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Around Town: Nonprofit 'Greatness' is a bestseller
I've had a blast working on “In the Shadow of Greatness,” a nonprofit book co-written by U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2002. Required disclaimer: I am one of 33 contributors to the book. My activities are all pro bono. The authors and editors...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Loyola University Maryland, Graduation, Veterans Day, U.S. Marine Corps
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Jared Nickens commits to Maryland, giving Terps another shooter
Maryland men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon believes that you can never have enough shooters. That philosophy was proven again Sunday, when rising senior swingman Jared Nickens orally committed to the Terps after taking a visit to College Park over...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Mark Turgeon, Comcast Center (arena), Maryland Terrapins, ESPN (tv network)
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Political Notebook - June 17
Myers to discuss charter home rule at breakfast Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr., R-Washington/Allegany, will be hosting a breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hagerstown’s Academy Theater to discuss the possibility of moving Washington County to charter...
Tags: Executive Branch, Local Government, U.S. Senate, Regional Authority, Gays and Lesbians
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Can the Obama administration be trusted?
— Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the U.S. Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Michael Mukasey, Edward Snowden, National Security Agency, PRISM (surveillance program)
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Too much secrecy threatens our security
After I downgraded the scandal value of the National Security Agency's massive gathering of our phone records and email data, a curious reader raised a thoughtful question: Would I "have the same tone if this story broke while (George W.) Bush was prez?"...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Edward Snowden, National Security Agency, PRISM (surveillance program), Politics
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Snowden smuggled out data on thumb drive, officials say
WASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive, a portable data storage device that is supposedly barred inside the spying agency, to smuggle highly classified documents out of an NSA...Tags: China, John Conyers, Jr., Hong Kong, U.S. Department of Defense, Mike J. Rogers
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Column: Head-in-the-sand Congress
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is hopping mad. Sensenbrenner considers himself the father of the Patriot Act, the 2001 law that gave the federal government new powers to investigate potential...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Saxby Chambliss, Barbara A. Mikulski, National Security Agency, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Jeb Bush tells ABC: Parents split on 2016 run
Staff writerUPDATED: In an interview with ABC's "This Week," former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says his parents are divided on whether he should run for president in 2016. "I think we've got a split ballot amongst the Bush senior family. Pretty sure that's the...Tags: PBS (tv network), NBC (tv network), National Security Agency, State of the Union Address, CNN (tv network)
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Top ten: Reasons to love China's purchase of Smithfield
There are dozens of reasons for American farmers and ranchers to be thrilled-nay, elated!-by Shuanghui International Holding Inc.'s proposed $4.7 billion purchase of Smithfield Foods, Inc., America's biggest pork chop. Here are 10. Number 10: The U.S....Tags: China, Bunge Ltd., Bloomberg L.P., Smithfield Foods, Food Industry
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Anton DiSclafani discusses "The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls"
In "The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls," the much-buzzed-about debut novel by Anton DiSclafani, a teenage girl named Thea Atwell is sent from her home on an orange plantation in central Florida in the Great Depression to the camp of the title (once...
Tags: Dressage, Ann Romney, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, USA Today
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Glendale native honored by U.S. Navy
When Paul Ignatius first stepped aboard a Navy ship, he was anxious. Japan had already attacked Pearl Harbor and the war in the Pacific was going strong. Ignatius — a Glendale native who attended Mark Keppel Elementary School, Toll Middle School...
Tags: Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
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Refinancing into shorter mortgages appears to grow more popular
WASHINGTON — The refinancing boom may be cooling down, but the move to shorter mortgages — especially 10-year loans among pre-retirees — appears to be accelerating. Some community banks say 10-year mortgages, once an insignificant...Tags: Finance, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Freddie Mac, Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve
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