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Sondheim Prize finalists engage senses, issues
Every year at this time, the Baltimore Museum of Art showcases the finalists for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The exhibits invariably reveal "energy, imagination and engagement with the significant issues of our time," says BMA director...Tags: Arts and Culture, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Photography, Afghanistan
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Stronger foundation needed for new Bester school
julieg@herald-mail.comSoil testing on the grounds of the Bester Elementary School campus revealed soft soil that will require the school system to access a $1.6 million contingency fund to provide a stronger foundation for the new Bester school, project officials said Tuesday....Tags: Research, Schools, Public Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning
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First Baptist starts to spend historic offering to help homeless
When First Baptist Church of Orlando took up a collection for homeless families in March, the record $5.6 million in pledges stunned even church leaders. But as the news sank in, a heavy responsibility emerged: How could the church spend the generous...Tags: Malaysia, First Baptist Church of Orlando, Baptist, Protestantism, Robert Stuart
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A way around the debt-limit impasse
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the United States does not have to default on its debt, and the Social Security and Medicare checks can continue to go out, even if Republicans and President Barack Obama cannot strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling by...Tags: Bonds, Timothy Geithner, Government Health Care, Career and Workplace, Wages and Pensions
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Federal workers fret over debt talks
As the president and the speaker of the House intensified their debate over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling Monday night, the real world impact was reflected among Maryland federal workers like Jacqueline Hamilton. After 44 years of...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Wages and Pensions, Health and Safety at Work, Eric Cantor, Medicare
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NASA's Messenger disproves several theories about Mercury
Only three months after NASA's Messenger spacecraft became the first to orbit the planet Mercury, scientists are already tossing out some long-held ideas about the place, and wondering at some surprising and unexpected discoveries.
"In many cases, a...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Space Programs, NASA, Maryland, Science and Technology
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Top 10 ways to beat the heat include drawing a cold bath and going to a movie
July was the warmest on record in Baltimore. The average temperature at BWI was 81.7 degrees; the only time I felt it that cool was very early some mornings. We had a streak of 15 consecutive days of 90-plus weather, and four days over 100 degrees. The...Tags: Blueberries, Ice Cream, Movies, Weather, Human Interest
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Canadian man pleads guilty to April Oak Brook murder
Special to the TribuneA Canadian man pleaded guilty Friday to stalking and murdering a Westmont woman and said in court he committed the crime because she had ended their brief relationship in 2008. Dmitry Smirnov, 21, of Surrey, British Columbia, was sentenced to natural...Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Trials, Lawyers, Assault
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Tubing on the Gunpowder could become a victim of its own popularity
On any summer weekend, thousands of outdoors enthusiasts are drawn to the cooling waters and shaded shores of Big Gunpowder Falls.
Some of them are after nothing more than a leisurely float down the river. Tubing has long been a hot-weather institution...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Six Flags Inc., Politics, Youth Organizations, Fishing
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New talks on Williamsport Sheetz project
andrews@herald-mail.comAfter three years, a proposed new Sheetz convenience store in Williamsport might be closer to fruition. Town officials met last week with representatives of a developer hoping to build a new convenience store, according to Mayor James G. McCleaf II and...Tags: Maryland, Judges, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Washington County (Maryland)
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Unclassified Info: Paying extra for a brand name
As I peruse the News Press this week, budget cuts seem to be a recurring theme all over town. Of course, I’d have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to notice. I can’t stop thinking about the misguided branding effort our city was so hot to...Tags: Government Debt, Marketing, Arizona, Ohio, Mississippi
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Teel Time: Hokies' Beamer, UVa's London make their pitches in Hampton on Thursday
Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean and Lady Antebellum were among Keith Urban’s opening acts last summer. Doesn’t mean they’re not stars in their own right. But it does mean they’re not Keith Urban. Same goes for Mike London...Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Cornell Brown, Mike London, Taylor Swift, Atlantic Coast Conference
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