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Japanese students visit Arundel High
Japanese cultural exchange student Minami Tajima remembers one of her first visits to an American restaurant. She and about two dozen other students from Japan visited Anne Arundel County last year, and after she befriended Arundel High School student...Tags: Natural Disasters, Tokyo (Japan), Tsunamis, Nuclear Power, Teachers
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Uncertain year ahead for U.S. stocks
Investors had plenty to keep them jittery in 2011. There were the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, economic woes in Europe, and, here at home, politically tinged fiscal showdowns in Washington over deep government spending cuts.
Still, the stock market...Tags: Natural Disasters, Money and Monetary Policy, Manufacturing and Engineering, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Companies and Corporations
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Baseball diplomacy: Ripken hosts Japanese teens
Thinking backon his efforts as an ambassador of baseball, Cal Ripken Jr. recalled howthe teens he worked with in Nicaragua were so excited it was impossible to corral them into groups, while the kids in China were so reserved it was hard to get them out...Tags: Natural Disasters, Michelle Kwan, Athletes, Pakistan, Chicago White Sox
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Aftershock: 4.5 magnitude earthquake felt overnight in Baltimore
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake – an apparent aftershock to Tuesday's 5.8 quake that shook Baltimore – was recorded at 1:08 a.m., near Mineral, Va., the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting. Some Baltimore area residents reported via Facebook...Tags: Natural Disasters, Social Media, Mass Media, Facebook, U.S. Geological Survey
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Earthquake news tips sent to The Baltimore Sun
Henry Fostel, Towson (1:51 p.m.): We just experienced a small earth quake at 1:50pm in Towson. Karen A. Fitze, Towson, Timonium and Selbyville, Del. (1:57 p.m.): An earthquake just hit Towson, Timonium, AND Selbyville, Delaware. Catherine Bedolla,...Tags: Natural Disasters, Federal Hill, Baltimore County, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Ellicott City
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Geologists could be studying reasons behind earthquake for years
Geologists say Tuesday's magnitude-5.8 earthquake in Central Virginia released forces that have probably been building for tens of thousands, perhaps millions, of years.
And the event may not be over.
"Aftershocks are always a possibility, and they're...Tags: Natural Disasters, Science, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), U.S. Geological Survey, Geology
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How big was Tuesday's quake?
Maryland WeatherIf you've never experienced an earthquake before - and most people on the East Coast haven't - Tuesday's shaker was HUGE. It shook things that aren't ever supposed to shake, and rattled us in every sense of the word. We......Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Metal and Mineral, Giles County, Maryland
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5.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Howard County
The words "earthquake," "magnitude" and "epicenter" might be common in California, but not in Howard County, where the occasional tremble rattles most residents and workers in more ways than one. "I was terrified," Patrick Smith, a sales representative...Tags: Natural Disasters, Dining and Drinking, Steaks, Howard Community College, Ken Ulman
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3.4 magnitude aftershock from earthquake reported in Va.
Central Virginia has been shaken by another aftershock from last week's earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.4 magnitude aftershock at 5:09 a.m. Thursday. The epicenter was 4 miles south-southeast of Mineral. Mineral was the epicenter of...Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Disasters
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Catonsville man sells earthquake and Hurricane Irene T-shirts
Less than an hour after the final tremors of the earthquake that rattled Catonsville and much of the east coast dissipated on Aug. 23, a T-shirt emblazoned with "I survived the Virginia Earthquake" was selling for $16.99 oneBay.
Tony Uzupus, who designed...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Hurricane Irene (2011), Disasters, Catonsville
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Ballplayers' glove affairs like no others
Last December, Bobby Wilson married a woman he met in 2004 while playing minor league baseball in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. But the Angels' reserve catcher readily admits she was not his first love. Wilson wistfully recalled that his first soul mate had a nice...Tags: Robin Yount, Athletes, Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Chicago White Sox
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Business in natural disasters
Smiths Detection developed the portable emergency room to treat soldiers on the battlefield.
But the tornado that tore through Joplin, Mo., last month, executives at the Edgewood manufacturer say, showed another potential use.
The twister, one of the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Annapolis, Malaysia, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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