Some are holding potluck dinners instead of springing for the entire feast. Others are staying home rather than flying. And a few are skipping the turkey altogether. On this the fourth Thanksgiving since the economy sank, prices for everything from ...

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NEW YORK — This Thanksgiving, 42.5 million people in the United States are expected to hit the road to visit family and friends — the highest number of holiday travelers since the start of the recession. Travel tracker AAA says ...

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While a 15-cent bump in the state’s gas tax may seem steep —  the increase would amount to nearly 64 percent — members of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding were divided on how much of the burden ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A state panel called for a 15-cent increase to Maryland’s gasoline tax Tuesday among a raft of proposed tax and fee hikes that would be used to pay for the state’s long, and growing, list of highway, transit ...

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Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it will keep its rating on U.S. debt at the highest grade, AAA, and issued a “stable” outlook, meaning it expects the rating to stay there. That’s better than the other two main ratings agencies: Moody’s ...

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The future of Maryland’s sterling credit rating hung in doubt Monday evening after the downgrade of the nation’s debt whipped investors into a panic and pushed the stock market into a free fall. The months-long stalemate on Capitol Hill that ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland will keep its AAA bond rating from the ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service. The ratings agency confirmed Thursday that Maryland and four other states will keep their AAA ratings. Moody’s had previously put the states on notice ...

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Maryland has retained its coveted AAA bond rating as it gears up to sell approximately $718 million worth of general obligation bonds at the next meeting of the Board of Public Works on Wednesday. Maryland Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp announced ...

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WASHINGTON — Americans are finally getting some relief from high gas and food prices. Wholesale food prices fell last month by the most in nearly a year, and gas prices keep dropping after peaking in May. A separate survey suggests ...

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WASHINGTON — The GOP-led House is poised to reject a bill Tuesday to increase the nation’s debt limit without the big spending cuts that Republicans are demanding. The move is intended as an embarrassing reminder to Democrats that increasing the ...

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