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Chick-fil-A president's words on gay marriage spark tempest
Faith Loudon plans to eat at as many local Chick-fil-A restaurants as she can manage on Wednesday — at least six. Other Marylanders, meanwhile, are vowing to donate the amount it would have cost them to get a chicken meal from the fast-food chain to...Tags: Jeff Bezos, Vincent Gray, France, Same-Sex Marriage, Conservation
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Thomas Fitzpatrick named to Harford school board
Thomas Fitzpatrick of Havre de Grace was named by Governor Martin O'Malley Thursday to fill a vacancy on the Harford County Board of Education. Fitzpatrick will finish out the term of Ronald Browning of Havre de Grace who stepped down earlier this year....Tags: Executive Branch, Marketing, Havre de Grace, Martin O'Malley, Loyola University Maryland
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Doctors, hospitals concerned about hefty malpractice awards
Maryland's medical community is concerned about the potential fallout from two multimillion-dollar malpractice judgments awarded by Baltimore juries to families who blamed local hospitals where their babies were delivered for their children's...Tags: Trials, Justice System, Gynecology, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization
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Puzzling out that church-state split
For Michael Meyerson, the Great Seal of the United States encapsulates the struggle over the relationship between religion and government that has become a defining characteristic of our nation. The front of the seal, with its famous eagle, olive branch...
Tags: Belief and Faith, National Government, Judaism, Separation of Church and State, Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Strong federal ties leave Md. vulnerable to sudden cuts
Looming federal budget cuts make a whole lot of Marylanders nervous because a whole lot of Maryland depends on Uncle Sam for a paycheck — directly or indirectly. More than 300,000 Maryland residents work for the federal government, according to the...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Army, Job Layoffs, National Government, United States Census Bureau
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Leopold workers threaten suit over spying, harassment claims
Three of County Executive John R. Leopold's top aides have threatened to sue a co-worker for libel after she accused them of sexual harassment, spying and destroying documents. An attorney for the three aides wrote two letters to the co-worker...
Tags: Trials, Witnesses, Justice System, Sexual Misconduct, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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College still matters
Young people and their parents are rightly nervous these days about the economy. Many wonder whether their investment in a college education will pay off. Such worries are overblown. College graduates continue to do far better, even in this difficult...
Tags: Science, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Students, Globalization
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Hopkins pledges $10 million for neighborhoods
The Johns Hopkins University pledged Thursday to spend $10 million over the next five years to strengthen and stabilize neighborhoods near its North Baltimore campus. "The interests of our neighbors — safe streets, the elimination of blighted...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Station North, Johns Hopkins University
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City firefighters face new education requirements for promotion
Hundreds of firefighters may have to go back to school to be promoted to top positions in Baltimore's department, as part of a broader effort to impose professionalism in a department where tenure often trumped education when rising through the ranks....
Tags: Elections, Labor Legislation, Colleges and Universities, Fires, Back to School
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Holley leaves Milford Mill to become new boys basketball coach at Friends
The Baltimore SunMilford Mill boys basketball coach Albert Holley, who guided the Millers to two state titles in his six years at the western Baltimore County school, has become the new head coach at Friends School. A graduate of Randallstown High and the University of...Tags: Basketball
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Harvey G. Alexander
Harvey G. Alexander, who founded and served as executive director of the Baltimore Film Festival and also read poetry on WBJC-FM, died Nov. 23 of pulmonary edema at Franklin Square Medical Center.
He was 77.
"I first got to know him in 1964 at Martick'...Tags: Towson University, John Waters, Arts, Annapolis, Franklin Square Medical Center
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Despite isolated problems, Baltimore's speed cameras save lives
Speed kills. Between 2001 and 2010, excessive speeding caused one-third of all traffic fatalities in Maryland. Maryland suffered 154 speed-related traffic fatalities in 2010. In comparison, the Maryland State Fire Marshall announced 71 fire fatalities...Tags: Justice System, Safety of Citizens, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Government, AAA
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