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Lillian Lowery named Maryland state superintendent of schools
An outsider with experience in leading a neighboring state through sometimes-unpopular reforms will become the next Maryland superintendent of schools, the state school board announced Friday.
Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian M. Lowery, a 57-year-...Tags: Jack Markell, North Carolina Central University, Regional Authority, Kate Walsh, Arne Duncan
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Morris Tischler, who invented an early transistorized pacemaker, dies
Morris Tischler, a retired science teacher who invented a 1950s transistorized cardiac pacemaker, died of respiratory failure March 9 at his Pikesville home. He was 89.
He was born in Newark, N.J., but when his father's real estate business failed in the...Tags: Science, Hospitals and Clinics, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins University
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How early is too early for high-schoolers?
It was hard to tell whether his eyes were actually open when Derek Jones shuffled into his dimly lit kitchen at 5:45 a.m., the smell of bacon in the air. The 16-year-old didn't speak, but took directions from his mother who whispered: "I have your...Tags: Facebook, Howard County, Bowie, Annapolis, Sleep Deprivation
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Elizabeth M. 'Betty' Dugan, volunteer
Elizabeth M. "Betty" Dugan, a volunteer and World War II veteran, died Feb. 29 of heart failure at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. The former longtime Ruxton resident was 90.
The daughter of a Baltimore businessman and a homemaker, the...Tags: Equestrian, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Christianity
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Weekend's best bet: Mac Miller at Patriot Center
Watch the video for "Loud" above. His raps have curse words and drug references in them. Kids, be careful! I've been duped by Mac Miller before. When he released "K.I.D.S.," the mixtape that first caught most rap blogs' attention, in August 2010,...
Tags: Donald Trump, John Lennon, Wiz Khalifa, Music, Lil Wayne
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Linda Schuberth
Linda Schuberth, a senior occupational therapist at the Kennedy Krieger Institute who helped children overcome swallowing and feeding issues, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, March 5 at her Homeland home. She...Tags: New York City, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Asthma, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals
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Towson education notices
Kirbie Hanlon, of Cockeysville, has been named to the fall 2011 dean's list at University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. Shang Jiang, of Lutherville; Emily Koppelman, of Towson, and James Wang, of Cockeysville, have been named to the fall 2011 dean's...Tags: Towson, Hunt Valley, Colleges and Universities, Timonium, Cornell University
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Margery K. Reid, volunteer
Margery K. Reid, a retired secretary and volunteer, died of a stroke Tuesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 89. Margery McShane was born in Baltimore and raised in Bolton Hill. She was a 1938 graduate of Western High School and the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Bolton Hill, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Baltimore Museum of Art, Justice System
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Harford County and Maryland State Police Blotter
Harford County Sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Amy Fay Freimiller, 30, of the first block of West Aztec Avenue, was arrested on a bench warrant Tuesday in a case in which she was charged with obtaining drugs by fraud and...Tags: Prosecution, Maryland State Police, Police Arrests, Robin Hood, Parkville
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Jewish families eager to break bread after Passover
One-year-old Daniel Herman isn't a big fan of matzo, said his mother, Ahuva Herman. But any lingering fussiness from the past eight days disappeared Sunday as Daniel got his baby teeth into a piece of egg bagel. He bounced and giggled on his mother's lap...
Tags: Judaism, Pikesville, Breads, Holidays, Pizzas
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Concert news: Dierks Bentley, Kelly Clarkson, Wye Oak, Zac Brown Band, High Zero concert
The Baltimore SunFor some people, the concert news of the day has already run, and no one's gonna top it. They'll read these names below and say, Are any of these guys VAN HALEN??? Do they wear shiny leather pants and vaguely Middle Eastern scarves and a pinstripe vest...Tags: Stevie Nicks, Rusko (music group), Flux Pavilion (music group), Egypt, Luxury Vehicles
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Head of the Class: North County residents earn honors, degrees
Emily North, of Baldwin; Kathryn Nunn, of Parkton, and Roderick Lancaster, of Phoenix, have been named to the dean's list at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pa. Daniel Weinel, of Jarrettsville, a freshman music recording technology major, was...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hereford, George Mason, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Schools
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