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		<title>Seven Bancorp Under Federal Supervision</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/11/24/seven-bancorp-under-federal-supervision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annapolis based Severn Bankcorp, Inc., the parent of Seven Bank, has joined the growing list of banks that are now under federal supervision.
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) announced that it has supervisory agreements in place and that the bank must revise its policies regarding its problem assets, including revising its allowance for losses and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worst Area Doctor: Dr. Harold C. Thomas, MD at BWMC</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/05/25/dr-harold-c-thomas-md-at-bwmc-bad-doctor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/05/25/dr-harold-c-thomas-md-at-bwmc-bad-doctor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few days I have been reflecting on the major surgery I had late last year.
Dr. Harold C. Thomas, MD at Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC)
One thing that still disgusts me is the &#8220;service&#8221; I received from Dr. Harold C. Thomas, MD, a doctor in the emergency department at Baltimore Washington Medical Center.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Vote Confident Smiles Dentistry as Annapolis&#8217; Best Dentists Office</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/05/14/i-vote-confident-smiles-dentistry-as-annapolis-best-dentists-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/05/14/i-vote-confident-smiles-dentistry-as-annapolis-best-dentists-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in awhile you come across one of those small business owners that blow you away with their stellar products or services.
For me, Dr. Creamer, of Confident Smiles Dentistry, is now one of those small business owners.  She is also an all around friendly person.
On May 5th I posted about someone in my family [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>560</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Whole Foods Opened Yesterday</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/05/06/new-whole-foods-annapolis-opened-yesterday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/05/06/new-whole-foods-annapolis-opened-yesterday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Whole Foods in Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole opened yesterday to much fanfare.
The 56,000 square foot store is the largest on the East Coast.  Original plans called for it to be an even bigger 70,000 SF before they were scaled back.
At 10 AM, when the store opened, 400 shoppers were ready with their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>Annapolis Dentist: Confident Smiles Dentistry</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/05/05/annapolis-dentist-confident-smiles-dentistry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/05/05/annapolis-dentist-confident-smiles-dentistry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 23:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confident Smiles Dentistry is a great family dentist located in the Eastport neighborhood of Annapolis.  Dr. Tara Creamer provides area residents with a wide range of dental services -- all offered at affordable prices.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>PSC: BGE May Resume Gas and Electric Shutoffs</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/28/bge-may-resume-gas-and-electric-shutoffs-says-psc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/28/bge-may-resume-gas-and-electric-shutoffs-says-psc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PSC has authorized BGE and other utility providers in Maryland to begin shutting off the utilities for past due accounts.  
There had been a moratorium on shutoffs due to an usually high number of customers with past due accounts.  More than 80,000 customers of BGE alone faced risked shutoffs before the PSC intervened.
but&#8230;

Before Baltimore [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>87</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shannon Lee Photography: Maryland Wedding Photographer</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/26/shannon-lee-photography-maryland-wedding-photographer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/26/shannon-lee-photography-maryland-wedding-photographer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delaware Wedding Photographer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shannon Lee Zirkle is not only a friend of mine, but an amazing photographer.  Flipping through the Zirkle family photo album is like flipping through a catalog filled with perfect shots.
Her photography skills are not just for family.  She is available to photograph your Maryland, Delaware, DC or Northern Virginia wedding or special event.
If you [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>462</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where to Go: Candles Off Main in Downtown Annapolis</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/26/things-to-do-annapolis-candles-off-main/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/26/things-to-do-annapolis-candles-off-main/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Candles Off Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historic Annapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stores]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was the perfect Spring day!
Wanting to take advantage of the weather, we headed to downtown Annapolis and were finally able to visit one of the stores we have been wanting to visit for quite some time: Candles Off Main.
Sure they&#8217;ve been in the same location for more than two years, but hey, I&#8217;m a little [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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		<title>Annapolis Painting Services Owner Pleads Guilty</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/25/annapolis-painting-services-owner-pleads-guilty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/25/annapolis-painting-services-owner-pleads-guilty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Bontempo, the owner of Annapolis Painting Services, plead guilty &#8212; to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and then laundering proceeds from that activity &#8212; in federal court on Friday.  He is a resident of the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Annapolis.
Mr. Bontempo faces up to 15 years in prison and $500,000 in fines when he is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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		<title>JetBlue Coming to BWI</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/23/jetblue-coming-to-bwi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/23/jetblue-coming-to-bwi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jet Blue - BWI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, a nice day became a great day when I saw that JetBlue is coming to BWI in September.
I know a lot of people who work for JetBlue and I am very good at talking airline employees out of their buddy passes, so it is great that I can now take that many more free [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>141</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maryland Has Poor Record of Disciplining Physicians</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/21/maryland-has-poor-record-of-disciplining-physicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/21/maryland-has-poor-record-of-disciplining-physicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crohn's Disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone with Crohn&#8217;s Disease, I&#8217;ve had the best of doctors and the worst of doctors.  I am forever grateful for the best doctors and despise the worst.  There seems to be little that can be done when you end up with a bad doctor.  
Have you ever tried asking for a refund when you [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Buddy&#8217;s Crabs &amp; Ribs in Downtown Annapolis Needs Your Help!</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/20/buddys-crabs-ribs-in-downtown-annapolis-needs-your-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/20/buddys-crabs-ribs-in-downtown-annapolis-needs-your-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends at Eye on Annapolis have been trying to get the word out about the great Buddy&#8217;s Crabs and Ribs in downtown Annapolis possibly losing their liquor license:
Buddy’s Crabs &#38; Ribs has been a fixture on Main Street for 21 years and has been an exemplary neighbor to our community. They employ 150 people and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Store to Visit &#8211; Arhaus at Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/18/visit-arhaus-in-annapolis-towne-centre-at-parole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/18/visit-arhaus-in-annapolis-towne-centre-at-parole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for great furniture, you must check out the new Arhaus (if you are like me and cannot figure out how to pronounce it, I will save you the embarrassing question I asked: it&#8217;s pronounced &#8220;our house&#8221;) in the Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole.

