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- Millennials, whose children are now school age, are projected to surpass Baby Boomers as the largest voting bloc next year. That means this key generation of voices holds a unique position to provide insight into the health of our public school system.
- Owens, who holds the county record for single-season rushing yards (2,504), verbally committed to Yale on July 28.
- Yes, America’s got talent—but not enough of it. It needs to import it. A merit-based immigration system for a merit-based society will enhance our economic security and significantly boost our competitiveness. The president is right on the money with this part of his immigration.
- Mr. Trump's latest party break, in striking a deal with the Democrats on extending the nation's fiscal debt limit, has roiled the most conservative GOP faithful on Capitol Hill.
- Carl F. Christ, 93, a noted Johns Hopkins University economist, died Friday.
- Baltimore, Chicago and other cities are a case study on the limits of local gun control, not its perceived failure
- The average cost of child care for preschool age children in Carroll County is $10,079 per year, and for infants is $9,212 per year.
- Those who compare the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act to Jim Crow laws, don't understand either, says Jonah Goldberg.
- In her call to action to "end African-American homicides," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has convened a group of black men to lead a discussion this month.
- Michael DeMos and David Ridgway figure what Maryland gun enthusiasts need is a more classy place to shoot.
- Health care costs may be rising less sharply than a few years ago, but employers continue to make employees take on more of the burden, and that's likely to continue, a new survey shows.
- There will be a Mother and Son Valentine's Dance on Feb. 7 at the North Laurel Community Center.
- New research from Johns Hopkins suggests reframing a stressful situation as potential gains or losses can help people avoid performance failures
- Some consumers had health plans that didn't comply with the Affordable Care Act. After reprieve, they must purchase new plans on health exchanges this year. Many are finding higher premiums or less coverage.
- Johns Hopkins professor Dimitri Sverjensky found that carbon compounds move deep through Earth's mantle, potentially feeding microorganisms and creating diamonds.
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- John MacAloon, who has spent the entirety of his career studying the interplay between sports and politics, will be discussing the Olympic host city selection process at the college Thursday.
- Households carry a common community of bacteria on doorknobs, counters and floors, and on the bodies of humans and pets, according to a study.
- The increasing emphasis on football at the Big 5 schools can have benefits for excluded colleges and universities. Without the constant pressure to field top teams, they can become more faithful to their true missions by de-emphasizing the importance of winning football games.
- George W. Hilton, a retired college professor who specialized in transportation economics whose definitive books on railroads and shipping also included the seminal history of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad, died Aug. 4 at Lorien Health Park in Columbia. He was 89.
- Dr. Harry C. Rhodes, former superintendent of Queen Anne's County public schools who played a pivotal role in the community college movement in the state, died Monday of heart failure. He was 99.
- On Tuesday, the University of Maryland officially leaves the North Carolina-based Atlantic Coast Conference for the more prosperous Big Ten Conference, a Midwest-oriented league known for its football heritage and expanding television network.
- Newspapers are in trouble. Not just because of the Internet and advertising and subscriptions. But because, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll, only 28 percent of Americans think that journalists contribute a lot to society's well being.
- Students have a right to object when their schools select controversial individuals to honor as graduation speakers
- Schools that invite controversial commencement speakers are asking for trouble
- The thing I love about PBS "Frontline" is its willingness to call out people in power in American life.
- Dr. Torrey C. Brown, the former secretary of Maryland's Department of Natural Resources who banned fishing for rockfish, died of heart disease Sunday at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Severna Park resident was 77.
- Jean H. Hepner, an early Fells Point community activist who restored one of its residential landmarks and fought a planned interstate, died of injuries she suffered as a passenger in an automobile accident Feb. 1 on the Baltimore Beltway at Park Heights Avenue. She was 90.
- Thought-controlled prosthetic technology is advancing quickly through amputees working with a Johns Hopkins surgeon and Baltimore company.
- Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon and women's basketball coach Brenda Frese initally opposed the Terps' move from the ACC to the Big Ten.
- University of Maryland astronomer Drake Deming crunches data on extrasolar worlds
- Dr. Howard F. Raskin, former chief of the gastroenterology department at Maryland General Hospital, died Sept. 17 at Duke University Hospital during surgery to replace a heart valve. He was 87.
- Bruce Fleming, a popular and outspoken Naval Academy professor, has been removed from the classroom following complaints from midshipmen, academy officials confirmed Monday.
- In honor of Constitution Day, Harford Community College is hosting a lecture by Robert Ginsberg, Ph.D. on "The Bill of Rights: How It Has Endured" on September 17 at 12:30 PM at the Hays-Heighe House located on campus. Free pocket Constitutions will be available, along with light refreshments. The event is free and open to the public.