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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Mitch McConnell, White House, Benjamin L. Cardin, Barack Obama
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City plans bike-sharing program
More than 250 bicycles would be available for short-term rentals at 25 stations throughout Baltimore by this time next year under a bike-sharing program similar to those in Washington and London, city officials said. The city's financial oversight...
Tags: Charles Village, New York City, B-cycle, LLC, AAA, Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Security chief at Baltimore City Detention Center removed
State officials said Tuesday they removed the security chief at the Baltimore City Detention Center in the wake of a federal indictment that alleged an extensive smuggling scheme involving gang members and officers at the facility. The Maryland...
Tags: Government, Organized Crime, Prosecution, Politics, Executive Branch
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Embattled police chief in Anne Arundel resigns
After less than a year on the job, Larry Tolliver is calling it quits as chief of the troubled Anne Arundel County Police Department. Tolliver, 67, said his resignation — or "return to retirement," as he called it — will take effect May 21....
Tags: Severna Park, Maryland State Police, Queen Anne's County, Police Investigations, Harford County
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Keeping a third-generation piano business finely tuned
Recession being the bane of piano retailers, it seems wholly remarkable that Harry Cohen and his son, Lou, decided to start selling Baldwins and Wurlitzers in 1937 — the year the economy relapsed toward the end of the Great Depression. But somehow...
Tags: Music, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Entertainment, Cecil County, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania)
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Marylander recognized for fighting hunger
A good deed can be as simple as giving a few coins or donating used clothing. But Gaithersburg resident Brett Meyers has taken the role of good Samaritan one step further, feeding families by turning waste into nourishment. Meyers, who has spent most of...
Tags: Panera Bread Company, Awards and Prizes, Food Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Group chosen to help implement health reform settled with feds over fraud
Maryland tapped the nonprofit Seedco to help implement health care reform despite a $1.7 million settlement the agency agreed to in December to resolve a federal fraud suit. The U.S. government sued the agency, saying it defrauded a federal employment...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Health Care Reform (2009), Worcester County, Government Health Care
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Dissident gun activist moves forward on vote
A Montgomery County woman who has split with other Second Amendment activists on how to fight Gov. Martin O'Malley's recently passed gun safety bill said Friday that she has received the green light to begin a petition drive to bring the issue to a...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Activism, Voting, Martin O'Malley
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Coppin to break ground on $80 million science center
Coppin State University is moving forward with an $80 million Science and Technology Center that it hopes will boost sagging enrollment despite concerns that the West Baltimore school will not have enough money to operate the building. A ceremonial...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Politics, University System of Maryland, Budgets and Budgeting
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Delegate who helped kill pit bull bill seeks special session
Three days after the General Assembly ended its 2013 legislative session, there's already a call to bring lawmakers back to Annapolis for what would be their fourth special session in a two-year span. Del. Benjamin F. Kramer, a Montgomery County...Tags: Government, Humane Society of the United States, Pets, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama budget would have big impact in Md.
Labor unions representing federal employees reacted angrily to the $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Wednesday by President Barack Obama, who proposed trimming $20 billion from federal retirement benefits — reopening a debate many Democrats felt had...Tags: Government, NASA, Career and Workplace, Retirement, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Mead and cider make a comeback in Maryland
Make room for cider and mead. In Maryland, cider was last popular in Colonial times. Mead never has been. But a new generation of mead and cider makers, with their feet planted firmly in Maryland soil, are rethinking these age-old fermented...
Tags: Apples, Human Interest, Wines, Alcoholic Beverages, Honey
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