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Digest: Glenelg's Markwordt leads Ohio St. with 10 points in lax win
Women's college lacrosse Glenelg's Markwordt leads Ohio St. to win Paced by Alayna Markwordt's 10 points, the No. 12 Ohio State women's lacrosse team downed host St.Bonaventure, 15-8, on Monday afternoon. Eight players scored for the Buckeyes (7-1) in...Tags: Students, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Groin, Tomas Vokoun, D.C. United
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Inez Alice Chappell, manicurist
Baltimore Sun reporterInez Alice Chappell, a former Pennsylvania Avenue manicurist and thoroughbred racing fan, died Nov. 2 of heart failure at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 86. The daughter of an arabber and a homemaker,...Tags: Nat King Cole, Flip Wilson, Minority Groups, Pimlico Race Course, African Americans
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A reunion to remember
It took 62 years to happen but the Class of 1949 of Havre de Grace Colored High School finally had an official reunion earlier this month.
The reunion brought eight of the surviving members together at Bulle Rock's Red Room on Aug. 7. Pat Cole, whose...Tags: Arts, Regional Authority, Fine Arts, History (tv network), Harford County
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William Lloyd "Little Willie" Adams, prominent venture capitalist
William Lloyd "Little Willie" Adams, who went from being a numbers runner on the streets of Baltimore to the city's first prominent African-American venture capitalist, bankrolling numerous black-owned businesses such as Parks Sausage and Super Pride...Tags: Morgan State University, Bars and Clubs, Business, Pimlico Race Course, African Americans
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I met Joe Louis at Little Willie Adams' house
I was sorry to hear that William Lloyd "Little Willie" Adams had passed away. Years ago, my friend Elliott Klupt, who lived next door to Mr. Adams, and I were invited over to meet Joe Louis, who was staying at his home before a fight. We were about 12...Tags: Pikesville
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Boxer made his mark — awkwardly
OAK VIEW, Calif. — Ray "Windmill" White, a veteran of 60 professional fights, pulls a paperback from a shelf in his office, opens "The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists" and thumbs through it. Finally spotting his name, he looks up and smiles. "So,"...Tags: Merv Griffin, Ventura (Ventura, California), Light Heavyweight Boxing, Disneyland Park, Boxing
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Ravens' Grubbs knows what it means to give back
The world has been pretty chaotic lately.
The financial markets are in turmoil, 401(k)'s have evaporated, the Obamas and the Clintons are suddenly best of friends, teenage vampire literature is all the rage, the auto industry is on the verge of...Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Guns N' Roses (music group), National Football League, Baseball, Dallas Cowboys
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Celebration, tears greet Obama's victory across U.S.
The Associated PressCrowds danced in the streets, wept, lifted their voices in prayer and brought traffic to a standstill. From the nation's capital to Atlanta to Los Angeles, Americans celebrated Barack Obama's victory and marveled that they lived to see the day that a...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., John McCain, Civil Rights, Grant Park, Weather Reports
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Donovan's stable is more than Colts
Sun StaffHere's the game ball from a big win in 1958, that championship year. There's the jersey he wore during a Hall of Fame career, No. 70 in the blue-and-white of the Baltimore Colts. And here, in the barroom at Art Donovan's Valley Country Club, is ... a...Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Art Donovan, National Football League, Clubs and Associations, Dining and Drinking
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Dizzying turn from boot camp to combat for new Marines
Sun Foreign StaffWITH THE U.S. MARINES, Iraq - The 26 young, fresh-faced Marines arrived in this camp outside Baghdad yesterday morning, their desert camouflage utilities crisp and spotless, their backpacks stuffed with fresh magazines of ammunition, their eyes - if...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), John Murphy, Armed Forces, International Military Interventions, Covina
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A place of honor
Special to The SunIf ever there were a year that needed a Memorial Day, this is the year. If ever there were a place to symbolize best our national need to remember and to honor, this is the place: the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va....Tags: Holidays, Armed Forces, International Military Interventions, Robert F. Kennedy, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Mitchell files for personal bankruptcy
Sun StaffFormer state Sen. Clarence M. Mitchell IV filed for personal bankruptcy this week, listing assets of $50,000 and debts of up to $500,000. The Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition was filed Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Baltimore and lists five creditors,...Tags: Loans, Local Elections, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Verizon Communications, Financially Distressed Companies
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