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Smithsonian to limit closure of galleries to 3 museums due to budget cuts
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution is limiting the number of galleries it will close due to budget cuts mandated by Congress. Smithsonian officials plan to close sections of three buildings between May 1 and Sept. 30. The museum...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress, Arts, Museums, Arts and Culture
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Here is the latest Maryland news from The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds climate change could cut stream flows in the Potomac River basin, a major source of drinking water in the Washington region. The study found by 2040 climate change could cut stream flows 35 percent. And a moderate...Tags: Global Change, Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, U.S. Congress, Conservation
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Diplomats to speak Wednesday at Centre as part of lecture series
Bea Camp and David Summers will deliver the Press Distinguished Lecture at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Newlin Hall on the Centre College campus. The lecture is free and open to the public, and counts as a convocation credit for students. Camp and Summers,...
Tags: Arianna Huffington, U.S. Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State, China
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Cannibalism at Jamestown evidence unearthed
Archaeologists and forensic scientists working with human remains recovered at Historic Jamestowne last summer reported Wednesday that their follow-up studies have turned up the gruesome first physical evidence of the cannibalism that took place during...
Tags: Science and Technology, Colonial Williamsburg, Archaeology, Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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National Museum of Industrial History names new chairman
The National Museum of Industrial History has announced that builder L. Charles Marcon will be replacing the late philanthropist Priscilla Payne Hurd as chairman of the board. Marcon, who is CEO of Duggan and Marcon Inc. and a trustee of the Harry C....Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Arts and Culture, Museums
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BREAKAWAYS: Culture, history bloom on D.C. trip
The Florida Times-UnionI was in search of a blossoming cherry tree -- and hadn't expected it to be such a challenging quest. Driving into Washington, D.C., with my mother, sister, niece and nephew one day at the end of March, I was on high alert. We'd planned our trip...Tags: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Human Rights, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Tourism and Leisure, Boats
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History Center receives Golden Brick for trick-or-treating event
The Orange County Regional History Center received a Golden Brick Award from the Downtown Orlando Partnership for its 2012 Trick or Treat Safe Zone, a free five-hour event for families with children ages 12 and under that drew 4,000 last October. The...
Tags: Publix Super Markets Inc., Walmart, Orange County Regional History Center, Arts, Arts and Culture
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Cannibalism at Jamestown wasn't isolated
The Virginia GazetteWILLIAMSBURG – If the shock of learning a 14-year-old girl's corpse was cannibalized at Jamestown during the brutal "Starving Time" of 1609-10 weren't enough, take solace – or horror – in knowing her case was not an isolated one. On...Tags: John Tyler, Colonial Williamsburg, Newspaper and Magazine, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Cannibalism
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Ellendale one of 12 ND towns hosting Smithsonian exhibit
A Smithsonian Institution exhibit that explains our country’s diverse regional cooking and eating traditions opens Saturday in the historic Opera House Lobby in Ellendale, N.D. “Key Ingredients: America by Food” runs through June 16....Tags: Politics, Salt, Lobbying, Arts and Culture
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Jamestown cannibalism expert has worked here before
Famed Smithsonian Institution forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley, whose study of cannibalism and Native American scalping rituals made him indispensable to confirming the first physical evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown last week, has contributed...
Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Cannibalism, Hampton Roads
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Big news coming Wednesday from Colonial Williamsburg
The Virginia GazetteWILLIAMSBURG– Colonial Williamsburg, Preservation Virginia and the Smithsonian Institute will hold a joint online press conference Wednesday morning to announce "a significant discovery relating to Colonial America," According to a media advisory,...Tags: Colonial Williamsburg, Archaeology, Human Interest, Arts and Culture
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Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment:
O'Malley casts corruption case in positive light ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is casting the recently announced corruption case in a Baltimore jail in a positive light by saying it represents a strong step toward fighting...Tags: Global Change, University of Baltimore, Crime, Law and Justice, Elijah E. Cummings, Natural Resource Industry
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