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Young Maryland Zoo elephant Samson recovering from deadly virus
A deadly virus has stricken Samson, the only elephant born at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore in its 137-year history, but zoologists are hopeful that he will recover because the strain is thought to be less serious in his species. Samson also has...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Diseases and Illnesses, Physiology, Heart Failure, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Museums, cultural institutions taking a snow day
Schools and government offices aren't the only things closing down in anticipation of today's snowstorm. Here is a partial list, continually being updated, of cultural and commercial institutions shutting down for the day. The American Visionary Art...
Tags: Port Discovery Children's Museum, Walters Art Museum, National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Sports Legends at Camden Yards
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Erin Fitzgerald to wed Stephen Dombroskie
The engagement of Erin Fitzgerald and Stephen Dombroskie has been announced. Fitzgerald is the daughter of Kevin and Michelle Fitzgerald of Edgewood. She is a 2002 graduate of Edgewood High School and a 2011 graduate of Harford Community College, where...Tags: Gramercy, Harford Community College
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Lemur researcher works to save endangered species
When researcher Erik Patel hiked into the mountainous rain forest of northeast Madagascar in 2001, he was a doctoral student embarking on a quest for basic scientific knowledge about one of the rarest primates in the world: a snow-white lemur called the...Tags: Research, Endangered Species, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Television Networks, Madagascar
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Maryland Zoo polar bear 'Alaska' dies
"Alaska," a Maryland Zoo polar bear that had been rescued from a Mexican circus a decade ago, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering from kidney failure, zoo officials said.
The female bear had been confiscated in Puerto Rico by U.S. Fish and Wildlife...Tags: Bear (animal), Symptoms, Renal Failure, Kidney Disease
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Polar bear dies at Maryland Zoo
Alaska, a Maryland Zoo polar bear that had been rescued from a Mexican circus a decade ago, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering kidney failure, zoo officials said. The bear had been confiscated in Puerto Rico by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents...Tags: Symptoms, Bear (animal), Renal Failure, Kidney Disease
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Digest: State foosball tournament set for this weekend in Jessup
Foosball State tournament scheduled for Friday through Sunday The Maryland State Foosball Championships will be held at the Holiday Inn Columbia in Jessup from Friday through Sunday. More than 150 players are expected to vie for the $12,000 prize....Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Christie Rampone, Atlantic Coast Conference, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Carli Lloyd
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Camp St. Vincent caters to Baltimore's homeless youth
From the outside, Camp St. Vincent looks like many other summer camps. There are crafts and reading along with plenty of time to play outside, and campers beat the heat with a dip in the pool. But the reality of these kids’ everyday lives is...
Tags: Vincent de Paul, Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore County, Family, Patterson Park
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The animal verdict is in: Winter will soon be but a memory
The only thing colder and stiffer than the crowd bundled up near a Washington fountain early Saturday morning was a woodchuck standing on its hind legs on a small wooden platform. Potomac Phil, you see, is stuffed. Or more precisely, taxidermied. When...
Tags: Bill Murray, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Allegany County
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Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow?
At 7:20 a.m. Saturday Punxsutawney Phil will leave his burrow at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., for the 123rd time and prognosticate how much longer winter will last. If Phil sees his shadow and returns to his burrow it means six more weeks of...Tags: Punxsutawney Phil (groundhog), Groundhog Day
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Maryland Zoo, Pratt Library bet on the Ravens
When it comes to Super Bowl XLVII, it seems everyone is willing to put some skin in the game. Or at least a little ego. (Yes, we're talking about you, Mayor Hancock.) The bets for - and against - the Baltimore Ravens are piling up. And it's not just in...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Baltimore Ravens, Libraries, Super Bowl XLVII, San Francisco 49ers
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Another light snowfall expected to arrive for Friday afternoon rush hour
Another fast-moving dusting of snow could snarl the Friday evening commute, with a dangerous chill still not expected to lift until early next week.
The cold snap has already contributed to some deaths, state health officials said, though an exact...Tags: Chills, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Highway Transportation, National Weather Service, Weather Reports
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