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In immigrant-rich Cambridge, arrest baffles locals
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The brothers' American experience was rooted here, a city of Ivy Leaguers and immigrants across the Charles River from Boston. In almost every way, it was unremarkable. They lived in a weathered neighborhood of Brazilians and...
Tags: The Boston Globe, Immigration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Dinosaur-size debt
For many people the defining moment in the Field Museum's recent history was the bid at a 1997 auction that made Chicago home to the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue. But that choice could have far less impact on the Field's future than another...
Tags: Lobbying, Science, Trips and Vacations, Consultancy Service, Budgets and Budgeting
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Limitless future awaits brilliant senior at Central High School
Matthew Guthmiller is a Golden Eagle that's flying high. The Aberdeen Central High School senior is working toward getting his commercial pilot license, pitching a business endeavor to investors and finishing up his final quarter of high school. He'...
Tags: Stock Market, High Schools, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teaching and Learning, Science
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Tech companies set to graduate from Center for Entrepreneurship in Columbia
Paul Capriolo and the crew at Social Growth Technologies are looking forward to graduation, having spent years getting ready for the world outside this one-story beige building in Columbia. The Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship is not a school, but...
Tags: New Products, Business Enterprises, MC Hammer, IBM, Inventories
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Hopkins scientist finds link between neurobiology of music, language
A Johns Hopkins brain scientist is finding a neurological basis for a notion that many people believe intuitively — that music is as much a form of language as Spanish or French. Charles Limb is one of just a handful of researchers worldwide...
Tags: Artists, Science, Music, Arts and Culture, Education
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Trying to change minds in smart-meter debate
Concerns about utility smart meters are frequently dismissed as tinfoil-hat paranoia. But it's not so easy to dismiss Jonathan Libber. The Baltimore man delivers his arguments against the wireless devices in the calm manner of an attorney. He is, in...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Health Organizations, General Electric Company, Federal Communications Commission, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mitt Romney to give commencement speech at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will give the commencement speech at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista next month. The former Massachusetts governor will speak at the school’s graduation at 10 a.m. April 27....
Tags: Government, Religion and Belief, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia), Teaching and Learning, Olympic Games
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Chinese government launches screenwriting contest for U.S. writers
In the latest effort by China to expand its cultural influence and build stronger ties to Hollywood, government officials in Beijing are looking for U.S.-based screenwriters to help tell their stories. The Cultural Assets Office of the Beijing Municipal...
Tags: China, The Pink Panther (movie, 1964), AMC (tv network), Vice (movie), Beijing (China)
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"The Civil War and American Art" is one of the first in a wave of regional creative projects about the conflict
The lone Union sentry stands atop Federal Hill, outlined against an ominous orange/red sky. In the distance, the tops of the Washington Monument and several spires rise above the city, as straight and determined as the rifle held in the soldier's left...Tags: Baltimore School for the Arts, Crime, Law and Justice, Towson, Federal Hill, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Plantation Group 5 seat contested between Levy, Badore
Money and more money. That's the issue — or maybe issues — surrounding this year's March 12 city election. All voters in the city are eligible to choose the council member who will take the Group 5 seat. The four-year term comes with a...
Tags: Davie, Technology, Medical Specialization, Fort Lauderdale, Plantation
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Will Penny Pritzker become the next U.S. commerce secretary?
In late 2009, President Barack Obama appeared on "60 Minutes" and said "fat-cat bankers" were smothering his efforts to craft new rules for Wall Street. As soon as the reforms cleared Congress six months later, the president's top advisers launched a...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Entertainment Events, Conservation, LaSalle Bank, Elections
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Brooks promoted at Pitt-Johnstown
Shawn Brooks has been named the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s new vice president for student affairs. Pitt-Johnstown President Jem Spectar said that the college is lucky to have Brooks, considering his record of accomplishment. “...Tags: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Teaching and Learning, Education, Colleges and Universities, Students
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