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Baltimore stations stick with network fare

Though the final results still aren't in, the low-turnout primary of 2014 appears certain to set up a compelling contest in the general election.

Several General Assembly incumbents were trailing opponents after early primary voting results were released Tuesday evening — but many incumbents worked to turn back tough challenges.

As votes were being counted Tuesday night, politicians and poll workers estimated that the turnout for the primary was among the lowest in recent history.

A planned power plant in Fairfield that environmental groups and local schoolchildren have protested faces millions of dollars in fines and has been ordered to halt construction because organizers didn't buy enough emissions credits to offset air pollution the facility will create, according to state officials.

Precinct officials, supporters of candidates and voters reported light, but steady, turnout at polling places around central and northern Harford County for Tuesday's primary election.

A slow but steady trickle of Route 40-area voters hit the polls Tuesday morning in Harford County to cast their ballots for what many are calling a less-than-eventful primary election.

The United States Constitution prohibits the president from re-engaging the United States military in Iraq to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) without new congressional authorization. Further, the struggle for sectarian power there is irrelevant to our national security. Without the justification of self-defense, United States intervention would additionally create a precedent that would invite intervention by Russia or China in their neighboring countries.

The 'terrorist' label

One optimistic conclusion can, however, be drawn: the system works insofar as elected officials can be shamed into doing the right thing, which in this case was allowing the legislation to die.

CharmTV will feature Baltimore restaurants, neighborhoods

Maryland voters head to the polls Tuesday to resolve the Democratic and Republican primaries for governor, and to nominate scores more politicians for November's general election.

Summaries of The Sun's picks for Tuesday's primaries, with links to the full endorsement editorials.

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic National Committee is pushing back on a comment made by a Republican spokeswoman that accused Gov. Martin O'Malley of "Hispandering" to Latino voters, calling the term "silly and offensive."

Democrats should support Heather Mizeur to be Maryland's next governor

The real lesson of the IRS scandal is the rise of the self-interested bureaucratic class, Jonah Goldberg writes.

The preliminaries are over and Tuesday will be Primary Election Day in Harford and Cecil counties, with a number of local offices and several legislative seats possibly on the line.

Baltimore's subpoenas in the pregnancy center lawsuit intimidate and harass anti-abortion groups.

Cantor's unexpected loss to a conservative economist in Virginia's June 10 primary — despite raising nearly $5 million — has given a measure of hope to little-known candidates for Congress in Maryland, even though independent political observers say the chance of a similar upset on Tuesday remain next to nil.

Maryland should follow the example of other states and begin gradually phasing out the sub-minimum wage for disabled workers

Two candidates for Anne Arundel's County Council have been named to a list of extremist candidates compiled by a national civil rights organization.

Maryland's Democratic and Republican contenders for governor are sparing no effort to pull every last supporter to the polls Tuesday for a primary for which many voters aren't ready.

How many votes does it take to win the primary for governor in Maryland? Considering it's a state of nearly 6 million people, not many.

State must stand firm behind efforts to promote alternative energy, reduce air pollution

President Obama's decision to send military advisers to Iraq will do nothing to resolve the conflict there and may make matters worse.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday will formally nominate Carolyn W. Colvin to head the Social Security Administration, where she has served as acting commissioner since last year.

Officers have not had the use of tranquilizer guns over the past few months including last week when police killed two animals

Baltimore County will add additional police officers and offer special parking rates to handle new development in Towson, including the July 10 opening of the Cinemark movie theater, County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said Friday.

WASHINGTON — A policy unveiled by Gov. Martin O'Malley that was intended to reduce the number of non-criminal immigrants deported from the Baltimore jail is facing scrutiny from advocates who say it contains loopholes so large it will inevitably fall short of that goal.

For Republican candidates in the Maryland governor's race, there's simply not enough Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to go around. He's like the father in a large family whose kids compete for his attention but can't manage to get Dad all to themselves

Sun endorses the status quo

With $55,218.33 raised in the six months between Jan. 8 and June 8, Nick Stewart, an Arbutus resident, commercial litigation attorney at the Saul Ewing law firm in Baltimore and a former speechwriter for Gov. Martin O'Malley, leads the crowded field of District 12 candidates when it comes to campaign donations.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan condemned a federal agency's decision Wednesday to cancels several trademarks of Washington's National Football League team on the basis that the nickname Redskins is offensive to native Americans.

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, which supplies water to Prince George's and Montgomery counties, is under fire from many in Laurel for opening all seven floodgates of the T. Howard Duckett Dam April 30 following days of heavy rain.

A Baltimore judge ruled this week that she will not enforce her decision to dismiss a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by the former developers of the "Superblock" until an appellant court rules on the case.

City officials agreed Wednesday to pay $50,000 to the family of a City College student whose teacher struck her in the face with a chair, breaking the girl's nose.

While the field of candidates in many state and local races is thin, there is no shortage of people running to replace Gov. Martin O'Malley, who isn't eligible to run for re-election.