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President praises Baltimore native at commencement
If Baltimore native Leland Shelton had bothered to check his email in the hectic day before graduation, he might have avoided a shock during commencement. There he was, one of 500 men in a black cap and gown this week at Morehouse College in Atlanta,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Theft, Barack Obama, Morgan State University, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland)
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Retired APG general: The players change, the 'GAM' remains the same
Sixteen years ago, Robert Shadley, then a major general in the Army, uncovered disturbing news from an important Army training facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Drill sergeants and other instructors were regularly using their power to get sexual...
Tags: Aberdeen, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault, Rentals, Sex Crimes
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Howard County pets: What's the hype about raw diets?
Q: I’ve heard a lot about raw dog food, but it seems pricey. Is it safe? Are the health benefits substantial? A: Raw diets for dogs (including raw meat) have become increasingly popular. Some pet owners -- even some veterinarians -- swear by them,...
Tags: Herbal Supplements, Food Industry, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Salmonella Infection
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Eagle Archives: Standard, aka junk, mail goes back to 19th century
The nation's first countywide free rural postal delivery service got off to a shaky and contested start Dec. 20, 1896, in Carroll County. According to multiple media accounts, including the Baltimore Sun, "One of the first pick-ups postal clerk Edwin...
Tags: Mail Order Industry, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Carroll County (Maryland)
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Good intentions don't create jobs
Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...
Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Racism, Marc Steiner, Bernard C. Young, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Protesters oppose possible sale of The Baltimore Sun to Koch brothers
Ten protesters gathered Tuesday morning in front of The Baltimore Sun's office on North Calvert Street, rallying against a possible sale of the newspaper to Koch Industries. Headed by brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, the private company has...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Charles Koch, MoveOn, David Koch, Newspaper and Magazine
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Kevin Krigger could ride into Preakness history as black jockey
The day after riding in the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger packed his family and gear and headed for Pimlico Race Course — by way of Cincinnati. A woman there had captured his heart. She was Liliane Casey, 88, whose father, Jimmy Winkfield, was the...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Civil Rights, Laurel Park, Pimlico Race Course, Racism
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Chemotherapy, Mastectomy, Angelina Jolie, Diseases and Illnesses
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Angelina Jolie will also get ovaries removed
Actress Angelina Jolie, who got a double mastectomy to lower her chances of breast cancer, will also have her ovaries removed, according to People magazine. Jolie said in a New York Times editorial Tuesday that she had her breasts removed and...
Tags: People (magazine), Mastectomy, Angelina Jolie, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Robert M. Douglass, Calvert Cliffs' chief engineer
Robert M. Douglass, former chief engineer of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.'s Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, died Monday of cancer at his home in Port Republic, Calvert County. He was 88. The son of an electrical engineer and a homemaker, Robert...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Electronics, Wethersfield, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Habitat for Humanity International
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The Internet likes Kanye; not such a big fan of the Tumblr purchase
Yahoo has added another major property to its portfolio, Kanye West went dark and political for his SNL gig, and France is buying military equipment. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 20, 2013. With the exception of television show...
Tags: Lotteries, Computer Networking and Internet, Corrections Corporation of America, Google Inc., France
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In a word: "blandishment"
The Baltimore SunEach week The Sun's John McIntyre presents a relatively obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar, another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week's word: BLANDISHMENT All of us are susceptible to persuasion,...
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