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• Maryland

Lauren Tabor and RJ Gray

Lauren Tabor and RJ Gray married florida

• Sports

Florida freshman, former St. Frances QB Jalon Jones accused of sexual battery

Two University of Florida students have accused former St. Frances quarterback Jalon Jones of sexual battery.

• Maryland

Fire station hosts breakfast to raise scholarship funds

Glenwood/Glenelg/Dayton neighborhood column

• Maryland

In School

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

• News

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.

By Scott Dance

Sep 21, 2018

• Opinion

Ellicott City economy depends on its past — don't destroy it

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.

• Sports

DJ Durkin being put on leave draws mixed reaction in Maryland, coaching communities

Reaction to the reports of DJ Durkin's abusive behavior toward players were mixed in the Maryland, coaching community.

By Don Markus

Aug 11, 2018

• Maryland

Capital Gazette shooting victim Rob Hiaasen: A joyful stylist, a generous mentor

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.

By Jean Marbella

Jun 28, 2018

• Howard County

In Howard County, a boom in secondhand stores brings designer looks for less

Secondhand shopping is all the rage these days – and Howard County fashion lovers are getting in on the action.

• Sports

Digest (April 2): Laurel Park hosting Derby party Saturday

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.

• News

Drug-related deaths overburden Maryland medical examiner's office

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.

By Meredith Cohn

Apr 15, 2017

• Health

Discovery could aid in development of treatments for fatal brain disease

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

By Meredith Cohn

Apr 7, 2017

• Business

Laureate becomes public company again, raising $490 million

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.

By Natalie Sherman

Feb 1, 2017

• Maryland

In School

News and announcements about student accomplishments in Carroll County

• Business

Amid host of challenges, Laureate aims again for IPO

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.

By Natalie Sherman

Dec 24, 2016

• Maryland

Zirpoli: Make it easier for Americans to vote

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.

• Features

Wedded: Dena Cohen and Ryan Blaustein had their fortune come true

Dena Cohen and Ryan Blaustein were introduced by Ryan's cousin; they were married at the Elkridge Furnace Inn.

By John-John Williams IV

Sep 1, 2016

• Health

State Medicaid program limits access to a drug treatment, upsetting advocates

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.

• Health

Retirement housing becoming a family affair

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.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jan 19, 2016

• Health

Study ties Md. alcohol tax increase to decline in gonorrhea cases

Research published Wednesday suggested a surprising consequence to an increase in Maryland's alcohol tax: Thousands of fewer cases of gonorrhea.

By Scott Dance

Dec 9, 2015

• Sports

Maryland names Michigan assistant DJ Durkin head football coach

Michigan defensive coordinator DJ Durkin will be named Maryland's next football coach, the university announced Wednesday.

By Daniel Gallen

Dec 2, 2015

• Maryland

Sports stories, ripped from the headlines

• Colleges and Universities

Laureate Education files IPO with $4.7 billion debt

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.

By Carrie Wells

Oct 5, 2015

• Health

Medical marijuana moves closer to reality in Maryland

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.

By Meredith Cohn

Jun 29, 2015

• Obituaries

Dr. Thomas S. Wilson

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.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 18, 2015

• Howard County

Michelle Saunders sets her scholarly goals high

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.

• Maryland

Reynolds named a collegiate scholar

Benjamin P. Reynolds, of Westminster, in National Society of Collegiate Scholars

• Obituaries

Junetta Jones

Junetta Jones, a pioneering African-American soprano who performed with the Metropolitan Opera after winning its 1963 Young Artists competition, died.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 3, 2015

• Maryland

NCAA dominoes are falling

• Obituaries

Joseph V. Ridgely, Edgar Allan Poe scholar

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.

• Opinion

Growing interest in STEM [Commentary]

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.

• University of Florida

Growing interest in STEM [Commentary]

• Education

Certificates from JHU, UMCP are latest in online-only learning experiment

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.

• Colleges and Universities

Certificates from JHU, UMCP are latest in online-only learning experiment

• Obituaries

Dr. Kathy A. McGovern, cell researcher

Dr. Kathy A. McGovern, who had conducted cell research and was also an educator, died Dec. 1 of complications from a stroke.

• Maryland

Study: Gold star nutrition ratings appear to work

• Howard County

Passion for photography develops from Hobby to online sensation

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.

• Howard County

Passion for photography develops from Hobby to online sensation

• Harford

Haggerty, Valdes reappointed to Harford Community College board

John F. Haggerty and James J. Valdes have been reappointed to the Harford Community College Board of Trustees by Gov. Martin O'Malley.

• Orioles

Orioles reliever Darren O'Day might be the most interesting man in baseball

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.

By Dan Connolly

Sep 20, 2013

• Obituaries

McCay Vernon, a pioneer in deaf education, dies

Former Baltimore area professor proved that intelligence was distributed normally among the deaf population

• Harford

Havre de Grace High Hall of Fame names four inductees for 2013

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.

• Education

Four public university presidents make collective $9.2 million

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.

• Colleges and Universities

Four public university presidents make collective $9.2 million

• Baltimore County

Hereford boys lacrosse looking for sixth straight state title as season unfolds for area teams

Hereford High boys lacrosse goes for sixth straight state title this season

• Maryland

Nats' Span aims for consistency

• Obituaries

Lewis R. "Lew" Bush, Sun photographer

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.

• Health

President named for new University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

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.

• Education

Interim president named for Coppin State

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.

• Colleges and Universities

Interim president named for Coppin State