benjamin franklin
- The following are Harford County real estate transfers recorded in January 2012 and compiled by the Harford office of the Department of Assessments and Taxation:
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- Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including Baltimore, where the scheme unraveled last summer.
- Congratulations to Reba Ann Hause on her recent graduation from Anne Arundel Community College, where she received her certificate as an emergency medical technician
- Longtime director of nurses at Maryland Shock Trauma Center worked closely with founder Dr. R Adams Cowley
- Pat Kasuda has walked the grounds of the Charlestown retirement community for three years but only recently received the inspiration of holding a kite flying competition. The competition scheduled for May 19 will bring Charlestown residents with young students.
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- Howard County sports notices
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- Equipped with a flip phone and 400 free minutes, truant students at Carver Vocational Technical High School know that at any moment they could receive a call that changes the course of their day, maybe even their lives.
- Author of last year's best-selling nonfiction book will speak at CityLit Festival
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- Many of our Founding Fathers came to the conclusion that the death penalty is wrong; why do we continue to cling to it?
- Concerts feature Dennis James playing instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin.
- The Patterson Mill boys proved their mettle outside the Susquehanna Division on Tuesday, defeating the Chesapeake's North Harford Hawks, 58-40
- Barry H. Landau pleads guilty in federal court to stealing historic documents from museums in several states including Maryland. Meanwhile, the Maryland Historic Society is having a news conference in which staffer who caught Landau is speaking for the first time.
- Eastern Shore Christmas display goes viral
- Friday's varsity roundup: Carr, Patterson rout W.E.B. DuBois
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- Boys Athlete of the Week: Kameron Williams, Mount St. Joseph, basketball
- Barry H. Landau, charged with stealing national memorabilia over a span of years from archives and museums, but caught in Baltimore, now wants to sell some of his own treasures to cover his living expenses.
- Baltimore's proposed waste-to-energy facility poses danger to children's health
- The Energy Answers incinerator project would put the health of thousands of Baltimore residents at risk
- Breaking from the tradition of kicking off the school year with the city's Blue Ribbon recipients and highest performers, Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso personally welcomed back students and staff who will take part in radical transformations at schools that have struggled with academics.
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- Restoring the State House Dome, says conservator John Greenwalt Lee, is a lesson in reading and resuscitating the past.
- The arrest of Barry H. Landau and Jason Savedoff for stealing presidential documents highlights both the mission and the dilemma of historical archives: They are devoted to making artifacts accessible to the public, but that means someone can make off with valuable pieces of history.
- A federal court judge rejected a last-ditch effort by prosecutors to keep Barry H. Landau behind bars while the New York collector awaits trial on charges he pulled off the country's biggest-ever theft of national memorabilia over a span of years.
- A detention hearing for Barry H. Landau, one of two men charged last week with stealing dozens of valuable historic documents from museums in New York and Maryland, was postponed Monday so federal investigators can search his Manhattan apartment for a second time.
- A Maryland federal grand jury indicted two New York men Thursday on charges they conspired to steal historic documents worth millions of dollars from museums in both states over a seven-month period.
- He was supposed to be in Florida right now, prepping with his teammates for a weekend basketball showcase. Instead, the team flew south Thursday afternoon without their 6-foot 5-inch forward, who was shot and killed Wednesday.
- In a celebration Tuesday, past and present Benjamin Franklin students removed the first brick from the walled-over entrance of the school's original building, which next year will house a newly constructed wing of administrative and community offices.
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