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Ripken gets honorary degree as University of Md. graduates 7,700
Oriole Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. drew a laugh Sunday during his commencement address at the University of Maryland, College Park when he noted his wife, Kelly, graduated from the university, "although she will not allow me to reveal the year."...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Cal Ripken, Jr., Comcast Center (arena)
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Benjamin Lipsitz, 94, Pikesville attorney who defended Bremer
Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so...
Tags: Pikesville, Baltimore City College, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Baltimore Orioles, Pimlico Race Course
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Tough love for Coppin
Coppin State University is a mess, and the problems go well beyond its abysmal six-year graduation rate of 15 percent. A report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents by a committee assigned to study the school in the wake of former...
Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Students, Teaching and Learning, Coppin State University, Teachers
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Amy Schumer talks about her journey from Towson to TV and concert stardom
The Baltimore SunAmy Schumer can tell a story. Knowing how to craft a short narrative and make it pay off with a laugh has, after all, helped make her one of the hottest comedians on TV and the concert circuit these days. So, let the star of Comedy Central’s...Tags: Curb Your Enthusiasm (tv program), Federal Hill, 30 Rock (tv program), Television Industry, Lena Dunham
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Columbia University, Medical Research, Harvard University, Teaching and Learning, Medical Specialization
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UM's Diamondback to begin publishing four days a week
The University of Maryland's independent student newspaper will cut publishing to four days a week in the fall, Michael Fribush, president of parent company Maryland Media Inc., confirmed Friday. "We'll beef up our digital presence on Fridays. It'll...
Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland, College Park, Newspaper and Magazine
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Manuel M. Nicolaides, attorney
Manuel M. Nicolaides, an attorney who served for many years on the Baltimore County property tax appeals board, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Timonium resident was 92. "Manny served with distinction for many...
Tags: Timonium, College Baseball, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Radio Industry
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Michelle Obama wants Bowie State graduates to promote education
Michelle Obama encouraged the graduates of Bowie State University on Friday to live up to the legacy of their university's founders and the leaders of the civil rights movement by promoting the importance of education in the black community. "Just...
Tags: Students, Barack Obama, Teaching and Learning, Graduation, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: Science, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Engineering, Barack Obama, Medical Research
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Nearly $200,000 awarded for community strengthening efforts
A group of black men with visions to improve Baltimore were awarded grants between $10,000 and $20,000 for youth job training, the development of a debate camp at Morgan State University and teaching former prisoners to urban farm. The grants,...Tags: HIV, Employment Opportunities, Open Society Foundations, Morgan State University
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Baltimore's Division I boys basketball commitments for the 2013 class
NAME, PREP SCHOOL AND/OR HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE Jamel Artis, Notre Dame Prep (Mass.), PITTSBURGH Chase Cormier, Fishburne Military / Milford Mill, GRAMBLING STATE Will Darley, Fishburne Military / Dulaney, UMBC Rodney Elliott, John Carroll, UMBC...
Tags: Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Zion, Randallstown
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Former Southampton principal named Harford schools interim superintendent
Barbara P. Canavan, a 40-year veteran of Harford County Public Schools, has been named interim superintendent to replace for one year Dr. Robert Tomback, who is leaving after his term is up June 30. Canavan spent more than half her time with the school...
Tags: Columbia University, Teaching and Learning, Elections, Teachers, Schools
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