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Doug has been a reporter since his year as editor-in-chief at the University of Delaware's student newspaper, The Review. He has worked as a reporter for The Virginian Pilot in Norfolk, Va., The Philadelphia Inquirer, The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., Forbes Magazine in New York and The Baltimore Sun, where he spent six years covering state and local government and politics. At The Sun he worked as an investigative reporter and his stories spurred the state criminal investigation into former Mayor Sheila Dixon. 

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You Asked, Ehrlich Answered

Patch readers submitted questions to both Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Republican challenger, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. Here is Part One of our interview with Ehrlich.

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Turn Back the Clock

Clocks were turned back an hour on Nov. 7.

Turn Back the Clock
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Last Minute Election Dash

With hours to go before the polls open on Tuesday, candidates were making their final pleas to voters on Monday. Some by phone. Some with waving. Some with knocking. And one—gasp!—with silence.

Last Minute Election Dash
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Council Candidate Did Not Pay Taxes for Years

Gordon Harden, a 5th District Democratic candidate, paid $144,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties after the government opened 31 separate legal actions against him.

Council Candidate Did Not Pay Taxes for Years