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The meaning of Hagel
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility." -- Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012 WASHINGTON -- The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for defense secretary is that you normally choose someone of the other...
Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), Politics, Washington, DC, The Pentagon, Israel
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2012 in Review: Columnist Tim Rowland looks back
The year 2012 begins in splendid fashion in Washington County, as thousands of people line up to sign a petition that would make this our Best Year Ever. The only caveat is that this proposition would have to be approved by Maryland voters, although...
Tags: FBI, Parties and Movements, FirstEnergy Corp., Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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Kenneth Harris Plummer Sr.
Kenneth Harris Plummer Sr. passed into the loving arms of God on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Born Oct. 11, 1923, in Waverly, Va., Ken was the son of Edward DeWees Plummer and Jessie Harris Plummer. He is survived by his wife, June Orndorf Plummer, and...Tags: New York City, Religion and Belief, Education, John F. Kennedy, Colleges and Universities
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to quit politics
JERUSALEM - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, one of the nation’s most influential and divisive leaders, said Monday he would not run for a Knesset seat in the upcoming election, ending a political and military career that spanned more than three...
Tags: Parties and Movements, West Bank, Likud, Labor Legislation, Politics
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Egyptian protesters, police continue to clash near U.S. Embassy
World NowAs Egypt’s security forces fired tear gas to disperse rock-throwing crowds near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, President Mohamed Morsi condemned attacks on American missions in his country and Libya.... -
Ancient attractions
An authentic Indiana Jones is alive and well, right here in town. Baltimore, meet Douglas Comer.
Operating rather inconspicuously from his Charles Village-based firm Cultural Site Research and Management, Comer has overseen some of the region's most...Tags: Charles Village, Architecture, Trips and Vacations, Peru, Fells Point
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Intense storms drench Tri-State area, knock out power
davem@herald-mail.comAn intense line of thunderstorms moved through eastern Washington County and into Frederick County on Tuesday morning, and at one point about 1,200 people were without power in and around Smithsburg, according to weather and power utility officials....Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Disasters and Accidents, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Natural Disasters, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia)
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More than 300,000 still without power after deadly storm
A deadly storm, fueled by extreme heat and humidity, left Maryland in a state of emergency that continued Sunday, with hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power, with some residents expected to remain in the dark over the next week.
The...Tags: Ocean City, Companies and Corporations, Charles Street, Economy, Business and Finance, Business
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More than 257,000 still without power in extreme heat
BGE officials continued to scramble Sunday to restore power to nearly more than 257,000 customers as the area suffered with temperatures near 100 degrees for a third day and braced for a chaotic Monday-morning commute.
After the state was rocked Friday...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Companies and Corporations, Prince George's County, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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THE RACE: Obama and Romney taking summer breaks
EDITOR’S NOTE — With 127 days left until Election Day, here are insights into today’s highlights in U.S. politics For the past few days, President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney have been mostly out of sight if not...
Tags: Mormonism, Bill Clinton, Trips and Vacations, Politics, Christianity
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President to president
"You will be our president when you read this note," George Herbert Walker Bush wrote to Bill Clinton, the man who defeated him in the 1992 campaign, denying Mr. Bush the provisional vindication that reelection provides until history has its chance to...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Politics
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Word power
Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...
Tags: United Kingdom, Alice Munro, Vladimir Nabokov, James Joyce, Vladimir Putin
Jan 11, 2013
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May 30, 2012
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