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State lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are considering legislation that would regulate police surveillance programs — and require public disclosure — after the Baltimore Police Department ran a secret aerial surveillance program over the city for months.
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Labinal Power Systems plans to cut nearly 500 jobs from its manufacturing plant in Salisbury starting in July, as the defense contractor intiates layoffs connected to the shutdown of its Eastern Shore operations.
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Civil Air Patrol Carroll Composite Squadron having open house from 7 to 9 p.m. May 12 at Hilltop Assembly of God church hall, 30 N. Cranberry Road, Westminster
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Public Invited to OPEN HOUSE. APRIL 2015. Westminster, Md. The Civil Air Patrol Carroll Composite Squadron located in Westminster, Maryland, extends an open invitation to the public to attend an Open House May 12, 2015. The event will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hilltop Assembly of God Church Hall located at 30 North Cranberry Road in Westminster. Come see firsthand our programs and experience the camaraderie of the dedicated men and women who are the Carroll Composite Squadron. The Civil Air Patrol has three primary missions: aerospace education, cadet programs and emergency services. The Carroll ...
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Navigating the violent upheavals in the Mideast will require deft diplomacy and a willingness to live with a certain ambiguity in our relationships with friend and foe
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The purpose of the Iran nuclear talks is less about stopping the bomb than launching a new era of engagement, says Jonah Goldberg.
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The president's decision to slow the pace of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was a bow to history's lesson that wars are easier to start than to end
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A Maryland man whose espionage conviction made headlines in the 1980s acknowledged a more common crime Thursday: theft.
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Mr. Netanyahu wants the U.S. to forgo negotiations in favor of sanctions while Iran continues to build the infrastructure for nuclear weapons. The logical consequence of this chain of events would be war, because Iran would continue to develop its nuclear program unless negotiations prohibit it. Presumably, then, Mr. Netanyahu wants the next step to be a U.S.-led war in Iran
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Brian Williams' lies are not equal to those of Fox 'News' -- they are worse, says Leonard Pitts.
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A Salisbury manufacturing plant threatened with closure more than 20 years ago is once again slated to be shut down, a blow to the Eastern Shore city which is still working its way back from the recession.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama revived his call Thursday for an end to deep cuts in federal spending, an appeal that fell squarely in the divide between Republicans in Congress who want to rein in costs and those who want to boost the Pentagon's budget.
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UFO sightings cropped up all across the United States, including in Maryland, while the Air Force's Project Blue Book tracked them from 1947 to 1969. And now, many of the program's once-secret case files are receiving a second life online, after being posted online last week to UFO enthusiast John Greenewald's website blackvault.com.
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The air show at Joint Base Andrews, a popular annual event for more than 50 years until it was grounded in recent years by budget cuts, will return in September 2015, base officials said Tuesday.
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Carroll veterans reflect on the war on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled new initiatives Thursday to battle rape and other sexual assaults within the U.S. military after the Pentagon released a report showing an 8% increase in reported incidents over the past year.
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The U.S. must strengthen its ballistic missile defenses against Iran
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Nearly five decades after their service, veterans of the Vietnam War deserve to be honored and embraced by their countrymen
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Two giant JLENS blimps are set to watch over the east for attacks, unless Congress won't fund them.
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Robert B. "Bob" Temple, a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. technician and a Korean War veteran, died Friday at the Longview Nursing Home in Manchester of complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was 84.
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Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table hosted Civil War Day at Carroll Lutheran Village, in Westminster, Sept. 20.
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Brian K. "Kim" Webb, a semi-retired insurance executive who remained a lifetime supporter of McDonogh school, died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro, N.C., of cancer. He was 77.
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President Obama needed to put Russia on notice that NATO is resolved to resist its aggression in Ukraine
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The majority of Carroll County law enforcement agencies have taken advantage of a Department of Defense program which offers surplus military equipment at no cost, including everything from weapons to office furniture.
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Courts eventually will have to sort out the legal issues regarding the use of drones by police, but there's no turning back the clock
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Departments across the country are increasingly exploring uses for the technology, including Baltimore County police, where officials have discussed with a local company to view a drone, though they say they are still in the exploratory stages.
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Ben Jackson, a Pennsylvania man featured in a Gatorade commercial that detailed his use of wrestling and power lifting to help him spastic cerebral palsy, visited the Ravens Thursday.
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The U.S. needs Russia. This may sound peculiar coming from a person who spent 25 years at the NSA, almost half of those fighting communism. But our approach to Russia since the end of the Cold War has been unimaginative and aggressive. Politicians in Washington put on their Cold-War glasses any time Russia makes noise. It's time to archive those in the Smithsonian.
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"Unmanned" is a cautionary tale exploring the consequences of drone warfare
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The long-planned site is to be based near Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Southern Maryland, long a key research site for the Navy
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Russia's proxy war in Ukraine has backfired with the downing of a Malaysian airliner by separatist rebels
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Israeli response to Gaza rockets is overwhelmingly one-sided because that's the only way to respond to terror attacks
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Terence T. Finn, a retired NASA executive whose passion for military history led him to write four books on the subject, died June 27 of complications from a rare blood disorder. The Chestertown resident was 71.
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Living history of what was once optimistically called the War to End All Wars may have faded, but we'd be foolish to allow our understanding of this key event in human history to be forgotten.
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A rainy system off the coast of Florida could become Tropical Storm Arthur and sweep up the East Coast late this week into the weekend.
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BAGHDAD (AP) ¿ Iraq's top Shiite cleric stepped up the pressure Friday on politicians to agree on Iraq's next prime minister, after incumbent Nouri al-Maliki lost the confidence of former allies in the fight against Sunni militants.
