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Chicago students excel at National History Day competition
Earlier this year, I told you about Chicago Academy High School sophomores, Le'Asia Williams, Summer Braxton and Hannah Modjeski, who were preparing a performance for the Chicago Metro History Fair. Their skit was based on the Idlewild resort, an...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Music Industry, Students, Asia, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Metro area's income continues to grow, but lag as well
Orlando's real per-capita income — that's people's income adjusted for inflation — rose for a second year in 2011, but the metropolitan area lags Florida's other big cities and both state and national averages, according to new federal data....
Tags: Services and Shopping, Personal Income, Labor Markets, Maryland Transit Administration, Fort Lauderdale
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After 24 years, your table is ready
For decades, the well-heeled and hungry went to the Chesapeake Restaurant at the corner of Charles and Lanvale streets for formally served dinners of charcoal-broiled steaks, unabashedly rich seafood dishes like jumbo crab lumps au gratin and a decadent...
Tags: Charles Theatre, Seafood, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, Baltimore Development Corporation
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Scrap-metal thefts continue as Central Florida construction market improves
A massive security plate lying in pieces on Val Chu's desk testifies to how bold and expert Central Florida's scrap-metal thieves can be. Until last week, it was one of two plates that covered fist-sized padlocks protecting at least $30,000 worth of...
Tags: Theft, Cocaine, Crime, Law and Justice, Osceola County, Land Price
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Scoreboard -- June 15, 2013
|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| USGA Golf--U.S. Open Championship, 11 a.m. (NBC) Auto Racing--Drag Racing, NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Part I, same-day tape, Noon (ESPN2), Part II, same-day tape, 10 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Sprint Cup, Quicken Loans 400, Noon...Tags: Dallas Mavericks, Jimmie Johnson, Jason Dufner, Marco Andretti, College Basketball
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Not all welcome Red Line
Your article regarding the proposed Red Line in Baltimore ("Red Line interest high," June 11) is not complete. You report 400 contractors, engineering firms, investment bankers and rail-car manufacturers attended the meeting to inquire about how they...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Science and Technology, Public Transportation
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Cowboy Monkeys draw big crowd in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG - It was overcast, it was cold. The threat of the powerful derecho, while diminished in the midstate, still left it feeling like a thunderstorm could break out at anytime. The Harrisburg Senators were taking on the Richmond Flying Squirrels,...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Baseball, Sports, LeCroy Corporation, Rodeo
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Police nab suspect in South Bend teen's murder
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Police believe they have solved a nearly 16-month-old murder investigation in South Bend. On February 26, 2012, Christopher Simril, 18, was killed at Walker Park on West Ewing Ave, and the autopsy showed Simril died of several gunshot...Tags: Murder, Shootings
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All-Scholar-Athlete team
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Danielle Leavitt Sr., Lake Highland Sports: Volleyball, tennis The Buzz: Valedictorian with 4.0 unweighted GPA made FHSAA all-academic team and plans to major in human regenerative and developmental biology at Harvard....
Tags: Science, Tennis, Valencia College, Biology, High School Sports
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Police search for suspects in Catonsville home invasion
Baltimore County Police on Thursday released surveillance photos of three men who they said tied up victims in a Catonsville home last month, before taking bank cards and other valuables. Police said the three armed men entered a home in the 300 block...
Tags: Theft, Catonsville, Credit and Debt
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Top Expressway Authority manager quits
The top financial officer at Metro Orlando's road-building agency has resigned, continuing a gradual change in management and consultants at the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority. Nita Crowder, who supervised a staff of 12 and managed debt of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Orange County (Florida), Teresa Jacobs
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Wanted: New fire chief
The city of Costa Mesa is looking for a new fire chief. Interim Fire Chief Tom Arnold is not a candidate for the permanent position. "I think it's time for the community to have a full-time fire chief, so I'm excited about it," Arnold said. "I'm happy...Tags: Fires
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