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Spate of shootings overnight leaves 2 dead, 3 injured
A man and a boy were wounded in a shooting last night in Southwest Baltimore – part of a spate of evening shootings that left two men dead and three others injured by gunfire, police said. A 30-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were found shot about...Tags: Injuries
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Suicide bomber kills 27, injures 80 in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka A suspected rebel suicide bomber blew himself up yesterday inside a crowded opposition party office in northern Sri Lanka, killing a retired army general and 26 others. At least 80 were wounded in the bomb attack at the United...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Injuries, Suicide, Bombings
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Death figures show need for action, Dixon says
On average, a Baltimore resident dies six years earlier then other state residents, Mayor Sheila Dixon said yesterday in an address to the Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dixon called for greater involvement by city hospitals...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Johns Hopkins University
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Police investigate two shootings; 2 men dead
Three men were shot, two of them fatally, in two incidents last night in West Baltimore, and police were attempting to determine whether the attacks were related. The victims' names were withheld pending notification of family members, and no arrests... -
Colon tests can halt for most over 75
Associated PressMost people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - in a break with other medical and cancer...Tags: Cancer, Medical Procedures or Tests, Biotechnology Industry, Health Organizations, Health Treatments
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Joseph Glus
Joseph Glus, a World War II Navy veteran who later became the first Russian language teacher in Baltimore County public schools, died Wednesday of cancer at Keswick Multi-Care Center. The longtime Charles Village resident was 84. Mr. Glus, the son of...Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Colleges and Universities, Parkville, Teaching and Learning, University of Texas
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Elizabeth L. Morris, Balto. County Council secretary
Elizabeth L. Morris, former executive secretary to the Baltimore County Council and a homemaker, died Saturday of throat cancer at her Ruxton home. She was 86. Elizabeth L. Kelly was born in Baltimore and raised in Towson. She was a 1939 graduate of...Tags: Local Authority
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2nd suspect arrested in shooting death
Sentinel Staff WriterSeminole County Sheriff's investigators have made a second arrest in a shooting death last month in Fern Park. Damien McNeil Lacount, 26, of Fern Park was arrested during the weekend on a homicide charge. Demetrae Pearson, 26, was arrested on the same...Tags: Seminole County, Sanford
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Mother-in-law of VP nominee Sen. Joe Biden
New York Times News ServiceBonny Jean Jacobs, 78, the mother-in-law of Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, died Sunday after a long illness, a spokesman for Biden said. Biden, of Delaware, canceled all campaign appearances Monday and Tuesday to be with his...Tags: Joe Biden
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Man charged in shooting death at bar
A man has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a man at a Norfolk sports bar over the weekend. Rodney Williams, 40, is charged with murder, malicious wounding and two counts of the use of a firearm in commission of a felony....Tags: Murder, Trials, Rodney Williams, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Preservation experts visit cemetery for training
Weathered, cracked headstones in a historic New London cemetery have become a teaching tool for conservation experts from throughout the Northeast. The experts are visiting the city's Antienist Burial Ground for training on how to restore old...Tags: New London (New London, Connecticut), Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks
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Carole Jean Jordan is chosen to replace Stan Mayfield as Indian River County tax collector
TCPalm.comCarole Jean Jordan, who was defeated in the Republican primary for Indian River County Tax Collector more than a month ago, was selected Monday by members of the local party's executive committee to the $115,868-a-year job. Jordan, 64, now will serve...Tags: State Budgets, Local Elections, City Bank, Jeff Smith, Sarah Palin
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