Blitzer called Steele "a good, strong Republican" despite campaign materials ...

"On the January 28 edition of CNN's Late Edition, host Wolf Blitzer called unsuccessful Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele "a good, strong Republican," despite, as Media Matters for America has previously noted, the Steele campaign's...

Landlord Dies In Fire In Northeast Baltimore

" January 5, 2007 Maryland - Mark Thompson woke up early yesterday morning when his grandmother banged on his bedroom door. She had smelled smoke wafting up from the basement and wanted to get him out of the burning house. The pair escaped, but their landlord, John Hart, was...

U.S. health system unprepared, report says [bird flu/bioterror]

"WASHINGTON - The nation's public health system - the first line of defense against pandemic flu, a bioterror attack or other widespread health emergency - remains woefully unprepared to protect the American public, according to a report out Tuesday. The annual study by Trust...

Former U.N. envoy Kirkpatrick dies

This is really sad...a true loss for the U.N."Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a one-time Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and warmly embraced Reagan-era conservatism, has died. She was 80. Kirkpatrick's death was announced Friday at the senior staff...

Web catalog offers prison-made products (AP)

" HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Internet shopping knows no boundaries, not even for products made behind bars. Maryland Correctional Enterprises, the manufacturing division of the state Division of Correction, has put its 182-page catalog online. Now anyone can see, if not buy, hundreds...

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Pelosi faces no-win outcome over Murtha

"WASHINGTON - Democrats moved toward picking a top lieutenant to speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi and hoped to put to rest a politically costly family feud that intensified just days after they reclaimed the House from GOP control"

Bank of America unit offers free online trades to certain depositors

"Bank of America's brokerage unit is allowing investors in the mid-Atlantic region and the Southeast to trade without paying commissions as long as they keep $25,000 on deposit at the bank."

Pelosi faces leadership test with vote (AP)

" WASHINGTON - House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi faces a major leadership test Thursday, barely a week into her new role, as Democrats vote on her choice for majority leader. She's supporting a lawmaker once caught up in a bribery scandal and known more recently for trading...

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