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- Former Baltimore Colts tight end John Mackey, whose off-the-field exploits were as important as his accomplishments on it, died Wednesday night. The Hall of Famer was 69.
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Former Baltimore Colts tight end John Mackey, whose off-the-field exploits were as important as his accomplishments on it, died Wednesday night. The Hall of Famer was 69. - The Maryland engineering companies that auditors referred to in a scathing report on the State Highway Administration last week denied any knowledge Thursday of improprieties in the way they were awarded contracts and insisted their dealings with the agency have been aboveboard.
- He has more hits than Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, a higher career batting average than Mickey Mantle and a higher postseason average than Joe DiMaggio. And it won't be long before Derek Jeter is a new lord of New York Yankees lore.
- As the Baltimore school system attempts to rebound from a series of cheating scandals and its first significant test score decline in years, leaders are looking at how to address a worrisome possibility: They've hit a wall in educating children.
- Baltimore's Fourth of July fireworks show takes hours to design and days to set up before a computer starts sending the synchronized explosions up in the sky Monday night
- Amid inevitable speculation about dishonest test scores in prior years, Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso has a straightforward but difficult task — maintain test security in 2012 and produce better results.
- The Federal Transit Administration gives Maryland the green light to begin the engineering phase of construction of the east-west Red Line in Baltimore.
- Aaron Greenfield's work as a Baltimore attorney representing Holocaust survivors and family members earned him an invitation to join a special committee of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Davey Johnson is the last man to lead the Orioles to the playoffs, and those who know him think he'll have similar success in Washington
- Havre de Grace no longer willing to participate in walk celebrating the reopening of Hatem Bridge
- The Harford County Education Association announced it was seeking an impasse in negotiations for teacher raises with the Board of Education.
- The Harford County Board of Estimates approved a contract for a new bridge over Bynum Run in Thursday's meeting, in addition to several other bid awards.
- Orioles: A hit in Orioles clubhouse, Lee looks to get bat going. Veteran first baseman has excelled in field, locker room, but hasn't produced as hoped offensively.
- Baltimore's election judges will be ferried to the polls by Yellow Cabs this fall, under a deal approved by the city's Board of Estimates.
- Under the circumstances, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was right to settle with developers for $1.2 million to clear up the rights to the preferred site for a Baltimore casino, but the city should never have been in this position in the first place.
- Maryland Transportation Authority police lost their effort to force state officials to provide them with take-home cars this week, after the state's highest court ruled that the agreement made in the final year of the Ehrlich Administration with the officers was not enforceable.
- Maryland high school baseball teams to use different bats next spring
- As work begins on a statewide fiber-optic network that will connect every Maryland school, college, hospital, police and fire station, senior center and library, businesspeople are hoping to get involved
- Private contractor calls $500,000 per house rehab costs "insane"
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- Longtime plan to extend road is finally moving forward
- Taxi drivers who pick up fares at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport drove to State Circle in Annapolis Tuesday to protest the potential award of the airport's taxi concession to a Virginia-based company.
- The Orioles plan on opening contract talks with shortstop J.J. Hardy this season, and it would be a move that makes a lot of sense for the organization. The Orioles need someone to keep the position warm until top prospect Manny Machado is ready for primetime, and when healthy, Hardy has proved to be capable.
- The Board of Education received an update for construction and renovation of area schools, along with an award of a copier contract and three promotions.
- Maryland basketball: Competing with undersized front court will be tall order for Terps coach Mark Turgeon. With little height to speak of, coach says, four-guard lineups will be frequent.
- Maryland Public Policy Institute's Marc Kilmer says state will benefit from others' mistakes by taking a wait-and-see approach
- Maryland lacrosse: Maryland men's lacrosse coach John Tillman has told athletic director Kevin Anderson he is staying at the school despite continued overtures from Navy about its coaching vacancy.
- The Y of Central Maryland offers free fitness programs and membership discounts for those who can't pay.
- If Ray Lewis is the face of the Ravens, and their heart and soul, Matt Stover is the franchise¿s right foot. He tagged along with the Ravens when they moved to Baltimore for Cleveland. His big kicks carried them to the Super Bowl in 2000.
- Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson's guilty plea in corruption case is an all-too-familiar story in Maryland
- Privatizing Medicare would unfairly shift the cost of health care onto retirees
- Tom McMillen: Fairness demands that college athletes be allowed adequate representation in pro negotiations
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- President Obama should sign executive order requiring contractors to reveal secret donations
- Contrary to the assertions of a congressional fact finding mission, the record of human rights abuses in Colombia remain terrible and will only be worsened by a free trade agreement with the United States.
- Sheppard Pratt's proposed group home in Ruxton is a commercial enterprise and should not be shielded by federal disability laws.
- Customers of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. will pay about 11 percent less starting in June.
- Ravens' Tom Zbikowski appealing suspension over failed drug test. Safety 'in shock' over positive test for marijuana substance, seeking 'expedited' decision on appeal
- College coaches and athletic directors make big money despite recruiting and academic violations; the NCAA should institute 'clawback' provisions.
- The Sun's editorial on the Sheppard Pratt plans for a rehab home in Ruxton completely misses the point.
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