We got lost for about an hour in there today. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>114</slash:comments>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs Follow-up</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/15/goldman-sachs-follow-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/15/goldman-sachs-follow-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I posted How the Banks Are Posting Profits.
I just stumbled upon an excellent New York Times op-ed piece that goes into further detail about Goldman Sachs sudden profit and touches on how AIG (who has received $170 billion in bailout funds thus far) helped.  I think it is a must read:
Big Profits, Big [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>55</slash:comments>
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		<title>How the Banks Are Posting Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/15/how-the-banks-are-posting-profits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/15/how-the-banks-are-posting-profits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It sure seemed fishy to me that banks are suddenly declaring profitable quarters after being on the brink of collapse just a few months ago.
Here&#8217;s how they are doing it:
Goldman Sachs, which is posting a $1.81 billion profit for the first quarter is in a rush to repay bailout funds.  To most, this would appear [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Starbucks to Close Mall Location</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/14/starbucks-to-close-mall-location/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/14/starbucks-to-close-mall-location/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Westfield Annapolis Mall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Starbucks is closing 195 stores across the U.S., including seven in Maryland.
One of the stores to find itself on the chopping block is the one at Westfield Annapolis Mall.
This is on top of the 600 underperforming stores it began closing last summer and it is part of the 300 stores in the U.S. and overseas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Sign of the Times</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/13/another-sign-of-the-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/13/another-sign-of-the-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of parents tell their kids to be a doctor or a lawyer, as both are thought to be recession proof.

Then we had this recession.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#38; Flom, one of the most well known and respected law firms in the world, is offering its associates a unique deal:

Any associate who decides to take off [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Double Dipping Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/12/double-dipping-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interest Rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TARP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/?p=1187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the banks that have received TARP funds are sending interest rates through the roof and creating bogus fees:

Last week, Bank of America sent letters to customers notifying them that the interest rate on their credit card would nearly double to 14%.  They are also going to begin charging a $10 fee for many common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Energy Re-Regulation in Maryland</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/12/no-energy-re-regulation-in-maryland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/12/no-energy-re-regulation-in-maryland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltimore Gas and Electric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor O'Malley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/?p=1178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Governor O&#8217;Malley threw his support behind a bill that would have re-regulated Maryland energy markets.
That bill has been defeated in committee.  
The House Economic Matters Committee voted 21-2 against the bill.  Members of the legislature had previously complained that they did not have enough time to review the bill and cited that as a reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Resolution to BGE Shutoffs</title>
		<link>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/08/no-resolution-to-bge-shutoffs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/08/no-resolution-to-bge-shutoffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Barron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltimore Gas and Electric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BGE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the PSC had their follow-up meeting with state utilities about shutoffs for non-paying accounts.
The proposal put forth by the utilities during yesterday&#8217;s meeting was to allow customers to catch-up on past due accounts, interest free, so long as they are caught up by next winter, when energy bills are expected to increase again.
The Baltimore [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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