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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Wh'Y' Not Toastmasters meets fourth Saturday

    These groups meet regularly. The Bet Aviv Camera Club — Fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Learn about the many facets of photography. Meetings appeal to photographers of all skill and experience levels. Oakland Mills Meeting House, in Columbia. 410-992-...

    Tags: Ellicott City, Photography, Fort Meade (military base), Howard County, Arts

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Savage/North Laurel

    Flea market The Howard County NAACP Youth Council sponsors a spring flea market and yard sale beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 25, at Ridgely's Run Community Center, 8400 Mission Road in Jessup. Antiques, jewelry, toys, clothing, household items, sports...

    Tags: Music, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Yoga, Music Theater

    3. May 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. City to give $100K to family of man killed by police

    Baltimore officials plan to give $100,000 to the family of man shot and killed by police in a North Baltimore alley four years ago.
    Baltimore officials plan to give $100,000 to the family of man shot and killed by police in a North Baltimore alley four years ago. The city spending panel, the Board of Estimates, is expected on Wednesday to approve the payment to settle a multimillion-...

    Tags: Shootings, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Public Officials, Justice System, Government

    4. May 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. O'Malley to sign death penalty repeal today

    Gov. Martin O'Malley will sign legislation Thursday morning abolishing capital punishment in Maryland -- a goal of his since he took office in 2007.
    Gov. Martin O'Malley will sign legislation Thursday morning abolishing capital punishment in Maryland -- a goal of his since he took office in 2007. The governor's approval will make Maryland the 18th state to repeal the death penalty. A throng of...

    Tags: Basilica of the Assumption, Martin O'Malley, Death Penalty, Punishment, Executive Branch

    5. May 9, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Mfume named chair of Morgan State board, signals Wilson will stay

    Kweisi Mfume was named the new chair of Morgan State University's Board of Regents on Tuesday, more than three months after his predecessor was ousted amid a public battle over university leadership.
    Kweisi Mfume was named the new chair of Morgan State University's Board of Regents on Tuesday, more than three months after his predecessor was ousted amid a public battle over university leadership. Mfume quickly signaled that university President David...

    Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Colleges and Universities, Morgan State University, Kweisi Mfume

    6. May 9, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Columbia knitting group meets third Mondays

    These groups meet regularly. Adams, Hanna, Moore Memorial Post 156, American Legion — Third Thursday, 7 p.m. VFW Post 7472, 4225 VFW Lane, Ellicott City. Edward A. Hall, commander, Post 156, ehall@telecomxchange.com or 410-340-7892; John Horan,...

    Tags: Ellicott City, Panera Bread Company, American Legion, Howard County

    7. May 5, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Isaiah 'Ike' Dixon, state delegate from Baltimore

    Isaiah Dixon Jr., a jazz fan, world traveler and four-term state delegate from Baltimore City whose accomplishments included introducing a bill that made cross burnings a felony in Maryland, died of heart failure April 26 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 90.
    Isaiah Dixon Jr., a jazz fan, world traveler and four-term state delegate from Baltimore City whose accomplishments included introducing a bill that made cross burnings a felony in Maryland, died of heart failure April 26 at Stella Maris Hospice in...

    Tags: Howard University, U.S. Army, Executive Branch, Music, Martin Luther King Jr.

    8. May 5, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. In Texas, black means future danger

    If the state of Texas executes Duane Buck, it'll be because he is black.
    If the state of Texas executes Duane Buck, it'll be because he is black. Well, mainly it will be because in 1995, he shot his ex-girlfriend, Debra Gardner, and her friend, Kenneth Butler, to death at Gardner's Houston home, and also wounded his own...

    Tags: Psychology, Justice System, The New York Times, Punishment, The Miami Herald

    9. May 3, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Death penalty supporters launch petition drive

    One day after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation to abolish capital punishment in Maryland, death penalty supporters said Friday they will launch a petition drive to give voters the opportunity to overturn the new law.
    One day after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation to abolish capital punishment in Maryland, death penalty supporters said Friday they will launch a petition drive to give voters the opportunity to overturn the new law. At a news conference,...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Martin O'Malley, Death Penalty, Illegal Immigrants

    10. May 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. O'Malley signs death penalty repeal

    Surrounded by religious leaders, civil rights activists and others who have fought for years to stop executions in Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Thursday repealing the state's death penalty.
    Surrounded by religious leaders, civil rights activists and others who have fought for years to stop executions in Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Thursday repealing the state's death penalty. Unless the law is overturned in a...

    Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Migration, Martin O'Malley, Death Penalty, Illegal Immigrants

    11. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. What's left for O'Malley?

    The knock on Gov. Martin O'Malley by his critics is that everything he does is an effort to pad his resume for a presumed run for president. The latest evidence: He enacted Maryland's most sweeping gun control measures in a generation, abolished the death penalty, secured the most significant boost in state transportation funding since the Schaefer administration, laid the groundwork for a wind farm off the <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/beaches/">Ocean City</a> coast, passed legislation that will make it easier for veterans to get jobs and for the government to partner with private industry on major projects, and effectively eliminated the gap between projected revenues and expenses that has dogged Maryland for the last decade.
    The knock on Gov. Martin O'Malley by his critics is that everything he does is an effort to pad his resume for a presumed run for president. The latest evidence: He enacted Maryland's most sweeping gun control measures in a generation, abolished the death...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Martin O'Malley, Death Penalty

    12. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Pulitzer Prize winners include 'The Orphan Master's Son'

    The <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/" target="_blank">2013 Pulitzer Prizes</a> were announced today, and among the winners is "Devil in the Grove,"&nbsp;a non-fiction account of Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall's fearless work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in a Florida case. As we all know, Marshall went on to bring the nation's landmark school integration case, Brown vs. Board of Education, and later became a U.S. Supreme Court justice. The winners:
    The 2013 Pulitzer Prizes were announced today, and among the winners is "Devil in the Grove," a non-fiction account of Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall's fearless work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in a Florida case. As we all know, Marshall went...

    Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, U.S. Supreme Court

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