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Baltimore's population up, following decades of loss
Baltimore, coming off six decades of population decline, grew by 1,100 residents in 12 months, according to government estimates released Thursday. "It's such amazing news. … It's huge psychologically," said Seema D. Iyer, a former research chief...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Legislation, Bernard C. Young, Inner Harbor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Herbert C. Forrester Jr., CSX official
Herbert Christian Forrester Jr., a retired railroad vice president, died of coronary artery disease Thursday at Mays Chapel Ridge Assisted Living. The former Cockeysville resident was 88.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Windsor Hills, he was the son of...Tags: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Railway Transportation, Hunt Valley, Roman Catholicism, Christianity
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Kirk R. Osborn, public defender
Kirk R. Osborn, a career public defender who headed the city's misdemeanor jury trial unit, died of cancer Friday at Union Memorial Hospital. The Mayfield resident was 55.
"I'm going to miss him," said Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams. "Kirk was...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Union Memorial Hospital, New York City, Maryland Transit Administration
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Biden to visit University of Baltimore law school opening
Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will visit a new, $112 million building next month that will house the University of Baltimore School of Law, school officials said Monday. The John and Frances Angelos Law Center, which...
Tags: Mount Royal, Montgomery County (Maryland), Criminal Laws, Ayers Saint Gross, Elena Kagan
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Maryland court considers liability of bars in drunken-driving crashes
Michael D. Eaton ran up a tab for 17 beers plus other drinks before he left a Gaithersburg tavern, according to court records. Forty-five minutes later, behind the wheel of his Range Rover, he slammed into the back of a Jeep Cherokee at a speed...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Transportation Accidents, Punishment, Frederick County (Virginia)
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Fixing the filibuster
The filibuster is back in the news, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour talkathon on U.S. drone policy last week. Putting aside the merits of Mr. Paul's national security views, his feat of endurance was in the best tradition of the Senate. He...
Tags: Dick Cheney, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Rand Paul
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Greater Homewood sponsors 6th annual Neighborhood Institute
Samantha Armacost, 27, grew up a country girl in Hereford. "There's not even sidewalks where my parents live," said Armacost, nicknamed Sam. But she was always thrilled when her mother took her on the light rail to Baltimore City to see Orioles...
Tags: Land Resources, Culture, Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Real Estate Buyers
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Victim's family backs 'cyber-bullying' bill
The family of a Howard County girl who killed herself after months of harassment on social media sites asked Maryland lawmakers Thursday to pass a bill that would allow a jail term for a variety of acts known as "cyber-bullying." Chris McComas, whose...
Tags: Social Media, Baltimore County, American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Howard County
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Obama should free Pollard
President Barack Obama's forthcoming trip to Israel affords him a special opportunity to mend political fences and guarantee a warm popular reception in that country, while at the same time ensuring that justice is served here at home. These are goals...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Calvin Coolidge, Barack Obama, Criminal Laws, Woodrow Wilson
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Circuit judge rules Baltimore Co. speed camera contract is illegal
A Circuit Court judge has ruled that Baltimore County's contract with its speed camera vendor is illegal, because it pays the company a cut of each citation issued — a ruling that could help others challenge their citations in court. While Judge...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Prince George's County, Manufacturing and Engineering, Baltimore County, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Supreme Court must not roll back voting rights
It would be troubling — though perhaps fitting — if Alabama, the state that gave us the Voting Rights Act in 1965 because of its opposition to providing African-American citizens the ability to register and vote, became the state that would...
Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Congress, Polls, Minority Groups, Government
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The Sun remembers: March 3-March 9
March 4, 2006: The Maryland women's basketball team ends a 14-game losing streak to Duke by defeating the Blue Devils, 78-70, in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. The teams will meet again in the NCAA final with Maryland (34-4)...
Tags: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baltimore Orioles, Babe Ruth, Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks, Jack Dempsey
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