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House cats: The destructive invasive species purring on your lap
There is an invasive species in the United States responsible for the deaths of an estimated 14.7 billion birds and mammals each year. If that's not shocking enough, consider this: There's a good chance that one of these invaders is living in your house....
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Rabies, Invasive Species, Toxoplasmosis , Diseases and Illnesses
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5 questions for Frank Savage
A businessman and competitive sailor, Frank Savage has benefited from following seas and been battered on rocky shoals. Born in North Carolina and raised by a single mother in segregated Washington, Savage rose to prominence in the world of...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Citigroup Incorporated, New York City, Howard University
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Review: 'In Partial Disgrace' by Charles Newman
TriQuarterly still serves as his calling card. Seven years after his death and nearly four decades after he stepped down as editor, Charles Newman will always be best remembered as the dashing pipe-smoker who took Northwestern University's sleepy literary...
Tags: Sigmund Freud, John Ashbery, Medical Specialization, Teachers, Chicago Sun-Times
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A healthy dose of data
The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...Tags: Plan B (drug), Cardiologists, Suicide, Human papillomavirus, Food and Drug Administration
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For some schools, art of learning involves reading, writing and acting like Paul Revere
Imagine a classroom where math is taught through the works of Matisse and reading is learned through a dramatic skit instead of a textbook. That's the scenario at several Anne Arundel County public schools that use the practice of arts integration....Tags: Arts, Riviera Beach, Teachers, Annapolis, Students
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MathCounts held Saturday at E. Russell Hicks
More than 100 students participated from area middle schools in the annual MathCounts Competition Saturday at E. Russell Hicks Middle School in Hagerstown. The students were from Washington and Allegany county middle schools. This year, two teams...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Students, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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Word has it Scrabble fundraiser is Saturday in Roland Park
The word was tristeza. It's a disease of citrus trees, but more importantly, for Tobey Roland, it once scored 228 points for him in a game of Scrabble, he said. Roland, 52, of Mount Washington, loves Scrabble and estimates he has played in 120...
Tags: Charles Village, United States Census Bureau, Hunt Valley, Scrabble (game), Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Health Department says hot water heater sickened Hopkins employees
The Baltimore Health Department said late Wednesday that investigators believe a faulty hot water heater sickened 23 people at the Johns Hopkins at Keswick complex this week. An estimated 600 people were evacuated from the complex Tuesday afternoon after...
Tags: Health, Health Insurance, Environmental Issues, Health and Safety at Work, Hospitals and Clinics
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Johns Hopkins at Keswick building evacuated after people fall ill
The cafeteria at the Johns Hopkins at Keswick complex was shut down Tuesday after 18 people were sickened with an unknown condition and 600 evacuated from the building in North Baltimore. Fire and emergency management officials are still investigating...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters and Accidents, Symptoms, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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State Senate gives preliminary OK to medical marijuana bill
The General Assembly is poised to pass legislation that would make Maryland the 19th state to legalize marijuana use for medical reasons — though how quickly the state's cancer patients and others might benefit remains in question. The state...
Tags: Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Medical Marijuana Therapy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, HIV, Medical Specialization
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60 home openers — and one fan who's seen them all
For his 60th Orioles home opener, Justin Vitrano didn't dress in orange. He didn't paint his face, pull on a team cap or arrive hours early to guzzle beer. He didn't jump to his feet, scream or even clap as players jogged, one by one, onto the field. But...
Tags: Chris Davis, Baseball, Sports, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles
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Hubble spots distant supernova from early universe
Description: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a supernova that exploded more than 10 billion years ago, the most distant of its kind ever spotted. It was 4 percent farther away and 350 million years older than the previous record-holder, a...
Tags: Entertainment Events, NASA, Nobel Prize Awards, Science and Technology, Woodrow Wilson
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