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Vietnam-era anti-war act in Catonsville still resonates
Mary Murphy looked up from the paperwork on her desk one day in May 1968. A man stood in the doorway of her office — a Catholic priest. He was staring at her. "Can I help you, sir?" said Mary Murphy. The man in the doorway didn't hesitate....
Tags: Activism, Korean War (1950-1953), Christianity, Protest, FBI
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International adoption dries up
Until about 1950, a married American couple wanting to have a child other than by procreation had only two options: adopt a U.S.-born children privately (e.g. attorneys, private child welfare agencies) or through public social welfare agencies. The...Tags: Family, Korean War (1950-1953), Gays and Lesbians, International Military Interventions, China
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Maryland counties seek to make English official language
Jose Soto doesn't pay attention to politics in Frederick County. He's new to town and spends much of his time working at an apple-processing plant in Pennsylvania. But he heard something a few weeks ago about the county making English its official...Tags: Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Judges, Frederick County (Maryland), Anne Arundel County, Elections
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Ellicott City: Burleigh Manor student wins first place in state contest
Ellicott City resident Jisoo Choi won top honors in her category at the state level of the Letters About Literature contest — a national contest that encourages young readers to write a letter to an author expressing how the author and book...Tags: Music Theater, Robert Frost, Howard County, Awards and Prizes, Sherman Alexie
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Head of the Class: News of local students' achievements
Eve Carlson, of Towson, was named to the spring semester dean's list at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pa. Bethany Reynolds, of Timonium, a junior at Washington and Lee University, has been selected for the spring/summer 2012 Johnson Opportunity...Tags: DePaul University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Science, Courtland, John Powell
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Demographic shift causes state parks to adapt
When an approaching thunderstorm threatens swimmers at Greenbrier State Park, lifeguards reach for an iPod, scroll through the menu and press play.
"La tormenta se aproxima," says the recording amplified by the loud speaker system. "Todo el mundo salga...Tags: Patapsco, Baltimore County, St. Mary's County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Minority Groups
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Immigration debate splits Marylanders
At a tidy jail in Frederick County, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and his deputies have helped federal authorities identify nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants for deportation in the past three years.
In a renovated mansion in Prince George's County, Casa de...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Prisons, Referenda, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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First tropical storm of NE Pacific pounds Guatemala
Maryland WeatherIt's the beginning of the hurricane season in the north eastern Pacific Ocean, too, and it's off to a tragic start as remnants of Tropical Storm Agatha continue to drench parts of Guatemala, Mexico and El Salvador with up to 20......Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters, Tropical Storms, Death, Pacific Ocean
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Little chance Agatha will become Gulf storm
Maryland WeatherThe remnants of the NE Pacific's first tropical storm of the season, Agatha, are given little chance of quick redevelopment over the western Caribbean Sea. Conditions over the Gulf of Mexico are said to be even less conducive to storm......Tags: Natural Disasters, Gulf of Mexico, Weather Reports, National Hurricane Center, Mexico
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No cream, no sugar
Dining@LargeShallow Thought Wednesdays guru John Lindner reports that his eyes have been opened about coffee. And it's not just the caffeine at work. Here's John. LVDid you know that coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world next...... -
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Tags: Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras
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Ancient tongues fade away
Sun StaffMarie Smith knows that her language - the Alaskan tongue of Eyak - will die with her. And she mourns its passing. "If you were expecting a little baby, and it went back to its home so that it wasn't born alive, how would you feel?" says Smith, 85, who...Tags: Israel, Science, Civil Unrest, Children, Papua New Guinea
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