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House to take up speed camera reform bill
With just six days left in the General Assembly session, a House of Delegates committee is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that would increase oversight of speed camera programs in Maryland, tighten rules on camera placement and more clearly bar...
Tags: Local Government, Martin O'Malley, Collective Contract, Justice System, University of Maryland, College Park
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Obama initiative aims to unravel mysteries of human brain
The White House proposed a sweeping new initiative Tuesday to map the individual cells and circuits that make up the human brain, a project that will give scientists a better understanding of how a healthy brain works and how to devise better treatments...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, University of Maryland, College Park, National Institutes of Health
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Party on Wheels
Planning a birthday party but unsure where to go or what to do? Consider staying home and have the party delivered to you. Here’s a sampling of popular services that organize and entertain your guests, leaving you time to enjoy the party. For...
Tags: Personal Service, Gaming, Frosting and Icing
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Finalists named in Maryland's startup contest
Maryland's competition for startup companies — with three grand prizes of $100,000 each — was narrowed to nine finalists Monday. The companies, based largely in Baltimore and Montgomery County, were part of an original field of nearly 260...Tags: Startups, Genetic Engineering, Marketing, Instrument Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Kathleen Lehnert to wed Kenneth McNeeley Jr.
Ellen and Greg Lehnert of Bel Air announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathleen, to Kenneth Robert McNeeley Jr., son of Ann and Ken McNeeley of Forest Hill. The future bride is a graduate of Cecil College, where she majored in secondary science... -
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WASHINGTON COLLEGE: Matt Ridge, a sophomore from Jarrettsville, recently performed as baritone/bass in the Washington College Chorus' spring concert, "History of Rock Opera," conducted by Lecturer in Music Douglas Byerly. Ridge is majoring in drama. On...Tags: Biology, High Schools, Schools, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Could chilly Chesapeake spell slow crab season?
Crabbing season officially begins in Maryland today, but the Chesapeake Bay's blue crabs apparently haven't gotten the word. My colleague Richard Gorelick reports that watermen, seafood dealers, restaurateurs and state natural resource officials all...
Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources, Annapolis, Conservation, Weather Reports
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Bright Minds: Debra Buczkowski, planetary science
When Debra Buczkowski was 7, in 1976, NASA’s Viking space probes were landing on Mars and sending images of the red planet back to Earth as part of their $1 billion mission. “I realized that no matter where I went on this planet, I couldn&...
Tags: Geology, NASA, Colleges and Universities, Boston, Mathematics
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Snakes in a state (and frogs, salamanders and turtles, too)
— The volunteers of the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas project leave no log unrolled, no stone unturned in their quest to document the state's dirt dwellers. When the earth is moist after a soaking rain and the temperatures whisper spring,...
Tags: Biology, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Patapsco, Queen Anne's County
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Anne Arundel County exhibits
'Equinox' The varied works of six women artists representing the rhythm of the season are on view through Sunday, March 31, in the Willow Gallery at Quiet Waters Park, 600 Quiet Waters Park Road in Annapolis. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The park...Tags: Fine Artists, Artists, Severna Park, Colleges and Universities, Anne Arundel Community College
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New pastor enjoying diversity in Laurel and her church [South Laurel/Montpelier]
Oaklands Presbyterian Church has welcomed a new pastor, the Rev. LeAnn Hodges. Hodges has a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and master's degree in manufacturing engineering. Having had a successful career in the engineering field, she...Tags: Technology, Wildlife, Dining and Drinking, Easter, Electronics
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Naval Academy astronauts return to inspire next generation
The course is Human Space Flight. The subject for today: analogues — the scenarios found in the world or contrived in the laboratory that NASA uses to simulate work and life aboard a space ship. Naval Academy professor Ken Reightler leads the...
Tags: Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Space Programs, Vice (movie), United States Naval Academy, Neil Armstrong
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