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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: U.S. House of Representatives, NAACP, Kweisi Mfume
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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Baltimore, Modern Family (tv program)
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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: Politics, Justice System, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Human Interest, Justice and Rights, Education
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Spartans lineman granted a sixth year by NCAA
The Virginian-PilotNorfolk State offensive tackle Blake Matthews has been granted a rare sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA because of medical hardship, Spartans coach Pete Adrian said. Adrian said he got word last Friday from the school's compliance officer that he'...Tags: College Football, Football, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports
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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: Vietnam, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Awards and Prizes, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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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: A.Q. Shipley A. Q. Shipley, Petroleum Industry, Kweisi Mfume, Martin O'Malley, Matt Birk
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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, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Admit Coppin State University is a failed institution and close it
Your article on Coppin State University's new science building truly boggles the mind ("Science center may help Coppin close the gap," May 3). The state is spending $80 million for a building the university admits it does not have sufficient funds to...
Tags: Towson University, University of Baltimore, University System of Maryland, Education, Coppin State University
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Morgan partnership aims to improve Northeast
City leaders assembled on a small side street near Morgan State University in Northeast Baltimore on Friday morning — steps from the sites of three recent car thefts and at least one burglary — and pledged to transform the region with...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, University of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, Health and Safety at School, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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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: Politics, Laws, Labor Day, Alzheimer's Disease, Bob Corker
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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: Corporate Officers, Social Services, Juvenile Delinquency, Career and Workplace, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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