political Corruption, Justice System
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For Maryland Republicans, new messenger, same message
Maryland's House Republicans decided this week to jettison Del. Anthony J. O'Donnell from the leadership of their caucus on the grounds that a new messenger is needed to revitalize the party's prospects and pick up seats in the 2014 election. We wish...
Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Parties and Movements, Same-Sex Marriage, Executive Branch, Government
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The Sun's tepid outrage at Benghazi
The Sun's editorial offers left-handed, fingers-crossed and a fast-wink support for finding the truth about the Benghazi tragedy ("Benghazi deserves real review," May 10) when mostly it contained accusations that Republicans only want to attack...
Tags: Benghazi, Barack Obama, Havre de Grace
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