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Naval Academy astronauts return to inspire next generation
The course is Human Space Flight. The subject for today: analogues — the scenarios found in the world or contrived in the laboratory that NASA uses to simulate work and life aboard a space ship. Naval Academy professor Ken Reightler leads the...
Tags: Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Space Programs, Engineering, Fiction, Rocketry
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Bits & Pieces: Lacrosse community rallies after pair of tragedies
Lacrosse is often referred to as a family. Although the game is expanding around the nation, the theoretical center is still on the East Coast — particularly, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. The Howard County branch of that girls lacrosse...
Tags: High School Sports, Lacrosse, Pennsylvania Turnpike
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Croquet is a year-round pursuit at Ginger Cove retirement community in Annapolis
Nick Markakis, Adam Jones and the other Orioles get four months off between baseball seasons. Joe Flacco, Ray Rice and the world champion Ravens have five months to go before training camp begins. Big-time athletes, after all, need a chance to rest...
Tags: Adam Jones (baseball), Major League Baseball, Johnny Mitchell, Baltimore Orioles, Nick Markakis
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Track star Alix Membreno has been crucial to Navy's basketball success
Alix Membreno was not destined to play Division I college basketball, let alone become a key member of a team that has now made three straight NCAA tournaments. Recruited to Navy as a state champion and record-holder javelin thrower in New Mexico,...
Tags: Graduation, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Association, St. John's University, Long Island
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Md. military bases brace for reductions
Midshipmen at the Naval Academy could spend less time training at sea, some gates into Fort Meade could be shut down and routine maintenance at military installations across the state could be delayed under federal budget cuts set to begin Friday....
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Unemployment, Military Equipment, U.S. Senate, Howard County
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Carroll County native killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
Sara Knutson Cullen was as comfortable in a dress and stiletto heels as she was smoking cigars and flying Black Hawk helicopters in Afghanistan — a driven and level-headed 27-year-old whose dreams stretched far beyond her roots in Carroll County,...
Tags: U.S. Military, Ellicott City, Accidental Death, Pakistan, Military Equipment
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South Carroll basketball standout has unique perspective
In its final county game of the regular season, the South Carroll girls' basketball team was deadlocked with host Francis Scott Key. The visiting Cavaliers needed a win to clinch at least a share of the county championship and a clutch play to finally...
Tags: Schools, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, High Schools, Francis Scott Key
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Robert P. Slaff, charter boat captain
Robert P. Slaff, a former marine-supply vendor and journalist who wrote widely on Chesapeake Bay maritime and environmental matters, died March 8 of congestive heart failure at Crofton Care and Rehabilitation Center. The Epping Forest resident was 89....Tags: Sailing, World War II (1939-1945), Mount Vernon, Newspaper and Magazine, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Colgate vs. Navy: Three things to watch
Navy owns an 11-4 advantage in this Patriot League series, and the Midshipmen have won three of the last four meetings. No. 16 Colgate (6-2 overall and 1-0 in the conference) has won three consecutive games since dropping back-to-back contests to No. 2...
Tags: Mark Dixon, ESPN (tv network)
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2012-13 All-Metro first team for boys indoor track
For The Baltimore SunCarrington Akosa Western Tech, junior * Won two state titles at the Class 1A championship meet * Captured the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.58, edged out Pikesville's Maury Sall in the 300 (35.38), and ran on the second-place 1,600 relay team *...Tags: Running, Annapolis, Track and Field, Perry Hall, Pikesville
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Duty, and a full St. Patrick's schedule, calls Arnold bagpiper
Somewhere along the line, Hal Cummings came up with the slogan "Have Pipes, Will Travel." That's no exaggeration. On St. Patrick's Day in particular, Cummings, a Naval Academy graduate and retired Navy line officer as well as a master bagpipe player,...
Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Republic of Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Skopic puts together memorable performance at Maryland State Swimming Championships
The 2013 Maryland State Swimming Championships were held over the weekend at the US Naval Academy and Marriotts Ridge freshman Ben Skopic walked away as one of the big winners. Skopic, who swims for the Eagles Swim Team, brought home numerous medals and...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Swimming
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