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Robert Byrd Lies in Repose in His Beloved Senate
The Senate opened its doors for a final time Thursday for Robert C. Byrd, the West Virginian of humble origins who became a Senate fixture for nearly a quarter of the nation’s history.
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Learn from senators: Don’t panic if stocks crash
Senator Mikulski, you’re supposed to buy low and sell high, not the other way around. You, too, Senator Cardin.
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Senators past and present bid farewell to Byrd
The Senate bid farewell Thursday to Robert C. Byrd, the homespun West Virginian who for half a century held sway with his thunderous oratory and fierce advocacy of his state and the Senate he loved.
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Feds kill plan for $100M Md. diplomatic training center
ANNAPOLIS — Federal officials say they are abandoning an effort to build a State Department training facility in Queen Anne’s County. General Services Administrator Martha Johnson announced the decision Monday afternoon, noting community and environmentalist objections to the $100 million anti-terrorism training center planned for 2,000 acres of private land [...]
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Feds kill plan for diplomatic training center in QA
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Federal officials say they are abandoning an effort to build a State Department training facility in Queen Anne’s County.
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Columbia, S.C. Gets First Black Mayor
*South Carolina is nearly the home of the confederate flag, yet the city of Columbia will see its FIRST Black mayor ever. Steve Benjamin is poised to take over at the helm tomorrow. He will soon be in the trenches of the old regime’s policies that will have him more entrenched in the muck than [...]
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Nearly $5M in Federal Money to go Toward Md. Beach Replenishment
Authorities announced Monday that nearly $4 million in federal money will go toward beach replenishment along Ocean City beaches this year. In addition, another $800,000 will be used to put sand on the north end of Assateague Island.
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Senate OKs new sanctions on Iran’s energy, banks
The Senate on Thursday approved tough new unilateral sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran’s energy and banking sectors, which could also hurt companies from other countries doing business with Tehran.
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Mudslinging can be losing proposition
“Politics ain’t beanbag,” an aphorism coined by writer Finley Peter Dunne in the early part of the 20th century, has come to represent the rough and tumble of American politics.
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US passes new Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON – CONGRESS on Thursday approved tough new unilateral sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran’s energy and banking sectors, which could also hurt companies from other countries doing business with Teheran. The House of Representatives passed the bill 408-8 and sent it to President Barack Obama for signing into law. The Senate had approved it 99-0 earlier in the day.
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