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John Richard 'Dick' Irwin, veteran police reporter, dies
John Richard "Dick" Irwin, a tough, accurate veteran police reporter with a heart of gold whose signature Police Blotter became required reading for both crime aficionados and the just plain curious, died Wednesday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center of...
Tags: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Newspapers, Dwayne Johnson, Baltimore County, Parkville
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Marriotts Ridge High principal spotlighted for leadership award [West Friendship]
Congratulations to Marriotts Ridge High School principal Adrianne Kaufman, who was recently announced as a winner in the Washington Post 2013 Distinguished Educational Leadership Awards. Earlier in her career in Howard County, Kaufman had been an...Tags: Howard County, Cabbage, American Cancer Society, Ellicott City, Relay for Life
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The Sun buries Obama scandals
It looks like this heavily Democratic state's main publication is going to ignore the problems of this administration just like the White House is. What is on the front page of The Sun? is there any mention of Benghazi? The IRS and their illegal actions...
Tags: White House, United States Naval Academy, George W. Bush, Ellicott City
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Digest: Spirit's 2-0 loss to Thorns is first shutout
Et cetera Spirit's 2-0 loss to Thorns is first shutout Christine Sinclair scored in the 41st minute and Alex Morgan added a late goal as the Portland Thorns defeated the visiting Washington Spirit, 2-0, in a National Women's Soccer League match before...Tags: College Sports, College Baseball, Dwayne Johnson, Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks, Salisbury Sea Gulls
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The passing of a lawyer 'who never quit'
The Sun's obituary page carried the brief, unheralded notice of the death of Benjamin Lipsitz, which occurred on May 10. Consistent with Ben's penchant for humility, the notice went on to say that services were to be private. If those were his...
Tags: Justice System, Lawyers
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Gosnell's 'clinic of horrors'
It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of...
Tags: Kermit Gosnell, ABC (tv network), Abortion, The Huffington Post, U.S. Congress
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The Sun named newspaper of the year by Md.-Del.-D.C. press group
The Baltimore Sun was named Newspaper of the Year on Friday in the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association awards contest and also took home the association's annual honor for "extraordinary efforts" to gain access to public records. The Sun has been...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Newspapers, Big Ten Conference, Same-Sex Marriage, Arts
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Digest: Butler's single in 9th sends Towson baseball to win
College baseball Butler's single in 9th sends Towson to win Sophomore Brendan Butler singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as host Towson (25-27, 14-12 Colonial Athletic Association) edged Northeastern, 7-6, in the...Tags: College Sports, College Baseball, Northeastern Huskies, Salisbury Sea Gulls, Lacrosse
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Obama administration assaults press freedom
In Washington, as in any seat of power, most acts of folly begin with hubris. Government leaders, elected or appointed, usually don't intend to do the wrong thing, to overstep or cause harm, but they become so convinced, so certain of their purpose,...
Tags: The Associated Press, White House, News Media, The New York Times, Prosecution
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Marriotts Ridge principal named distinguished leader
Congratulations to Marriotts Ridge High School Principal Adrianne Kaufman, who was recently announced as a winner in the Washington Post 2013 Distinguished Educational Leadership Awards. Earlier in her career in Howard County, Kaufman was an assistant...Tags: Howard County, Cabbage, American Cancer Society, Ellicott City, Relay for Life
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Digest: Terps' DeVaughn to take part in WUG trials this week
Women's basketball Terps' DeVaughn to take part in WUG trials this week Maryland junior center Alicia DeVaughn will head to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., this week to take part in USA Basketball Women's World University...Tags: Real Salt Lake, College Baseball, Savannah State Tigers, Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, Salisbury Sea Gulls
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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Washington College (Maryland), Graduation, Colleges and Universities, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Perry Hall
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