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NSA surveillance sparks privacy debate
You make a call from your land line or text a friend from your smartphone. You browse an online retailer for clothing, a book or music; you create a wish list or write a review. You walk past a security camera outside your home; you use GPS to find...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Verizon Communications, National Security, Science and Technology, Government
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Cummings endorses Brown-Ulman ticket
U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will announce today that he is endorsing the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial ticket of Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown and his running mate, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman. Cummings is expected to be on hand this morning in...
Tags: Politics, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Government
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Top Md. Dems expected at summit in Hagerstown
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comTop Democrats from the state will converge in Hagerstown on Saturday for an annual summit of Western Maryland Democrats. And although Western Maryland hasn’t been a Democrat stronghold in recent years, party leaders said they were buoyed by...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Annapolis, Barbara A. Mikulski, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Maryland General Assembly
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The sequester solution hiding in plain sight
The budget fights in Washington, D.C., and Annapolis are looking predictably ugly this year and are shaping up along familiar lines: Do we raise taxes? Do we sink deeper in debt? Which programs do we cut — and how deep? How can we fund public...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Annapolis, Food Industry, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Washington, DC
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F-35's manufacturers put civilians in 'cockpit'
Rep. Donna F. Edwards slipped into the F-35 cockpit — a stationary demonstration model — and gave the jet a simulated spin, trying out the controls, shooting down enemy aircraft over the Chesapeake Bay and executing a celebratory roll. "This...
Tags: Linthicum, U.S. Department of Defense, Aerospace Manufacturing, Politics, Science and Technology
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Virginia, Maryland lawmakers spar over FBI move
Lawmakers from Virginia pressed a House of Representatives panel Wednesday to forgo a requirement that a potential new FBI headquarters be located close to the Capital Beltway, a provision they said gives Maryland an unfair advantage as the two states...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Police Investigations, Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), Washington, DC, Politics
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Do-nothing House Republicans
WASHINGTON -- A meat cleaver hangs over the federal government, but the unflappable men and women of the House majority remain cool and poised. With just a few days to stop automatic spending cuts from affecting everything from air travel to food...
Tags: NASA, Michael Burgess, Harry Reid, Politics, John Boehner
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Edwards ranked among most liberal House members
Rep. Donna Edwards, a Prince George's County Democrat, is again ranked among the most liberal members of the House of Representatives, according to an annual review of roll call votes by National Journal. Edwards tied for first place in the rankings...Tags: Ben Quayle, Elijah E. Cummings, Politics, Xavier Becerra, Parties and Movements
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‘Meet the Press’ exclusive: Barack Obama is the guest
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelABC's "This Week" inteviews Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. The program starts at 11 a.m. on WFTV-Channel 9. Other guests are Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho. ABC's Jonathan Karl will lead a roundtable... -
King dinner and breakfast events in Anne Arundel honor works of residents, organizations
The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Dinner and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast, scheduled for Jan. 18 and Jan. 21, respectively, will recognize more than a dozen area residents for their work in human relations, community...Tags: Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice and Rights, Glen Burnie
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Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic
For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F....
Tags: Chemical Industry, Heroin, Internists, Epidemics and Plagues, First Aid
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Connecticut shootings: Gun control is Sunday’s main topic
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSunday morning programs have revised their guest lineups in response to the Connecticut school shootings. Here's an update on those programs, where gun control will be a recurring topic: “Meet the Press” welcomes New York Mayor Michael...
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