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Transit of Venus offers rare glimpse of heavens
When Venus passed between Earth and the sun 251 years ago Tuesday, scientists scribbled down observations that helped calculate a rough estimate of the size of our solar system. Using crude telescopes, they watched the yellow planet move across the sun'...Tags: Howard County, Space Programs, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Engaged: Amy Lanasa and Claire Klossner
Engaged: Amy Lanasa and Claire Klossner Their relationship began with their first date, a low-key picnic held indoors because of the August heat. These two interpreters for the deaf say their relationship began with their first date, a low-key picnic...Tags: Physiology, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Dining and Drinking, Colleges and Universities, Apple iPod
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Themed bachelorette parties
Before slipping into that white wedding dress and saying "I do," every bride-to-be deserves a proper single-lady send-off. This month marks the peak of the wedding season, which means it's also one of the most popular times for bachelorette parties....
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Andromeda, Milky Way galaxies on collision course
First, the bad news: The Andromeda galaxy, an agglomeration of 1 trillion stars that is visible to the naked eye, is hurtling through space at 250,000 miles per hour — and it's coming right at us. What's more, NASA astronomers in Baltimore said...
Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Astronomy
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Weird Science: Hopkins physics lab celebrates 70 years
Some of the world's greatest innovations were conceived in the humblest of places, and that was certainly true of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. When it opened its doors in 1942, in a former used-car dealership in Silver Spring,...
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Council passes budget, fire tax hike in 4-1 votes
The Howard County Council, in its sixth straight 4-1 partisan vote on the budget, passed a $899 million spending plan Thursday for fiscal 2013, as well as companion legislation to raise the county fire tax rate to 17.6 cents per $100 of assessed value....Tags: Howard Community College, Libraries, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Ken Ulman
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Loyola lacrosse wins it all
The national lacrosse championship title returned to the state Monday, but it wasn't powerhouse Johns Hopkins or the much larger University of Maryland that took top honors. Baltimore's relatively small Loyola University Maryland won its first national...
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Dr. Mark E. Molliver, Hopkins neuroscientist
Dr. Mark E. Molliver, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor emeritus of neuroscience and neurology, died of complications after cardiac arrest May 10 at Hopkins Hospital. The Canton resident was 75.
Colleagues said his discoveries had...Tags: Roland Park, Physiology, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration
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Edward E. Sommerfeldt, former Coppin chair
Edward E. Sommerfeldt, who founded the computer science program at Coppin State University where he taught for 39 years and served as a mentor to students and faculty, died May 14 of complications from brain cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. He was...Tags: Christianity, Colleges and Universities, Cancer, Applied Physics, Coppin State University
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Next Great Adventure awaits three teachers retiring from Fulton Elementary School
You probably categorize your life by the milestone events that have occurred. I like to call mine "Chuck's Great Adventure: XYZ." It wasn't always this way. I remember the time I was sent on an overseas assignment when I was in the Air Force. It was more...Tags: Softball, Walters Art Museum, Chemotherapy, Culture, Ceremonies
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Maryland Science Center awards scholarships to city schools graduates
Two Baltimore City high school students were awarded a $1,500 scholarship and paid summer internship at the Maryland Science Center as the recipients of the Maryland Science Center’s Dr. H. Bentley Glass Scholarship, according to a release sent by...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, HIV, Financial Aid
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Controversy, too, is harvest of White House garden
It was while she was serving dinner to her kids in 2008 and their dad was out campaigning for president, that Michelle Obama hatched a modest daydream: a vegetable garden on the White House grounds.
She'd recently had a conversation with her children's...Tags: Physiology, Sheila Dixon, Mushrooms, Obesity, Annapolis
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