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Elese Tomlin: Groveland resident, 107, lived through notorious period in Lake County's history
Elese Tomlin called Groveland home for nearly a century and lived through one of Lake County's darkest moments: the Groveland Four. In 1949, four black citrus pickers were accused of raping a 17-year-old girl near Groveland — an allegation that...
Tags: Trials, Obituaries, Court Preliminary, Apopka, Punishment
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Hazmat teams respond to BWI after flight attendant falls ill
Emergency response teams and hazardous materials crews responded to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airporton Thursday afternoon after a flight attendant on an inbound Southwest Airlines flight fell ill, airport officials said. About...Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Air Transportation Delays, Southwest Airlines Co.
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Good afternoon, Baltimore: Thursday lunchtime lowdown
ON THE SITE... Freeh report: Paterno, others protected Sandusky: Penn State’s leaders, including Joe Paterno, were more concerned about bad publicity than protecting children, which investigators in a report released this morning found “...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Republican National Conventions, Dundalk, College Baseball
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Heat buckles Route 50, closes four eastbound lanes
High temperatures and intense heat caused the pavement of four eastbound lanes of Route 50 in Prince George's County to buckle Sunday afternoon, forcing the State Highway Administration to close the lanes to traffic. "Imagine almost like there's a huge...Tags: Highway Transportation, Travel, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Transportation, Traffic
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Baltimore Co. man added to heat death toll
As the Baltimore area braced for another day of 100-degree heat, state health officials added an elderly Baltimore County man to the death toll from a heat wave and storm, bringing the total number of fatalities to 12. County and state governments,...Tags: Baltimore County, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Environmental Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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By George, ‘Leighton Courthouse’ shows how to play the naming game
Change of SubjectGeorge N. Leighton, 6/29/2012. Tribune photo by Terence Antonio James In a startling break with tradition, Cook County has just named its central courthouse after former Judge George N. Leighton. The tradition I’m referring to isn’t the long-... -
Heat wave intensifies in Baltimore
Heat indexes soared above 110 degrees across the region Friday on the hottest day of the young summer, the second of what could be a stretch of days flirting with 100-degree temperatures.
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall...Tags: Cheryl Miller, Hyperthermia, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Sports, Under Armour Inc.
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19 local schools achieve top state ranking
SAN DIEGO -- Three San Diego high schools, one middle school and 15 elementary schools ranked among the top 10 percent of schools statewide, according to public school test-score-based rankings released Thursday by the state Department of Education. In...
Tags: Academic Progress
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Police investigated cannibalism suspect in machete report
Three weeks before Alexander Kinyua was charged with dismembering a family friend and eating some of the body parts, police at Morgan State University investigated a report that the suspect had a machete in his dorm room, school officials confirmed...
Tags: Morgan State University, Facebook, Students, Alexander Kinyua, Health
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Nine tornadoes tear through Maryland
At least nine tornadoes ripped through Maryland on Friday during a 41/2-hour period, the National Weather Service said Sunday. Tornadoes touched down in six counties — including one that left a four-mile path of destruction in Carroll County,...
Tags: Tornadoes, Fort Meade (military base), Montgomery County (Maryland), Mount Airy, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Ripken statue last in series being created for Baltimore Orioles
andrews@herald-mail.comAntonio Tobias “Toby” Mendez has been making a new Cal Ripken Jr. in his studio. Mendez’s version — in bronze — will be taller than the human version of the Iron Man shortstop and several hundred pounds heavier. The...Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., Sports, Martin Luther King Jr., Eddie Murray, Human Rights
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Cannibal Killer: Student Ate Roommate's Brain And Heart, Cops Say
KTLA NewsA Maryland college student who police say admitted killing and then eating parts of his housemate was charged five days before that crime in a separate assault case, court records show. Alexander Kinyua, 21, was being held without bail Friday at the...Tags: Morgan State University, Lawyers, Maryland Terrapins, Students, Entertainment
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