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Mitt Romney, man of mystery
Mitt Romney's income tax returns may contain some surprises that he does not want the world to know about, but they are hardly his only secrets. His biggest secret, the question he has not answered through the entire campaign, the one that bothers...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Rush Limbaugh, Elections, Regional Authority, Rick Perry
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NAACP leads residents in protest against alleged police violence in Laurel
Laurel residents spoke out against alleged acts of violence perpetrated by members of the Laurel Police Department against blacks in a demonstration before and during the City Council meeting Monday, Sept. 10. The demonstration, which began outside the...
Tags: Civil Rights, Police Investigations, Apples, Prince George's County, Laurel
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Chazz Palminteri to receive NAACP award
The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will honor Chazz Palminteri with a Thurgood Marshall Award for the Arts and Humanities at its Freedom Fund Banquet tonight. In 2011, the New York-based...Tags: Chazz Palminteri, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Harbor East, Benjamin L. Cardin
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After police custody death, Baltimore activist builds profile
Within an hour after an East Baltimore man died while in police custody, Cortly "C.D." Witherspoon got an urgent phone call from someone with connections to the family, asking for his help. The next day, Witherspoon, a 30-year-old clergyman and single...
Tags: Civil Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Activism, Baltimore City Community College, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Morgan president offers condolences to family in cannibal case
Speaking out for the first time about a gruesome killing allegedly committed by a troubled student, Morgan State University's president expressed condolences to the families involved but declined to discuss details of the case or the institution's history...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Virginia Tech, Alexander Kinyua, Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie
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Maryland gay marriage: Don't cue the wedding bells just yet
There was a brief explosion of optimism from those supporting same-sex marriage in Maryland last week after a poll by Hart Research Associates indicated that voters in the state support it by a significant margin of 54-40. No state has ever approved gay...
Tags: Family, Civil Rights, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Elections
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Carver students bring home gold in ACT-SO competition
Three students from the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, in Towson, earned gold medals in visual arts categories at the 34th annual NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics competition, held July 5-8, in...Tags: State Farm Insurance, Apple iPad, George Washington Carver, Teaching and Learning, Culture
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Two programs on school system's TV channel address educational disparities
While many public school systems are gravitating toward the Web to reach audiences about programs, the Anne Arundel school system has turned to an older method to inform the public about its efforts to address purported educational disparities —...Tags: Civil Rights, Verizon Communications, Glen Burnie, Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups
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Supreme Court upholds health care law's mandate
The U.S. Supreme Courtupheld the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law Thursday, ruling that the government may impose tax penalties on people who do not have health insurance.
The court's long-awaited ruling rejected a broad legal...Tags: Parties and Movements, Anthony Kennedy, National Government, Barack Obama, Health Insurance
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Reactions to Supreme Court health care ruling
"President Obama and Congress chose to pass the Affordable Care Act because the status quo was hurting our ability to create jobs, expand opportunity, and protect the health of our children and parents.
"Today's decision gives considerable momentum to...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Labor Legislation
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NAACP plans protest at Monday's Laurel City Council meeting
Members of the local branch of the NAACP will join a group of Laurel residents in a protest at the Laurel City Council meeting scheduled for Monday. NAACP Prince George's County Branch president Bob Ross said that his group and Laurel residents are...
Tags: Civil Rights, Prince George's County, Laurel, Bob Ross
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As referendum nears, faithful push for traditional marriage
Bishop Willard E. Saunders Jr. quieted his Cherry Hill sanctuary Sunday morning, signaling for the music and the hallelujahs to stop so his words would come across clearly. "If something is perfect, it does not need changing," Saunders said, his image...
Tags: Family, Marriage, Martin O'Malley, Cherry Hill, Jamal Bryant
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