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WHAT JUST HAPPENED
Quote: "Nobody cares about what's happening to John Edwards anymore - he's old news. […] Attacking John Edwards for the Republicans would be like attacking George McGovern." -Donnie Fowler, a technology and political consultant and former senior...Tags: Republican Party, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Politics, Elections, University of Maryland, College Park
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Don't export LNG in Maryland
In recent years, the natural gas industry plunged into a reckless gold rush across communities nationwide with dirty, dangerous drilling and "fracking" practices that are exempt from many clean air and water laws. Now the gas profiteers have realized that...Tags: Natural Gas, Energy Resources, Energy Saving, Global Warming, Environmental Pollution
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SWAT team targets cargo ship in safety exercise
With guns bristling, police officers in full tactical gear sweep across the vast deck of a cargo ship and creep up the stairs to the bridge.
Their mission: Take the vessel back from armed intruders.
Twice a month, the Natural Resources Police Tactical...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Fort McHenry, Natural Resources, Baltimore County, Natural Resource Industry
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Annapolis leaders considering two special sessions
Gov. Martin O'Malley and top leaders of the General Assembly are considering the possibility of holding two special legislative sessions — one in May to deal with the state budget and another in summer to consider an expansion of casino gambling...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Bowie, Politics
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Offshore oil exploration plan draws fire
The Obama administration's latest move to permit testing for oil and gas off Maryland and other Atlantic coast states is drawing flak from both environmentalists and the oil industry.
Speaking at a lightly attended public hearing Wednesday afternoon in...Tags: Energy Resources, Energy, Energy Saving, American Petroleum, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Dominion to move forward with Cove Point project
Dominion Resources, the Richmond, Va.-based energy producer, said Thursday it will move ahead with plans to convert a liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County into an export facility — a decision that drew the immediate...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Plant Openings, Conservation, Economy, Business and Finance
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Thursday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for sunny skies, with a high temperature near 83 degrees. It is expected to be mostly cloudy tonight, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, and a low temperature around 57 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Flu, Same-Sex Marriage, Government, Martin O'Malley
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Funeral held for Calvert County family stricken with flu
Lou Ruth Blake was the family's matriarch who sang in the church choir and organized gospel shows. Lowell Frederick Blake liked to make people laugh. Venessa Marie Blake was the ardent churchgoer with a contagious smile.
All three family members died...Tags: Swine Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Washington Hospital Center, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pneumonia
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Maryland Senate votes to tax the rich
The state Senate voted Thursday to significantly raise taxes on Marylanders earning half a million dollars or more — prompting complaints that liberals were bent on launching class warfare in the state. The Senate's vote to adopt what is being...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Montgomery County (Maryland), Warren Buffett, Parties and Movements, State Income Tax
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After slow start, flu season ramps up in Maryland
It's nearly spring, temperatures in the 70s, yet the flu waited until now to ramp up in Maryland, killing three members of a Calvert County family.
Usually, flu season strikes earlier. By this time last year, the flu had been widespread and had already...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Swine Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Preventative Medicine, Respiratory System
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Woman defrauds NSA for family firm, then embezzles $4.5 million
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the final member of a family business that was used to cheat the National Security Agency out of nearly $1.5 million, prosecutors said. Christina Turley Knott, 51, of Edgewater, was sentenced to 15 months in...Tags: Punishment, Embezzlement, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Lawyers
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Nuclear regulators do not fine Calvert Cliffs for security violation
Federal regulators have declined to impose a civil penalty against Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Southern Maryland after determining that an unspecified security violation had taken place at the facility. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in...Tags: Nuclear Power, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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