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Cosby stumps for Rolley in Baltimore
Comedian Bill Cosby joked with seniors, marched through Mondawmin Mall and dropped by Northeast Baltimore homes Wednesday to stump for mayoral candidate Otis Rolley. "So how many of you know anything about this young man?" Cosby asked a crowd of about...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Manufacturing and Engineering, Bill Cosby, Television, Heavy Engineering
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Advocates to rally for 'second chances' for released inmates
Advocates for the rehabilitation of people with criminal records will rally and lobby in Annapolis Thursday for measures that would help released inmates avoid homelessness and assimilate back into their communities. Two nonprofits, the Job Opportunities...Tags: Lobbying, Social Issues, Employment Opportunities, Annapolis, Homelessness
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Democrats oppose new congressional map
A chorus of Democratic officials concerned about minority voters in the Washington suburbs said Tuesday that they oppose the new congressional districts proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley's redistricting commission, setting up a key battle as the General...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, NAACP, Democratic Party, Public Officials
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When should Baltimoreans vote? Once again, officials battle over proposals for change
City and state leaders and voting rights advocates agree on this: After last year's abysmal voter turnout, Baltimore's odd election cycle should be changed to lure more people to the polls and save millions of dollars. But a fierce battle is brewing over...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Barack Obama, Republican Party, NAACP, Rochelle Spector
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What Baltimore did for us
On the front page of the June 22, 1990, issue of The Evening Sun is an article with the headline "Flight from Saigon lands and family grows by 16." The article describes the emotional reunion of a sister with her 16 family members, who had spent the...
Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, John Dalton, Women, Infants and Children, Health, Immigration
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For mayoral candidates, a whirl of handshakes
They rapped on doors, waved bright signs, groused about the media, ate chicken wings, and shook hands — lots and lots of hands.
The women and men hoping to win the Democratic nomination to be Baltimore's next mayor whirled through the city Monday,...Tags: Joseph T. Landers, III, Republican Party, Senator Theatre, Lexington Market, Democratic Party
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Hundreds march in downtown Baltimore to protest Trayvon Martin killing
![Near City Hall, 5-year-old Shalyn Lloyd stood wearing a green hoodie and carrying a sign that read: "Are we next?"](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/69048086-26191848.jpg "Near City Hall, 5-year-old Shalyn Lloyd stood wearing a green hoodie and carrying a sign that read: "Are we next?\"")
Near City Hall, 5-year-old Shalyn Lloyd stood wearing a green hoodie and carrying a sign that read: "Are we next?"
His sign expressed the outrage felt by hundreds who marched in downtown Baltimore on Monday night — and thousands more who have...Tags: Trayvon Martin, Justice and Rights, NAACP, Government, Pratt Street
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Lawmakers, education leaders spar over embattled tutoring program
State education leaders say proposed legislation that would force local school systems to continue funding a federal tutoring program could derail their efforts to gain relief from the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act. Lawmakers are debating...Tags: Andres Alonso, Teaching and Learning, Companies and Corporations, Abell Foundation, Dyslexia
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Dropping out of school might get more difficult
A bill to lift the age for compulsory education in Maryland to a student's 18th birthday got a nod from the House of Delegates today, but still needs final approval from the Senate. The legislation would raise the age for compulsory education from 16 to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, Prince George's County
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Stay in school
Students who drop out before completing high school will have a harder time finding and keeping a job, and they will earn less money when they do. They will be more likely to spend time in prison, will be sicker and will die sooner than those with...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Teaching and Learning, Barack Obama, Graduation, Students
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MD Black Caucus dons hoodies for Trayvon Martin
Wearing hoodies, members of Maryland Legislative Black Caucus this afternoon called upon the U.S. Department of Justice to examine a Florida law that has become controversial in the wake of the death of Trayvon Martin. "We believe justice has not been...Tags: Trayvon Martin, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, U.S. Department of Justice, Safety of Citizens
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Community leader questions lack of pay from police
Every week for nearly a year, Sonnie Jones visited the Baltimore Police Academy to help put on a demonstration about how officers could better interact with residents in the city's crime-ridden neighborhoods.
Though the demonstrations could become...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice
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