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Military Bowl moving to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
The Baltimore SunThe Naval Academy will host its first-ever bowl game this year, as organizers announced Monday the move of the 2013 Military Bowl from RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis in December. “This move...Tags: San Jose State Spartans, Mid-American Conference, Annapolis, Atlantic Coast Conference, Ralph Friedgen
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Preakness TV ratings up year to year, according to NBC overnight data
The Baltimore SunThe audience for NBC's coverage of the Preakness was up by as much as 24 percent during the afternoon, according to overnight Nielsen data provided by the network. The audience for the block of time that includes the race (5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m. ET) was 9%...Tags: Equestrian, NBC (tv network), Preakness Stakes
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A marriage of music plays in Columbia
Chamber music players typically spend so much time together that it can seem like a professional marriage. In the case of Duo Amaral, it's an actual marriage. These husband and wife guitarists perform for the Sundays at Three series on May 19 at Christ...
Tags: Christianity, Federal Hill, Music, Anglicanism, Israel
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New York bettors score big with Oxbow at Preakness Stakes
Baltimore Sun Media GroupA pair of racing aficionados from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., spent Saturday watching the early races at Pimlico, then they put their observations to use to score a massive payday in the Preakness. Joe Cavallo, 26, and Stephanie Rafferty, 21, hit the Pick 4...Tags: Springs, Lotteries, National Aquarium Baltimore, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby
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Rabinowitz named new vice president at Upper Chesapeake Health
Aaron Rabinowitz has joined the two hospital health system in Harford County as Vice President, General Counsel, Upper Chesapeake Health announced. Prior to joining UCH, Rabinowitz practiced as a health attorney at the Baltimore law firm of Ober Kaler,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Harvard University, Healthcare Laws, Healthcare Policies, Health Insurance
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Louisa May Alcott reunion rekindles memories of school, and community
They filed in the lobby of Martin's Valley Mansion in Cockeysville, some ramrod straight, others on canes and bent over walkers. They came poised to crack open fragrant memories of their days at School No. 59, more intimately known as Louisa May...
Tags: Louisa May Alcott , Korean War (1950-1953), Lobbying
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Newseum wrong to honor propagandists
A museum of journalism in Washington, D.C., the Newseum plans to honor and include in the institution's Journalists' Memorial Mahmoud Al-Kumi and Hussam Salama. Both worked for Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV. Also, Basel Tawfiq Youssef of Syrian State TV and Maya...
Tags: Hamas, Freedom of the Press, Bashar Assad, Timonium, Iran
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Carmel Quinn, volunteer
Carmel Quinn, a homemaker and volunteer, died of a heart attack Sunday at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 83. Born Mary Katherine Carmel Fay in Belturbet, in County Cavan, Ireland, she moved to Baltimore in...
Tags: Irish Soda Bread, General Practitioners, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Roman Catholicism, Republic of Ireland
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Maryland: A good state to be from, a bad place to live
In a recent column, Dan Rodricks essentially excoriated corporate CEOs for whining about Maryland ("Complaining CEOs need to take a hike," May 8). OK, he feels that they make too much money, that's his right, and it falls exactly in line with the thinking...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Annapolis, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Business
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Helen Bruce Thomas, volunteer
Helen Bruce Thomas, a retired nurse and homemaker, died April 23 at the Rogerson House assisted-living facility in Boston of unknown causes. The longtime resident of Phoenix, Baltimore County, was 89. Born Helen Whitridge Bruce in Baltimore, she was...
Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Christianity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Anglicanism, Alzheimer's Disease
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Dulaney student's poem helps build a worldwide bridge
Recently, a poem by Dulaney High School senior Minwei Cao was selected to be included in the "Building Bridges to Celebrate our Global Village" anthology. A student competition to write essays and poems about cultural diversity for the anthology was...
Tags: China, Easter, Teaching and Learning, Students, Baltimore County
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Middle school students can get high school credit for foreign language classes
Middle school students, who take world language courses, will be able to get high school credit beginning next year, under a new measure approved by the Harford County Board of Education Monday night. Barbara Canavan, Harford County Public Schools'...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Students, Language, Elections
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