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Southampton Middle School teacher reaches 40-year milestone at same school
Judy Derbyshire started teaching math at Southampton Middle School in the fall of 1973 and has been teaching there ever since. This makes her one of 12 active Harford County Public Schools educators to have served for 40 years, and just one of two to...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Middle Schools, Schools, Students
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Comcast to roll out a new system to compete with Netflix, Apple TV
We have been talking about radical changes in the way we watch for TV for almost a decade now. And a lot of it has been wrong. Remember the buzz three years ago as to how 3-D was going to be in every home? Newsflash: ESPN announced last week that it...
Tags: Media Industry, ESPN (tv network), PlayStation 4, Satellite and Cable Service, Comcast Corporation
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Microsoft and Best Buy create store within a store
Microsoft Corp. and Best Buy Co. are teaming up to create a store within a store. The Windows Store only at Best Buy, a new concept announced Thursday by the tech giant and the electronics retailer, will sell Windows-based PCs, tablets and accessories...
Tags: Best Buy Co., Inc., Electronics, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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NSA surveillance sparks privacy debate
You make a call from your land line or text a friend from your smartphone. You browse an online retailer for clothing, a book or music; you create a wish list or write a review. You walk past a security camera outside your home; you use GPS to find...
Tags: Donna F. Edwards, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Lawyers, Justice System, Electronics
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Laurel Farmers Market quietly opens for the growing season
The Laurel Board of Trade's Farmers Market opened for the season June 6 in the empty lot next to BB&T Bank on Main Street. The little-advertised "soft" opening of the weekly Thursday market only attracted three vendors, but Board of Trade officers...
Tags: Farms
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Kenny Rittenhouse Jazz Quartet to play Glenelg United Methodist [Lisbon Woodbine]
The Glenelg United Methodist Church will be offering a free program entitled Java and Jazz at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, as part of the congregation's Community Concert Series. The concert will feature the Kenny Rittenhouse Jazz Quartet. Summer...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Electronics, Apple iPhone
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Daniel Baker, Alex. Brown partner
Daniel Baker, a former general partner at Alex. Brown & Sons who headed the firm's institutional sales department and in retirement managed a family farm, died May 19 of cancer at his Ruxton home. He was 82. "Dan was one of the true gentlemen in the...
Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Princeton University, Starbucks Corp., Companies and Corporations, Rentals
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Local gamers share their curiosity about Xbox changes
The Baltimore SunCheck back on this slug frequently for updated details about the Xbox release. Microsoft today showcased details of its next-generation gaming platform, Xbox One, which will succeed the Xbox 360. The announcement at Microsoft's Redmond campus followed...Tags: ESPN (tv network), PlayStation 4, Gaming Industry, Zynga Inc., Sony Corp.
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Search traffic glancing at Xbox, still focused heavily on the Oklahoma tornado
Amazon's hosting service has been approved for government use, a formerly obscure math lecturer has received hard-won praise for an incredible accomplishment, and Oklahoma City is working to dig out from a devastating tornado. Welcome to your online...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Equestrian, Amazon.com Inc., Baltimore Orioles, Xbox
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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Engineering, Washington Nationals, Technology, American Cancer Society, Music Theater
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How to carve a swan from a watermelon (and other institutional analogies)
Tiger Woods, Microsoft and the Tea Party are all reasserting themselves. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 13, 2013. Woods won his 78th PGA event Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, showing further recovery from a series of injuries and marital...
Tags: The Players Championship, Apple iPad, Twitter, Inc., Social Media, Tiger Woods
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A new day for U.S. manufacturing
Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...
Tags: Trade Balance, Methanex Corporation, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Energy, China
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