NEWS
By Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun | April 14, 2013
As Monarch Academy music teacher Kenzie Turk talked about the trials of living with Type 1 diabetes, her service dog, Bear, lay nearby, drifting in and out of a deep sleep. Dozing in class isn't usually acceptable at the public charter school in Glen Burnie, but the 8-month-old black Labrador retriever had endured a busy night, waking Turk more than two dozen times to alert her that complications from the chronic disease had flared again, prompting her to take action before something went tragically wrong.
NEWS
Dan Rodricks | April 6, 2013
Nothing, besides the approach of a snowstorm or a rush-hour fender-bender on the Beltway, elicits more groans from Baltimoreans than the summons to jury duty, and I'm not sure why, except that we like to bellyache about stuff. When you think about it, we're not asked to do that much as citizens - separate trash from recyclables and set them on the curb, vote every couple of years, pay our taxes on time, sit on a jury once in a great while (more frequently if you live in the city)
SPORTS
From Sun staff reports | April 1, 2013
Forward Monique Reid sank two free throws with 2.6 seconds remaining to give hot-shooting Louisville an 82-81 upset of defending national champion and top-seeded Baylor in the NCAA women's basketball tournament regional semifinals in Oklahoma City. Shoni Schimmel scored 22 points, including five 3-pointers, and Antonita Slaughter added 21 points, including shooting 7-for-10 on 3-pointers, to lead the fifth-seeded Cardinals (27-8), who connected on a season-best 16 3-pointers and led by as many as 19 points midway through the second half.
NEWS
March 18, 2013
The Maryland Zoo's 4-year-old elephant Samson's serious illness with herpes is one example of how zoo breeding programs put elephants at risk ("Young elephant recovering from virus," March 14). This frightening disease causes massive internal hemorrhaging, typically affects elephants under 10 years of age, and has an 85 percent mortality rate. It's responsible for more than half of all juvenile elephant deaths in North American facilities. Death from the herpes virus usually occurs within seven days after an acute onset of symptoms, which include lethargy, swelling of the head and limbs, and a blue discoloration of the tongue.
SPORTS
By Jim Hodges and For The Baltimore Sun | March 16, 2013
NORFOLK, Va. - The wave Morgan State had ridden since the first week of February crashed Saturday in the finals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament. The Bears wiped out one game short of their goal. North Carolina A&T got only a basket from Bruce Beckford and two free throws from Adrian Powell in the game's final 3:57, but it was enough to finish a 57-54 win that earned the Aggies their first NCAA tournament berth since 1995. Enough, because Morgan State could answer only with Blake Bozeman's 3-point basket in a finish that lacked art, if not excitement.
SPORTS
From Sun staff reports | March 16, 2013
Justin Black had 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists, helping fifth-seeded Morgan State beat eighth-seeded Bethune-Cookman, 82-71, in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament on Friday night at Norfolk (Va.) Scope Arena. Shaquille Duncan came off the bench and had 17 points and six rebounds for Morgan State (17-14), which will play No. 7 North Carolina A&T in today's championship game. Senior forward Dewayne Jackson also scored 16 points for the Bears.