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Annapolis' Borland, Williams lead classes at NOOD Regatta
Two Annapolis sailors, Jeff Borland and Tim Williams, took advantage of favorable winds on their home Chesapeake Bay waters to take the lead in their classes Saturday at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta. Borland leads the nine-boat Etchells class...Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Evanston, Matthew E Baker, Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Sayville
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Ellicott City man dies after accident on Tough Mudder obstacle course
An Ellicott City man died over the weekend after an accident on the Tough Mudder obstacle course in West Virginia, the first such death in the three-year history of the outdoor run that bills itself as "probably the toughest event on the planet."...
Tags: Towson University, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Accidental Death, United States Naval Academy, John Harbaugh
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Anodyne education
The Baltimore SunFor starters, a specimen: A woman in Fairfax County, Virginia, wants Toni Morrison's Beloved banned from the school system. The content, Laura Murphy says, is too disturbing for students, and she plans to lobby the Virginia Board of Education to give...Tags: Lobbying, Parties and Movements
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Herbert S. "Stokes" Walesby, newspaper artist
Herbert Stokes Walesby, former art director of the News American who volunteered aboard the SS John W. Brown, where he sketched his shipmates, died of lung cancer Nov. 14 at Christiana Care in Wilmington, Del. The former Sykesville resident was 85.
"He...Tags: Timonium, Sailing, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Newspapers, Fort Meade (military base)
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McCann family increases reward, launches website
The family of Annie McCann, the Virginia teenager found dead near a Baltimore housing project in November 2008, have increased the reward they're offering for tips in the case - to $15,000 - and launched a new website. Dan and Mary Jane McCann have been...
Tags: Photography and Video, Fox News Channel (tv network), Video Supplies and Services, Suicide, YouTube
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Engagement: Jessie Willard to wed Steve Na
Mark and Mary Willard, of Bel Air, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessie Marie, to Steve Na, son of Kap and Mimi Na, of McLean, Va. Willard is a 2002 graduate of C. Milton Wright High School and a 2006 graduate of Towson University with a...Tags: Virginia Tech, Towson 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: Think Tanks, Howard County, Health and Safety at School, High Schools, Carroll County (Maryland)
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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: Arne Duncan, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, North Carolina Central University, Kate Walsh
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50 picture-perfect fall getaways
As summer's fleeting charms begin to fade, fall swirls into view in a burst of kaleidoscopic color. Relish autumn's arrival with 50 nifty travel ideas for the Mid-Atlantic region: from leaf peeping and leisurely drives, to museum-hopping, fall-inspired...Tags: Railway Transportation, Art Smith, The Pentagon, Personal Service, Harriet Tubman
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Few arrested at Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2011
The Baltimore SunA Phish concert it was not. Virgin Mobile FreeFest ended Saturday with only three arrests, Howard County Police confirmed today. According to police, an 18-year-old from Brattleboro, Vermont was charged with possession of a controlled substance and...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Police Arrests, Phish (music group), Howard County
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MD hospitals shopping locally for food
Maryland hospitals are buying more food locally, according to a new analysis.
Forty hospitals in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia are now purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables regularly during the growing season and nine...Tags: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Union Memorial Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cecil County
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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: Medtronic Incorporated, Heart Disease, Radio, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), White House
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