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    Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Baltimore area middling on patents, a measure of commercial innovation

    The Baltimore area has a ton of research. But patents on that research? Not so much.
    The Baltimore area has a ton of research. But patents on that research? Not so much. A new report from the Brookings Institution shows that the metro area's level of patenting remained basically flat over the last decade, while the U.S. as a whole saw a...

    Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore

    2. Dec 20, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Job creation's glum arithmetic

    WASHINGTON -- How long will it take to get to an unemployment rate of 6.5 percent? That's the target the Federal Reserve wants to reach before it begins raising interest rates. The best guess of top Fed officials is two and a half years from now or mid-2015, according to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at his news conference last week. It's a gloomy forecast; now come two economists who show that, under plausible assumptions, it could take a lot longer. How about 2018?
    WASHINGTON -- How long will it take to get to an unemployment rate of 6.5 percent? That's the target the Federal Reserve wants to reach before it begins raising interest rates. The best guess of top Fed officials is two and a half years from now or mid-...

    Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace, Labor Markets

    3. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Obama's Susan Rice conundrum

    U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice has become a willing pawn in Senate Republicans' efforts to force President Barack Obama into a costly and unnecessary fight over who will serve as his secretary of state when Hillary Clinton leaves that post in the new year. Once a trio of Republicans announced they would block Ms. Rice's confirmation for a job to which she had not been appointed, her aggressive efforts to smooth matters over have only given her opponents more opportunity to put the president in a box. Secretary of state is a position for which presidents do not typically have to use political capital, but now, at a time when Mr. Obama needs every bit of power he gained through re-election, he is being forced to expend it to defend someone he may or may not have intended to nominate in the first place.
    U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice has become a willing pawn in Senate Republicans' efforts to force President Barack Obama into a costly and unnecessary fight over who will serve as his secretary of state when Hillary Clinton leaves that post in the new year....

    Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Republican Party, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Benghazi, Christopher Stevens

    4. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. In defense of Susan Rice

    Is U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice an appropriate choice as President Obama's second-term secretary of State?
    Is U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice an appropriate choice as President Obama's second-term secretary of State? Nearly 100 House Republicans have come out against Rice, joining several prominent GOP senators. Meetings on Capitol Hill this week appear not to...

    Tags: Michael G. Mullen, Republican Party, Talk Shows (genre), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Democratic Party

    5. Nov 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Climate talks buffeted by the force of Superstorm Sandy

    More than 17,000 people have converged on the Qatari capital for the latest U.N. climate talks, but the most influential presence may be Sandy. The superstorm that ravaged the U.S. Northeast a month ago seared into the American consciousness an...

    Tags: Yasser Arafat, Global Warming, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Manufacturing and Engineering, Conservation

    6. Jan 24, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Will Obama end 'perpetual war'?

    Midway through his inaugural address, Barack Obama proclaimed, "A decade of war is now ending." A cynical listener might respond: "And a new decade of war is about to begin." Obama sounded pacific notes Monday. But it will be a huge surprise if he can get through four years without going to war.
    Midway through his inaugural address, Barack Obama proclaimed, "A decade of war is now ending." A cynical listener might respond: "And a new decade of war is about to begin." Obama sounded pacific notes Monday. But it will be a huge surprise if he can get...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republican Party, International Military Interventions, Yemen, Mali

    7. Jan 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. For Democrats, unity and its pitfalls

    It's hard to recognize the Democratic Party these days. In recent decades, it's been a divided, brawling tribe. But this year, Democrats are one big, happy family.
    It's hard to recognize the Democratic Party these days. In recent decades, it's been a divided, brawling tribe. But this year, Democrats are one big, happy family. Sure, there was grumbling from the left over President Barack Obama's agreement to keep...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Republican Party, Los Angeles Times Columnists, U.S. Congress, Gun Control

    8. Jan 18, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Australia's gun control: Success or failure?

    <span style="font-size: small;">After a mass shooting in 1996, Australia enacted a sweeping package of gun restrictions far more ambitious than anything plausible here -- including a total ban on semiautomatic weapons, a mandatory gun buyback, and strict limits on who could own a firearm. John Howard, who was prime minister at the time, wrote the other day that his country <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/opinion/australia-banned-assault-weapons-america-can-too.html">"is safer today as a consequence of gun control."</a></span>
    After a mass shooting in 1996, Australia enacted a sweeping package of gun restrictions far more ambitious than anything plausible here -- including a total ban on semiautomatic weapons, a mandatory gun buyback, and strict limits on who could own a...

    Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Suicide, Australia, Murder

    9. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  9. Column: Unity has pitfalls for Democrats

    It’s hard to recognize the Democratic Party these days. In recent decades, it’s been a divided, brawling tribe. But this year, Democrats are one big, happy family.  Sure, there was grumbling from the left over President Barack Obama’...

    Tags: Interior Policy, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Fiscal Cliff

    10. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. Specter of Benghazi drives US-Afghan talks

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya last year has become a factor driving the White House decision on how large a force to leave in Afghanistan after 2014 &mdash; and a specter hanging over talks between the Afghan president and the U.S.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya last year has become a factor driving the White House decision on how large a force to leave in Afghanistan after 2014 — and a specter hanging over talks between the Afghan...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Benghazi, International Military Interventions, Armed Forces, Leon Panetta

    11. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. School choice, not more government micromanagement

    James Campbell's idea of K-12 school reform is to take three colossal failures in top-down education management and double-down on them ("Three Steps for better schools," Jan. 8). Rewriting the No School Left Behind Act will only further kill local...
    12. Dec 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. For the record

    Sheriff's official: In the Dec. 13 LATExtra section, a brief news item said that a Los Angeles County sheriff's official who had been blamed for failing to raise alarms about deputy abuse of inmates would be resigning. The item should have included a...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Gaming, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crosswords

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