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Cummings looks into prescription drug shortages
University of Maryland women's basketball coach Brenda Frese said she was heartbroken that a chemotherapy drug used to treat her 3-year-old son, Tyler, for leukemia was in short supply and possibly unavailable.
When she discovered that some companies...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Leukemia, Hospitals and Clinics, Biotechnology, Chemical Industry
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Delaney wins in 6th District primary
A wealthy Potomac businessman whose very candidacy challenged state Democratic leaders won a hotly contested congressional primary in Western Maryland on Tuesday, setting up a battle for the seat in November that will help decide control of the House of...Tags: Television Industry, John Sarbanes, Career and Workplace, Political Fundraising, Jack Abramoff
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State Center pledge continues back-and-forth on city project
Proponents of an ambitious plan to redevelop the city's largest state government complex gathered Saturday to pledge that the project's benefits would be shared among surrounding communities and disputed a recent report critical of the roughly $1.5...Tags: Charity, Contracts, Social Issues, Elections, Peter G. Angelos
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Investigation highlights Balto. Co. minority hiring struggle
When Baltimore County Police Capt. Andre Davis took command, late in 2010, of recruiting and hiring, he could see that efforts to bring in African-Americans had slipped. Background checks were not being completed on many applicants, and no effort was...Tags: United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Justice, Kevin Kamenetz, Discrimination, Feminism
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Democrats oppose new congressional map
A chorus of Democratic officials concerned about minority voters in the Washington suburbs said Tuesday that they oppose the new congressional districts proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley's redistricting commission, setting up a key battle as the General...Tags: Elections, NAACP, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Government
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Mortgage settlement has shortcomings, critics say
As the federal government and 49 states signed a landmark mortgage relief settlement Thursday, housing advocates and others pointed to shortcomings and raised questions about how the $25 billion plan would be able to provide relief to nearly 2 million...Tags: Douglas F. Gansler, Bank of America Corp., Realty, Finance, Wells Fargo & Co.
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Grade level of congressional speech falls
A study suggesting that the sophistication of congressional floor speeches has declined by a full grade level since 2005 ranks Reps. Chris Van Hollen and John Sarbanes as the most eloquent -- or verbose, depending on perspective -- members of Maryland&...Tags: Roscoe G Bartlett, Barbara A. Mikulski, John Sarbanes, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., HIV
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Secret Service to receive ethics training at Hopkins
About 100 U.S. Secret Service agents will take part in a two-day ethics training this week to be overseen by professors at the Johns Hopkins University — a response to the widening prostitution scandal that began in Colombia, agency and university...Tags: Law Enforcement, Ethics, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Johns Hopkins University, Laws
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Santino Quaranta's anti-drug message comes from the heart
Former Major League Soccer midfielder Santino Quaranta has spoken before about a story that is both disturbing and uplifting — signing with MLS when he was 16, battling abuse of cocaine and painkillers, becoming sober, returning to the game and...Tags: St. Joseph Medical Center, Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics, FIFA World Cup, Major League Soccer
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Cummings seeks Wal-Mart investigation
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday requested a meeting with Wal-Mart officials in response to allegations that the retailer covered up a bribery scheme to expand its business in...Tags: Corruption, Corporate Crime, Walmart, Companies and Corporations, Bribery
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Women's voices must be heard in contraception debate
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings' piece ("Why I demanded a voice for Sandra Fluke," March 21) resonated with me as a family physician in and a resident of Baltimore City. Every woman should have access to affordable contraception, regardless of where she works...Tags: General Practitioners, Family Planning, Birth Control, Health, Health Treatments
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Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse
![Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse, who with her late husband, Columbia developer James W. Rouse, co-founded Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and who devoted her life to making sure that decent and affordable housing was accessible to all Americans, died Monday afternoon from complications of Alzheimer's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Vantage House in Columbia.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/68611237-06141701.jpg "Patricia T. "Patty\" Rouse, who with her late husband, Columbia developer James W. Rouse, co-founded Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and who devoted her life to making sure that decent and affordable housing was accessible to all Americans, died Monday afternoon from complications of Alzheimer's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Vantage House in Columbia.")
Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse, who with her late husband, Columbia developer James W. Rouse, co-founded Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and who devoted her life to making sure that decent and affordable housing was accessible to all Americans, died...Tags: Social Issues, World War II (1939-1945), Rentals, Alzheimer's Disease, Religion and Belief
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