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Michael Phelps headlines first Towson High Athletics Hall of Fame class
The inaugural class of the Towson High School Athletics Hall of Fame, featuring Michael Phelps (2003), Randy Dase (1972), Sue Beeler (1958), Billy Jones (1964), Jaimee Reynolds (1998) and Jack Thomas (1970), will be honored April 19 at halftime of the...Tags: Michael Phelps, University of Maryland, College Park, Awards and Prizes, University of Michigan, Cornell Big Red
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NSU vocal standout to study in Colorado
Northern State University senior Megan Rose Case is no stranger to honors on campus — and now her talents are being recognized by prestigious schools around the country. Case, who will graduate in honoribus from NSU on Saturday, has been...
Tags: New York City, Teaching and Learning, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Music
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Franklin W. Littleton Jr., decorated World War II veteran
Franklin W. Littleton Jr., a retired career Air Force officer and a businessman who was a big-band and Dixieland music aficionado, died April 20 of complications from dementia at Nichols Eldercare, an Edgewood assisted-living facility. The Bel Air...
Tags: Military Equipment, University of Maryland, College Park, Music, Alzheimer's Disease, Sports
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Action in Maturity to mark 40th anniversary
Esther Bonnet, 100, is always thinking about new plans for Action in Maturity — as she has since she co-founded the transportation service for seniors more than 40 years ago. During a recent visit from Elizabeth Briscoe, AIM's executive director,...
Tags: Father's Day, Charles Village, Health, Religion and Belief, Union Memorial Hospital
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Aramark says it will lay off 202 dining workers
Aramark warned state regulators that it will lay off about 200 dining-service workers in Baltimore as a result of a lost contract, the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said Tuesday. The 202-job cut will come when Aramark's...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Employees, Lifestyle and Leisure, Unemployment
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Toxic waste in Severn wells investigated
Groundwater contamination from toxic waste dumped decades ago at a nearby factory in the Severn area has prompted widespread testing of residential wells and put eight homes on bottled water, state officials said. The eight households have been...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Water Supply, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Emerson Electric Company, Science and Technology
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Uncovered: Ritual public drunkenness and sex in ancient Egypt
I'll bet you that archaeologist Betsy Bryan's perspective on reality-show behavior is a little longer than most. Since 2001, Bryan has led the excavation of the temple complex of the Egyptian goddess Mut in modern-day Luxor, the site of the city of Thebes...
Tags: Women's Health, Gynecology, Religion and Belief, Festive Events, Medical Specialization
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Hopkins names new provost
The Johns Hopkins University has named Robert C. Lieberman, an interim dean at Columbia University and an expert on American politics, to its No. 2 academic spot: provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. He will take the post July 1,...
Tags: Stanford University, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Bionic eye maker has vision of the future
Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind. "A lot of the folks straight out of school didn't know any better, so I hired them instead,"...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Hearing Impairment, Blindness
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At Johns Hopkins, friends remember slain diplomat's zest, compassion
Friends and former classmates gathered Saturday at Johns Hopkins University to remember Anne Smedinghoff, a Foreign Service officer who was killed in a bombing in Afghanistan earlier this month, sharing stories of a too-short life marked by adventure....Tags: Anne Smedinghoff, Afghanistan, Human Interest, Bombings, Colleges and Universities
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Invention and Innovation, Human Interest, Chemical Industry, U.S. Supreme Court
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Corona del Mar
Troy Bolus GPA: 4.5 School Activities/Clubs: track, Photography Club Community: peer tutor, Illumination Foundation Awards/Honors: Most Valuable Player varsity track 2012, Best Varsity Jumper 2010-11 Hobbies/Interests: guitar, golf, skiing,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Government, Brown University, University of California, Davis, National Government
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