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O'Malley's $37 billion budget passes House
The Baltimore SunThe House of Delegates passed Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget virtually unchanged Friday, sending the $37 billion plan to the Senate. The proposal nearly closes a long-term budget gap that once stood at $2 billion, gives raises to state workers for the...Tags: Government, Republican Party, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Martin O'Malley, Parties and Movements
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Md. schools concerned cuts will affect next school year
Federal education officials warned Wednesday of deep cuts to school systems such as Baltimore's if lawmakers fail to avert across-the-board spending reductions — leaving local schools uncertain how many teachers and programs they can retain next...
Tags: Arne Duncan, U.S. Congress, Howard County, U.S. Department of Education, Crime, Law and Justice
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5 questions on meteors/asteroids, answered
As if some weren't already on edge with the prospect of an asteroid passing 17,000 miles from Earth, a meteorite exploded over Russian skies injuring 500 people. Scientists say the two aren't related, but there is a long list of questions many may have...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Garrett County, NASA, Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Science and Technology
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Virginia T. 'Ginny' Dobry, Patterson Park activist
Virginia T. "Ginny" Dobry, a neighborhood activist who was also described as "Patterson Park's one-woman Welcome Wagon," died Sunday from a brain tumor at her North Kenwood Avenue home. She was 79. "Ginny was such a wonderful person. She made...Tags: Christianity, Vincent de Paul, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Nursing, Medical Specialization
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Solving the state's health disparities
Nearly 10,000 people in West Baltimore are diagnosed each year with new cases of diabetes, hypertension and other treatable, chronic health conditions — enough to fill 24 jumbo jets. These illnesses will kill many of them and complications will...
Tags: Government Health Care, Health and Safety at Work, Health Care Reform (2009), Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture
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Golden Apple award recognizes city school volunteer
Cory McCray, whose children, ages 3 and 5, are too young to attend middle school, still spends many hours in the halls and classrooms of Northeast Middle School in Baltimore, where he volunteers. Recently, he helped the school start a student...
Tags: Schools, Harford County, Kent County, Belair-Edison, Middle Schools
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Maryland selects five health enterprise zones
The O'Malley administration kicked off an effort to bring medical services to disadvantaged neighborhoods Thursday by designating the state's first five "health enterprise zones" created under a law passed last year. Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, who led...
Tags: Roland Park, Prince George's County, Annapolis
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State designates five 'health enterprise zones'
The O'Malley administration launched an effort Thursday to bring medical services to disadvantaged neighborhoods by designating the state's first five "health enterprise zones" created under a law passed last year.
One of the areas selected for such a...Tags: Government, Roland Park, Anthony G. Brown, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch
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In meningitis outbreak, fear lingers for patients with few answers
A national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted steroid killed two Marylanders. Nearly two dozen people living with the disease and hundreds of others who may have been exposed fear they may be next. Sheila Smelkinson began suffering in...
Tags: Steroids, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Meningitis, Crime, Law and Justice, Back Pain
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State dig uncovers the secrets of an 1814 battlefield
The DNA of a battle that helped turn the tide of a war going horribly wrong for America lay buried just six inches below the surface in a Kent County cornfield. For nearly two centuries, the musket balls, canister shot and other artifacts from intense...
Tags: Fort McHenry, Kent County, Lord Byron, Archaeology, War of 1812
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High wind watch issued across Central Maryland; BGE warns of outages
Central Maryland is under a high wind watch starting Saturday morning, with gusts expected to reach 60 mph during the day. The forecast prompted utility Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to warn of possible power outages. Rain is forecast to usher in the...
Tags: Harford County, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, Snow Storms, Weather Reports
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Herds of fun down on the farm in St. Mary's County
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the … wait, those aren't sheep, they're alpacas. And those rangy bovines look an awful lot like bison. And what about those long-legged turkeys running loose in the barnyard?
St. Mary's County, site of...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Harry Potter (fictional character), Arts and Culture, Restaurants
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