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    Feb 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Marine takes over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan – Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. took over Sunday as the newest and probably last U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tasked with ending America’s longest war even as insurgents continue to challenge the U.S.-backed Afghan government.
    KABUL, Afghanistan – Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. took over Sunday as the newest and probably last U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tasked with ending America’s longest war even as insurgents continue to challenge the U.S.-backed Afghan...

    Tags: David Petraeus, John Allen, Armed Forces, International Organizations, Armed Conflicts

    2. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Torture helped get bin Laden?

    "Zero Dark Thirty," the film about the hunt for and killing of Osama bin Laden, got a fresh infusion of buzz over the weekend when outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta confirmed again that enhanced interrogation techniques aided the effort to find bin Laden.
    "Zero Dark Thirty," the film about the hunt for and killing of Osama bin Laden, got a fresh infusion of buzz over the weekend when outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta confirmed again that enhanced interrogation techniques aided the effort to find...

    Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Central Intelligence Agency, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (movie)

    3. Feb 7, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  3. Eric Cantor's empty happy talk

    WASHINGTON -- Republicans have happened upon a felicitous new strategy for reviving their party from its depressed state: They need only think happy thoughts.
    WASHINGTON -- Republicans have happened upon a felicitous new strategy for reviving their party from its depressed state: They need only think happy thoughts. At a retreat for Republican leaders last month, former House speaker Newt Gingrich told them...

    Tags: Government, MSNBC (tv network), Reince Priebus, Eric Cantor, Elections

    4. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. The sequester stand-off

    Is this really the best anyone in Washington can do to avert sequestration? President Barack Obama's call for delaying the automatic spending cuts past the March 1 deadline would seem reasonable enough, except he hasn't really offered up a specific plan...

    Tags: Eric Cantor, Elections, Tea Party Movement, John Boehner, U.S. Congress

    5. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. The deficit control policy Democrats and Republicans can love

    When it comes to fixing America's ballooning debt problem, there is one policy option that both Democrats and Republicans should be rushing to embrace. It is the proposal to replace the current Consumer Price Index (CPI) with a more accurate measure of...

    Tags: Market and Exchange, Prices, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Congressional Budget Office

    6. Jan 7, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  6. Time for a textbook revolution

    Change of Subject
    From Why are textbooks so absurdly expensive? by Jordan Weissmann, Atlantic: You thought the rising cost of college tuition was bad? Then check out the rising cost of college textbooks. The American Enterprise Institute's Mark Perry has put together this....
    7. Jan 1, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  7. My Predictions for 2013, Audacious and Otherwise

    Some things about 2013 are easy to predict. We know that taxes are going to rise, and so will the federal debt. We know that there will be more guns in circulation at the end of the year than at the beginning. We know that Donald Trump will get...

    Tags: Government, Donald Trump, Elections, John Kasich, U.S. Congress

    8. Jan 6, 2013 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. Michigan law shows unions must change or die

    Amid the hubbub over the fiscal cliff these past few weeks, an important event happened Dec. 11 that many Americans probably missed: The union movement was struck a critical blow in the state it calls home. That day, a "right to work" law was passed...

    Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Fiscal Cliff, Automotive Equipment, Labor Markets, United Auto Workers

    9. Dec 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Study concludes FHA lending practices in Baltimore area could lead to high foreclosure rates

    Homes with federally insured mortgages — afforded to mostly lower-income borrowers — are expected to see a spike in foreclosures because of dicey lending practices, according to a recent study.
    Homes with federally insured mortgages — afforded to mostly lower-income borrowers — are expected to see a spike in foreclosures because of dicey lending practices, according to a recent study. More than a dozen ZIP codes in the Baltimore...

    Tags: Mortgages, Financial and Business Services, Dundalk, Finance, Federal Housing Administration

    10. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. FHA policies helped cause foreclosure crisis

    Imagine that a federal agency wanted to hurt America's working-class families on purpose. How would it inflict maximum damage? It might start by aggressively marketing homeownership to marginal borrowers. It would tell them that bad credit scores aren't...

    Tags: Mortgages, Financial and Business Services, Insurance, Democratic Party, Los Angeles Times

    11. Dec 7, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government's huge deficits.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government's huge deficits. But what sounds like a prudent sacrifice for an aging society that must watch...

    Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Steny Hoyer, Medicare, U.S. Congress, Ronald Reagan

    12. Dec 26, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  12. More students in poor schools get special education than those in wealthier districts

    In poorer public school districts in Maryland, the percentage of students receiving special education is disproportionately higher than in wealthier districts, and has been since early 2000.
    Capital News Service
    In poorer public school districts in Maryland, the percentage of students receiving special education is disproportionately higher than in wealthier districts, and has been since early 2000. It’s a nationwide trend that experts say isn’t...

    Tags: Students, Howard County, Politics, Lobbying, Medical Specialization

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