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Hereford wins third straight Class 3A boys cross country title
Winning a state championship as a team takes the hard work and commitment of all seven runners in a race and that’s what makes the Hereford boys’ feat of three straight Class 3A state titles a phenomenal achievement. Hereford captured the...
Tags: Abdominal Pain, Perry Hall, Track and Field, Allergies, Catonsville
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Settlement in decades-old fair housing case
Hundreds of families living in some of Baltimore's most impoverished neighborhoods will get to move to better conditions under a proposed settlement that could finally resolve a fair housing case dating back to 1995. Attorneys representing current and...Tags: Druid Hill, Justice System, Civil Rights, Housing and Urban Planning, Section 8 (housing)
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Howard County Briefs
'The Temperamentals' Rep Stage opens its 20th season with Jon Marans' play, winner of the 2010 Drama Desk Award, through Sept. 16 in the Studio Theatre of Howard Community College's Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, 10901 Little Patuxent...Tags: Rooms and Sublets, Ellicott City, Electronics, Colleges and Universities, Arts
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Time to shutter coal-fired power plants
I applaud the Maryland Sierra Club for taking a stand against the C.P. Crane and H.A. Wagner coal-fired power plants. It is high time for Maryland to make the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Retiring the Crane and Wagner plants is a...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Mining, Coal, Metal and Mineral, Heart Attack
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No. 2 Hereford boys win third straight cross country state title
The Hereford boys once again showed the importance of talent, depth and running effectively in a pack. No. 2 Hereford was too much for everyone else in Class 3A, cruising to a 63-point win en route to a third consecutive state title Saturday afternoon at...
Tags: Perry Hall, Track and Field, Annapolis, Landforms, Mountains
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Victory for smog
It's been a crummy summer for breathing in Maryland. August has seen five Code Orange days, where ozone has been so bad that the air poses a health risk for sensitive individuals, including children, the elderly and the infirm. But that's a big...
Tags: Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Annapolis, Environmental Politics, Mining
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EPA rule on air pollution struck down
A federal appeals court swept aside a key pillar of Maryland's plan to reduce soot and smog on Tuesday when it struck down a federal rule aimed at limiting air pollution crossing from one state to another.
Maryland has moved aggressively to cut emissions...Tags: Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Justice System, Environmental Politics, Standards
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More people visiting retail clinics for medical care
Not so long ago mixing a shopping trip with a visit to the doctor might not have crossed most people's minds. But the concept has caught on quickly. Clinics located in drug stores, supermarket and retail stores are attracting a rapidly growing number of...
Tags: Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Vaccines, Diabetes
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The new school (health) rules
Back to school can also mean back to germs, breaks, sprains and concussions. While most of us know kids need a good night's sleep and a good breakfast, just what exactly do experts define as "good"? And what other basics should parents put on their...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Medical Research, Concussion, Varicella Vaccine, Health and Medical Professionals
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Roots of the achievement gap
Baltimore City schools CEO Andrés Alonso was merely stating the obvious when he said recently that Baltimore students' disappointing scores on this year's state standardized achievement tests in reading and math were due in large part to the fact that...
Tags: Teachers, Students, Migraine, Teaching and Learning
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High temperatures trigger need for cooling centers, result in second death
After a week of cooler temperatures, the hot weather is back in Harford County, prompting medical calls and the opening of cooling centers. Since Sunday, local emergency services personnel responded to four heat-related illness calls, according to Rick...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Water Supply, Government, Harford County, Natural Disasters
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Health study supports need for new hospital in Prince George's
The case for building a new teaching hospital inPrince George's Countyassociated with the University of Maryland Medical System got a boost from a health study released Wednesday, but the question remains how the county and state would pay for it.
The...Tags: Cancer, Medical Specialization, Finance, Medical Research, Health and Safety at School
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