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AKAs welcome Sister Barbie
Special to The Baltimore SunShe is, in a word, gorgeous. A real headturner. From head to toe, she is perfect. Her hair, artfully coiffed in shining curls, flows past her shoulders. Her lips are plump and carefully hued with a warm pink that complements the toasted copper color of...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., National or Ethnic Minorities, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Mattel Inc.
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When Alzheimer's hits home
Special to The Baltimore SunMy parents, Virginia Ida and Pythias Alexander Jones, were wonderful people who died from Alzheimer's disease within 13 years of each other. My mother was diagnosed in 1974 when she was in her 50s. She was the type of person who remembered every birthday...Tags: Diseases, Illnesses, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lobbying, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Keeping up the battle against HIV, AIDS
Los Angeles Times"Ladies," said Cookie Johnson, looking straight into the camera, her husband's arm draped across her shoulders. "Have you been tested ... " " ... for HIV?" finished Los Angeles Lakers basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson. As the most prominent...Tags: Civil Rights, Television Industry, NAACP, Diseases, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Calendar
OCT. 12 "The Clean Up Woman" JD Lawrence's new stage play and dramedy, The Clean Up Woman, stars Jackee Harry, Telma Hopkins, Christopher Williams and George Wilborn. 8 p.m. at Morgan State University, Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Drive. $39....Tags: Dance, Charles Theatre, Diseases, Awards and Prizes, John Witherspoon
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What Obama means to me
Special to The Baltimore SunFor a community advocate and businessman, a redefining of hurtful stereotypes. For a single mother, a better opportunity to educate her son --and herself. For civil rightsera survivors, a reminder of how far we have come. Indeed, the presidential...Tags: Civil Rights, Government, Martin Luther King Jr., Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton
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Middle school for boys part of a trend toward single-sex education
The boys in the seventh-grade classroom wave their hands wildly and squirm in their seats, unable to contain their joy in a competition involving singular and plural nouns. Their teacher seems undaunted by the outbursts of cheering. These are boys, after...Tags: Family, Academic Progress, Middle Schools, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Fatal crash highlights lure of casinos for seniors
Associated PressThe casinos in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed last weekend, killing eight people. The casinos also provide free meals and complimentary...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Retirement, Casino and Gambling, Public Transportation, Gaming and Lotteries
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Howard County Datebook
Today 'Secret Garden' Red Branch Theatre Company, a new adult company in residence at Drama Learning Center, is concluding its first musical production, The Secret Garden, with a final performance at 3 p.m. Based on the classic children's novel of the...Tags: Dance, Patapsco, Mel Brooks, Academic Progress, Carrollton
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Students weigh in on race in today's world
The 11th-grade English honors students of Deborah Lambert's class at Eastern Technical High School in Baltimore County tackled a question posed in this column recently: Are we there yet? By "there," I meant the colorblind nation of our dreams - or, at...Tags: Civil Rights, Racism, Government, Frederick Douglass, Barack Obama
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Milton Vance Murray
Milton Vance Murray, who during his four-decade career as a teacher and later as an elementary school principal remained a steadfast champion of academic excellence, died from complications of Alzheimer's disease Oct. 5 at FutureCare Lochearn. He was 87....Tags: Billie Holiday, Diseases, Pigtown, Frederick Douglass, Duke Ellington
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Visitation-rights ruling breaks new ground for gay couples
In all but one way, the visitation-rights case that was decided in Baltimore County Circuit Court last week was typical of the legal wrangling that follows many a divorce - a couple splits up, the custodial parent doesn't want the ex to see the kid....Tags: Marriage, Family, Parent and Child, Court Administration, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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Gay adoption not wrong
Responding to the letter on Tuesday, Oct. 7, "Gay adoption ban a moral must," it's difficult to know where to begin. There are undesirables in every group of people, and to think that every loving, committed, gay person falls into that category is...Tags: Wilton Manors, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Adoption
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