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National Aquarium taps Californian as new CEO
The National Aquarium Institute has tapped a California aquarium industry veteran to be the organization's next CEO.
John C. Racanelli, 55, will be expected to increase the ocean conservation and educational messages delivered through the National...Tags: Science, National Aquarium Baltimore, Animal Planet (tv network), Marin County (California), Google Inc.
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High speed rail: America is left at the station
Tax dollars have built this nation's transportation infrastructure, from roads and bridges to airports and subway systems. Rent a car or truck for the day and you may think you're paying for your transportation, but that's only the vehicle — most of...Tags: Road Transportation, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Energy Saving, Tampa
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Reviving tough love in tough schools
At City Springs Elementary and Middle School in Baltimore, where 99 percent of students are from families with incomes below the poverty line, there were 86 student suspensions in 2008-09. In 2009-10, there were only 10 suspensions.
Twenty students at...Tags: Sociology, Mental Health, Schools, Health and Safety at School, New York City
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Life expectancy low, but growing in city
Women in large swaths of America are dying younger than they were a generation ago, reversing nearly a century of progress in public health and underscoring the rising toll of smoking and record obesity. Nationwide, life expectancy for American men and...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Roland Park, Delaware River, Physical Conditions, San Francisco Bay Area
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Friday morning talkers: The end of Weiner jokes
On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. Articles • The end of anatomy jokes, for...Tags: Mitt Romney, Unemployment, ABC (tv network), Larry Flynt, NBC (tv network)
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John A. Moag Sr., CSX executive, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterJohn Andrew Moag Sr., a retired CSX executive who volunteered at St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church and the Franciscan Sisters, died Tuesday from complications of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Blakehurst retirement community...Tags: Railway Transportation, Christianity, Marketing, Chicago, Automotive Equipment
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Descendants offer stories from ill-fated Clara Nevada
A recent column on the wreck of the steamer Clara Nevada, which went to the bottom in 1898 while returning from the Alaska gold fields with the loss of all hands and a cargo of gold dust worth $13.6 million today, brought interesting reader feedback. The...Tags: Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Boston, Christianity, Protestantism, Watertown
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Chesapeake Bay Candle opens first U.S. plant in Glen Burnie
It's called Chesapeake Bay Candle. But for 17 years, all the products in the signature line of Annapolis-born and Rockville-based Pacific Trade International were made by cheaper labor in Asia.
On Tuesday, the brand celebrates a sort of homecoming: the...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Tax Credits, Economic Policy, China
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Waste-to-energy is backed by science
I am writing to you today because recently The Sun has published letters urging Governor O'Malley to veto the bill approved by the Maryland General Assembly according Tier 1 status to waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities. The Earth Engineering Center of...Tags: Science, Mining, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research
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Lost 'Fortune'
Walk the streets of downtown Baltimore, and you might feel the presence of its corporate ghosts. On Gay Street, perhaps you'll meet Alexander Brown, the Irish immigrant who started the nation's first investment firm here more than 200 years ago.
Head...Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Aerospace Manufacturing, Employees, Economy, Business Enterprises
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BPA poses serious health risk to children
The recent opinion piece written by a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute ("BPA ban exposes children to risks," May 3) is full of inaccuracies and produced by an organization that receives funding from the chemical and plastics...Tags: BPA Contamination and Investigations, Consumers, Chemicals, Diabetes, European Union
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Md. Amtrak passengers to see speed, reliability upgrades
Amtrak passengers in Maryland and other Eastern states emerged as some of the biggest beneficiaries of Florida's decision to turn down more than $2 billion in federal high-speed rail funds, as the Obama administration redirected nearly $800 million of...Tags: Railway Transportation, Tampa, Regional Authority, Barack Obama, Orlando
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