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**EXCERPT** SILVER SPRING, Md. — After losing two caucuses and a primary to Senator Barack Obama Saturday, Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign seemed like it might need a prayer. Or two. And so Bill Clinton started off his day of Potomac Primary campaigning with a stop at the Temple of Praise, an African-American church in Washington, DC. Then he attended services — again — at another church: The Greater Mt. Nebo African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bowie, Maryland. Throughout his five stops Sunday — one in the district and four just outside the Beltway in Maryland — former president Clinton struck...

Clinton Says Choice Is a Dilemma Feb 10 03:05 PM US/Eastern By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Writer BOWIE, Md. (AP) - Former President Clinton said Sunday that having to choose between his wife and Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination is a God-given dilemma. Clinton, who visited black churches in the District of Columbia and Maryland, said he understands black people's desire to finally elect one of their own as president. But he urged them also to consider Hillary Rodham Clinton' experience and policy initiatives in housing, education, health care and her support voting representation in Congress for...

The Dewey Loman American Legion Post 109 is the place to be tonight for Maryland Republicans. That’s where presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and ex-presidential candidate Mitt Romney are both scheduled to speak this evening in Halethorpe Maryland. Romney was previously scheduled to attend the event, while McCain announced his surprise appearance this morning. And just minutes ago, McCain’s campaign put out word that the Arizona senator would be picking up “a major endorsement” at this evening’s Baltimore County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. Minutes later, former Massachusetts Gov. Romney announced he would be ending his bid for the White House....

From the 630 WMAL web site, Washington, D.C.

Clinton 46%, Rudy 41% Clinton 49%, Fred 37% Clinton 47%, McCain 40% Clinton 52%, Huckabee 31%

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Maryland's highest court Tuesday upheld a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ending a lawsuit filed by same-sex couples who claimed they were being denied equal protection under the law. A divided Court of Appeals ruled that Maryland's 1973 ban on gay marriage does not discriminate on the basis of gender and does not deny any fundamental rights, and that the state has a legitimate interest in promoting opposite-sex marriage. The decision essentially sent the gay-marriage issue back to the legislature, where lawmakers on both sides of the debate predicted a flurry of...

ANNAPOLIS— After eleven days of presidential straw poll ballots cast at the Maryland Republican Party’s State Fair booth, Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) was announced last night as the winner. The Maryland Republican Party’s first-ever presidential straw poll at the State Fair resulted in nearly 1,000 Marylanders casting a vote for their favorite Republican candidate for president.