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House votes to repeal death penalty
The General Assembly voted to repeal the death penalty Friday, calling for an end to Maryland's 375-year history of capital punishment and joining a growing number of states outlawing the practice. After nearly two hours of impassioned debate, the House...
Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Regional Authority, Belief and Faith, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch
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Maryland Legislature votes to end capital punishment
Maryland is poised to become the 18th state to abolish capital punishment after the General Assembly gave final approval to a bill ending the death penalty. In an 82-56 vote on Friday, the House of Delegates approved the measure that would end...
Tags: Death Penalty, Politics, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Government
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Storytelling event planned Sunday at Women's Club
The fourth annual League of Women Voters storytelling event will be Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Women’s Club, 31 S. Prospect St. in Hagerstown. Advanced registration costs $10 or pay $12 at the door. The agenda: “Jane Addams Made...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Church and State Relations, Minority Groups, Al-Qaeda, Political Dissent, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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House rejects changes to death penalty repeal
The House of Delegates moved closer to abolishing Maryland's death penalty Wednesday night as it rejected changes that attempted to turn Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill into something less than full repeal. In the first of several key tests, delegates...
Tags: Death Penalty, Politics, Regional Authority, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch
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Ben Cardin: Nickens, others stood against racism, hatred
African-Americans have been part of the American story from the founding of our nation. Men and women of African ancestry have been instrumental in forging the great nation we have today. For too long, racism and prejudice obscured the rich history of...Tags: Minority Groups, World War II (1939-1945), Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Justice and Rights
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New York NAACP gets in a sticky mess
You know the beverage industry is running scared when it feels driven to mount an all-out campaign against a New York City law passed last year banning the sale of super-size sodas and sugary drinks. But it's beyond shameless when that effort includes...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Coca-Cola, Minority Groups, Frank Sinatra, Food Industry
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MLK observances set for Monday
tkleffman@amnews.comMarvin Swann Jr. expects an enthusiastic crowd to gather Monday to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s life and legacy despite some direct competition that will steal away some of the annual event’s core audience. “I know we’ve...Tags: Kentucky State University, Baptist, Martin Luther King Day, Heart Attack, Barack Obama
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The vast left-wing conspiracy
I'm not big into conspiracy theories. I never bought into the grassy knoll in Dallas or the anti-Obama birther movement. And it will take a lot of convincing for me to believe Oakland Raiders coach Bill Callahan took a dive in Super Bowl XXXVII to...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Greenpeace, Culture
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NAACP catches heat for opposing New York large-soda ban
There's new fireworks exploding around the plan by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg — a.k.a. “Nanny Bloomberg” — to ban the sale of sugar-sweetened soft drinks larger than 16 ounces from a broad array of eateries in the...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Minority Groups, Diabetes, Rutgers University, Trials
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Death penalty saves on prison costs
I would like to talk about the death penalty issue being discussed in Annapolis ("Senators wrestle with death penalty vote," Jan. 28). The problem I have with the death penalty is that when a person kills someone, the killer will not die for his actions....Tags: Death Penalty, Ottawa Senators, Annapolis, American Civil Liberties Union, Punishment
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Obituary: Vernocia K. Neal
Vernocia K. Neal Vernocia Kincaid Neal, 95, departed this life on Jan. 28, 2013. Born in Barbourville, she was a daughter of the late George and Rose Kincaid. She accepted Christ at an early age at St. Paul Baptist Church in Barbourville. In 1946,...
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