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Police Spy On Climate Activist, Place Him On Terrorist Watch List

Grist | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Activism, Maryland, Abuse of Power, Political Activism, Environment, Police Abuse, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Police Spying, Maryland Police, Green News

I'm a former Peace Corps volunteer, an Eagle Scout, church member, youth baseball coach, and dedicated father. I also happen to be director of one of ...

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My Co-Worker is a Terrorist

Jake Brewer | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Aclu, Maryland State Police, Energy Action Coalition, Domestic Surveillance, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Powervote, Domestic Terrorism, Green Energy, Maryland, Domestic Spying, Green News
Jake Brewer

My co-worker, Josh's, most terrorizing activities? Helping pass landmark legislation like the Maryland Healthy Air Act and the Clean Car Bill.

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Plain Food, Please

Amy Ephron | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Mt. Misery, Key Lime Cafe, John McCain, Creationism, The Inn at Perry Cabin, Soft-Shelled Crab, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, Sara Palin, Donald Rumsfeld, Food, St Michael's, Frederick Douglass, Barack Obama, Choice, Living News
Amy Ephron

We'd walked past it a couple of times, a simple storefront set back from the street with a small porch, a glimpse of tables inside, unassuming. The Key Lime Cafe. Full at lunch-time, we assumed it was a Maryland version of a diner.

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Wait 'Til America Gets to Know Jill Biden

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Joe Biden, Delaware, Jill Biden, Barack Obama, Maryland, Barack Obama Running Mate, Barack Obama Vice President, Biden Vice President, Joe Biden Vp, Obama Biden, Obama VP, Biden Running Mate, Biden VP, Joseph Biden, Jill Biden Bio, Biden Wife, Mrs. Jill Biden, Biden Speach, Michelle Obama, mrs.biden, Mrs. Biden, Jill Biden Teacher, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I can't wait til America gets to know Jill Biden. As down to earth and serious about education as they come. She's a working mom like many others around the country.

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Horse Massage Apparently Not Legal, Equine Masseuse Sues Maryland

AP | NAFEESA SYEED | Posted 09.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Maryland, Mercedes Clemens, Horse Massage, Horse Masseuse, Equine Masseuse, Animal Massage, Stupid News, Animals, Business News

DAMASCUS, Md. — Mercedes Clemens is certified to massage humans, but she claims the state of Maryland is keeping her from her first love: Massag...

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Prisoner's Children Are Punished Too -- Part Two

Diane Dimond | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Urban Family Institute, Boy Scouts of America, Criminal's Kids, Maryland, Prison Programs, Mother-Daughter Visitation Programs, Eastern Correctional Institute, Washington Women's Prison, Osborn Association, Justice Department, Peanut Butter and Jelly Program in Albuquerque, Gig Harbor, Lutheran Services of Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Warden Ralph Logan, U.S. Recession, Children of Prisoners, Founder Kent Amos, Girls Scouts of America, Prison, Westover, Politics News
Diane Dimond

Millions of kids growing up with the stigma of a criminal parent; they are often profoundly affected. But programs are cropping up to help both the criminal and the child see that the future is worth planning for.

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Street Racing Kills -- Help Me Stop It

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: LA Times, Green Beret, San Diego, Nitrous Oxide, Bloods, Santa Monica, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Rodney King, Lapd, Otis Chandler, Mayor Tom Bradley, Phoenix, Long Beach Grand Prix, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hulk Hogan, LA County Sheriff, Nbc, Maryland, National Hot Rod Association, Christmas Trees, Illegal Street Racing, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Crenshaw Boulevard, Orange County, Environment, Big Willie Robinson, Vietnam, Crips, Brotherhood Raceway, Mustang, Ventura, Whipnotic, Nhra, Living News
Steve Parker

San Diego counts so many bodies and seriously injured people from street racing they say it is at "epidemic" levels and is a public health problem.

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Where Have All The Lost Guns Gone?

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Gas Prices, Tacoma, Sanford Abrams, Firearms and Explosives, 60 Thousand Gun Shops in America, Valley Gun Shop, Terrorism, Washington, Maryland, Unregistered Guns, Gun Control, Missing Guns, Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, John Muhammad, ATF Inspections, 30 Thousand Missing Guns in America Every Year, DC Snipers, Guns, Nra, Gun Shop Owners, Bureau of Alcohol, Lost Guns, National Rifle Association, Tobacco, Right to Bear Arms, NRA Spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, 30 Thousand Missing Guns, 82 Missing Guns Every Day, Parkville, Home News
Diane Dimond

Earlier this month the ATF quietly revealed that the owners admitted a substantial part of their inventory was either "missing, lost or stolen." After adding it all up the ATF concluded that, collectively, those registered gun dealers "lost" 82 firearms every single day!

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