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Connecticut lawmakers pass wide-ranging gun control law
Connecticut lawmakers gave final approval early Thursday to a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown that one lawmaker...
Tags: Periodicals, Behavioral Conditions, Personal Weapon Control, Weaponry, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup
The Baltimore SunAs the Maryland men's basketball team looks for ways to produce more points, one future Terp is on a scoring tear. The Washington Post caught up recently with Bishop O'Connell guard Melo Trimble, who scored 33 and 31 points in back-to-back games last...Tags: The Washington Post, ESPN (tv network)
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Cornish hen has traveled far
Frank Costanza was right after all. "Seinfeld" fans will recall the 1996 episode when the crusty Costanza, played by Jerry Stiller, pointed to the bird on his plate and asked, "What is this thing anyway?" Told it's a "Cornish game hen" by his son's snooty...Tags: Recipes, Victor Borge, Seinfeld (tv program), Guinea, Tyson Foods Incorporated
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Under Armour All-American Game: Armwood's Leon McQuay III picks tonight
People have been waiting a long time to find out where Leon McQuay III will be going to college and the wait will finally end tonight at the Under Armour All-American Game at St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field. McQuay, the 6-foot-2, 184-pound standout...
Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Weaponry, Under Armour Inc., Saint Petersberg (Russia), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Marylanders starting their return home from Thanksgiving
It was so quiet at BWI Marshall Airport Saturday morning, you could hear a little girl in pink singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" as she and her family awaited their luggage at Carousel 3.
Unlike the two days leading up to Thanksgiving, when the...Tags: Travel Alerts, Holidays, Manufacturing and Engineering, Trips and Vacations, AAA
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Antique terms can tie up online search results
Seeking information about antiques and collectibles sometimes can be difficult because so many terms have more than one meaning. A "davenport" in England is a type of small desk. In the United States, it is a sofa. An ad may offer a "Duncan Phyfe"...Tags: Cheshire, Mickey Mouse (fictional animal), Companies and Corporations, Donald Duck (fictional animal), Entertainment
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Students named to dean's list
The following students have been named to the dean's list at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga. for fall quarter 2011. Lauren Cahill, Emma Frantz, and Melissa Martinez, of Reisterstown, Maxwell Needleman and Taylor Pollack, of... -
Croll L. Grady, 76
Croll Leslie Grady, 76, of Scotland, Pa., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the D.C. Medical VA Hospital from complications of diabetes. He was born Oct. 13, 1935, in Middletown, Conn., the son of Josephine (Merriam) Grady of Belfast, Maine, and...Tags: Charity, Diabetes, U.S. Army, American Red Cross, Bangor
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Movie Review: Lord of the Dance 3D
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThat fast-footed freak of nature Michael Flatley has a few more taps, stomps, poses and costume changes left in the tank. But now in his 50s, it's high time he committed the dance phenomenon that he launched to film, preserving the work of his army of... -
James Lilley dies at 81; ambassador to China and CIA operative
James R. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative in Asia who served as ambassador to China during the Tiananmen Square crackdown and was regarded as one of the most pragmatic voices on the modern Sino-American relationship, has died. He was 81.
Lilley died...Tags: Prostate Cancer, U.S. Army, U.S. Military, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Navy SEAL with Maryland ties is killed in Iraq
A Navy SEAL who lived for a time in Charles County was killed last week in Iraq, the Navy said. Chief Petty Officer Michael E. Koch, 29, formerly of La Plata, died Feb. 4 of wounds suffered from small-arms fire during combat, the Navy said. He graduated...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Iraq, Maryland, Death
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Lawyer: Slain Easton officer cannot be promoted
Of The Morning CallThe Easton police officer shot and killed in the police station March 25 cannot be promoted to lieutenant posthumously as the Fraternal Order of Police requested, according to a legal opinion. Scott E. Blissman, the city's labor attorney from...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Justice System, Pension and Welfare, Dining and Drinking, Death
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