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Columbia

Columbia native creates scholarship to remember friend, pilot

In honor of his friend Brian Hubbard, Marc Taylor decided to fund a $300 scholarship for minority students at Atholton High School who plan to attend college and pursue a career in the military. It's named the Taylor Hubbard Military Book Award after the two friends' families.

Columbia native creates scholarship to remember friend, pilot

Columbia

Howard County principal's snow day video is viral hit

When Waterloo Elementary School Principal Sean Martin posted a video of himself popping out of a recycling bin, recreating the Risky Business dance scene and taking backward granny shots at his school during a snow day, he was just trying to make his staff laugh. He didn't expect that the video would get over 7,000 hits on YouTube in less than 24 hours.

Howard County principal's snow day video is viral hit


Music

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1988

This week 27 years ago, the first computer worm distributed via the Internet (and the first to get mainstream attention) was launched, Philip Morris bought Kraft Foods for $13.1 billion, President Ronald Reagan signed a credit-card disclosure bill, TV host Geraldo Rivera's nose was broken during a brawl on his TV show, "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" topped the box office and the following songs were the most popular in the U.S., according to Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1988







Annapolis

Mids get their career assignments

The senior midshipmen of the Naval Academy's 19th Company piled into their wardroom in Bancroft Hall on Thursday, cramming themselves four or five abreast on brown couches. After nearly four years of study, they were about to learn whether they would get their dream jobs.

Mids get their career assignments

Annapolis

New Naval Academy superintendent outlines vision

The new superintendent of the Naval Academy said Thursday that the institution is a national leader in confronting sexual assault and sexual harassment among students, and should be helping other schools tackle what he described as a widespread problem.

New Naval Academy superintendent outlines vision












Opinion

Sci-fi worthy of Malthus

Jonah Goldberg writes that in both Hollywood and Washington, imagination about scientific possibilities is lacking.

Sci-fi worthy of Malthus








Columbia

Wilde Lake graduate getting noticed in Hollywood

Late last month, Tom Cruise heroically came to Sara Lindsey's rescue. More recently, Matt Damon offered the Howard County native a boatload of money to allow his corporation to lease her land. Granted, these events happen in the movies and not in real life, but it's all pretty exciting just the same.

Wilde Lake graduate getting noticed in Hollywood











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