| Maryland Sen. Currie indicted on charges of taking bribes from grocery chain |
| Longtime Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, one of the most powerful and popular figures in the General Assembly, was indicted Wednesday on charges that he took more than $245,000 in bribes to use his position and influence to do favors for a grocery chain. Indictment - United States - Maryland - Politics - Business |
| 09/01/2010 |
| What happens if China's 'bubble' pops? |
| World-renowned short seller Jim Chanos -- the hedge fund manager who called the fall of Enron and the systemic problems cause by subprime mortgages --recently turned his gimlet eye on China. He saw a country whose rapid rise was hiding massive flaws: grossly inflated real estate prices, irresponsible construction lending, massive overbuilding, a banking system larded with bad loans, and ... |
| 09/02/2010 |
| Discovery Channel gunman had explosive devices |
| Montgomery County police say a man who was shot to death after taking hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters in Maryland was carrying a handgun, propane tanks and pipe bombs. |
| 09/02/2010 |
| Political Economy: U.S. regulators fell short before financial crisis, Bernanke says |
| U.S. regulators fell short in using their powers "forcefully or effectively" to stop risky practices by banks and were "slow to identify and address abuses" in subprime mortgage lending before the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in prepared remarks. Financial crisis - Economic - Business - Social Sciences - Ben Bernanke |
| 09/02/2010 |
| Hurricane Earl approaches East Coast |
| Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia declare states of emergency, and the evacuation of the Outer Banks is underway. Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving tourists from North Carolina's vacation islands and threatening to bring damaging winds and waves to the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend. |
| 09/01/2010 |
| Feds look to seize $10 million from alleged drug kingpin |
| Court filing links Blackwell to real estate in Cecil, Baltimore City Federal authorities are trying to seize $10 million from reputed drug kingpin Steven Blackwell Jr., who was indicted along with two others on federal heroin distribution charges last month. |
| 08/31/2010 |
| MARYLAND: Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated 'Kate Plus 8' |
| SILVER SPRING, Md. — A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet. |
| 09/02/2010 |
| Gunman's reality show pitch to Discovery |
| James J. Lee, the 43-year-old gunman who was killed by police Wednesday after taking hostages at the Discovery Channel's headquarters on Tuesday, may have been motivated by feelings of rejection after having his script ideas ignored by the network. Discovery Channel - Police - Television - Arts - Networks |
| 09/02/2010 |
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