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Putting the forecast in the palm of a (small) hand
Growing up in and around New York City, where the weather can be as fickle as a Yankee fan, Justin Berk was bitten by the forecasting bug. After earning his degree in meteorology from Cornell University, Berk did a five-year stint at WBAL-TV before...
Tags: Cornell University, New York Weather, Colleges and Universities, Weather Reports, Apple iTunes
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Ulman unveils parking app for historic Ellicott City
Historic Ellicott City is now the first town in Maryland to offer a free smartphone parking app, making it easier for visitors to find available spaces. Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced the app's launch last week in front of the Howard...
Tags: Ellicott City, Howard County, Ken Ulman, Apple iTunes
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School safety by smartphone
This week, Baltimore County school officials started distributing hand-held metal detectors to school resource officers to help in the effort to keep weapons off campus. At the same time, Anne Arundel County made an app for students to submit tips about...Tags: Conservation, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Weaponry, Apple iTunes
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Anne Arundel police develop app for reaching officers in schools
Reaching the police officer at an Anne Arundel County school — there's an app for that. A new app developed by an Anne Arundel school resource officer lets anyone with a smartphone unobtrusively tap in a message to the officers whose beats are...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Baltimore County, Health and Safety at School, Apple iTunes, Students
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Dan Deacon releases app for concert interaction
Dan Deacon's live shows have always incorporated the crowd, whether it's a dance battle among fans or a call-and-response chanting session. But now he's taken the crowd interaction a step further with his first app. Available for iPhone and Android...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes
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Money-smart kids: Putting a lid on prom costs
Kiplinger's Money PowerA recent survey from Visa showed that prom spending hit an average of $1,139 per family this year, up 5 percent from last year. The good news -- sort of -- was that teens were contributing 41 percent of the cost. But that still leaves parents footing 59...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, PTA, Apple iTunes
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Tony Awards, Breast Cancer, Norwegian Cruise Line, Santa Claus (fictional character), Credit and Debt
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Boynton Police has an app for that
Need to reach your local police department immediately? Have a tip or commendation you'd like to make? Now, there's an app for that. The Boynton Beach Police Department is the first in the state to join other police departments in the country to use...Tags: Boynton Beach, Apple iPhone, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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DONATE: Red Cross helping tornado victims across the Midwest
WASHINGTON, Monday, May 20, 2013 — The American Red Cross is helping people in the Midwest with shelter, food, relief supplies and emotional comfort after tornadoes over the last couple of days injured many people and destroyed homes. As many as...
Tags: National Weather Service, Tornadoes, House Building, American Red Cross, Relief and Aid Organizations
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What are Republicans and tea party hiding?
Where I was born, there is a saying, "When you throw stones into a pig sty, the pig who squeals the loudest is the one you hit." Forcibly brought to mind, this saying was more than self-evident in the line-up of sanctimonious Republican and tea party...Tags: Radio, First Aid, Cooper City, American Red Cross, Hurricanes
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What to know before giving up on cable
Need more proof that the world is changing? Last week, the president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Michael Powell, told the Senate that "the largest subscription video provider in the country today is Netflix." If you haven't...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Netflix Inc., ESPN (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Radio
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BRIEF: Israeli cos provide translation services for Google apps
Globes, Tel Aviv, IsraelTwo Israeli companies are behind Google Inc.'s (Nasdaq: GOOG) new translation service for applications, which the company unveiled at its I/O developers conference in San Francisco last week. Google offers the service for Android app developers who want...Tags: Tel Aviv (Israel), Israel, Google Inc.
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