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Jockeying for position
Behind a door just off the paddock area of Pimlico Race Course, several jockeys are prepping for the day's races. They're handicapping the competition, comparing notes on horses and, in at least one case, going through a yoga sequence: reaching back to...
Tags: Laurel Park, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Equestrian, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Triple Crown
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Obama uses 2012 campaign tactics to sell healthcare law
WASHINGTON — Seeking to ensure his landmark healthcare law is successfully implemented, President Obama is reprising his 2012 election strategy in hopes of enrolling millions of uninsured Americans in health plans this fall. The new campaign,...
Tags: Media Industry, Univision (tv network), Elections, Mother's Day, John Boehner
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Nan Rich, long shot for governor, says she's undeterred
In her dark-horse campaign to become Florida's next governor, former state Sen. Nan Rich likes to recall the stories of Democratic political legends Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham. Each was a little-known state senator when he launched his...
Tags: Elections, Miami Beach, Children's Health, Rick Scott, Northwood University
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English and thermodynamics
The Baltimore SunAs a journalist, I gravitate toward the lurid. That's just how we roll. If some post-adolescent crank tries to set up a "white student union" at Towson University, he is guaranteed ink. If some crackpot explains that George W. Bush was behind the...Tags: Science and Technology, Barack Obama, Literature, Arts and Culture, George W. Bush
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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Elections, Joe Manchin III, John McCain, Jeff Flake
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Hispanics press for majority district in Orange
A group of Hispanic leaders pressed Orange County leaders Friday to settle a pending federal lawsuit which alleges that newly-drawn political borders have diluted Latino political power. A group of Hispanic leaders pressed Orange County leaders Friday...Tags: Elections, Litigation, Politics, Voting, Trials
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Have the courage to defend the word
After Jason Collins leaped out of the closet in a Sports Illustrated cover story, the NBA player was lauded for the courage of his declaration—becoming the first active male athlete in the four major professional sports to come out as gay. Others...Tags: Periodicals, Sports Illustrated, Chicago Transit Authority, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Heroism
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Hispanic activists ask Orange leaders to settle redistricting court fight
A group of Hispanic community leaders pressed Orange County leaders this morning to settle a pending federal lawsuit that alleges the county's newly-drawn political borders have diluted Latino political power. Puerto Rican Leadership Council President...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Voting
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Assembly approves bill on gender identity in schools
SACRAMENTO -- The Assembly approved on Thursday legislation that would ensure students could participate in school activities and use facilities like bathrooms based on their gender identity, not their physical sex. The bill's author, Assemblyman Tom...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Education, Social Issues, Tom Ammiano
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How much tolerance for intolerance?
Tolerance is justifiably one of liberal Democracy's most cherished values. But what do we do when tolerance, with its openness to multiple views, permits and even supports intolerance? This is particularly an issue today when open prejudice against Jews...Tags: Mohamed Morsi, Islam, Palestinian National Authority, Ethics, Arts and Culture
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Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?
Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join them. On Tuesday, lawmakers in Delaware adopted a same-...Tags: Elections, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Republican Party
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Assembly OKs bill allowing transgender students in sports
SACRAMENTO — Schools would have to allow transgender students to participate on sports teams and use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, not their sex, under a measure passed by the California Assembly on Thursday. Advocates said...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Social Issues, American Civil Liberties Union, Tom Ammiano
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