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Anne Arundel County Digest
Baysox gift package The Bowie Baysox offer a "Home for the Holidays" ticket package that features eight undated box-seat tickets and a Manny Machado bobblehead. The package is available at baysoxshop.com until Jan. 4 for $88 plus $7.95 for shipping and...Tags: New Year's Day, Music, Annapolis, Brunswick (Frederick, Maryland), Arts and Culture
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Mass killings often planned, not spontaneous, experts say
The motive behind the Connecticut elementary school rampage is not known, but behavioral specialists with expertise on mass killings note that such events typically do not occur spontaneously, that the perpetrator has harbored both resentments and...
Tags: FBI, University of Texas at Austin, Medical Specialization, Students, Psychiatry
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Education system needs new priority
Re: “Program offered for English learners” (Mailbag, Jan. 5): According to two Harvard University Reports, the conclusions of which I found in a Verdugo Labor Market Report flier among the nicely stacked group I first found on the Glendale...Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Career and Workplace
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Big deal, little fanfare over global pact on mercury controls
It’s a highly toxic element that travels the world in mysterious ways, respects neither manmade nor natural boundaries and rapidly accumulates in people and the food they eat. Mercury’s risks for human and environmental health have slowly...
Tags: European Union, Conservation, Politics, Lakes and Ponds, International Organizations
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Student test scores can identify effective teachers, new study says
L.A. NOWStudent standardized test scores can accurately identify effective teachers, along with other performance measures such as classroom observations and pupil surveys, according to a major national study released Tuesday. The study of 3,000 teachers in seven... -
Williamsport student to visit Harvard University for leadership summit
Alexis Marie Smith, a student at Williamsport High School, will travel to Harvard University to participate in a People to People Leadership Summit. Smith, along with fellow students from around the country, will take part in exploring the JFK...Tags: Students, School Examinations, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Elite colleges miss the mark
A few years ago, Harvard University startled the academic world by offering what many would call a form of class-based affirmative action. Essentially, the elite university offered a free college education to high-achieving students whose families...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, NPR, Personal Income, Students, Poverty
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Google opposes German push for search engines to pay newspapers
Google has come out swinging against German legislation that would require search engines to pay for using snippets of newspaper articles, photographs and other media content. German lawmakers are slated to debate the legislation Thursday, one in a...
Tags: Online Media Industry, Germany, Google Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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Florida PTA urges members to show “concern/support” about or for education commissioner finalists
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Florida PTA wants its members to learn about the three finalists for Florida's next education commissioner and, if they have concerns, share them with key state leaders, it said in an email sent out today. ”Many of the issues that these... -
Brown's cancer doctor a leader in his field, colleagues say
PolitiCalDr. Eric J. Small, the oncologist treating Gov. Jerry Brown’s cancer, is highly respected in the profession and a leading expert on the treatment of prostate cancer, colleagues say. The governor "is in very good hands,’’ said Stuart... -
Edward Itta Appointed to U.S. Arctic Research Commission
Channel 2 NewsFormer North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta was appointed by President Obama to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission Tuesday, drawing praise from Alaska’s U.S. senators for his continued service to the Last Frontier. Itta is a member and former...Tags: Barack Obama, Board of Directors, Mark Begich, Lisa Murkowski, Politics
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Debt may influence young doctors' career plans
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pediatricians-in-training are more likely to plan to go into primary care - rather than a specialty field - if they have lots of debt from college and medical school, according to a new study. Researchers also found the...Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Medical Specialization, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Health and Medical Professionals
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Jan 7, 2013
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