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A small step against obesity in Howard Co.
Howard County's new ban on the sale of sugary drinks on government property won't solve the obesity epidemic. It won't prevent Howard Countians from slurping down empty calories by the Big Gulpful. It won't stop them from eating things that are even...
Tags: The New York Times, Beverage Industry, Weight, Dining and Drinking, Renee Foose
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2012 in review
It won't take much more than a few minutes into the new year to see the impact of the old one, with Baltimore's City Hall opening at midnight to begin performing same-sex marriages under a law that takes effect on Jan. 1. But if the state's newly...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Labor Legislation, Family, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Perry Hall High School
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A free society is an armed society
The politicians want to take away our guns again ("Battle lines form in gun debate," Dec. 19). But they don't realize why we were given the right to bear arms from the get go. It all goes back to that time in 1776 when we revolted against tyranny by the...Tags: Civil Rights, New York City, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Martin O'Malley
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O'Malley takes a stand on guns
State and federal politicians have been scrambling for the last few weeks to react to the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., with governors, congressmen and the president exploring new laws that might have prevented that tragic massacre. But today, Gov....
Tags: Annapolis, Health and Safety at School, The Washington Post, Colleges and Universities, Criminals
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O'Malley to push sweeping gun control, licensing plan
Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Monday broad details of a plan that would give Maryland among the nation's strictest gun laws. No one could buy a handgun without first passing a training course and providing fingerprints to a police database. That...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Annapolis, Maryland General Assembly, Baltimore County, Safety of Citizens
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Students press Hopkins to drop fossil energy stocks
Taking a cue from what they're learning in class, some Johns Hopkins public health students are spearheading a climate-conscious drive to get the university to divest itself of fossil fuel holdings. Just before taking off for the holiday break,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Harvard University, Ecosystems, Colleges and Universities
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Bloomberg lays out seven-point plan to reduce gun violence
Americans are 20 times more likely to be killed by guns than people living in other developed countries. Nine out of 10 children who die of gunshot wounds in wealthy nations lived in the United States. People under 40 are more likely to be killed by a...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Assault, Gun Control, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, National Rifle Association of America
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Hopkins gun panel calls for universal background checks
Anyone seeking to purchase a gun — even those buying weapons at a show or through a private dealer — should be required to pass a background check through a national database, according to recommendations drafted by a panel of violence...
Tags: Health Organizations, Gun Control, Assault, National Institutes of Health, Drug Trafficking
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Can we finally close the gun show loophole?
Whether it's the indelible horror of the massacre at Newtown, Conn., or the tone-deaf response of the National Rifle Association and its allies who have shown themselves so hysterical and paranoid on the subject of gun rights, the public's hunger for...
Tags: Bob Dole, Criminals, Gun Control, Wayne LaPierre, Firearms
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KAL's year in review, the key
January 1. A dropped pass and a missed field goal keep Joe Flacco and the Ravens out of the Super Bowl. February 2. Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson becomes Mr. Super PAC by pumping millions into Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. 3....
Tags: Mitt Romney, Michael E. Busch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party, Gun Control
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Howard bans distribution of sugary drinks on county property
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman moved Tuesday to ban the sale of high-sugar drinks such as soda in parks, libraries and other county properties and at county-sponsored events — hoping yet again to make the county a progressive model. "I believe...
Tags: Beverage Industry, Weight, Renee Foose, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity
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Commencement speakers: the rude, the unfunny and the insightful
Commencement season is the college equivalent of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Institutions from the Ivy League to the local community college scramble to lure the shiniest star they can to their podiums on graduation day. And the match-ups...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Brian Williams, Democratic Party, Colleges and Universities, Jerry Falwell
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