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Frances M. Finney, educator
Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82. Frances Mae Hopkins was born in Baltimore and was...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Women (movie, 2008), Charles Street, Unrest, Conflicts and War, St. Michaels
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The Sun Remembers May 19-25
May 23, 1991: Mired in last place, the Orioles fire manager Frank Robinson and promote Johnny Oates, 45, the team's first base coach and a former Baltimore player. Oates will manage nearly four years here (291 wins and 270 losses) before going to Texas,...
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Sports, National Football League, Football
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Education gap begins early
Morgan State University President David Wilson makes a compelling argument that "receiving a quality education at the elementary and secondary level is a civil and moral right" ("Why education should be considered a civil right," May 13). I applaud his...
Tags: Personal Income, Human Interest
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Nearly $200,000 awarded for community strengthening efforts
A group of black men with visions to improve Baltimore were awarded grants between $10,000 and $20,000 for youth job training, the development of a debate camp at Morgan State University and teaching former prisoners to urban farm. The grants,...Tags: Open Society Foundations, HIV, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Employment Opportunities
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Why education should be considered a civil right
I recently spoke at a seminar at Harvard on the theme of education as a civil right. Among other things, the seminar conveyed the urgency as well as the intractability of the problem of low college completion rates for certain groups of young people in...
Tags: University of Michigan, Students, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Economic Inequality
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Lionel A. Jones Sr., decorated Army officer
Lionel A. Jones Sr., a retired noncommissioned Army officer whose career spanned 25 years, died April 30 of cancer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 76. He was born in Lancaster, Va., and moved to Baltimore in 1939. After graduating from Frederick...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Vietnam, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Awards and Prizes, Hospitals and Clinics
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Here is the latest Maryland and Delaware news from The Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland House Republicans are calling for a wider investigation into corruption at correctional facilities. Gov. Martin O'Malley says additional steps are being taken to enhance security and address corruption. O'Malley says...Tags: Matt Birk, Kweisi Mfume, Martin O'Malley, Plains Exploration & Production Company, A.Q. Shipley A. Q. Shipley
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Mfume named chair of Morgan State board, signals Wilson will stay
Kweisi Mfume was named the new chair of Morgan State University's Board of Regents on Tuesday, more than three months after his predecessor was ousted amid a public battle over university leadership. Mfume quickly signaled that university President David...
Tags: NAACP, U.S. House of Representatives, Kweisi Mfume, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Kweisi Mfume, former US Rep. and NAACP president, to lead Morgan State University board
BALTIMORE (AP) — Morgan State University's Board of Regents has elected Kweisi Mfume to lead the board. Mfume will take over as board chairman on July 1. Mfume, an honors graduate of Morgan, served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives...Tags: NAACP, U.S. House of Representatives, Kweisi Mfume
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Open-meetings complaint filed against Balto. Co. Council over stormwater fee
A Pikesville man has filed an Open Meetings Act violation complaint against the Baltimore County Council, alleging that citizens didn't get proper notice of a meeting where they could have testified about the county's new stormwater fee. The council...
Tags: Pikesville, Vicki Almond, Politics, Elections, University System of Maryland
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Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment:
Md. woman plans referendum petition on gun bill ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Montgomery County woman says she is planning a petition effort to get Maryland's gun control bill put to a popular vote. Sue Payne tells WBAL-AM that she hopes to have a...Tags: Republican Party, Holidays, Martin O'Malley, Elections, Ocean View
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Edwards named interim city schools CEO
As city schools CEO Andrés Alonso steps aside, he's turning the system over to a close adviser he's trusted during some of his administration's most trying moments. Alonso's chief of staff, Tisha Edwards, will lead the system through the 2014 school...
Tags: Bernard C. Young, Collective Contract, Corporate Officers, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Services
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