Officials at the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center say they still don't know why a man being held on murder charges was mistakenly allowed to walk out of the facility last week — or why it took authorities two days to discover the error. Given all the problems...
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If there was evidence that voter fraud was prevalent — or even a serious possibility — then perhaps the Supreme Court's ruling early Saturday allowing Texas to impose one of the strictest voter photo identification laws in the country would make sense. Instead what the...
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It was somewhere around the time when J.J. Hardy came up to bat with two outs in the top of the 9th inning in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series trailing Kansas City 2-1 while also behind in the best-of-seven series, 3-0, when it occurred to us that the Orioles might actually...
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Anyone who is completely dispirited by Maryland's governor's race (and by this point, who isn't?) was in for a pleasant surprise today with the campaign's sole debate between the nominees for lieutenant governor, Republican Boyd Rutherford and Democrat Ken Ulman. The...
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For more than three decades, the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum has been one of the underappreciated cultural gems of Baltimore. Located in an unprepossessing building on East North Avenue, the institution that calls itself "the museum with a message" attracts some 150,000...
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The transfer of about 1,000 jobs from Bechtel Corporation's Power Business Unit in Frederick to the government contractor's existing facilities in Northern Virginia is an economic loss that hurts worse than most. These are high-paying jobs — many of them engineers who design and...
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Readers Respond
More letters to the editorThroughout the last two months, the Anthony Brown campaign has accused Larry Hogan of being "extreme" and "dangerous" in regard to his views on two volatile issues — a woman's right to choose and the regulation of assault weapons. Time and again, in a variety of forums, Mr. Hogan has...
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Some candidates rattle off their endorsements in lieu of their record or priorities. But just what/who do endorsements represent?
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One of the marvels of the Charm City Circulator is its simplicity. The routes are circular and relatively short, the wait is brief and the fare is gratis. Downtown visitors can choose to ride at the spur of the moment without worrying about exact change or transfers or fare cards. And...
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Montgomery County Judge Richard E. Jordan was so appalled by the actions of former Baltimore Police Officer Alec Taylor that he went outside sentencing guidelines to order the man committed to jail for a year — four times the maximum recommendation of three months.
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Most baseball fans don't watch a game to see a manager manage. They buy a ticket or commit to three hours in front of a television set to see the players play, to see dramatic catches, the towering home runs, the crucial strikeouts. The manager? He's just that taciturn fellow at the...
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It's more than a little ironic that a show about the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s that opened recently at the Reginald L. Lewis Museum of African-American History has stirred more controversy over the way museum officials treated one of the movement pioneers honored in the exhibition than...
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The most provocative new line of attack Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown made against businessman Larry Hogan during this week's debate was that the Republican nominee plans to cut $450 million from school construction if he's elected. Is this true? Absolutely not, Mr. Hogan says. But the...
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Complaints of excessive use of force and other misconduct by police are nearly as old as modern police departments themselves; the first known use of the term "police brutality" appeared in The New York Times in 1893, and it's been a problem for law-enforcement officials ever...
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The development of natural gas supplies located deep in the rocky landscape of Western Maryland carries significant environmental risks, but there are regulations the state can impose that would reduce those dangers. The latest study of this issue — a draft report released last Friday...
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Marylanders who have been barraged with attack ads in the governor's race will get to see the live version tonight when the first of three debates between Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown and businessman Larry Hogan is broadcast. The attacks from both sides — Mr. Brown's contention...
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Our view: Same-sex marriage is set to be legal in a majority of states, making eventual Supreme Court victory appear inevitable
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Our view: City officials' request for an independent probe of alleged police misconduct is the only way to restore Baltimore's tarnished image
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Our view: Already critics are poking holes in the state's pot decriminalization law are becoming clear; lawmakers should fix the obvious problems but otherwise wait to see how it works in practice
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Our view: There's no one-size-fits-all time limit on investigations of teacher misconduct for all the state's school systems, but the process shouldn't be endless
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Our view: Top executives earn big bucks compared to average U.S. workers who are mostly clueless about the imbalance; that needs to change
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Our view: The City Council must do more than rubber stamp a committee's hasty decision to back a candidate to replace new BDC head Bill Cole
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Our view: A case in Dallas shows just how easily the deadly disease can spread to America — and fall through the cracks of our health system
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