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Maryland Jockey Club president says Preakness brand 'has changed dramatically'
Baltimore Sun Media GroupMaryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said Saturday that the Preakness brand “has changed dramatically” in the last few years, citing an attendance bump in the infield celebration and increased security all around the racetrack. ...Tags: Equestrian, Horse and Harness Racing, FBI, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Preakness Stakes
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Gun advocates should take aim at real scandals
Last month, I received emails from two people I know but who don't know each other: one a close friend and Second Amendment supporter, and the other a regular reader who sends me news items she believes the "liberal media" are willfully suppressing....
Tags: Forbes.com LLC, Shootings, Personal Weapon Control, Operation Fast and Furious, Glenn Beck
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Federal innovation a matter of perspective
The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...Tags: Public Employees, Government, Lyndon B. Johnson, Invention and Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Baltimore police choose new internal affairs leader
The Baltimore Police Department tapped one of its lawyers as the new head of internal affairs, saying Rodney Hill's experience as an officer and his recent turn as a prosecutor of police misconduct cases give him the credibility to lead a group charged...
Tags: Morgan State University, Prosecution, Towson, Los Angeles Police Department, Baltimore Police Department
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Officials considering changes to Preakness security
Pimlico officials still are consulting with federal and local law enforcement agencies on revised security measures for the Preakness. Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said he initiated a series of meetings with those groups April 16, the...
Tags: Churchill Downs, Equestrian, Football, National Football League, New York Racing Association
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Obama treats Boston bomber with kid gloves
One of the consequences of abandoning a standard by which right and wrong can be judged is our increasing inability to mete out punishment that fits the crime. In fact, too often we weigh extenuating circumstances rather than guilty actions. In the case...
Tags: Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, National Government, Islam
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Board approves $285,000 for consultant to tell police how to better run department
Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday unanimously approved $285,000 for city police to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. Despite the protests of competing...
Tags: Martha's Vineyard, Baltimore Police Department, Government, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Safety of Citizens
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Terrorist attacks diminish our freedoms
I've been at the finish line of several marathons and know the crowding and congestion there. The bomb blast at the Boston Marathon was gruesome ("Marylanders caught up in chaotic scene," April 16). What concerns me now, however, is that the...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Despite the Boston bombings, we're safer than we think
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the most frequently heard forecast was: "This changes everything." Americans would live in constant fear of the next attack, many pundits predicted. The desire for safety would spawn a security state that...
Tags: Doyle McManus, Timothy McVeigh, Terrorism, Wildlife, Times Square
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City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...
Tags: Government, Maryland State Police, Martha's Vineyard, Baltimore Police Department, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Harford police on alert, advise vigilance after Boston bombings
Harford County Executive David Craig says the Harford County's Department of Emergency Services, the Harford County Sheriff's Office and municipal, state and federal law enforcement partners are working cooperatively to ensure public safety following...
Tags: Laws, FBI, Law Enforcement, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Anne Arundel county executive shuts down in-house surveillance operation
On her first full day on the job, the new Anne Arundel County executive shut down a surveillance operation inside the county office building that included 500 cameras recording minute-by-minute activity in and around numerous county government facilities....
Tags: Laws, Glen Burnie, Laura Neuman, Severna Park, Parties and Movements
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