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More on the draft

2008-07-23 13:29:56

The draft resumes later today, with names popping up that won’t mean a thing to you without Google. And that might not even help.I miss the days when you could get through the first round in about seven minutes. It......

Clearing off my virtual desk for the weekend

2008-07-23 13:29:56

I get a lot of e-mails from regulars with great ideas for posts -- so many it's hard to get to them all in a timely fashion. First of all, thank you. I'm sorry if I've missed some. (This has......

'Dirty tricks' allegations dot Ehrlich's past

2005-02-11 00:00:00

ON THE DAY Official State Dirtball Joseph Steffen admitted spreading stories to humiliate Mayor Martin O'Malley and his family, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. appeared on WBAL-TV news, where he was asked by reporter Dave Collins, "Have you known about this...

Deep Throat saga reminds us of need to go with info's flow

2005-06-03 00:00:00

THE uncovering of the world's most famous anonymous source, Deep Throat, sends me into old files I haven't looked at in 30 years. There's Frank Pelz and there's Paul Chester, and there's Turk Scott, too. They were not Richard Nixon, and I would not...

Legg Mason's broker king key piece of deal with Citi

2005-07-15 00:00:00

IN THE MAIN dining room at Shula's on West Fayette Street, over cocktails and a dinner featuring 12-ounce strip steaks and filet mignon, Smith Barney executives gave Marvin H. McIntyre and an elite group of Legg Mason brokers their best sales pitch....

New riddle in O'Malley rumor saga

2005-02-15 00:00:00

NOW WE know "NCPAC". But who is "MD4BUSH"? That's a remaining mystery in the continuing saga of the rumors about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's marriage and the role of a former Ehrlich administration staffer in spreading them. A week ago,...

Md. politics: 'Abuse of power' meets 'whining'

2005-05-19 00:00:00

There they were, on stage yesterday at that gentle springtime ritual called the Flower Mart, gritting their teeth for the assembled crowd and pretending they feel a rose petal's ounce of civility for each other: the mayor of Baltimore, Martin O'Malley,...

Mfume turns to face his chief foes: those memos

2005-05-10 00:00:00

KWEISI MFUME no longer runs for the U.S. Senate against Benjamin Cardin. For the moment, Mfume runs against Mfume. Internal memos have surfaced from his years as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,...

U.S. probes grant to city nonprofit

2005-10-02 00:00:00

The U.S. Education Department's inspector general is investigating whether a senior official of the agency improperly helped the National Federation of the Blind win a key federal grant around the time she was discussing taking a job at the Baltimore-...

Web helps Americans connect during their darkest hour

2001-09-17 00:00:00

"IHAVE JUST learned of the safety of a friend. I can't even begin to imagine the pain that you all must feel. I have the luxury of hugging my wife and children today and will NEVER again take this simple act for granted. My thoughts and prayers are with...

The competition

2002-08-25 00:00:00

K-12 tutoring Kaplan Inc., New York, N.Y.: A Washington Post Co. subsidiary, it made its name in preparing students for college board exams but is branching out, like Sylvan. It now runs 200 K-10 learning centers called Score!; an Iowa college and...

Ehrlich tries to use clock to his advantage

2003-03-12 00:00:00

Of all the numbers thrown around at Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s announcement on slot machines last Wednesday night, one meant the most to the media: Nine, as in 9 p.m. That was the hour the news conference started. It's been years since a formal...

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2008-11-14 16:45:55

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2008-11-05 09:07:51

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