Yona Biru came to the United States after the military government takeover in Ethiopia resulted in a communist government. “I came to the U.S. with $12 in my pocket, including a $2 bill because I was told that was good luck,” Biru said. He worked hard, financing his education by working as a waiter. With […]
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DC Council decriminalizes pot possession
WASHINGTON (AP) — Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana would no longer be a criminal offense in the nation’s capital under a bill approved Tuesday by the D.C. Council. If the bill becomes law as expected, the District of Columbia would join the 17 states that have decriminalized pot possession in some way. […]
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9-year-old Survivor Teaches Value of Mission with ‘Cancerve’
When the Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore honors people for their extraordinary ministry with their Making a Difference Award, the award is a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine. When Grace Ellen Gibson Callwood received the award Jan. 4, she got juice and cookies. Callwood is in the third grade. A member of Ames […]
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Ben Jealous Announces Next Move– From NNPA to NAACP to Silicon Valley –
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Benjamin Todd Jealous, the former NAACP president, who has weaved a career through politics, the Black press and civil rights, has now announced his next course of action in pursuit of racial equality and economic justice in America. Jealous and the Oakland, Calif.-based Kapor Center for Social Impact, located in the billionaire- Silicon […]
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Police: Woman Robbed While Going to Hospital in Labor
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Police say a woman reported to be in labor and her boyfriend were robbed in Annapolis as they headed to a hospital. The couple was confronted by three men with guns as they left an apartment on Copeland Street early Sunday. When the woman’s boyfriend fled, police spokeswoman Cpl. Amy Miguez […]
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BGE Preparing for Impending Winter Storm and Encourages Customers to Prepare in Advance of Sunday Evening’s Forecasted Freezing Rain and Snow
BGE Media Hotline: 410-470-7433 BALTIMORE (March 2, 2014) — Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) continues to closely monitor an impending winter storm, forecasted to bring freezing rain, high wind and wind gusts and a possible five to twelve inches of dry snow to BGE’s central Maryland service area Sunday evening through Monday. The company […]
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D.C. Mayor Gray Unveils ‘ForWARD 8’
If D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray gets his way, employment and commerce should soon be looking up in Washington D.C.’s Ward 8, the long-neglected southeast corner of the city, under an initiative called “forWARD 8: Investing in Our Future.” Under the initiative unveiled Feb. 26, Gray said he is calling for $2.5 million in the upcoming […]
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Study: Women with Certain Gene Mutations Advised to Remove Ovaries by Age 35
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology recommends that women with certain gene mutations take preventative steps to fight their increased risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. In keeping with the saying that “prevention is better than cure,” women with altered BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are now advised to remove the […]
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CDC: Early Childhood Obesity Down, More Improvement Needed
The number of young obese children in the United States has gone down according to new data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the CDC data showed that obesity among children between the ages of two and five has […]
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Prince George’s County Male Educators Convene Summit
On a frigid Saturday morning recently in Prince George’s County there was a gathering of a rare species in public schools: Male teachers. And while there were less than 100 people in Charles Herbert Flowers High School’s cavernous auditorium in Springdale, the meeting –dubbed The First Annual Male Educator Summit: Envisioning the Future of Prince […]
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Baltimore’s Muse 360 Open House and Family Day of Artful Infusion
Members of the Baltimore community looking to infuse art into their lives have less than two weeks before the Muse 360 Arts Family and Friends Day at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center. The March 15 event will host a variety of events from an open jazz class beginning at 9:30 a.m. […]
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Prince George’s School Board Approves $1.75 Billion Budget
The Prince George’s County School Board on Feb. 25 unanimously approved a $1.75 billion budget that provides for increases in funding for full-day pre-kindergarten in a few high poverty communities, expanding art and foreign language programs and restoring some parent liaison positions to improve interaction between school administrators and parents. It was the first budget […]
