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The Sun Remembers: March 24-30
March 28, 2009: In the longest lacrosse game in NCAA history — seven overtimes — top-ranked Virginia defeats No. 9 Maryland, 10-9. Brian Carroll (Gilman) scores the winning goal for the host Cavaliers. The game lasts 3 hours, 45 minutes....
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of Baltimore, National Football League, Tuberculosis, College Baseball
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GOP to showcase Rubio as new face of party
In the Republican Party's developing effort to put on a new face after November's presidential defeat, the latest gesture is trotting out freshman Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to deliver the GOP response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Florida Legislature, Marco Rubio, American Enterprise Institute
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50 years ago: Peace activist passes through Harford on way to see JFK
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, December 6, 1962: Max Daetwyler, a 76-year-old man from Switzerland, passed through Harford County on his journey from New York to Washington, D.C. Daetwyler was an advocate of scrapping all armaments...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Bette Davis, Washington, DC, Havre de Grace, Colleges and Universities
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Dream Act: Good for students, colleges and the state
Coming to the United States as a 15-year-old, Cuban-born refugee, it truly was a dream to think that I could go to college and become president of a great Maryland university. But with the support of many people along the way, and the belief instilled...
Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Illegal Immigrants, High Schools, University System of Maryland, Rentals
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50 years ago, Baltimore and other U.S. cities feared missile strike
For anyone growing up in the 1950s, black-and-white television images of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev threatening Western leaders with his "We will bury you!" statement were more than a little frightening. In an era when communism and the nuclear...
Tags: Weaponry, Russia, Cuba, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), World War II (1939-1945)
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UMUC names new president
The University of Maryland University College named Javier Miyares as its president Monday, effective immediately. Miyares, 65, has been a member of the UMUC management team for 10 years and its acting president since February, when he took over for...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, University System of Maryland
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Feds investigating BWI flights to Cuba
It was undoubtedly exciting news: Baltimore would become one of the few spots in the U.S. offering flights to Cuba, a Communist nation largely off-limits to American travelers.
But one critical item had been overlooked: the paperwork.
The Florida travel...Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Advertising, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Tampa
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BWI flights to Cuba to start in March
A Tampa-based company plans to begin offering flights next spring from BWI-Marshall Airport to Cuba, where travel has been restricted since 1961, shortly after Fidel Castro took power and nationalized U.S.-owned businesses.
But visitors shouldn't count...Tags: Political Systems, Transportation Industry, Human Rights, Air Transportation, Restaurants
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Born this way? Liberals and the pseudo-science of the conservative brain
"They do that because they were born that way." If you say that about homosexuals, you are tolerant and realistic. If you say it about blacks, you are racist (unless you're black yourself). If you say it about women, you may or may not be sexist,...
Tags: Science, Parties and Movements, New York University, Los Angeles Times, Republican Party
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'Dancing with the Stars' recap: Week 3 performances
Week 3 and tonight's the first night I'll lament not hearing the announcer say "Navratilova" in that special way. And as if that's not sad-making enough, it's "their most memorable year" night. Hope your heartstrings are screwed in tight because they're...
Tags: Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Music, Josh Groban
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Punish Guillen for his comments on Castro?
Frankness is his charm Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times Should Ozzie Guillen be punished for speaking his mind? No, not if the Marlins believe in free speech. However, South Florida has only a tenuous relationship with free speech — especially...Tags: Phil Rogers, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Henry Rodriguez, Gaby Sanchez
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Let's not forget that Selig (and Angelos) rubbed elbows with Castro
By now, you've heard the news: The Miami Marlins on Tuesday suspended Ozzie Guillen for five games for telling Time magazine he loves and respects Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. I wrote earlier that while I find Guillen's remarks stupid and insensitive --...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball, Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore Orioles, Bud Selig
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