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College Park is the home of the University of Maryland's flagship campus. Located along U.S. Route 1, it is served by two freeways and the Washington Metro system's green line.
College Park is the home of the University of Maryland's flagship campus. Located along U.S. Route 1, it is served by two freeways and the Washington Metro system's green line.
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Poem: Stanley Plumly's 'Cancer'
In recent years, poet Stanley Plumly gave readers "Posthumous Keats," a gorgeous, award-winning prose meditation on the great English Romantic poet's life and death. With "Orphan Hours: Poems" (W.W. Norton: $25.95), the Distinguished University...
Tags: Mouth, Literature, Arts and Culture, Cancer, Health
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University of Maryland student held for alleged massacre threat
A 19-year-old student at the University of Maryland has been taken into custody and hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation after allegedly threatening to go on a shooting rampage on the campus Sunday. Alexander Song, a student at the university...
Tags: Crimes, Politics, Apple iPad, Massacres, Safety of Citizens
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Dorothy Sterling, author of African American children's literature, dies at 95
Dorothy Sterling, a significant figure in 20th-century children's literature for her lucid, well- researched portrayals of historical African Americans written decades before multiculturalism became mainstream, died Dec. 1 at her home in Wellfleet, Mass....Tags: Sojourner Truth, Biography (genre), Science and Technology, History, University of Maryland, College Park
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About this report
Nick Turse is a freelance journalist living in New Jersey. Deborah Nelson is a staff writer in The Times' Washington bureau. This report is based in part on records of the Vietnam War Crimes Working Group filed at the National Archives in College Park,...Tags: Crimes, Vietnam War (1955-1975), U.S. Army, Armed Forces, Defense
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A Tortured Past
Special to The TimesIn early 1973, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Creighton Abrams received some bad news from the service's chief of criminal investigations. An internal inquiry had confirmed an officer's widely publicized charge that members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade had...Tags: Massacres, Korean War (1950-1953), Science and Technology, Criminals, Punishment
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The Gospel and hate crimes
On May 3, the House voted to pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. The Senate will take up a companion bill, known as the Matthew Shepard Act, when it returns from its summer recess. If enacted, this law would authorize the...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Crimes, Politics, Laws, Christianity
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On the trail of Watergate sites
Times Staff WriterPolitical junkies and history hounds can take a deeper look at the Watergate affair through tours and exhibits in Yorba Linda and Washington, D.C. You can even "taste" the scandal at a couple of hotels. The occasion for this nostalgia, of course, is...Tags: Politics, Richard Nixon, Hotels and Accommodations, News Media, White House
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Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown marries over the weekend
Maryland gained a new 'second lady' over the weekend. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown married Karmen Bailey Walker on Sunday at the Memorial Chapel on the University of Maryland campus in College Park. Political guests at the 370 person affair included Gov....
Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Steny H. Hoyer, Martin O'Malley
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High school wrap-up: State tennis and track results
Outdoor track State championships (May 24-26 at Morgan State University) Class 2A Girls team scores: 1. Liberty, 73.5 points; 16. Long Reach, 20; 17. Glenelg, 18; 23. Oakland Mills, 10. Top county individuals: 800: 6. Alyssa Hemler, OM, 2:24.40. 1,...Tags: Havre de Grace, Morgan State University, High School Sports, Movies, Entertainment
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Maryland makes plans for synthetic turf at Byrd Stadium
Last year, Maryland's football uniforms made their dramatic debut on the season's opening night. While some called the glitzy helmets and jerseys a "fashion fumble," there was no argument that the school generated plenty of buzz.
This year, the school...Tags: Bruce Campbell, Football, Randy Edsall, Maryland Terrapins, Sports
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Student news
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — On May 21, Thomas Stanley Alexander of Hagerstown received his Ph.D. in criminology/criminal justice from the University of Maryland in College Park in ceremonies at the Comcast Center. Alexander was formally hooded by Charles...Tags: Graduation, DePaul University, Clemson University, University of New Haven, Science and Technology
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Cornwell's essay recognized on national level of DAR contest
Benjamin Wayne Cornwell, son of Teresa and Howard Cornwell, a senior at Clear Spring High School, was named a winner in the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Scholarship Essay Contest. Sponsored by the local Conococheague DAR Chapter,...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Ceremonies, Education, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture
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