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Five questions ... for Bill Burwell
Bill Burwell wants to see more Maryland firms competing globally. "We want to enable Maryland firms to win in overseas markets," said Burwell, director of the U.S. Commercial Service in Baltimore, the Commerce Department's trade promotion arm and part of...
Tags: Electronics, Sales, Barack Obama, Business, Trade Dispute
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Solar flare creates chance to see 'Northern Lights' from Md. tonight
A solar flare that was the largest of the year could create a rare chance to see the aurora borealis, or "Northern Lights", from Maryland on Saturday night. The flare occurred Thursday at 3:16 a.m. and was associated with what is known as a coronal mass...
Tags: Astronomy, Solar Storms (2012)
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Tracking the long-distance travels of dust
Spring stirs pollen, and also dust — high-flying dust that's blown thousands of miles to reach North America in greater amounts than scientists have known before, with potential impact on the climate and air quality. Mineral dust rises from dry...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Pacific Ocean, Space Programs, Research, North America
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Cardin pledges to press for sequestration alternative in town hall meetings
Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small-business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October. But he acknowledged that achieving a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. House of Representatives, Howard Community College, Space Programs
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Obama budget would have big impact in Md.
Labor unions representing federal employees reacted angrily to the $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Wednesday by President Barack Obama, who proposed trimming $20 billion from federal retirement benefits — reopening a debate many Democrats felt had...
Tags: Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Barack Obama, Montgomery County (Maryland), Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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The sky's the limit with flight simulator at Middle River Aviation
The runway at Martin State Airport fell away as the distant Baltimore skyline popped into view. A hint of turbulence jittered the pilot's seat during a banking maneuver that filled the cockpit windshield with the vast blueness of the Chesapeake Bay....
Tags: eBay Inc., Air Transportation Industry, PayPal, Inc., Science, Students
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Rep. Edwards talks government cuts at Montpelier Arts Center
Maryland District 4 Rep. Donna Edwards spoke to constituents Saturday at the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, addressing economic concerns and outlining her current priorities. Edwards, a Democrat who represents parts of Prince George's and...
Tags: Labor Markets, Business, Montpelier, Unemployment, Government Postal Delivery
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Hubble spots distant supernova from early universe
Description: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a supernova that exploded more than 10 billion years ago, the most distant of its kind ever spotted. It was 4 percent farther away and 350 million years older than the previous record-holder, a...
Tags: Science, Nobel Prize Awards, Adam Riess, Woodrow Wilson, Johns Hopkins University
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Bright Minds: Danielle Hilliard, air and missile defense
“The combat system is the brain that helps you fire ‘the bullet,’ which is actually an extremely complex missile,” Danielle Hilliard says of her highly technical job in air and missile defense. She uses simple visual images to...
Tags: Engineering, Missile Systems, Clarksville, Tuskegee University, Weaponry
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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: Colleges and Universities, Boston, Geology, Mathematics, Science
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Former astronaut to talk about Mars at Harford Day School March 12
It promises to be an out of this world experience when a former astronaut visits Harford Day School on Tuesday, March 12 to talk about the latest things humankind has learned about the next world over, Mars. Donald A. Thomas, who spent 19 years as a...
Tags: Willard Hackerman
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Howard students prove they know their history
More than 260 Howard County middle and high school students participated in the county’s ninth annual History Day Competition on Saturday, March 16, presenting their historical research that related to the theme “Turning Points in History:...Tags: Great Baltimore Fire (1904), High Schools, Schools, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Nichelle Nichols
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