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Japanese students visit Arundel High
Japanese cultural exchange student Minami Tajima remembers one of her first visits to an American restaurant. She and about two dozen other students from Japan visited Anne Arundel County last year, and after she befriended Arundel High School student...Tags: Culture, Anne Arundel County, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Japan
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Spring comes earlier to cities
Spring has been arriving earlier in recent years, but it's especially early for urban dwellers, new research shows.
According to a study published in the February issue of the journal Global Change Biology, the growing season is two to three weeks longer...Tags: Harvard University
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The biggest problem for the bay: animal waste
Millions of tons of one of theChesapeake Bay'slargest sources of pollution continue to be dumped onto farm lands without proper regulation. Farm animals produce 44 million tons of manure annually in the bay watershed, and most of it is collected and...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Waste, Wildlife, Agricultural Research and Technology, Energy Saving
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The Record's top 10 stories of 2011
The year that ends at midnight Saturday with the annual Duck Drop and fireworks at Havre de Grace Middle School was full of the good and the bad. There was the usual – mayoral elections in Aberdeen and Havre de Grace and heavy snowfalls. And the not...Tags: Local Elections, Native American Gaming Management, Primaries, Finance, Casino and Gambling
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Duckpins have been a Maryland favorite for more than 100 years
100 Years Ago Neighbors in war and peace Social news from Lawyers Hill in the Times: "Miss Warfield was the guest of Miss Mary Bowdoin on Sunday last." From Pfeiffer's Corner social column: "Miss Alice Wheeler spent the weekend in the home of her...Tags: George Washington, Steroids, Ellicott City, Breastfeeding, Patapsco
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Atholton student designs apps for Apple store
Atholton High School student Eric Lu whipped out his cellphone and displayed information about the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that occurred off the west coast of Sumatra on Tuesday. The information came courtesy of mobile application software called...Tags: Cell Phones, Teaching and Learning, Natural Disasters, Apple iPhone, Software Industry
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Study eyes Chesapeake Bay pollution threat from dams
Two weeks after Tropical Storm Lee flushed millions of tons of mud into the Chesapeake Bay, state and federal officials announced Tuesday they are launching a study of how to protect the estuary from sediment and other pollutants building up behind dams...Tags: Bodies of Water, Nature, Environmental Politics, Rivers, Environmental Pollution
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Earthquake in Virginia rattles Baltimore and the East Coast
A frightening earthquake jolted Baltimore and much of the East Coast on Tuesday, shaking buildings and rattling nerves. Thousands of people streamed from offices and homes into the afternoon sunshine, stunned by a phenomenon more commonly associated...Tags: Physiology, Christianity, Calvert County, Exelon Corp., Annapolis
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Former Funkhouser Quarry in Delta to be sold at auction
The former Funkhouser Quarry in Delta, Pa., one of the last active quarries in the slate and rock industry along the Mason-Dixon Line, is set to be sold at auction in Baltimore early next week. The 124.7-acre property along Atom Road, owned by Slateridge...Tags: York County (Pennsylvania), Auction Service, Mining, World War I (1914-1918), Lancaster County (Pennsylvania)
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5.8 earthquake felt in Bel Air, throughout region
The 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Virginia that was felt in Harford County and the region Tuesday afternoon didn't cause any significant damage in the area. But it touched off a whirlwind of activity and excitement. A strong tremor, lasting around 10...Tags: Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Aberdeen, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Catonsville, Timonium
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Towson reacts to earthquake: 'Unnerving ... few moments' create a day of memories
Mark Armstrong, co-owner of Towson Framing Gallery, was upstairs in the Finkelstein building in the 400 block of York Road pricing some molding samples on Tuesday when, "I heard this big rush," he said.
"It sounded like wind and a rat-a-tat-tat like...Tags: Space Programs, Libraries, Explosions, Edenwald, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Aftershock: 4.5 magnitude earthquake felt overnight in Baltimore
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake – an apparent aftershock to Tuesday's 5.8 quake that shook Baltimore – was recorded at 1:08 a.m., near Mineral, Va., the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting. Some Baltimore area residents reported via Facebook...Tags: Mass Media, Facebook, Natural Disasters, Social Media, Disasters
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