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Robert Keller, editor
Robert Keller, The Evening Sun's first metropolitan editor and later executive director of the Greater Baltimore Committee, died May 12 of complications from Crohn's disease at Harbor Hospital. He was 71. The son of a banker and a bookkeeper, Robert...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Crohn's Disease, Harbor Hospital, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Environmental Politics
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Howard County school system lauded for food service
Mary Klatko grew up in Pennsylvania eating nutritious foods, some fresh from the family garden and cooked from scratch. When she was named Howard County's director of food and nutrition services 26 years ago, she assumed everyone ate that way, and...Tags: Vegetarian Diet, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Report Cards, General Practitioners
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Some parents decry new Carroll schools' palm scanner
Instead of paying for their lunches with crumpled dollar bills and loose change, students in Carroll County schools are having their palms scanned in a new check-out system — raising concerns from some parents that their children's privacy is...
Tags: Freedom of Information Act, Students, Personal Data Collection, Cecil County, Schools
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Fla. elections officials referring Rosen voting allegations to prosecutors
Elections officials in Florida say they are asking prosecutors there to investigate allegations that former Maryland congressional candidate Wendy Rosen was registered and voted in both states. "After receiving information locally concerning this issue,...
Tags: Baltimore County, Parties and Movements, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Frank Kratovil, Barack Obama
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Fla. officials sending Rosen voting allegations to prosecutors
Elections officials in Florida said Tuesday they were asking prosecutors to investigate allegations that former Maryland congressional candidate Wendy Rosen was registered and voted in both states. "After receiving information locally concerning this...
Tags: Baltimore County, Parties and Movements, Prosecution, Elections, Justice System
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Christina Lynn Ward to wed Michael Wayne Getscher
The engagement of the children of Lawrence and Rose Ward, of Pinellas Park, Fla., and Charles Getscher and the late Elizabeth Ann Getscher, of Jarrettsville, has been announced. The couple, Christina Lynn Ward and Michael Wayne Getscher, both from... -
Schiavo's family urges Jeb Bush to act as legal appeals fail
Sun National StaffPINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Legal options appeared to run out for Terri Schiavo's parents yesterday as a state judge and Florida's Supreme Court denied their petition to have their daughter's feeding tube reinserted. The rejection of the emergency petition,...Tags: FBI, Family, Judges, Easter, Trials
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George Zimmerman trial: Jury will be sequestered, judge rules
The judge presiding over George Zimmerman's trial in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin announced Thursday that the jury will be sequestered. None has yet been seated in the case, but when the six jurors and four alternates are chosen to serve, their...
Tags: Trials, John Evander Couey, Punishment, Prosecution, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Should Florida school have reprimanded boy for wearing makeup?
Orlando SentinelShould the faculty and administrators at a Florida school have reprimanded a boy for wearing makeup to school? Jamie Himes, the boy's mom, thinks the faculty and administrators at Meadowlawn Middle School in St. Petersburg are insensitive for...Tags: MoveOn, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida)
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Duke donations key on science, education
Duke Energy Florida, the Orlando area's biggest electrical utility, lit up a few charities in the region recently by donating a combined $260,000. The St. Petersburg-based unit of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corp. is distributing the money among...Tags: Energy Saving, Maitland, State Farm Insurance, Dwayne Johnson, Charity
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Smell of marijuana: Who needs a search warrant when police use their nose?
Who needs a search warrant when you've got a nose? It's a common phrase in South Florida arrest reports: the scent of marijuana wafting from a suspect's vehicle. And while the detail may seem amusing, it's actually a serious legal requirement that...
Tags: Judges, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Criminals, Social Sciences, Palm Beach County
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UCF police: Seevakumaran planned to use 'Molotov cocktails' on fellow students
Before his suicide, James Oliver Seevakumaran pounded out an angry, violent short story on his computer in which the protagonist wrestled with his mixed-race heritage, cursed those he despised — and then veered off on a plan to commit mass...
Tags: Students, Seminole State College, Human Accomplishments, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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