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Hopkins-led study observes destruction of star by black hole
It's rare to witness the entirety of a murder. But that's how some local scientists investigated exactly what happened during a fatal attack in 2010.
The victim? A star — a massive red giant — 2.7 million light-years away that had lost its...Tags: Space Programs, Emergency Incidents, Johns Hopkins University, Astronomy, NASA
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Starving public universities shrinks the middle class
Rick Santorum called the president "a snob" for wanting everyone to get a college education. (In fact, President Barack Obama never actually called for universal college education but only for a year or more of training after high school.) Mr. Santorum...
Tags: Barack Obama, Rick Santorum, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Federal Reserve
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Baltimore Symphony prepares for West Coast tour
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will be jetting to the West Coast this week for a six-day, three-city tour — its first extended outing since Marin Alsop was named music director five years ago. The tour, which begins Wednesday, opens with a...
Tags: Europe, Concerts, Aaron Copland, Marin Alsop, Common
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Charles E. Miller
Charles Edward Miller, who owned and operated a Charles Village commercial art school, died in his sleep April 9 at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. No cause of death was determined, family members said.
He was 93 and had lived in the Cromwell Valley...Tags: St. Paul Street, Maryland General Assembly, Charles Village, Colleges and Universities, College Sports
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Harry L. Rosenzweig, McDaniel math professor
Harry L. Rosenzweig, an influential mathematics professor who had been chairman of the math department at McDaniel College, died Friday of pancreatic cancer at his Westminster home.
He was 72.
"Harry was very popular with math majors and, in general,...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Medical Research, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Teaching and Learning, College Sports
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A globalizing private sector, a government overwhelmed by corporate money
President Barack Obama believes government has a vital role in creating good jobs in America. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrichsay American business will create good jobs here if their taxes are lowered and regulations eased.
The facts are on the president's...Tags: John A. Boehner, Mitt Romney, China, White House, Health Insurance Cost
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The decline of the idea of "public good"
Meryl Streep's eerie reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" brings to mind Ms. Thatcher's most famous quip, "There is no such thing as 'society.'" None of the dwindling herd of Republican candidates has quoted her yet, but they might as...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mitt Romney, Economic Indicator, Democratic Party, Finance
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Johns Hopkins professor shares Nobel Prize in physics
More than anything else, in the wake of the elation and tumult accompanying Tuesday's announcement that he'd won a share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics, Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Adam Riess wants to get back to work.
"I really want to...Tags: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, University of California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, College Sports
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Jennifer Granholm to join Keith Olbermann's prime-time lineup at Current TV
The Baltimore SunCurrent TV, the prime-time home of Keith Olbermann, Wednesday announced a strong election-year move with Jennifer Granholm joining the channel in January to host a show weeknights at 9 following Olbermann's. Granholm, the former governor of Michigan,...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Executive Branch, Democratic Party, Al Groh, Television
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Excessive outrage over Berkeley Republicans' half-baked protest
I have no beef with the student Republicans.
Oh, I disagree with them about affirmative action, and probably a dozen other things as well. But I am not troubled — amused, but not troubled — by the way they've expressed their view....Tags: Native Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, African Americans, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups
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Deborah S. Edelman, writer
Baltimore Sun reporterDeborah S. Edelman, an author and writer who wrote widely on health issues and established Public Health Media Inc., died Nov. 10 of metastatic breast cancer at her Mount Washington home. She was 51. Dr. Edelman, who kept her maiden name, was born and...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, People (magazine), New York City
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Shirley L. Tansey, clinical social worker, dies
Shirley L. Tansey, a retired mental health counselor and licensed clinical social worker who had worked at Taylor Manor Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University, died Saturday of Alzheimer's disease at the Charlestown retirement community.
She was 92....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Catonsville, Johns Hopkins University, Amputation, Ellicott City
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