A few government and politics headlines for Wednesday.

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The Port of Baltimore set a new record for imports and exports in the fiscal year that ended in June, the Maryland Port Administration announced Tuesday.

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The first 2,500 Fiat 500L cars were unloaded at the Port of Baltimore on Friday, a total that will increase to 30,000 over the next year as part of an exclusive agreement with the Italian automaker.

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The first shipment of Fiat 500L cars is expected to land at the Port of Baltimore Friday afternoon, making it the only East Coast port to receive the vehicles.

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For the third year in a row Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has set a record for passenger traffic. Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday that more than 22.6 million passengers used the airport in 2012. That’s an increase of 1.3 ...

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The Port of Baltimore’s third-quarter performance kept it on target to smash cargo records this year, the Maryland Port Administration said Tuesday.

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To bypass the century-old Howard Street rail tunnel, a chokepoint for East Coast commerce, state and city government officials have come to a tentative agreement with CSX Transportation Inc. to build an intermodal rail facility in Southwest Baltimore.

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The Port of Baltimore broke the monthly cargo record it set in April, thanks to big July gains in roll on/roll off cargo and automobiles.

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The Port of Baltimore’s future began its journey to the Seagirt Marine Terminal in April. By September, the monstrous Chinese cargo cranes now installed on rails atop the terminal’s 50-foot berth will be fully operational.

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The Port of Baltimore’s public marine terminals handled a record 4.83 million tons of general cargo in the first half of 2012 ...

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