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States move quickly, divergently on gun laws
Even as momentum for new gun legislation wanes in Washington, lawmakers across the country are fashioning their own response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, resulting in a patchwork that tightens restrictions in some places and eases them...
Tags: State University of New York, U.S. Congress, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Regional Authority, Democratic Party
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Connecticut governor signs tough gun-control law
Four months after a lone gunman shattered the normal morning activities of a Connecticut elementary school in a fearsome shooting spree of 154 bullets in less than five minutes, that state’s governor on Thursday signed a tough gun-control law, the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Health and Safety at School, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Manufacturing and Engineering, Regional Authority
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Maryland Legislature votes to end capital punishment
Maryland is poised to become the 18th state to abolish capital punishment after the General Assembly gave final approval to a bill ending the death penalty. In an 82-56 vote on Friday, the House of Delegates approved the measure that would end...
Tags: Government, Justice and Rights, Christianity, Punishment, Religion and Belief
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Maryland takes step to end capital punishment
One house of the Maryland Legislature voted on Wednesday to abolish capital punishment, a significant step in the nation’s ongoing reevaluation of whether to use execution as the ultimate punishment. In a 27-20 vote, the Maryland Senate chose to...
Tags: Death Penalty, U.S. Supreme Court, Elections, Punishment, NAACP
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R. Sargent Shriver dies at 95; 'unmatched' public servant and Kennedy in-law
R. Sargent Shriver, a lawyer who served as the social conscience of two administrations, launching the Peace Corps for his brother-in-law, President Kennedy, and leading the "war on poverty" for President Johnson, has died. He was 95.
Shriver died...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Alzheimer's Disease, Christianity, Celebrities and Health Issues, Documentary (genre)
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88; Special Olympics founder and sister of JFK
Women in mid-20th century America were not yet welcome on the grand political stage, but Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- a daughter of uncommon privilege who defined herself as a mother above all -- didn't much care. As the younger sister of President Kennedy...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Stanford University, Entertainment, Health and Safety at School, Joseph P. Kennedy
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Bill Stall dies at 71; Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial writer for The Times
William R. Stall, a longtime staff member of the Los Angeles Times who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2004, died Sunday at his home in Sacramento. He was 71.
Stall had been in failing health much of the year and died of...Tags: Sheila Kuehl, Gray Davis, Colleges and Universities, Death, Elections
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Forest Hill resident third in family to earn Eagle Scout
Forest Hill resident Thomas Franklin Keller earned the rank of Eagle Scout on Nov. 6, 2012. A ceremony was held on May 4 in recognition of his accomplishment. "I'm honored to be an Eagle Scout," said Keller, who spent 201 hours collecting more than 2,000...Tags: Harford County, Bill Clinton
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Maryland abortion law is clear
There are flagrant, undefined loopholes in Maryland's abortion law. That's what letter writer Jeffrey D. Meister, director of administration and legislation for Maryland Right to Life, would have us think ("Maryland has de factor abortion on demand,"...
Tags: Abortion, Criminal Laws, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Some Md. lawmakers ready to consider business tax cut
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWhen Del. Andrew A. Serafini, R-Washington, introduced a bill during the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly seeking to reduce the state’s corporate income tax from 8.25 percent to 4 percent, he suggested that his bill might be a way to...Tags: Business, Investments, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Personal Income
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More than 200 turn out for GLBTQ festival
matthewu@herald-mail.comOne of several openly gay members of the Maryland House of Delegates in Hagerstown on Saturday said she will announce later this summer whether she will run for governor in 2014. “I’ve been taking a serious look at getting in the governor&...Tags: Government, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Elections, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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Now's the time to raise the bar for Baltimore schools
As the founder of KIPP Baltimore, which operates two high-performing public charter schools in the city, I am heartened and encouraged by our progress over the past six years under schools CEO Andrés Alonso. As I move to a new role as executive director...
Tags: Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning, Charter Schools, Human Interest
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