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  • Martin O'Malley (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

    O'Malley's approval 52%, but voters split on 2 issues

    A majority of Marylanders approve of Gov. O'Malley's performance but also are sharply divided on issues.


  • ** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (Associated Press/Presidential Press Service)

    Tit for tat: Moscow lists U.S. officials to be barred

    Moscow is preparing a list of U.S. officials it will ban from Russia in retaliation for a White House policy to keep Russian human rights abusers out of the U.S.


  • ** FILE ** Maryland Delegate Patrick L. McDonough. (The Washington Times)

    Maryland Delegate McDonough to run for Congress

    Maryland Delegate Pat L. McDonough, a Baltimore County Republican who helped lead a successful petition drive against the state's Dream Act, announced Thursday he will run for Congress or Senate next year.


  • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele got campaign cash from developer Patrick Q. Ricker through "straw donors." Nothing in his plea agreement indicates they were aware of the illegal nature of the contributions.

    Developer in Johnson probe gave illegal campaign cash

    A developer who pleaded guilty in connection with a federal investigation into former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson also appears to have given tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions through "straw donors" to former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele and former Rep. Albert Wynn.


  • An Amtrak Acela train, with its distinctive bullet nose, pulls into the Wilmington, Del., station after making a fast run from Washington. (Bloomberg News)

    Northeast senators seek rejected Fla. rail funds

    Senators from Maryland to Massachusetts are asking the federal transportation secretary to redirect high-speed rail funding rejected by Florida's governor to projects in the Northeast Corridor.


  • Travelers walk through the terminal at Washington's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, as they holiday travel season began. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    National Airport limits debate pits East vs. West

    The Senate debate to ease decades-old restrictions on long-haul flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has divided lawmakers along geographical lines instead of the usual party ones.


  • Political Scene

    In a sharp challenge to the Obama administration, House Republicans will unveil legislation Wednesday to ban the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act and expect to advance the bill quickly, aides said.


  • Embassy Row

    Greece's unionized intelligence service is such a failure that it is "dangerous to national security," and police know the identities of domestic terrorists but cannot arrest them because of legal barriers, a former U.S. ambassador in Athens said after private talks with the country's former minister for public safety.


  • A supporter of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange holds up a placard outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London where Mr. Assange was brought before a judge, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

    Teen arrested in cyber-attacks; others pursued

    Police and prosecutors in Europe and the U.S. have launched investigations into cyber-attacks by supporters of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, as online skirmishing over the group's publication of secret diplomatic communications continued.


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