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U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over Md. DNA case
In a Maryland case that's garnered the attention of the other 49 states, the federal Department of Justice and the national science community, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to restrict police in collecting DNA to solve...Tags: Wicomico County, Washington, DC, O.J. Simpson, Civil Rights, Politics
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HoCoPoLitSo's writer-in-residence Derrick Weston Brown seeks to inspire the poet within us all
“Attention, attention … the mic is now open.” It is only fitting that Derrick Weston Brown begins his presentation at local high schools with an original poem beckoning “all poets and lovers of the word.” “Poetry...
Tags: Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities, Howard County, Teaching and Learning, Board of Directors
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In 50th year, Scholar Athlete award continues impact on local high school sports
The plaque hangs on the wall of the doctor's office, proof of its worth to Greg Brouse, 1981 grand-prize winner of the Greater Baltimore Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete award. "My kids can't believe I was either a scholar...
Tags: Football, High School Baseball, Oncology, General Practitioners, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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OPRF senior eyes final episodes of talk show
A group of OPRF high school students are working on the final handful of episodes of the school's successful student-run-and-produced talk show. From bullying, being gay in high school and dealing with the death of a parent to demonstrating the recipe...
Tags: Washington, DC, Teaching and Learning, Education, High Schools, Students
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Pioneer in Education: Garrard Native Fought For Education For Black Children
Contributing Writer(Editor's note: Research for this article was taken from the biography of Don Goodloe written by Richard Morris in the Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography, an on-line resource of the Unitarian Universalist History & Heritage Society.) A...Tags: Knoxville College, Christian Orthodoxy, Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities
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Athletes honored
Black History Month 2013 In honor of Black History Month, the Doleman Black Heritage Museum recognized the following athletes during a program Feb. 23 at The Maryland Theatre: Tom Parson Jr. Parson played basketball at North Hagerstown High School and...Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Black History, Frostburg State University, Awards and Prizes, YMCA
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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: New York City, Bill Cosby, Economy, Business and Finance, The New York Times, U.S. Congress
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A quarter-century of nurturing Baltimore's leaders
Jan Houbolt may be the most influential Baltimorean you've never heard of. As head of the Greater Baltimore Committee's Leadership Program since 1989, he has helped groom some of the state's up-and-coming leaders through a 10-month-long series of site...
Tags: Malcolm Gladwell, Arlington (Staten Island, New York)
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In 'Hoodwinked,' Laurel filmmaker challenges statistics on black men
On Capitol Hill, in African-American churches and at historically black colleges and universities, people are talking about a documentary film that challenges negative reports and statistics regarding blacks, especially black men. "Hoodwinked," produced...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Education, Prisons, Bowie
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Inauguration 2013: Rev. Jeremiah Wright calls on Obama to promote peace
WASHINGTON — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the president’s former pastor whose sermons touched off a firestorm in the 2008 political campaign, urged Monday that President Obama heed the words of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and transform...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Washington, DC, Politics, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Channeling the spirits in color and line at Ellicott City gallery
Ephrem Kouakou prefers to work while the world sleeps. The artist says that in the dead of night, absent the sound of any human voice or music, he can best hear the "spirits" talking. He says he's been hearing the spirits steer his brush since he...
Tags: Religious Events, Customs and Tradition, Africa, Paris (France), France
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Former student protesters remember civil rights battle over the Northwood Theatre
Movie tickets at the Northwood Theatre cost just 90 cents back in 1963. But for some, the price of admission was considerably higher. It took years of picketing and nights in jail for hundreds of African-American college students and their supporters...
Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Justice and Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Colleges and Universities, Civil Rights
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