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Funeral marks Schaefer's 'extraordinary life'
At a memorial service that celebrated both his landscape-altering legacy and his big-hearted if crusty-shelled persona, the William Donald Schaefer nation gathered one last time on Wednesday — friends and one-time foes alike, Maryland politicos past...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Judges, Barbara A. Mikulski, Paul Sarbanes, Robert Frost
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Our city's firms must reach out to 51st state
America's 51st state - the state of Incarceration - has a citizenship of about 2.1 million now, making it just about as populated as Nevada or Utah. Incarceration USA had just 500,000 residents in 1980; the war on drugs, more than any other factor,...Tags: Employees, Baltimore County, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Values, Anne Arundel County
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Ain't the urn cool!
Chuck Thompson wasn't just a Hall of Fame sports announcer. He also was a husband, the kind who parked himself on a shopping mall bench while his wife roamed the stores. So his final resting place -- in the courtyard of a revamped shopping mall -- could...Tags: Society, Safeway Inc., Major League Baseball, Ceremonies, Martin O'Malley
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Area college recruits keep coming
College basketball continues to make news this month in Aberdeen, South Dakota and across the nation: · Northern State men's basketball recently had a make-shift reunion during the Final Four weekend in Houston. See photo above. · The late...Tags: College Basketball, Basketball, High School Sports, Colleges and Universities, College Sports
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Day of family fun and football fundraising
The John Burroughs High School Arrowhead Club roared into Johnny Carson Park with its 23rd annual car show fundraiser Sunday. Staged with the assistance of the Burbank Kiwanis For Fun Foundation, this annual event benefits the Burroughs football program....Tags: Foods and Beverages, Greg Clark, Dining and Drinking, Michael Stewart, Bill Murray
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The Prospector -- FSU recruiting rivals are surely pouncing on this latest drama in Tallahassee
We can only guess what the decision-makers at Florida State are saying behind the scenes about the turmoil surrounding embattled Coach Bobby Bowden and his struggling football program. No such guesswork is necessary regarding what the folks at Florida,...Tags: Bobby Bowden, National Football League, Russell Athletic Bowl, Football, Alcoholic Beverages
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John Wooden, the poet laureate of reason, kindness and decency
Reprinted from the Los Angeles Times magazine, March 29, 1998
I am just steps out of John Wooden's condo when I realize he has, once again, transformed me into Jack Nicholson, gazing across the dinner table at Helen Hunt. Wooden has made me want to be...Tags: Family, Farms, Surgery, Death, Jack Nicholson
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Mel Martinez out, placeholder coming
The Swampby Mark Silva Resignation news from Republican ranks: Sen. Mel Martinez, the Florida Republican who announced last winter that he would not seek a second term next year, announced today that he will step down more than a year before......Tags: Cuba, Executive Branch, George W. Bush, Upper House, Civil and Public Service
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Cover Story: Queens of the Lo-Fi Age, L.A.'s emerging female-powered rock scene
Brand XIt's the night after New Year's Eve and hundreds of kids are crammed into the Smell, the downtown DIY tabernacle of the Los Angeles avant-garde. A sweating mass of art students, skate punks and subterranean scene staples ecstatically moshes to a... -
Joe Gergen's friends, colleagues celebrate his career
WatchdogI attended a luncheon/party in Bethpage Friday to celebrate the career of Joe Gergen upon his retirement from Newsday after 40 years at the paper - 33 of them as a columnist, nearly half the entire life of the newspaper.......Tags: Mass Media, Retirement, Scott Gragg, Periodicals
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Saturn: We're Still Here
KickingTiresAs General Motors fights for its own survival, its subsidiaries ??? Saturn and Saab ??? were the first to feel the effects of the automaker???s empty coffers. Saab has already declared bankruptcy, cut 750 jobs and reduced production. There are......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Sales, Bankruptcy, Vehicles, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Oct 7, 2009
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Jun 13, 2010
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Aug 7, 2009
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Feb 10, 2010
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Sep 27, 2007
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Jul 23, 2008
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Mar 19, 2009
|Blog| Cars.com
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