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Court rules family of boy arrested on dirt bike got fair civil trial
A family that unsuccessfully sued Baltimore police officers who arrested a 7-year-old boy for illegally riding a dirt bike in 2007 received a fair civil trial in Howard County, the state's second-highest court has ruled. The family had hoped to collect...Tags: Justice System, Police Arrests, Court Administration, Sheila Dixon, Judges
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Lives depend on more blacks becoming bone marrow donors
That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong.
Babies aren't supposed to be blue.
What she soon would learn at the hospital is that her 3-month-old son was cursed with sickle-cell anemia. The inherited...Tags: Blood Cells, Hips, Skin, Economy, Business and Finance, Charity
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Hairston talks about Baltimore County schools' successes
Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joe A. Hairston formally announced Friday that he will leave his post this June, saying he has a record of success. Speaking at a news conference, Hairston pointed to improved academic achievement of African-...Tags: Knee Replacement, Teaching and Learning, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Human Body, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Maryland group to tackle health disparities
The state has assembled a work group of top health professionals to come up with ways to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic groups, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown announced Thursday. The seven-member panel, to be headed by Dr. E. Albert Reece,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Maryland, Reisterstown Road, Heart Disease
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Why I became Muslim
For Ramadan, the Islamic holy month that falls in August this year, we asked a few people in South Florida why they became Muslim and what it has meant to them. Here are the last two.
Patricia Salahuddin
Patricia Salahuddin teaches at the Design and...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Christianity, Elijah Muhammad, Nation of Islam, Ramadan
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Understanding the new prostate cancer screening recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent advisory panel, recently recommended that healthy men not be given PSA blood tests to detect prostate cancer. But that won't mean the end of diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the most common...Tags: Erectile Dysfunction, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Body, Chemotherapy
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Progress in Hepatitis C research
Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Emergency Health Procedures, Inflammation, Pharmaceuticals, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Week of Father's Day puts spotlight on men's health
It's Men's Health Week, and public health officials are encouraging men to pay more attention to their bodies. Not only should they be paying more attention to little changes that don't seem right, they should be getting annual checkups. Diseases common...Tags: Erectile Dysfunction, Father's Day, Testosterone, Cancer, Low Fat Diet
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Baltimore's Theatre Project is still radical at 40
The headline on a 1972 article in The Baltimore Sun neatly summed up the recently formed Theatre Project: "New and radical — and free."
Today, the intimate venue on Preston Street still offers plenty of theatrical experiences that qualify as new...Tags: Artists, Politics, Government, Television, Talk Shows (genre)
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MLB transcript of Ken Griffey Jr. Commissioner's Award presentation
This is the transcript, as provided by Major League Baseball, of the press conference Sunday in which Ken Griffey Jr. was given the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award in Arlington, Texas, before Game 4 of the World Series. Harold Reynolds, who was...Tags: Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball, Football, Retirement
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Democrats oppose new congressional map
A chorus of Democratic officials concerned about minority voters in the Washington suburbs said Tuesday that they oppose the new congressional districts proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley's redistricting commission, setting up a key battle as the General...Tags: Public Officials, Ulysses Currie, Martin O'Malley, Politics, Government
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50 picture-perfect fall getaways
As summer's fleeting charms begin to fade, fall swirls into view in a burst of kaleidoscopic color. Relish autumn's arrival with 50 nifty travel ideas for the Mid-Atlantic region: from leaf peeping and leisurely drives, to museum-hopping, fall-inspired...Tags: Harriet Tubman, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Abraham Lincoln, Transportation, Easton (Talbot, Maryland)
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