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Body of woman found in dumpster on North Charles Street

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - Oct. 16 (News Report) - A woman was found dead in a dumpster in the 200 block of North Charles Street at about 8:12 a.m. Sunday, police said. Police said that the woman's body bore no obvious signs of trauma and added that the woman appeared to be in her early 20s.

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O'Malley releases redistricting map

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Oct. 16 (News Report) - Gov. Martin O'Malley unveiled his congressional redistricting map Saturday, avoiding significant changes to an advisory panel plan that maintains two black-majority districts and targets a veteran Republican House member The O'Malley administration made the map available on the Maryland Department of Planning's website. O'Malley will formally submit the map to the Legislature on Monday for a special session.

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Firefighters rescue people stranded by storm

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Peter Hermann - Sep. 09 (News Report) - While everyone was trying to stay dry on Thursday, I spent the day trying to get wet. I headed down to Severna Park, to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department's Jones station, Company 23, headquarters of the special operations command

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Stronger police presence in D.C. for 9/11 observance

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Sep. 09 (News) - The nation’s capital is increasing police presence during the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and following a threat of a new attack. The move mirrors heightened security across the country as federal officials said Thursd

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8-23-11: The Role of Criminal Informants

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast - Aug. 23 (News Analysis) - Earlier this month, Antonio "Mack" Hall was found guilty of murdering another member of the Westport neighborhood in South Baltimore -- a man who had been accused of snitchin'. In light of that, we talk with Alexandra Natapoff, author of Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice, on the shadowy world of police, prosecutors, and criminals who get leniency in exchange for information.

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Baltimore, Town of Noir

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast - Aug. 23 (News Analysis) - When you think noir, do you think Baltimore? Maybe you should. One of the fathers of the genre, Dashiell Hammett, honed his detective chops in Charm City.

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8-16-11: Rural Life, Post-Post Office « Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast, Lawrence Lanahan - Aug. 16 (News Analysis) - The USPS is considering closing 42 Maryland post offices, many of them rural. We speak with a resident of Still Pond in Kent County, which has been without a post office since a fire last September.

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Tech Talk

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Nathan Sterner - Aug. 09 (News Analysis) - Mike Subelsky on starting tech startups.

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To Be a Thirsty Tomato

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast, Stephanie Hughes - Aug. 02 (News Analysis) - How the extreme heat and dryness is affecting the region's farmers.

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City youth become community organizers, promote change - baltimoresun.com

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Julie Baughman - Jul. 31 (News) - Kevin Smith, 15, excitedly began snapping pictures of an old, weathered tombstone he found after wading through tall grass just outside a fenced-in landfill near Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore.

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Maryland researchers help crack genomic code of bacteria in German E.coli outbreak

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Meredith Cohn - Jul. 27 (News) - Within days of the E.coli outbreak in Germany that officially ended this week, scientists at the University of Maryland Institute for Genome Sciences began cracking the genomic code of the bacteria responsible for infecting thousands and killing dozens.

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Under pressure, Harris changes clean water bill

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By John Fritze - Jul. 27 (News) - Legislation proposed by Rep. Andy Harris that would direct federal money to study oxygen-starved "dead zones" in the Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico is facing criticism from some environmentalists who are concerned that the measure would prioritize research over action.

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Advanced Placement, Limited Availability

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast, Katherine Gorman - Jul. 27 (News Analysis) - Maryland is well-known for the number of students who take AP classes, but not every Maryland high school student may have equal access to them. We’ll talk to two investigative reporters, and Maryland’s interim schools superintendent, about the “opportunity gap.”

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Baltimore County schools continue to hire on business side of operations

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Liz Bowie - Jul. 26 (News) - At a time when Baltimore County schools are cutting nearly 200 teaching positions, the system has added three dozen new employees to the business side of its operations at salaries that total $1.9 million.

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In-state tuition petition attracts tens of thousands of Democrats

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Annie Linskey - Jul. 25 (News) - Nearly one out of every three people who signed a petition opposing the Maryland Dream Act are registered Democrats, according to data from the state board of elections.

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At least two victims in fatal city fire shot, officials say

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Mary Gail Hare - Jul. 25 (News) - At least two of the three victims found at a fire in a Northeast Baltimore rowhome were shot, investigators said Tuesday morning. Three adults — two men and a women — were found inside the brick, end-of-group townhouse in the 4300 block of Nicholas Ave., fire officials said. The men were declared dead at the scene; the woman was treated at the scene and taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, where she later died, officials said.

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Federal workers fret over debt talks

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By John Ftitze - Jul. 25 (News) - As the president and the speaker of the House intensified their debate over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling Monday night, the real world impact was reflected among Maryland federal workers like Jacqueline Hamilton. After 44 years of working for the Social Security Administration, Hamilton is understandably concerned about cuts that may be coming to the federal work force.

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Md. Unveils New Kiosk System For Probationers

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:22:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jul. 25 (News) - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Danny Mitchell never really likes checking in with his probation agent. But thanks to a new computerized kiosk system, the 32-year-old Pasadena resident at least doesn’t have to spend very long doing it any more. “This is perfect. I

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Academic program helps city students try polo in the county

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Mary Gail Hare - Jul. 24 (News) - The all-girls private school in Owings Mills is sharing its rich equestrian history with a dozen students from East Baltimore neighborhoods. Riding is only one of the classes the school is offering its city guests, who are participating in the Middle Grades Partnership, a public and private school collaboration sponsored by the Baltimore Community Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the quality of life throughout the region.

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Obama visits U. Md. during debt fight

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By John Fritze - Jul. 22 (News) - With the debate over raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling heading into its final stretch, President Barack Obama will visit the University of Maryland on Friday for a town hall meeting the White House said will be focused on the economy.

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Maryland Jobless Rate Ticks Upward

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - By Bruce Vail - Jul. 22 (News) - Following national trends, Maryland’s unemployment rate rose slightly in June as new hiring was dampened by a sluggish economy and concern over the fiscal deadlock in Washington, the state’s top labor official said Friday.

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Md. officials go after taxes from travel websites

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Annie Linskey - Jul. 21 (News) - In a hunt for more revenue, Maryland officials are weighing ways to pressure hotel-booking websites such as Expedia and Orbitz to pay more taxes — a tactic that has netted some cities, counties and states tens of millions of dollars, but left others mired in lengthy legal battles.

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UMBC gets high marks for student teacher training programs

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Liz Bowie - Jul. 21 (News) - A national study on the quality of student teaching at schools of education ranks two of the three programs examined in Maryland as weak. The National Council on Teacher Quality, which ranked a random sample of three institutions in each state, gave Mount St. Mary's University and Salisbury University "weak" ratings and University of Maryland, Baltimore County a rating of "good."

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Report: Housing costs out of reach for many workers

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Jamie Smith Hopkins - Jul. 20 (News) - A broad swath of workers in the Baltimore region — including those landing jobs in the sector doing the most hiring these days — do not earn enough to afford a home or even to rent a two-bedroom apartment on their salaries alone. That's the conclusion of a study released today by the Center for Housing Policy. The Washington-based nonprofit reports each year on whether workers in common occupations that typically require no more than a bachelor's degree can find housing that doesn't take up a huge chunk of their income.

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Heat wave continues in Maryland

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Frank D. Roylance - Jul. 20 (News) - It's hard to find a pleasant forecast anywhere in Maryland this week. There are alerts for excessive heat and poor air quality alerts up for almost the entire state for Thursday. The only exception is if you head west, to Garrett or Allegany counties, the only alert-free zone. For the rest of the state, it's hot and hotter.

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