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Mfume named chair of Morgan State board, signals Wilson will stay
Kweisi Mfume was named the new chair of Morgan State University's Board of Regents on Tuesday, more than three months after his predecessor was ousted amid a public battle over university leadership. Mfume quickly signaled that university President David...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, U.S. House of Representatives, Morgan State University, Education, NAACP
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O'Malley's speech doesn't go far
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley brought his prescription for improving homeland security to the Democratic convention last night, but his short speech was rewarded with only modest applause outside the Maryland delegation and a snub from major broadcast...
Tags: Politics, Satellite and Cable Service, Elections, C-SPAN (tv network), Al-Qaeda
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O'Malley won't run for governor
Saying his work in Baltimore is incomplete, Mayor Martin O'Malley announced yesterday that he will not be a candidate for governor this year - clearing the way for Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend to run unopposed for the Democratic nomination. "There...
Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Elections, Judges, Barbara A Hoffman, Casper R. Taylor Jr.
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Marylander of the Year
In 1987, The Sun's editorial board decided to bestow upon the Johns Hopkins University's then-president, Steven Muller, a newly created award: Marylander of the Year. The distinction was meant to honor the person who "contributed the most to Baltimore and...
Tags: Politics, Cal Ripken, Jr., Elections, Johns Hopkins University, Harborplace
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Morgan State board votes against renewing president's contract
In a heated, narrowly divided closed-door meeting, Morgan State University's board of regents voted last week not to renew President David Wilson's contract, sources close to the board said Monday. The ouster comes amid a string of recent incidents...
Tags: Students, White House, Politics, Elections, Teaching and Learning
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For former members, life after Congress
Connie Morella served as an ambassador in Paris. Helen Bentley became a consultant to the port of Baltimore. Wayne Gilchrest opened an environmental education center on the Eastern Shore. Former members of Congress from Maryland, they rebounded from...
Tags: United States Naval Academy, Politics, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Orioles manager Buck Showalter deserving of Baltimore Sun Marylander of the Year honor
The Baltimore SunIt was the Orioles’ final regular-season series in Tampa Bay -- three October games that preceded the team’s first trip to the playoffs in 15 years -- and I was sitting in Orioles manager Buck Showalter’s office in the visiting clubhouse...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Cal Ripken, Jr., J.J. Hardy, Peter G. Angelos, Adam Jones (baseball)
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Funeral marks Schaefer's 'extraordinary life'
At a memorial service that celebrated both his landscape-altering legacy and his big-hearted if crusty-shelled persona, the William Donald Schaefer nation gathered one last time on Wednesday — friends and one-time foes alike, Maryland politicos past...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Robert Frost, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Entertainment, Health
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Morgan board reverses decision, extends Wilson's contract
Morgan State University's Board of Regents voted to extend the contract of the university's president for an additional year during a lengthy meeting Friday — reversing a contentious decision to seek a new president at the close of the academic...
Tags: Politics, Mary Pat Clarke, Harvard University, Teachers, Elections
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Patricia Cook-Ferguson, teacher and Balto. Co. NAACP president
Patricia Cook-Ferguson, a longtime Baltimore teacher and president of the Baltimore County NAACP known for wearing multiple hats in advocating for youth education and civil rights advancements, died Wednesday of complications from lung cancer. She was 56....
Tags: Politics, Richmond Hill, World War II (1939-1945), American Federation of Teachers, Teachers
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Sobhani pulls radio ad amid backlash
Independent U.S. Senate candidate Rob Sobhani agreed to pull down an advertisement he began airing on black radio stations this week that attacked incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin after state Democrats complained Friday the spot was riddled with inaccuracies....Tags: Politics, Elections, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice
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Former Md. Sen. Clarence Mitchell III has died
Clarence M. Mitchell III, who helped steer a sweeping desegregation measure through the General Assembly, died Thursday of cancer at Seasons Hospice at the Northwest Hospital Center. He was 72. Mr. Mitchell became the nation's youngest black legislator...
Tags: White House, William Donald Schaefer, Clarence M. Mitchell IV, Elections, Crimes
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