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- The alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington represents a dangerous escalation of Tehran's exporting of terrorist violence that demands the strongest possible response from the international community
- Congress must protect contract farmers from abusive poultry industry practices
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- A top supervisor with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is being reassigned to lead the Baltimore field office as the beleaguered agency attempts to remake itself amid the fallout from a failed gun-tracking operation along the Southwest border called Fast and Furious.
- The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that Baltimore County government harassed workers over medical conditions and forced some from jobs, according to documents and interviews.
- Pricey muffins are just another example of Obama administration freeloading
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Torture: Cheney and Yoo to the contrary, there is no justification for abusing our enemies -
- A Laurel oncologist pleaded guilty to buying and using drugs on her cancer patients that were not approved for use in the United States.
- A federal court judge has, in a 139-page memorandum opinion filed Aug. 3, shut down a government effort to use cellphone GPS data in a new way: to locate a charged defendant
- Conventional wisdom says US journalism has higher standards than that of the Brits. But what about sites like TMZ and the major networks paying for interviews through the dodge of licensing fees? Will we pull back in wake of News of the World scandal?
- Former NSA employee accused of espionage but convicted in a plea deal of "exceeding the authorized use of a computer," was sentenced to one year probation
- Blunders and outright misconduct by the companies servicing Americans' home loans are so common — and so difficult for homeowners to resolve — that the system is effectively broken, borrower advocates and an increasing number of regulators say.
- Jonathan Schell says the Obama administration twists logic and semantics to avoid the authority of the War Powers Act
- Two longtime political operatives who worked last year on the gubernatorial campaign of former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. were indicted Thursday for ordering what the state prosecutor called deceptive robocalls intended to suppress votes on the night of the election.
- The case against political operative Julius Henson — and the indictment of Paul Schurick — may finally convince Maryland pols that underhanded campaign tactics aren't worth the risk.
- Inspector general report questions the need for hiring armed guards at city parking garages.
- Former NSA employee Thomas Drake Thursday accepted a plea deal that cleared him of espionage charges stemming from an alleged leak of classified information to a Baltimore Sun reporter who wrote about waste and mismanagement at the Fort Meade-based agency.
- Antitrust case that Microsoft 'lost' finally ends with a whimper, and the company's Windows OS monopoly intact
- The successful hunt for Osama bin Laden is no vindication of torture in the pursuit of terrorists
- Schaefer's leadership in juvenile justice missed, too
- The ethical issues surrounding King & Spaulding's decision to drop its contract to defend the Defense of Marriage Act are thorny, but an unusually broad restriction on the speech and political activity of the firm's employees provides reasonable grounds for its actions.