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'There's lots that can be done'
In 2008, Paul Tough’s first book, “Whatever It Takes,” told the story of the Harlem Children’s Zone, a massive effort to leverage a pre-birth-through-high-school system of education services to change the trajectory of 10,000...
Tags: The New York Times, Conservation, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), New York City, Harlem Children's Zone
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Five years later: Barbaro's death remembered
Alex Brown knows just where he was in 1977, when he learned of Elvis' demise. And in 1997, when he heard that Princess Diana had died. And on Jan. 29, 2007 — five years ago Sunday — when he got the news that, after a game fight for life, a...Tags: Equestrian, Diana, Princess of Wales, Media Industry, Barbaro, Kentucky Derby
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Hopkins clinician mixes art, science in facial prosthetics
She enters the clinic on a walker, slow yet remarkably steady, and as Pauline Wood hails her host for the day, she gives him a bag of lemon tarts she rose early that morning to bake.
With her white hair and glasses, Wood, 89, is every inch the lovable...Tags: Science, Cancer, Dermatologists, Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics
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State labor secretary to be mayor's chief of staff
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has once again looked outside Baltimore government for a chief of staff, tapping Maryland Labor Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez for the position. "I want to build on the strength of her vision," Sanchez, 43, said in an...Tags: United Way , Mount Vernon, Peter O'Malley, Labor Legislation, The Washington Post
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Marie Rose Cornely, homemaker
Marie Rose Cornely, a homemaker who enjoyed writing poetry, died Sunday of heart disease at Stella Maris Hospice.
She was 87.
Marie Rose McKenna was born and raised in Philadelphia. She was a 1943 graduate of the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in...Tags: Pittsburgh, Christmas, Heart Disease, Roland Park, Labor Legislation
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Trees linked to less crime, research finds
Who doesn't love a tree? Apparently, criminals. Researchers have found that leafier places in Baltimore tend to have lower crime rates than those with few or no trees.
A new study looking across Baltimore City and Baltimore County has found that with few...Tags: Science, Theft, Botany, Forestry and Timber, Computer Crime
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Head of the Class: Locals scoring honors, degrees
Paige Cook, of Parkton, recently participated in a Spring Break trip to Japan, as part of her "Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy" class at Washington College, Chestertown. Olivia A. Cypull, of Baldwin, a senior at Loch Raven High School is a...Tags: Washington College (Maryland), Chess Playing, Baltimore County, Financial Aid, Spring Break
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Rudolph James Redd Sr., engineer
Rudolph James "Rudy" Redd Sr., an engineer who spent his nearly 40-year career with the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground and was an advocate for the mentally ill, died April 27 of a cardiac arrest at his home...Tags: Science, Engineering, Mental Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore County
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Risselle 'Rikki' Fleisher
Risselle "Rikki" Fleisher, a former general counsel to the Maryland Commission on Human Relations who was a legal advocate in civil rights cases, died Tuesday of breast cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The Bethany Beach, Del., resident was 77.
"She wanted...Tags: Harvard University, Democratic Convention (1968), Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Discrimination
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Owen Daly II, Navy veteran and top Baltimore banker
Owen Daly II, who served in the Navy during two wars and was a top executive at two Baltimore-based banks, died Thursday of heart failure at his Lutherville home. He was 87. Mr. Daly was born in Denver, Colo., and attended the Gilman School in Baltimore,...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Princeton University, World War II (1939-1945), College Sports, Heart Failure
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Girls basketball: Glenelg's Russo earns Player of Year
Emily Russo can hardly remember a time when she wasn't playing basketball. She recalled the second grade with the Tar Heels in the Western Howard County league. Maryland was their big rival. "Every year it was the two of us in the championship. One year,...
Tags: Morgan State University, College Basketball, Basketball
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Female trailblazer honored for work at Aberdeen Proving Ground
Winifred "Wink" Jonas of Webster Village near Havre de Grace has the distinction of being the first mathematician at Aberdeen Proving Ground to work with the world's first practical computer. In recognition of her accomplishments and her contributions to...
Tags: Science, Havre de Grace, Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Army, Aberdeen
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