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Van Hollen is contemptuous of opposing views
I read with some amusement your article about Rep. Chris Van Hollen's participation in the Obama re-election campaign ("Van Hollen gains unexpected role in the Obama campaign," Aug. 26). While Mr. Van Hollen spends his time traveling around the nation...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Elections, Small Businesses, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Gas pipeline raises concerns about safety, environment
Columbia Gas Transmission's underground pipeline runs alongside David Raymond's house in Cockeysville today, as it did when he bought the place 30 years ago, quietly delivering natural gas to Baltimore County and beyond without incident. Still, Raymond...Tags: Wildlife, Natural Resources, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Companies and Corporations, Energy Resources
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Maryland budget forecast brightens
After years of budgetary gloom and shortfalls in the billions of dollars, Maryland's fiscal forecasters offered lawmakers a brighter outlook Tuesday, saying the state's operating budget could be just $27 million in the red next fiscal year.
Top fiscal...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, David Brinkley, Transportation, Annapolis, Budgets and Budgeting
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Power grid operator to consider canceling major transmission line projects
The state's power grid operator does not need a $3.3 billion pair of transmission line projects built through Maryland because the weak economy has slowed demand for electricity, the staff of operator PJM Interconnection has concluded.
The staff will...Tags: FirstEnergy Corp., Environmental Defense Fund, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Pepco Holdings Incorporated, Mount Airy
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Foose takes over as Howard superintendent
Renee Foose's call to education came around the 10th grade, when she says she "fell in love" with biology class. From there, she began a circuitous route to her career, and sometimes she was literally behind the wheel. Among the jobs Foose took to pay...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Joe A. Hairston, Teaching and Learning, Renee Foose, Separation of Church and State
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Heat advisory, storm potential arrive for holiday
Weather watchers have upgraded Central Maryland's chances of thunderstorm activity Wednesday night during prime firework show hours. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., gives an area from the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay a "slight"...
Tags: Weather Reports, Baltimore Weather, Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Frederick County (Virginia)
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Victims identified in Frederick tractor trailer crash
Two people were killed on Route 75 in Frederick on Monday afternoon when a tractor trailer loaded with oranges overturned and collided with the pickup truck they were riding in, according to Maryland State Police. Three people were also injured, one of...Tags: Prosecution, Transportation Accidents, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Motorvehicle Accidents, Sunrise (Broward, Florida)
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Greens, Libertarians launch new drives after ruling keeps them off Md. ballot
The Green and Libertarian parties are launching new petition drives to get their candidates for president and other offices on Maryland's November ballot after losing a battle before the state's highest court. The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Monday...Tags: Bill Clinton, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Regional Elections, Elections
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Letter: Del. Turner defends vote in favor of expanded gambling
I have voted my conscience on most legislation throughout the years I have served in Annapolis. For example, I voted against deregulation of our utilities, against giving the Marriott Corp. $44 million to stay in Maryland, against the returning of $1...
Tags: Annapolis, Elections, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Laurel
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Now, it's all about turnout
With just two days left until polls open on Election Day, all sides of Maryland's fiercely contested ballot questions are turning to their final task: getting their supporters into the voting booth. To accomplish that goal, the campaigns have recruited...
Tags: Democratic Party, Montgomery County (Maryland), Martin O'Malley, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Executive Branch
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Nor'easter forecasts place rain/snow boundary across Md.
The latest forecasts for a post-Election Day nor'easter bring a lot more of what isn't needed -- heavy rain along the Atlantic coast and possible snow in Western Maryland. The boundary between the two could fall right around Baltimore. Models show the...
Tags: Long Island, Natural Disasters, Baltimore Weather, Weather Reports, Droughts
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Somerset County struggles to recover from Sandy
WatermanJohnny Parks was 9 years old when Hurricane Hazel slammed Maryland's Eastern Shore in October 1954. Until this week, he thought he might never see a storm like that again. On Wednesday, he surveyed what Sandy had wrought at the shack where he...
Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), Janet Napolitano, Heart Problems, Barack Obama, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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