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Howard JV teams wrap up successful winter season
Like their varsity counterparts, junior varsity teams left everything they had each night on the court and on the mats this winter. In gyms all over the county, players developed their talents in what was for many their first taste of high school...
Tags: Ian Johnson, Students, Chris Sanders, Teaching and Learning, Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
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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. House of Representatives, National Government, Harry Reid, University of Baltimore
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On stage at Chapelgate, a man and his big rabbit
When taking note of local high school plays, remember that several private schools also offer spring productions. This year at Chapelgate Academy, students will perform "Harvey," a comedy best-known for its 1950 film adaptation starring Jimmy Stewart. In...Tags: Sykesville, PTA, FBI, Music, St. Patrick's Day
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Missed chance to fix the filibuster
The best chance to get the U.S. Senate to do its job is not to withhold pay (although withholding campaign contributions might have done the trick) but to reform the Senate rules so that filibusters aren't used so routinely to gum up the works. Majority...
Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Harry Reid
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Ending filibuster abuse
The announcement last week that South Carolina's Jim DeMint is leaving his Senate seat to run the Heritage Foundation caused some in Washington to wishfully think that perhaps the move might usher in a more congenial, if not cooperative, outlook in the U....
Tags: Jim DeMint, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Heritage Foundation, Tea Party Movement
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Speed camera flaws provide vindication for complaints
Two and a half years ago, I wrote a column about getting nailed by a speed camera in Baltimore for the first time, and, let me tell you, did the righteous readers of this newspaper — people who never ever ever drive over the speed limit — give...Tags: Lionel Barrymore, Maryland General Assembly, Frank Capra Jr.
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Who bears the burden in America?
Before WWII, a large number of people were against America's involvement in the wars in Europe and Asia. After Pearl Harbor, however, that argument disappeared, and virtually everyone got involved. Sons of rich families enlisted. The Kennedys, for...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), John F. Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Government Health Care
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50 years ago: Land bought for private, Catholic high school
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, June 7, 1962: The Catholic archdiocese purchased an 87-acre tract fronting Churchville Road, formerly Wagner's Farm, which would become the site of a new large Catholic high school. The new school...Tags: Havre de Grace, Aberdeen Proving Ground, James Darren, Gregory Peck, High School Sports
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Eagle Archive: Celebrating Carroll County at the 4-H and FFA Fair
The Carroll County Agriculture Center has been a beehive of activity in preparation of the annual Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair, which officially opened on July 27. Historically, the summer and end of harvest events have always played an important role...Tags: Fair Grounds Corporation, Kip Moore, Carroll County (Maryland), Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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Andy Griffith and the myth of a fair-minded, small-town Southern America in the turbulent '60s
The Baltimore SunAndy Griffith, one of the stars who put CBS on top of the TV world in the 1960s with an easy-going but culturally-packed sitcom that ran for eight seasons during that stormy decade in American life, died Tuesday at 86 at his North Carolina home in Roanoke...Tags: Henry Fonda, Double Indemnity (movie), CBS Corp., Mount Airy, Andy Griffith
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Hammond High School
Mikhaila Christina Abarcar, Ted Allen Adams, Mark Seichi Adamson, Louiza Akuyea Addy, Feyisayo Rahimah Adebiyi, Modupe Olufunmilayo Adetunji, Olumide Alani Adewumi, Daniel Arthur Agee Jr., Aroosha Nudrat Ahmed, Ademola Olufemi Akisanya, Samuel Joseph...
Tags: Robert Maxwell, Netherlands, Ted Allen, Matthew Perry, Rose Marie
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Harford County Police Blotter
Harford Sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Dishesha M. Laurey, 24, of the 100 block of Hamilton Place, was charged Thursday with second-degree assault. William Franklin Richardson, 47, of the 800 block of Gilbert Road, was...Tags: Andrew Johnson, Maryland State Police, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Abusive Behavior, Labor Legislation
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