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Former House Majority Leader, and newly-elected minority whip, Steny Hoyer D-MD said today that President Obama’s just-announced pay freeze for 2 million civilian government employees should also be extended to military personnel.

via New Dem. Whip Hoyer Says Pay Freeze Should Include Military | The Blaze.

(I voted for Charles Lollar. Did you?

Our military members are already woefully underpaid, something the Maryland Senator just doesn’t seem to understand.)

Stink bugs are harmless to people and their possessions. They don’t bite. They don’t sting. They’re not known to transmit disease. But their population has grown so tremendously that they are vexing homeowners and, for the first time, damaging fruit and vegetable crops, from peaches and apples to soybeans and corn and ornamental shrubs and trees.

via Home & Garden | Mid-Atlantic invaded by stink bugs | Seattle Times Newspaper.

(Just when we thought it was safe to go outside after the storm.)

A gunshot appears to have shattered a glass door to a Maryland Republican Party field office on the Eastern Shore early Tuesday. The office was closed and no one was inside when the incident occurred, according to police and the state Republican party.

Read the ENTIRE story at the Washington Post:

via Maryland Politics – Md. GOP says gun shot broke campaign office window.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Donte; Stallworth accidentally killed a man while driving drunk, which separates his attempt at an NFL comeback from every other former first-round wide receiver who hasn’t lived up to his potential.

Read the ENTIRE story at USA TODAY:

via Donte’ Stallworth back at work, but big mistake always on his mind – USATODAY.com | Stop the Maryland Unsafe Driver.

Annapolis Storm Video #1 | Eye On Annapolis.

My fav Annapolis blog has some snow video!

O’Malley to seek sex law reform – baltimoresun.com.

Why Governor O’Malley makes my skin crawl. He NEVER convened a committee to study sex crimes and punishment in this state as he was supposed to and never saw that new tough laws were enforced. Now he is suddenly ready to announce an effort to create tough new laws? Huh? What is wrong with this picture?

(Via Times News via DIGG) He didn’t know it’s illegal to kill a snake — any snake — in the state without a permit from the Department of Natural Resources.

(Thanks to Delusional Duck for pointing out this story.)

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One of Maryland’s budget-balancing tactics – asking millionaires to pay more money to the state – appears to be backfiring as the number of the highest-earning taxpayers dwindles with the flagging economy. A year ago, Maryland became one of the first states in the nation to create a higher tax bracket for millionaires…

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