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Woodbine-based horse farm aids distressed animals
When a deadly earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, and Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana seven years ago, humans weren't the only creatures in distress.
Countless horses and other animals also needed help, and emergency teams from the Woodbine-based Days End...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Dave Dickerson: 10 years after Maryland's national title
The Baltimore SunDave Dickerson has often looked for stability in his college coaching career, in part because his own playing career at Marylandwas marked by instability – and tragedy. Recruited to play for Lefty Driesell, Dickerson had finished his freshman...Tags: John Calipari, Ohio State Buckeyes, Memphis Tigers, Conference USA, Tulane Green Wave
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Laurel Leader-Call, newspaper in Laurel's sister city, to cease publishing March 29
The Laurel Leader-Call, a century-old newspaper in Laurel's sister city of Laurel, Miss., will cease publishing after its March 29 issue, its editors announced March 26. In a story on the paper's website, it was reported that publisher Mitchell Lynch...Tags: Laurel, Hinduism, Newspaper and Magazine
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Should NFL charge fans for media day?
What won't it charge for? Bill Kline The Morning Call NFL teams extort exorbitant personal seat license fees from fans just for the "privilege" of buying a season ticket. The NFL routinely schedules games that last until nearly midnight on school...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Football, Baltimore Ravens, Games, Steve Martin
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Navy moving hospital ship Comfort to Virginia
The USNS Comfort, the white-hulled hospital ship that has been a fixture of the Baltimore waterfront for a quarter-century, is moving next year to Norfolk, Va., the Navy announced Tuesday.
Maryland officials had fought the move of the ship, whose...Tags: Natural Disasters, Naval Station Norfolk, Hospitals and Clinics, Executive Branch, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Baltimore ATF gets new chief amid shakeup
A top supervisor with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is being reassigned to lead the Baltimore field office as the beleaguered agency attempts to remake itself amid the fallout from a failed gun-tracking operation along the...Tags: Defense, Firearms, Mexico, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System
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Without freedom of movement, it's kind of boring
Since I learned to drive, and started paying for gasoline, a big challenge in my life has been finding the cheapest gasoline within easy striking distance of whatever territory I was likely to be prowling. Then I look around to find the most expensive...Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Trips and Vacations, Petroleum Industry, Civil Rights
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Bobby Jindal: The next vice president?
Republican Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana last weekend won re-election with a staggering 65.8 percent of the vote in a state that remains heavily Democratic. It is, the governor's office contends, the highest percentage achieved by a candidate since...Tags: Rick Perry, Investments, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Money and Monetary Policy
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Mold forces St. Mary's students to move to cruise ship
Water has always been intrinsic to the experience of attending St. Mary's College of Maryland, but that legacy took a new turn this week when hundreds of students learned that mold would force them to spend the rest of the semester living on a 300-foot...Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Entertainment Events, Teaching and Learning
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Arbutus Middle teacher trades tennis shoes for combat boots
The school year ended last month for a physical education teacher at Arbutus Middle School.
Chris Schepers left the school, which has an enrollment of students from Catonsville and Arbutus, early in order to prepare for his deployment to Fort Dix, N.J.,...Tags: College Sports, Afghanistan, Towson University, Kabul (Afghanistan), Catonsville
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Sprinter Tyler Badie returns to his native New Orleans to compete in AAU Junior Olympics
When Tyler Badie thinks about New Orleans, he doesn't remember much. He was only 6 years old when his family left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "I remember playing with my friends," Badie, now 11, said. "I remember the good food. And the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Multi-Sport Events, Baltimore Ravens, Football
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Beware those "lesser" hurricanes
Maryland WeatherWe have a natural tendency to discount the "weaker" hurricanes, those Cat. 1 and 2 cyclones that seem so run-of-the-mill compared with the Cat. 4 and 5 beasts that show up from time to time.But the smaller tempests are sometimes......Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Hurricane Ike (2008), CNN (tv network)
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