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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Economic Sanctions, Health Care Reform (2009), Howard University, Medicaid, Women's Health
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Architects narrow down possibilities for CA indoor pool
The architecture firm hired by the Columbia Association to explore the feasibility of converting one of CA's existing 23 outdoor pools into an indoor pool, open year-round, has narrowed the field of possible pools from six to four. According to...
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History Matters: Animal Science Research Farm planned for Rt. 175 25 years ago
100 Years Ago Lazy, but sane A chuckle, compliments of the 1912 Times news briefs: "A French doctor says that you are liable to bring on insanity unless you lay in bed fifteen or twenty minutes after you wake up. There is no need of special asylum...Tags: Zoology, Howard County, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, University of Maryland, College Park
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Speeding decreases in Laurel school zones
Almost two full years after Laurel Police implemented their speed enforcement program by placing speed cameras in six city school zones, the average daily number of speeding instances has decreased drastically, leading police to categorize the program a...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Photography Supplies and Services, Photography and Video, Electronics, Transportation Accidents
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NOAA center puts center of weather research at students' fingertips in College Park
Colleen Wilson of Ellicott City became the first person to enroll in the University of Maryland, College Park's new meteorology degree program a year ago. Now she's embarking on research with some of the nation's top weather watchers. The program and the...Tags: Water Pollution, University of Oklahoma, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), University of Maryland, College Park, National Hurricane Center
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Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment
If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Beth Thompson found one. In February 2006, the pea-size tumor in her right breast was too small for a clinical trial of Herceptin, a targeted therapy that had proved effective in advanced...
Tags: Cancer, Biotechnology, Renal cell carcinoma, Food and Drug Administration, Health Treatments
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Local group of researchers is spirited about ghost investigations
Russ Noratel is the first to say that his paranormal investigators aren't anything like the Ghostbusters of movie fame. The Elkridge resident and author of "Ghosts of Ellicott City" wants to make clear that there are no such things as proton packs or...
Tags: Ghosts (supernatural entities), Ellicott City, Unexplained Phenomena, Halloween, Museums
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$2 million prize announced for cure for blindness by 2020
Singer Art Garfunkel, a real estate magnate and an investor are putting $2 million in gold bullion on the line to inspire researchers to cure blindness by 2020, establishing through Johns Hopkins Medicine one of the world's largest prizes for a scientific...Tags: Genetics, Cataracts, Cancer, Physical Conditions, Food and Drug Administration
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Gart Westerhout, astronomer
Gart Westerhout, an internationally known radio astronomer who established the astronomy department at the University of Maryland, College Park and was scientific director at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, died Sunday of congestive heart...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Bloomington, Netherlands, Applied Physics, Union (McHenry, Illinois)
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Tasting Laurel series presents update on Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
The Laurel Historical Society continued its Tasting Laurel series on Oct. 11 with a presentation on the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and the history of agriculture in Laurel and the surrounding Prince George's County. The discussion was...Tags: Prince George's County, Agricultural Research and Technology, Libraries, University of Maryland, College Park, Science
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Mandatory sick leave hurts businesses
Ellen Bravo of the labor-aligned advocacy group Family Values @ Work claims there were few consequences in San Francisco following passage of that city's paid sick leave mandate ("Paid sick leave urged in Maryland," Nov. 12). However, even the research... -
Big Ten brings Maryland new chances for study, research
Few would argue that the University of Maryland's decision earlier this week to join the Big Ten isn't about the money — $24 million a year in television revenue.
But university officials are helping to sell the deal with what they argue is a...Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke University, University of Chicago, University System of Maryland
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