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Adeline Ogier Bracken, athlete and mother
Adeline Ogier Bracken, a multi-talented athlete who earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics when few women attended college and went on to raise 10 children, died Tuesday of heart failure at Mercy Ridge Retirement Community in Timonium. She was 96....Tags: Loyola University Chicago, Timonium, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Super Bowl
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McDaniel nets $100,000 from romance author Nora Roberts
WESTMINSTER — McDaniel College in Westminster announced this week that it has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Nora Roberts Foundation to advance research and study of romance literature. This is the second year the college has received...Tags: Romance (genre), Financial Aid
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Francis N. Craig
Francis N. Craig, a retired Edgewood Arsenal scientist, died of respiratory failure Thursday at the Broadmead Retirement Community in Cockeysville. He was 100 and had previously lived in the Loreley section of Baltimore County near White Marsh.
His...Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore County, Christianity, Planned Parenthood
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1908 Illinois race riot was impetus behind founding of the NAACP
When an African-American was accused of raping a white woman and another of murdering a white locomotive engineer, Springfield, Ill., exploded into a race riot on the evening of Aug. 14, 1908. The mob grew furious when they learned that the two men had...Tags: Lawyers, Racism, Druid Hill, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System
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Elinora Bowdoin Bolton, French teacher
Elinora Bowdoin Bolton, a former French teacher who had been a celebrated 1940s women's tennis player, died of heart failure in her sleep Tuesday at the Keswick Multicare Center. The former Howard County resident was 93.
Family members said she was...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, French Literature, France, Huguenot, Howard County
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Reginald Lewis' daughter opens up about growing up with her famous father
When she was 12 years old, Christina Lewis Halpern was caught in the collision between great good fortune and terrible luck. And the suddenness and severity of the impact jolted her deeply, though it would take years for her to experience the full...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Laws, Occupy Wall Street, Virginia State University
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Harford scores lower on AP tests than region's other suburbs
While Maryland ranks No. 1 in the country for the fourth year in a row for the percentage of graduating seniors who passed Advanced Placement exams last year, Harford County students' performance fell short of those in the Baltimore Region's other...Tags: High Schools, Carroll County (Maryland), Schools, Howard County, Music
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Eagle Archive: McDaniel's new Gill Stadium will take its place in college's athletic history
On Feb. 3, McDaniel College held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Kenneth R. Gill Stadium. In an article by The Eagle's Steve Jones, at ExploreCarroll.com, he noted that at the ceremonies, "shovels dug into a pile of dirt at McDaniel College" to...Tags: College Sports, Colleges and Universities, Farms
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Md. is No. 1 in number of graduates who pass AP exams
For the fourth year in a row, Maryland ranked No. 1 in the nation in the percentage of its graduating seniors who successfully passed the rigorous Advanced Placement exams, leaping further ahead of other top states.
Twenty-nine percent of last year's...Tags: Baltimore County, Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Education notes: Head of the Class
The following students from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., have been named to the fall 2011 dean's list: Samantha Stickevers and Elizabeth Thomasian, of Cockeysville; Elizabeth Elliott, of Timonium; Julia Mitchell, of Baltimore and Suzanne Roberts,...Tags: DePaul University, Charleston, Timonium, Clemson University, University of New Hampshire
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College students rally on behalf of budget
Jonathan Jayes-Green graduated near the top of his high school class but couldn't afford to attend the four-year colleges that accepted him. Now he's an honor student at two-year Montgomery College, and he'd like to head off cuts to the school's budget....Tags: Annapolis, Morgan State University, University of Maryland, College Park, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Lobbying
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Goucher senior Sarah Bart advances again on 'Jeopardy!'
The Baltimore SunSarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College, won again Thursday night on the "Jeopardy! College Championship" competition. It wasn't even close. Bart more than doubled the combined total of both of her competitors, Greer Mackabee, of Duke, and Jaime Alayon,...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Indiana University, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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