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Filibuster reform can't wait
Two months after American voters made it clear they want effective government — and two years before the U.S. Senate's next opportunity to reform its broken rules — that "do nothing" chamber appears poised to fix its filibuster. In its present...
Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Voting, Lyndon B. Johnson, Harry Reid
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A scary situation that could have been even scarier
It could have ended badly. Last Saturday, as many as 10,000 people listened while blogger Frank James MacArthur broadcast his stand-off with the Baltimore City Police Department live via Internet radio. The BPD had been trying for more than a week to...
Tags: Protest, Social Media, Occupy Wall Street, Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities
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The terrorist mentality is rooted in hatred, not despair
Reporter Mary Carole McCauley quotes writer Adam Lankford as saying terrorist attacks are motivated not by politics or religion but by despair ("Inside the mind of a suicide bomber," Feb. 10). I am sick and tired of hearing this misleading despair...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Psychiatry, Terrorism, Suicide, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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The truth about the Paterno scandal
Your recent article about the Joe Paterno sex abuse case missed the mark ("Report by Paterno family rebuts scandal accusations," Feb. 11). Buried on page 8 was the following dismissive remark: "The 238-page review, conducted by former Pennsylvania Gov....
Tags: Ellicott City, Joe Paterno, FBI, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012)
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Pass the Violence Against Women Act
The 1994 Violence Against Women Act has done tremendous good in stepping up prosecution of domestic violence, aiding victims and increasing awareness of a too-often silent threat to our society. But the act was allowed to lapse in 2011 amid partisan...
Tags: Barack Obama, Defendants, Barbara A. Mikulski, Minority Groups, Judges
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Fallston man found guilty of child sex abuse
A Harford County jury found James Thomas Starr, 26, of Fallston, guilty of sexual child abuse and third-degree sexual offense, Harford County State's Attorney Joseph Cassilly announced Friday. The verdict came after more than 10 hours of deliberation... -
Baltimore County man accused of beating child in Edgewood
A Baltimore County man was held without bail Monday after he allegedly admitted to beating his girlfriend's 2-year-old son while babysitting in Edgewood. A woman told police Saturday that her boyfriend, Gabriel Goddard, 29, of the first block of Brubar... -
North Harford High employee charged with having sex with boy, 15
A Whiteford woman who is an inclusion helper at North Harford High School has been charged with allegedly having sex with a student at the school. Amanda Kay Miller, 35, of the 4500 block of Flintville Road in Whiteford, has been charged with sexual...
Tags: Students, Prosecution, Teaching and Learning, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Harford County
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Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: New York City, Energy Resources, Jill Biden, Siemens, Renewable Energy
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Catholics surprised by Benedict's resignation
Crystal Sewell knows what she wants to see in the next pope: a combination of the last two. "I'm a conservative soul," the 29-year-old Reservoir Hill woman said Monday after the midday Mass at St. Alphonsus Church in downtown Baltimore. "I feel like John...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Global Expansion, Belief and Faith, Religious Leaders, Jesus Christ
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Legal gun owners are not the problem
Regarding the recent column by Susan Reimer ("Rage and resignation at the gun control town hall," Feb. 7), it has got to be the worst piece of racist diatribe I have read in years. In her view, because I am a white male who owns a firearm, I am a...
Tags: Laws, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control, Martin O'Malley, Racism
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Solving the state's health disparities
Nearly 10,000 people in West Baltimore are diagnosed each year with new cases of diabetes, hypertension and other treatable, chronic health conditions — enough to fill 24 jumbo jets. These illnesses will kill many of them and complications will...
Tags: Heart Disease, Culture, Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Substance Abuse
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