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Family of man shot by Martinsburg police officers seeks answers
richardb@herald-mail.comFamily members of Wayne Jones, who died March 13 from multiple gunshot wounds when five Martinsburg police officers tried to arrest him during an altercation, claimed at a news conference Wednesday that Jones was struck 15 times by police bullets. The...Tags: Tampa, Shootings, U.S. Department of Justice, Schizophrenia
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Tough laws, reduced ranks: What's next for unions?
From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. In...
Tags: Voting, Career and Workplace, Finance, Asthma, Economy, Business and Finance
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GOP in need of a reboot?
Will Republican leaders listen to a bruising new internal report that calls for more minority outreach? First, they have to persuade their party's right-wingers to avoid making younger and nonwhite voters feel about as welcome as a cheeseburger at a vegan...
Tags: Sarah Palin, Marco Rubio, Parties and Movements, Conservative Political Action Conference, Reince Priebus
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Washington County delegate announces petition drive against death penalty repeal
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA Republican Washington County delegate, with help from Democrats, is mounting a challenge to the repeal of the death penalty, a measure that was signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley earlier this week. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, announced...Tags: Voting, Lawyers, Baltimore Running Festival, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Scott Shellenberger
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Brenda J. Clayburn, City Union of Baltimore president, dies
Brenda J. Clayburn, a founder and later president of the City Union of Baltimore who was also a longtime city Police Department supervisor, died Sunday of undetermined causes at her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 63. "She had recently been sick, and...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Teachers Unions, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
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'In the Hive' a labor of love
There was a time early in Robert Townsend's career when he might have spoofed the "urban high school trying to make a difference" movie. His new film, "In the Hive" (opening at the Chatham 14 Theaters on Friday and playing this weekend on BET) certainly...
Tags: Michael Clarke Duncan, Entertainment Events, Robert Townsend, Green Lantern (movie), Washington, DC
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NAACP seeks to address Imperial Valley's social and economic needs
Staff WriterThe local chapter of the NAACP is regrouping, and it has a purpose. “We need more teen mentoring and after-school programs,” NAACP local chapter President Wallace Phillips said. People oftentimes complain about kids, Phillips said. “...Tags: Steve Benson
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Social control on black Baltimoreans must be made more transparent
I applaud the Maryland Court of Appeals' ruling that state police must give the NAACP access to internal affairs files on racial profiling complaints ("State police must turn over racial profiling complaints to the NAACP," Jan. 24). These cases...Tags: Heart Disease, Hospitals and Clinics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Lung Cancer, Arts and Culture
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Nova A. Scott, educator
Nova A. Scott, a retired Baltimore public schools educator who became the first African-American woman to serve on the Howard County Commission on Aging, died Wednesday of complications from an infection at Howard County General Hospital.
She was 86....Tags: Civil Rights, Teachers, Howard County, Tougaloo College, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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'Celebrating the Dream' features music with memories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Though Jan. 21 was a school holiday for students around the country, a number of students were on a school campus earlier this week. McDaniel College welcomed nearly 100 Carroll County schoolchildren on Monday to the fourth annual Martin Luther King Day...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Mount Airy, Students, Martin Luther King Jr., Music
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Senators wrestle with death penalty vote
State Sen. Allan Kittleman is torn. When lobbied by the ACLU and the NAACP to repeal Maryland's death penalty, Kittleman asks how he can ensure the most heinous murderers will never kill again. When approached by fellow senators or state's attorneys...
Tags: Civil Rights, Lobbying, Lawyers, Scott Shellenberger, Howard County
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Lake schools should teach about legal trailblazer Virgil Hawkins
Worshiping a hero is easier from afar. You don't have to hear snippy comments the basketball player makes about short admirers. You don't see acne scars on the supermodel. And, so it is with Virgil Hawkins, a Lake County hero. Monday marks the...
Tags: Jacksonville (Indiana, Pennsylvania), Human Interest, Students, Lawyers, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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Feb 12, 2013
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Jan 27, 2013
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Feb 10, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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