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Young veterans easing back into life after war
Joseph Bathgate calls them "the Hollywood questions."
When college classmates learn he was a machine gunner for the Marine Corps for two tours in Iraq, they want to know: Did anyone ever shoot at you? Ever get hit?
And there's the big one.
You ever...Tags: Science, Veterans Day, Afghanistan, Sociology, World War II (1939-1945)
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Orioles fans are buying in to playoff hopes
It's early fall in Baltimore, that time of year when purple banners, car flags and sweatshirts normally dominate the landscape, as surely as the colors are soon to hit the trees. But Charm City isn't just NFL country now. In grade schools and taverns, at...
Tags: Baseball, J.J. Hardy, Kirk Gibson, Chris Davis, Tommy Hunter
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Ellicott Mills Middle School students learn that 'change matters'
At Ellicott Mills Middle School in Ellicott City, students are learning that when it comes to combating poverty, every little bit helps. Even something as small as pocket change can make a difference. That's the idea behind Change Matters, a student...
Tags: Poverty, Ellicott City, Family, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Leopold aides 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: Sex Crimes, Espionage and Intelligence, Lawyers, Witnesses, Colleges and Universities
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Leopold accused of destroying documents, deploying spies
Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold and his administration are facing new accusations that they destroyed documents, deployed spies to detect disloyalty and attempted to conceal misconduct in an office beset by sexual harassment. An affidavit...Tags: Annapolis, Sex Crimes, Espionage and Intelligence, Lawyers, Labor Legislation
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Leopold's attorney: recent accusations 'venomous'
John R. Leopold's new attorney attacked allegations that the Anne Arundel county executive's administration destroyed documents and deployed spies, calling them irrelevant and meant only to harass him. The attorney blasted a recent affidavit containing...
Tags: Minority Groups, Sex Crimes, Trials, Judges, Espionage and Intelligence
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Helping veterans to recover with hunting
There was a time before the three heart attacks, before he was effectively paralyzed in the lower half of his left leg, when Army Spc. Stephen Ramsey wouldn't do much on his Georgia farm other than pick cotton and peanuts, and hunt. Actually, he can...
Tags: Ray Charles, Brooklyn Park, Migraine, Condos and Houses, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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'True Blood' recap: Season 5, Episode 2: 'Authority Always Wins'
Think Dick Cheney's thoughts on torture are extreme? Meet the Authority. Meet them and be afraid. Very afraid. Because underneath the sheen of gentility, bureaucratic formalities and a really sweet reception area, the Authority is pretty vicious. ...
Tags: Jack Kevorkian, Christopher Meloni, Todd Lowe, Prisons, True Blood (tv program)
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Supreme Court decisions renew interest in petition fighting convicted child rapist's release
Nearly 100 people have added their names to an online peititon seeking to keep a convicted child rapist behind bars since Wednesday, when two U.S. Supreme Court decisions appeared to bolster the man's appeal arguments and the likelihood he could be...Tags: Locust Point, Prisons, Defendants, Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior
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At Fort Meade, tryouts for Warrior Games show 'ability over disability'
When it happened, he didn't feel a thing. Within 30 seconds, "all the pain in the world" coursed through his body. And U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Curtis Winston recalls thinking, among many other things, that he'd never play sports again.
Wilson, a former high...Tags: Army National Guard, Fort Meade (military base), Amputation, Afghanistan, Armed Conflicts
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Treating the wounds of military sexual trauma
Machele Fredericks had to face her attacker every day.
She was in the Air Force. He was a fellow service member on the base. And he said that if she told anyone what he'd done, he'd kill her.
"You didn't hear much of people getting raped in the military...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Marijuana Use, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Veterans Affairs
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State's student homeless population doubles
For a few hours after school, Ryan Johnson is just like most 16-year-olds. He lounges on the couch with his favorite Xbox game or checks his Facebook page.
But then reality sets in. He decamps from his cousins' house for the Howard County cold-weather...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Facebook, Awards and Prizes, Homelessness
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