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- Two University of Florida students have accused former St. Frances quarterback Jalon Jones of sexual battery.
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- Tiffany Knight, of Taneytown, was initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor
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Where do Maryland crabs come from? Researchers use a virus, ocean current maps and more to find out.
Scientists are using a crab virus akin to the common cold, computer models of ocean currents and tides, and genetic analysis of crustaceans from Massachusetts to Argentina to figure out just how much different populations of swimming crabs have in common. - Ellicott City’s economic future is intrinsically tied to its past. With so much riding on the authenticity and heritage of this community, it was with profound concern that Preservation Maryland learned of Howard County’s rushed plan to address flooding by demolishing large portions of Main Street.
- Reaction to the reports of DJ Durkin's abusive behavior toward players were mixed in the Maryland, coaching community.
- Rob Hiaasen's wryly observant writing style and his generous mentoring of young journalists assured him of a role in several newsrooms, from The Baltimore Sun to, most recently, The Capital Gazette, where he tragically was killed along with colleagues on Thursday.
- Secondhand shopping is all the rage these days – and Howard County fashion lovers are getting in on the action.
- In addition to live racing on the final weekend of its spring meet, Laurel Park will play host to a Kentucky Derby party featuring live music, food and drink specials and family activities Saturday.
- The opioid epidemic has claimed so many lives in Maryland that the state medical examiner's office is having trouble performing autopsies on time, officials say.
- Huntington's disease is an inherited brain disorder that is always fatal, but some researchers at Johns Hopkins believe they have made a big discovery about how the disease progresses -- and they may stop it
- Laureate Education, a Baltimore-based company that owns and operates universities around the world, became a public company again on Wednesday, raising about $490 million in its initial public offering.
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- Baltimore-based Laureate Education, which operates universities around the world, is dusting off plans to go public again, despite an array of challenges, including shifting regulatory regimes in key foreign markets, student lawsuits, a corruption investigation tied to a Turkish university and a whistleblower complaint about its accounting practices.
- The tradition of everyone trying to vote in person on one day are long gone, and appropriately so. We should be doing all we can in America to make it easier and more accommodating for people to practice one of our nation's most fundamental rights — the right to vote.
- Dena Cohen and Ryan Blaustein were introduced by Ryan's cousin; they were married at the Elkridge Furnace Inn.
- As opioid-related overdose deaths continue to rise across the state, some who treat addiction are criticizing a move by the state to cut off access to a drug treatment that is used by thousands of patients and considered effective.
- Living with mom or dad again — or the in-laws — after years of independence isn't for everyone, but such living arrangements are becoming more common as the U.S. population ages and Americans live longer. There appear to be no studies showing how frequently it occurs, but many retirement communities in Maryland and elsewhere are seeing older children move into the same communities as their parents, sometimes even the same units.
- Research published Wednesday suggested a surprising consequence to an increase in Maryland's alcohol tax: Thousands of fewer cases of gonorrhea.
- Michigan defensive coordinator DJ Durkin will be named Maryland's next football coach, the university announced Wednesday.
- When Baltimore-based Laureate Education filed for an initial public offering last week, it disclosed $4.7 billion in debt that has been cutting into the company's bottom line, with hundreds of millions in losses over the last several years.
- With the state publishing draft regulations for medical marijuana, and an infrastructure for distributing it coming into view, Marylanders who suffer from chronic pain or debilitating disease could gain access to the drug before the end of the year.
- Dr. Thomas Scott Wilson, 63, a physician and official of Medstar Good Samaritan and Union Memorial hospitals, died in his sleep of cardiac arrest June 14 at his Roland Park home.
- Michelle Elizabeth Saunders, a product of West Friendship Elementary, Marriotts Ridge High School and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Salisbury State University has just completed her Masters Degree at the University of Alabama.
- Benjamin P. Reynolds, of Westminster, in National Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Junetta Jones, a pioneering African-American soprano who performed with the Metropolitan Opera after winning its 1963 Young Artists competition, died.
- Joseph Vincent Ridgely, a retired university professor who studied 19th Century Southern writers and was an Edgar Allen Poe scholar, died of complications of atrial fibrillation Sept. 27 in Silver Spring. The long time Roland Park resident was 93.
- It seems that many minorities do not give back to their communities to help develop the next generation pursue STEM fields, or that many minority kids are turned away from STEM fields because they do not believe it is possible to be successful in these fields. If our society wants to see more minorities in STEM fields then we as a whole have to contribute and not put the entire burden on the education system to train the next generation of minorities in STEM fields.
- Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, College Park announced partnerships this week with a Silicon Valley-based startup to offer new online-only certificates in fields like data science and cybersecurity.
- Dr. Kathy A. McGovern, who had conducted cell research and was also an educator, died Dec. 1 of complications from a stroke.
- Strobist.com, which teaches photographers how to get quality results with small flashes called strobes, currently pulls in three million page views and 250,000 unique visitors a month. Every day, 3,000 people embark on Hobby's free Lighting 101 online course. Those numbers led Time magazine to name the site one of its top 25 blogs in 2010.
- John F. Haggerty and James J. Valdes have been reappointed to the Harford Community College Board of Trustees by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
- At first glance, Orioles reliever Darren O'Day is just another fortunate jock who played top-shelf college baseball, married the beautiful blond, cruised to the majors and is now a millionaire.
- Former Baltimore area professor proved that intelligence was distributed normally among the deaf population
- Mark P. Becker, Bert J. Hash Jr., Robert "Bobby" Parker and Clark Turner have been announced as the Class of 2013 of the Havre de Grace High School Hall of Fame.
- Four presidents at public research universities made a collective $9.2 million in fiscal year 2012, with the top earner of the group making much of his money because he was fired, according to a report released Sunday by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Hereford High boys lacrosse goes for sixth straight state title this season
- Lewis R. "Lew" Bush, former photo director whose career at The Baltimore Sun spanned nearly two decades, died Friday from complications of dementia at his home in Palm Coast, Fla. He was 80.
- Radiation Oncologist Mohan Suntha was named Thursday as the president of the newly created University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, officials announced as the merger of the two entities is finalized.
- Mortimer H. Neufville, a former leader of a national group of public universities, has been named the interim president of Coppin State University, the university system announced Wednesday.