For immediate release: January 18, 2016 Contact: Hannah Marr hannah.marr@maryland.gov Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 410-974-2316 Public Schedule for Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford for Monday, January 18, 2016 ANNAPOLIS, MD – The public schedule for Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford for Monday, January 18, 2016 includes the following: Monday, January 18, 2016 10:00 AM: Lt. Governor Rutherford to […]
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DMV Area Sent 11 Players to Under Armour All-American Game
The DMV was represented very well at the Under Armour All-American High School Football Game on Jan. 2 in Orlando, Fla. A total of 11 players hailed from the area – three from Baltimore, four from Washington, D.C, and four from Prince George’s County, Md. It wasn’t much of a surprise to see so many […]
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Will Cam Newton Become Sixth Black Quarterback to Play in Super Bowl?
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) works against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) Fresh off the Carolina Panthers’ 31-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, quarterback Cam Newton is one game away from becoming just the […]
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Efficient Offense Leads to Wiz Winning Streak
While injuries and uninspiring play have summed up the first half of the Washington Wizards’ 2015-2016 campaign, if Washington is going to go on a second half surge in an attempt to make the playoffs this year then the best time to do so could be the present. The Wizards began January with a 1-3 […]
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Public Schedule for Governor Larry Hogan for Monday, January 18, 2016
For immediate release: January 17, 2016 Contact: Hannah Marr hannah.marr@maryland.gov Shareese Churchill shareese.churchill@maryland.gov 410-974-2316 Public Schedule for Governor Larry Hogan for Monday, January 18, 2016 ANNAPOLIS, MD – The public schedule for Governor Larry Hogan for Monday, January 18, 2016 includes the following: Monday, January 18, 2016 8:00 AM: Governor Hogan to deliver remarks at […]
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Lady Bulldogs Suffer Fourth Straight Loss with Defeat by Lincoln
The Bowie State Lady Bulldogs basketball team’s current losing skid slipped to four straight games after a 75-67 loss to Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) foe, the Lincoln Lions on Jan. 16 in Lincoln, Pa. The loss dropped Bowie State’s overall record to 9-8 and 2-5 against the CIAA. The Lady Bulldogs were one of […]
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Another Viewpoint: ‘Fall from Grace’
Tim Lacy My great aunt Rachel used to have an expression, “The world is going to hell in a hand basket,” and if she were alive today she would certainly have validation. We have ISIS holding the whole free world hostage. People are afraid to go to the movies or a concert. Random terrorists and […]
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Gooding said He Didn’t Want to Meet with O.J. Simpson
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding, Jr., who portrays O.J. Simpson in FX’s 10-part miniseries on the 1995 murder trial, said he didn’t want to meet the former football star as part of his research for taking on the role. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. participates in “The People v. O.J. Simpson” panel at the […]
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Without Nation’s Leading Scorer, James Daniel III, Howard Falls to Harvard in Close Battle
Howard University Bison basketball team member James Daniel III, and Howard Bison logo. (Courtesy Photo www.hubison.com/roster) The Howard Bison men’s basketball team recently learned how life without its best scorer on the court would be like. Learning just moments before their game that James Daniel III would be sidelined with a shoulder injury, Howard went […]
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HAVE WE FORGOTTEN MARTIN?
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) “Do you know who Martin Luther King, Jr. is?” I doubt that you could ask that question of anyone over ten years old without receiving a resounding, “Yes!” As I look at the current state […]
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Reginald F. Lewis Director Announces Retirement
Reginald F. Lewis Museum Executive Director, Dr. A. Skipp Sanders (Photo Credit: Likisha Griffin) Dr. A. Skipp Sanders, 73, recently announced his retirement as executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore. “I hear people say that 73 is the new 63—that’s not necessarily quite true in my case,” Sanders said jokingly in […]
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‘Looking Back, Moving Forward’: MLK Event at D.C.’s National Museum of Natural History
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Though America will commemorate him on the Jan. 18 federal holiday this year, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. likely would be pleased at the celebration given to him on his actual birthday on Jan. 15. The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum presented a program “Looking Back, Moving Forward” […]