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Annapolis Boat Shows, the organization that operates events that annually bring tens of thousands of people to downtown Annapolis' City Dock, has been sold by owner C. Edward Hartman II. - If President Obama's handling of the FAA furlough issue is a sign of things to come, he is going to have a particularly ineffective second term.
- Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity gets a $1 million grant to build houses in the Woodbourne-McCabe neighborhood in north/northeast Baltimore, and Pigtown and Mount Winans in south Baltimore. The money will help fund the rehabbing of 21 dilapidated row houses in the 600-800 block of McCabe Avenue off York Road and construction of a park. The city is supporting the project.
- City ready to break ground on Habitat for Humanity houses on depressed McCabe Avenue off York Road.
- President Obama offers a commendable record and a more pragmatic vision for the future than Mitt Romney.
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- Leaders from the state's two largest counties and Baltimore city asked Maryland lawmakers Tuesday to raise the state's gas tax as a way to fund road projects and create jobs, making the case for the hike as tea party activists rallied against the idea in a plaza outside.
- Maryland motorists may not welcome a higher gasoline tax but it's the right thing to do
- President Obama's jobs plan is just another ill-considered stimulus bill
- President Barack Obama's plan to combat unemployment by pumping $447 billion into the nation's economy won cautious praise from Maryland-based small business owners and labor groups Friday, but there was widespread skepticism about the proposal's chances in Congress.
- Roscoe Bartlett bill would boost fuel competition so U.S. drivers would no longer be paying for dictators' expanding budgets
