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- Under Armour founder Kevin Plank became the second CEO to resign from President Donald Trump’s advisory jobs panel after the president was criticized for not quickly denouncing racist groups.
- Boutique gyms offer fewer members and a more intimate setting than so-called big-box health clubs. They're typically run independently rather than being corporate-owned and provide specialized targeted exercise programs.
- The best state in the nation for innovation and entrepreneurship three years in a row is Maryland. This is according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (hardly a mouthpiece for the Maryland Democratic Party), which also ranks Maryland No. 1 for STEM employment and No. 3 for our "Talent Pipeline."
- South River High School sophomores Allison Marie Raines and Sally Albright recently discovered what happens when you combine an interest in the effects of commonly used chemicals with a passion for protecting Chesapeake Bay oysters.
- Alex. Brown Realty, a private real estate investment manager, said Wednesday it has bought a five-acre site in Oregon with plans for a 140-room Marriott Residence Inn.
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- Since winning the Intel, the biggest science prize for high schoolers, almost two years ago, Jack Andraka, 16, has become a globe-trotting ambassador for medical research and science education. But for all his travels, meeting the Clintons and other world leaders, it's his family that keeps him grounded — a brother who is also a gifted young scientist, and parents who let them run experiments in the basement and bathrooms of their Crownsville MD home.
- The Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay leaders is losing the organization more money -- this time from Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin.
- North County High School junior Jack Andraka is versed enough in the sciences to have created a cancer-detection method that has garnered him worldwide acclaim.
- Openly gay teenagers Jack Andraka and Pascal Tessier represent the state -- and in Andraka's case, the Baltimore area -- on Out magazine's list of LGBT luminaries.
- O'Malley has set Maryland on the right path with renewable portfolio standard
- During the last Anne Arundel County school board meeting, members bemoaned losing one of the district's most prominent and influential leaders to a neighboring county.
- Aberdeen Proving Ground continued to make computing history, as it formally unveiled a new supercomputer system Monday, one of only five such Army facilities in the country.
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- North County High School student Jack Andraka was slated to be a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday night at the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C.
- The FCC's proposal to leave some of the wireless spectrum available for unlicensed use serves the public interest much more than auctioning it to wireless communications companies.
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- Religious organizations that object to homosexuality have always been the foundation of Scouting, but a ban on gays is now bad for business.
- Local efforts to help government contractors navigate the complex world of federal procurement are looking particularly relevant these days with big budget cuts looming.
- Dulaney High School senior named semifinalist in Intel Science Talent Search.
- A full news cycle after Alex Jones' CNN meltdown, the conservative radio show host -- dubbed the most paranoid man in America -- is still trending. David Bowie's new single is rising up the digital charts and a number of tech stories are gaining traction, fueled by the CES in Las Vegas.
- Behind-the-scenes jostling for committee chairmanships in the U.S. Senate has left Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski poised to take over the Senate Intelligence Committee — a move experts said Tuesday could bolster the role cyber security plays in the state's economy.
- The Anne Arundel County school system has one of the most accomplished science, technology, engineering and math programs in the state, garnering national awards while ensuring that its initiatives remain available to all students, according to school officials.
- Johns Hopkins will use an $8.9 million gift to make intensive care units safer for patients, expanding on the institution's past work to reduce medical mistakes that have long trouble hospitals.
- STEM industries can lead the charge in reviving Maryland's economy
- Unfair trade with Asian competitors is killing the U.S. economy, but neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney is proposing a way to address it.
- The demise of Sparrows Point was inevitable in a system in which U.S. workers can't hope to compete
- North County High School freshman Jack Andraka stood on the auditorium stage, speaking about the invention that earned him the $75,000 grand prize at the recent Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
- Local student wins top science award for faster, better pancreatic cancer test
- Congratulations to Ciara Wholey who won the Reflections competition in literature at River Hill High School and at the county level. Samantha Thach and Jen Smith also won for dance choreography.
- Free trade has destroyed our industrial base and shifted jobs overseas.