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Bainbridge Museum, damaged by water, makes a move [Port Deposit]
The Bainbridge Museum, at the foot of Jacob Tome Highway in Port Deposit, was damaged by water back in December, and several displays were ruined. Luckily, the leaking pipes were discovered by museum association secretary Carolyn Spencer when she...Tags: St. Patrick's Day, American Legion, Port Deposit, Nottingham, Museums
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Two men indicted in home invasion murder in Northwest Baltimore
Two men have been charged with shooting three people, killing one, during a home invasion in Northwest Baltimore last month, court records show. Roger Spears, 32, and Eric Jones, 20, were charged with first-degree murder and related charges in the Feb....Tags: Obituaries, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Prosecution, Criminals, Murder
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What went wrong at Aberdeen Proving Ground's Super Pond?
Shaped like a teardrop and carved out of the eastern bank of the Bush River, the UNDEX Test Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground has earned the nickname "Super Pond" for its unusual properties. Viewed from above, the man-made pond looks much darker...
Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Emergency Incidents, Key West, Heart Attack, Explosions
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Sequester reveals military excess
If there is anything positive to come out of sequestration, maybe it will motivate us to take a good long look at what we spend on our military. Sixty percent of the 2013 discretionary budget proposed by President Barack Obama goes to the military...
Tags: Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Weaponry, Russia, Military Equipment
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U.S. Navy identifies two sailors who died at 'Super Pond'
The U.S. Navy on Wednesday identified two sailors who died at Aberdeen Proving Ground's "Super Pond" less than a month after another death at the installation that is still under investigation. The sailors are Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher, 28, of...
Tags: U.S. Army, Lakes and Ponds, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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The GOP sequester
One of the more amusing subplots of Washington's latest (if not most pitiful) fiscal standoff is the greater investment in finger-pointing and history rewriting than in actually negotiating a compromise. House Speaker John A. Boehner is particularly...
Tags: John Boehner, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Public Finance
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Former Harford woman's husband deploys for Western Pacific
Navy Lt. Jordon C. Sims, whose wife, Megan, is the daughter of Marylou Donhauser of Pylesville, and Michael Donhauser Jr. of Bel Air, and sailors from the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Cheyenne (SSN 773), departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Story of Laurel's first bank robbery has interesting conclusion [Commentary]
I read with great interest your article Jan. 31 about Laurel's first bank robbery by John Morgan. Sadly, this was not our last bank robbery and just as sadly, not the last 19-year-old to go to prison from our county. A quick review by the state archivist,...
Tags: Anglicanism, Calvert County, Regional Authority, Laurel, Theft
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Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock: Jack Feezer, 93, has a lot to recall in his memoir
Few can picture the 1920s except through movies and old photographs, but 93-year-old John F. "Jack" Feezer Jr. was there, and he is sharing his story in a newly-published memoir, "A Life Well-Lived, Well-Loved, Well-Earned." Feezer is a one-time...Tags: Ash Wednesday, Religious Festivals, Autism, Easter, World War II (1939-1945)
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Harford Co. Ravens Nest prepares for Super Bowl trip
The members of Ravens Nest No. 1 have been there throughout the Baltimore Ravens' tumultuous 2012 season, cheering their beloved football team on from their section of the Main Street Tower in Bel Air. Sunday evening, however, they will be cheering...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Ray Charles, Baltimore Ravens, Super Bowl XLVII, American Football Conference
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Northrop Grumman pins Navy contract strategy on Linthicum facility
The specter of federal budget reductions has meant hundreds of jobs lost at Northrop Grumman Corp. in Maryland, but as the defense contractor vies to build a key Navy radar system, that same cost-cutting pressure could boost the importance of Northrop's...
Tags: Job Layoffs, Manufacturing and Engineering, Linthicum, Lockheed Martin Corp., Weaponry
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Hostage crises, then and now
The State Department is probably very pleased with the outcome of last week's hostage crisis in Algeria, although given the loss of innocent lives it would be impolitic for officials to say so. In case you missed it, Islamic militants had held an...
Tags: Morgan State University, Tripoli (Libya), National Government, U.S. Congress, Algeria
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