One of the biggest lessons of the recent economy is that many people who thought they were financially ready for retirement … weren’t. The amount of money, investments and government support you’ll need to retire comfortably is as individual as ...

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Arguably the most important law of them all is the federal budget. Its passage and contents are the precondition of the execution, enforcement and administration of all other federal laws and many state ones. Its provisions embody some of the ...

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Baltimore’s Poe House and Museum may be in danger of closing if it doesn’t find a way to replace money that it has been receiving from the city. The museum, which received $80,000 annually from the city until last year, ...

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Eating at home may be one of the few behavioral changes from the recession that stick. Forced to eat more meals at home when money was tight, people learned new habits. Some discovered they enjoy cooking and dining in. As ...

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Still wish you were on vacation? Most of your co-workers out for week? Here’s some “work” you can do to pass the time: The strange (and sad) story of Ravens rookie Sergio Kindle takes another wrong turn. Morris L. Cohen, ...

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MIAMI — Courtney Carver was trying to find ways to simplify her life when she decided to pare down her wardrobe to 33 items to be worn over three months. Once she launched the concept on her blog and Facebook ...

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And the rates keep moving north. First, the Federal Reserve began its second round of quantitative easing around Thanksgiving, and all that did was put the fear of inflation into the mortgage market, which led to rates shooting up in ...

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As Americans become more conscious about the damage debt can do to their finances, there’s always a question of whether it makes sense to pay down first mortgages and home equity lines so they can direct more money to retirement ...

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BALTIMORE — A Baltimore nonprofit has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming that a Maryland apartment complex made fewer apartments available to black renters. The lawsuit was filed in federal court Wednesday by Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc., which works to combat housing ...

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A former Baltimore County Public Schools custodian was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the school system over a seven-year period. Barry L. Troxell, 52, also was sentenced to five years’ ...

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