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Doomsday Clock: Teachers, police urge Md. officials to fix budget
4/18/12 8:16 PM
With a "Doomsday Clock" rolling, teachers, librarians and police implored Gov. Martin O'Malley and lawmakers to call a special session to repair the damage of about $500 million in cuts.
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Secret Service sex scandal grows
4/18/12 7:16 AM
A prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service has grown in scope, with the news that U.S. agents and military personnel had been with at least 20 women in hotel rooms before President Barack Obama arrived at a summit in Colombia.
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Former Prince George's official gets 3+ years in scandal
4/16/12 7:37 PM
In pleading guilty, James Johnson admitted to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in connection to the corruption scandal that brought down former county executive Jack Johnson.
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5 service members added to Secret Service misconduct probe
4/15/12 9:39 AM
Five service members supporting the Secret Service in advance of President Barack Obama's visit to Colombia may have been involved in inappropriate conduct related to the misconduct by a dozen Secret Service agents.
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President's tax returns: Obama made $789,674 in 2011
4/13/12 6:22 PM
President Barack Obama and his family paid more than $160,000 in federal taxes last year on earnings of $789,674, the White House said Friday.
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Inside Washington April 15, 2012
4/13/12 3:58 PM
This week on Inside Washington: The mommy wars - working moms, stay-at-home moms and the fight for the women’s vote, and the White House in full damage-control.
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Hilary Rosen apologizes for Ann Romney working comments
4/12/12 11:43 PM
A Democratic strategist is apologizing to Ann Romney for saying the stay-at-home wife of wealthy Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has never worked a day in her life.
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Gingrich: Unlikely to accept Romney Cabinet post
4/12/12 12:39 PM
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says he probably wouldn't accept a job in Mitt Romney's Cabinet if Romney is elected in November and such an offer is extended.

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Mitt Romney takes the GOP lead after Santorum drops
4/10/12 11:57 PM
Mitt Romney was all smiles after speaking with Rick Santorum directly in the wake of Santorum’s decision to suspend his campaign.
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Romney says he'd fire Secret Service agents in scandal
4/18/12 11:44 AM
Mitt Romney says he'd "clean house" to remove Secret Service agents allegedly involved with Colombian prostitutes ahead of President Barack Obama's visit.
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Senate Republicans block Buffett Rule vote
4/16/12 8:13 PM
The GOP used Tax Day eve to once again defy President Barack Obama, blocking a vote on the president's plan to force the wealthy to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes.
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Secret Service scandal probably isn't an isolated incident, Issa says
4/15/12 1:41 PM
A Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia that has overshadowed President Barack Obama's diplomatic mission in Latin American probably isn't an isolated incident, California Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of a House investigative panel, said.
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President Obama speaks out against tax cuts for the wealthy
4/14/12 10:56 AM
President Barack Obama says the nation can't afford to keep giving tax cuts to the wealthiest, "who don't need them and didn't even ask for them."
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Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap
4/13/12 5:47 PM
President Obama is trying to elevate the debate over women's issues, in part by sticking up for Ann Romney after Hilary Rosen, a Democratic activist criticized her. Rosen apologized to Romney, saying her point was stated poorly.
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VOTE: Are stay at home mothers thought of as working women?
4/13/12 10:23 AM
Comments from Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen about Ann Romney, stay at home mother and wife to GOP candidate Mitt Romney, never working a day in her life begs the question: Do you think people think of stay at home moms as working women?
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Biden pushes differences between 'Buffett rule,' 'Romney rule'
4/12/12 6:34 PM
Joe Biden also opened a new line of attack by introducing the "Romney rule" and contrasting it with President Barack Obama's hard push for the so-called "Buffett rule."
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Lights, camera, smile! (Even if it's fake)
4/12/12 11:00 AM
Rick and Mitt: Grin and bear what you truly dread.
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Obama pushes tax increases for millionaires
4/10/12 7:03 PM
Obama, making a middle-class pitch in wealthy Florida enclaves, opened a new push by Democrats on Tuesday to increase taxes on millionaires, emphasizing a fight with Republicans.
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