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Terps' Katie Schwarzmann, Alex Aust named women's Tewaaraton finalists
Maryland midfielder Katie Schwarzmann and attacker Alex Aust are among five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, presented annually to the nation’s top college lacrosse player, when the list of nominees was whittled down from 25 on Thursday....
Tags: FIFA World Cup, National Collegiate Athletic Association, North Carolina Tar Heels, College Sports, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Smithsonian to limit closure of galleries to 3 museums due to budget cuts
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution is limiting the number of galleries it will close due to budget cuts mandated by Congress. Smithsonian officials plan to close sections of three buildings between May 1 and Sept. 30. The museum...Tags: Washington, DC, Budgets and Budgeting, Museums, Arts, U.S. Congress
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Here is the latest Maryland news from The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds climate change could cut stream flows in the Potomac River basin, a major source of drinking water in the Washington region. The study found by 2040 climate change could cut stream flows 35 percent. And a moderate...Tags: Global Change, Washington, DC, Conservation, U.S. Congress, Environmental Issues
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Diplomats to speak Wednesday at Centre as part of lecture series
Bea Camp and David Summers will deliver the Press Distinguished Lecture at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Newlin Hall on the Centre College campus. The lecture is free and open to the public, and counts as a convocation credit for students. Camp and Summers,...
Tags: Washington, DC, Arianna Huffington, U.S. Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State, China
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Jamestown cannibalism expert has worked here before
Famed Smithsonian Institution forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley, whose study of cannibalism and Native American scalping rituals made him indispensable to confirming the first physical evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown last week, has contributed...
Tags: Cannibalism, Historic Jamestowne, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Hampton Roads
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New Jamestown exhibit explores colonist cannibalism
Nobody knows exactly when a nameless 14-year-old English girl met her end during the deadly Starving Time at Jamestown — or when she was butchered by a desperate fellow colonist driven to unthinkable extremes by hunger. She was already forgotten...
Tags: Historic Jamestowne, Archaeology, James River, England, Arts and Culture
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Cannibalism at Jamestown evidence unearthed
Archaeologists and forensic scientists working with human remains recovered at Historic Jamestowne last summer reported Wednesday that their follow-up studies have turned up the gruesome first physical evidence of the cannibalism that took place during...
Tags: Culture, Anthropology, Historic Jamestowne, Colonial Williamsburg, Cannibalism
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History Center receives Golden Brick for trick-or-treating event
The Orange County Regional History Center received a Golden Brick Award from the Downtown Orlando Partnership for its 2012 Trick or Treat Safe Zone, a free five-hour event for families with children ages 12 and under that drew 4,000 last October. The...
Tags: Walmart, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Downtown (Miami, Florida), Orlando, Arts
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Smithsonian closing some spaces due to sequester
The Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington have had to close some spaces due to the effects of the federal budget cuts known as sequestration, the organization announced this week. The budget cuts have resulted in a reduction in a contract for...
Tags: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Budgets and Budgeting, Museums, Arts, Arts and Culture
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Ellendale one of 12 ND towns hosting Smithsonian exhibit
A Smithsonian Institution exhibit that explains our country’s diverse regional cooking and eating traditions opens Saturday in the historic Opera House Lobby in Ellendale, N.D. “Key Ingredients: America by Food” runs through June 16....Tags: Lobbying, Salt, Arts and Culture, Politics
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Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment:
O'Malley casts corruption case in positive light ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is casting the recently announced corruption case in a Baltimore jail in a positive light by saying it represents a strong step toward fighting...Tags: Equestrian, Same-Sex Marriage, Baltimore County, U.S. Army, Budgets and Budgeting
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Obama's arts budget plan goes beyond restoring 'sequester' cuts
President Obama’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year would boost federal arts spending 10% above where it stands at the moment, lifting it to $1.58 billion for the 2013-14 budget year that begins Oct. 1 and more than compensating for cuts...Tags: Culture, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Arts
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