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Republicans claim about "uncertainty" under Obama, but it's the GOP candidates who are failing to provide answers -
- Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill could face a Supreme Court test similar to the Affordable Care Act
- The collapse of a soccer goal on a Howard County practice field has led the state's highest court to reconsider more than 150 years of personal injury law, in a case that could significantly improve injured plaintiffs' chances of winning payouts.
- The Romney campaign repeats its lies no matter how many times they're disproven.
- The ugliness in the Republican presidential primary that super PACs have fostered may be a necessary step before the two parties can come together behind efforts to stem the torrent of money in politics facilitated by the Citizens United decision.
- Independent musicians' trade group comes out in support of SOPA, PIPA; some musicians balk
- Environmentalism in the U.S. is stalled, with even President Obama an unreliable ally
- A Maryland financier who helped privatize the Seagirt Marine Terminal in 2009 is now trying to sell Congress on an ambitious, $250 billion plan he says would modernize the nation's crumbling infrastructure while creating millions of jobs.
- Legislation would allow the National Security Agency to pass classified information to private businesses vetted by the government to defend against disruptions, destruction or the theft of trade secrets, business plans and private information about clients, customers and employees.
