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Thomson Reuters list of top 100 hospitals
Thomson Reuters has released its top 100 U.S. hospitals based on overall performance. The hospitals were ranked on 10 key areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average patient stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction,...Tags: Vanderbilt University , Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Miramar, Illinois, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)
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1908 Illinois race riot was impetus behind founding of the NAACP
When an African-American was accused of raping a white woman and another of murdering a white locomotive engineer, Springfield, Ill., exploded into a race riot on the evening of Aug. 14, 1908. The mob grew furious when they learned that the two men had...Tags: Lawyers, Christianity, Labor Legislation, Kweisi Mfume, Journalism
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Local schools open wide for National Education Week
Students, faculty and parents of area schools are participating this week in American Education Week, which runs through Nov. 18. Parents are welcome all during that week, but some of our schools have arranged for one special Visitation Day. That day was...Tags: Schools, High Schools, Arts, Halloween, Abraham Lincoln
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Teacher pension study based on incomplete science
Thomas A. Firey's recent suggestion in The Sun ("Better pension reform," July 27) of a statewide "buy-back" program for public employees to reduce Maryland's future public pension should be vetted very closely by citizens and officials, given the...Tags: Censorship, Science, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Retirement
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District 9: Abigail Breiseth
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve on the City Council.
I believe the 9th needs the combination of skills that I as a teacher bring to the table. It needs understanding, inspiration, and...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Regional Authority, Business, Booker T. Washington, Finance
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Nick Charles, former WJZ-TV anchor
Nick Charles, a pioneering figure in cable TV sports at CNN and one-time Baltimore broadcaster at WJZ-TV, died Saturday at his home in New Mexico, according to the cable news network. He was 64 and had been battling bladder cancer since 2009.
Mr....Tags: CNN International (tv network), CNN (tv network), ESPN (tv network), News Agency, Television
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You know it's summer when it's carnival time
Summer is officially here when the carnivals come to town, and the Owings Mills Volunteer Fire Company's carnival was 11 days of nonstop fun! As a major fund-raiser, this event has been a mainstay of the community, and has undergone many changes over...Tags: Cinderella (fictional character), Companies and Corporations, Festive Events, Illinois, Julie Andrews
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Owings Mills Times Calendar
Submit notices via email: owingsmillstimes@patuxent.com; fax: 410-332-6336; or mail: Owings Mills Times, 501 N. Calvert St., third floor, Baltimore, MD 21278. Include sponsor or host, date, time, address of event, contact name and phone number....Tags: Cinderella (fictional character), Wii, Hospitals and Clinics, Judaism, Abusive Behavior
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Police Blotter
Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Joseph E. Ensey Jr., 27, of the 200 block of Poclain Road, was charged Monday with second-degree assault. Jessica L. Cook, 19, of the 4600 block of Kimby Lane, was charged...Tags: Ellicott City, Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Travis, Coney Island, Illinois
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Analysis: Young, minorities join to form new U.S. majority
America turned a page yesterday. Barack Obama broke through the racial barrier to the Oval Office, becoming the first African-American to gain the presidency. And his electoral landslide delivered a powerful message about a new generation of American...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Avalanches and Landslides, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, U.S. Presidential Election Exit Polls (2008)
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Proposal tackles law on gun locks
Sun StaffState Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller wants to loosen Maryland's pioneering gun-lock requirement, a measure enacted four years ago over the objections of Italian gun-maker Beretta, which has a U.S. headquarters in Miller's district. A bill...Tags: Weaponry, Lawyers, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Interior Policy, Firearms
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Favorable legislation flows to private clients of House Speaker Madigan
Chicago's largest operator of assisted living homes for the poor was looking to grow its business when it decided to add a new member to its legal team: the law firm of House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Within months of that decision, the most powerful...Tags: Cornell University, Michael Madigan, Lawyers, Bankruptcy, U.S. House Committee on Ethics
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