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IRS acting commissioner has resigned
Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they...
Tags: Jim Jordan, Politics, FBI, Justice System, Labor Legislation
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Tri-State briefs
Berkeley County sobriety checkpoint set for Friday MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday to 12:01 a.m. Saturday along U.S. 11 near the intersection of Evans Run Drive...Tags: Corporate Officers, Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Provider, Awards and Prizes, Rabies
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Letters to the Editor - May 15
Please vote to keep Montgomery Township dry To the editor: Attention all Montgomery Township voters. Please vote “no” to keep Montgomery Township dry. If the Montgomery Township referendum passes, it will open the door for Whitetail Resort...Tags: Family, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Annapolis, Politics, Maryland General Assembly
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It's rich that the IRS wants us to believe it never targets anyone
timr@herald-mail.comWell, this would explain my $25,000 tax bill. Looks like I picked the wrong year to start up a right-wing militia group. I called it “Tim’s Teas,” and well, who knew? I swear, we were simply a “social welfare” organization...Tags: Politics, David Foster Wallace, Google Inc., Taxation, Internal Revenue Service
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Letters to the Editor - May 13
What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal? To the editor: What would the newspaper and television coverage of the political scene be like if instead of being just 90 percent with the liberal slant, it was 100 percent? There would no longer be a...Tags: Primaries, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Belief and Faith, Christianity, Jesus Christ
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Art Callaham: Calculated complexity
Lots of folks love to quote the Constitution. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The document outlines the structure of our central government and frames the principle of federalism. Federalism is simply a political system that binds a...Tags: National Government, George Washington, Civil Rights, Freedom of the Press, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - May 12
Police chief supports Zook in Pa. judicial race To the editor: As the chief of the Shippensburg (Pa.) Police Department and a retired state police sergeant with more than 40 years of combined experience, I write this endorsement. I have had the...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Politics, National Rifle Association of America, Fines
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Sweeping immigration bill survives early Senate test
Associated PressBipartisan authors of a sweeping immigration bill agreed to Republican-authored amendments to boost border security, as they tried Thursday to show they’re open to changes to attract more GOP support for their landmark legislation. The bill’s...Tags: Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, John Cornyn, National Security, Justice and Rights
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Washington County residents weigh in on separation of church and state
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comBill Morris of Hagerstown said Wednesday that he thinks the United States has gone too far in protecting separation of church and state and that he has always thought there is no such thing, pointing out that those words are not explicitly written in...Tags: National Government, Church and State Relations, Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Government
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Ex-SC Gov. Sanford back in political office
Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford revived a scandal-scarred political career by winning back his old congressional seat Tuesday in a district that hasn’t elected a Democrat in three decades. The comeback was complete when he...
Tags: Primaries, Regional Authority, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, Politics, Government
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Tom Firey: How to cut federal spending
Sequestration is beginning to inflict real pain on America; so say government spokesmen and special interest groups inside the Beltway. In case you’ve forgotten, sequestration is the part of the 2011 Budget Control Act that limits this year’s...Tags: Defense, National Government, Annapolis, Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Five for your planner: Monday, May 6
1. Older students’ art goes on display Artwork by Washington County Public School middle and high school students will be on display Saturday, May 11, through Sunday, May 26. Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, City Park, Hagerstown. Call 301-...
Tags: Movies, Sally Struthers, Arts and Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Abraham Lincoln
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