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Cummings launches probe on voter registration challenges
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings is requesting that a group whose affiliates have challenged the legitimately of thousands of voter registrations, including some in Maryland, turn over documents to demonstrate how it determines which registrations to target. In a...Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Darrell E Issa, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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U.S. Justice Department tours Baltimore jail on Wednesday
Department of Justice officials toured the Baltimore City Detention Center on Wednesday amid complaints about conditions for juveniles held at the facility, officials confirmed. Agency officials would not comment on what they observed during the tour....
Tags: Criminal Laws, Prisons, Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Afro-American newspaper honors paperboys and girls in anniversary celebration
For Marian Anderson Bell, selling copies of the Afro-American newspaper on Baltimore streets as a 12-year-old papergirl in 1945 felt like freedom. Now 79 years old, Bell reminisced Saturday about stashing away the pennies she earned to buy school...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Museums
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Ann McAllister Hughes
Ann McAllister Hughes, an artist who taught art in Baltimore's public schools and had chaired the art department at Forest Park High School, died July 27 of pulmonary failure at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.
The longtime Randallstown resident was 83.
The...Tags: Elections, Walters Art Museum, Colleges and Universities, Justice System, Arts and Culture
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Wells Fargo agrees to pay $175M settlement in pricing discrimination suit
About 1,000 Baltimore-area residents are expected to receive thousands of dollars each under a landmark $175 million settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Wells Fargo over accusations of discriminatory lending practices.
Under the terms...Tags: Social Issues, Homes, Prices, Money and Monetary Policy, Property
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George K. McKinney, U.S. marshal
George K. McKinney, who was the first African-American to be appointed U.S. marshal for the District of Maryland, and whose career in federal service spanned more than four decades, died June 17 of leukemia at his Northwest Baltimore home. He was 77.
"It...Tags: Philosophy, Colleges and Universities, Religion and Belief, The Pentagon, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Cosby stumps for Rolley in Baltimore
Comedian Bill Cosby joked with seniors, marched through Mondawmin Mall and dropped by Northeast Baltimore homes Wednesday to stump for mayoral candidate Otis Rolley. "So how many of you know anything about this young man?" Cosby asked a crowd of about...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Heavy Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering, Barbara A. Mikulski, Catherine E. Pugh
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Delaney wins in 6th District primary
A wealthy Potomac businessman whose very candidacy challenged state Democratic leaders won a hotly contested congressional primary in Western Maryland on Tuesday, setting up a battle for the seat in November that will help decide control of the House of...Tags: Labor Legislation, David R Brinkley, Federal Election Commission, John Sarbanes, The Washington Post
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Drug company deals eyed in probe of shortage
Congressional lawmakers investigating the shortage of lifesaving drugs used to treat cancer and other illnesses are looking into three companies in North Carolina and Maryland that they believe set up "fake pharmacies" to access the drugs that they then...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Drug Trafficking, Hospitals and Clinics, Elkton, Justice System
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Cummings looks into prescription drug shortages
University of Maryland women's basketball coach Brenda Frese said she was heartbroken that a chemotherapy drug used to treat her 3-year-old son, Tyler, for leukemia was in short supply and possibly unavailable.
When she discovered that some companies...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Amy Klobuchar, Justice System, Cancer
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State Center pledge continues back-and-forth on city project
Proponents of an ambitious plan to redevelop the city's largest state government complex gathered Saturday to pledge that the project's benefits would be shared among surrounding communities and disputed a recent report critical of the roughly $1.5...Tags: Charity, Elections, Social Issues, Contracts, Regional Authority
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Investigation highlights Balto. Co. minority hiring struggle
When Baltimore County Police Capt. Andre Davis took command, late in 2010, of recruiting and hiring, he could see that efforts to bring in African-Americans had slipped. Background checks were not being completed on many applicants, and no effort was...Tags: Social Issues, University of Maryland, College Park, Howard County, Minority Groups, University of Baltimore
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