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Blogger Brings Racial Issues to Md. Senate Race

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A blogger’s depiction of Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (search) in minstrel makeup has brought to surface issues of race — and fidelity to one’s race — as the Republican seeks to become Maryland’s first black senator. A black man in New York who runs a left-leaning news …

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Philly to Consider Limits on Campaign Contributions

PHILADELPHIA – For two tense hours last month, it looked as if a tragic new chapter in Philadelphia’s long history of corruption was about to be written when a councilman under federal investigation climbed to the City Hall observation deck 500 feet above the street and set off a suicide …

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Senate OKs Pension Plan Reform

WASHINGTON – Hoping to reverse the deterioration of pension plans covering 44 million Americans, the Senate voted Wednesday to force companies to make up underfunding estimated at $450 billion and live up to promises made to employees. The action came a day after the federal agency that insures such plans …

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