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By Janet Gilbert | June 7, 2009
I've got a wad of shopping discount cards rubber-banded into a 4-inch brick in my kitchen drawer. It's my secret weapon for intruders; should some unsavory characters surprise me, I'll just rummage in my kitchen drawer and stun them with a shot to the head comprised of incredible savings and elite memberships. I just can't stand carrying these cards around. I don't even like carrying a purse, but I have to because most women's clothes only sport faux pockets that are sewn shut to give your hips a streamlined look.
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By Nicole Fuller | April 11, 2009
Neighbors in North Linthicum have gathered at their community pool for more than three decades' worth of summers. Friends barbecued. Children learned to swim. Teenagers got their first jobs as lifeguards. Now, the pool has become another victim of the financial crisis. Faced with years of declining membership and mounting debt - and dim prospects for a loan to ride out the slump - it is unlikely to open for another season. "Every year, the pool makes enough just to squeak by," said Tu Armagost, president of the North Linthicum Recreation Club, which owns and operates the facility.
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By Patrick Gutierrez | March 27, 2009
One Saturday in the near future, amateur golfer Mike Ford will tee it up for the first time this spring. If all goes according to plan, he will arrive at the course early, stretch, take a few practice swings and, when it's his turn, try to smack one down the middle of the fairway. The only difference is this year, for the first time since 1997, Ford won't be doing it at the Hillendale Country Club. Instead, having recently surrendered his membership, he'll be playing at one of the 120-plus Maryland golf courses open to the public.
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March 8, 2009
Healthy food program at Pasadena Lauer's Lauer's Supermarket will be host to the Anne Arundel County Health Department's Learn to Live Program 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 8095-A Edwin Raynor Blvd., Pasadena. The Good Food for Good Health Weekend offers consumers help in selecting nutritious low-fat, high-fiber foods. Booths staffed by health educators will offer healthy recipes, brochures and magnets. Information: 410-222-7979. Museum's Irish Night The Annapolis Maritime Museum will hold an Irish Night 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. tomorrow at Galway Bay Irish Restaurant and Pub, 63 Maryland Ave., Annapolis.
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By RICK MAESE AND KEVIN VAN VALKENBURG | August 23, 2008
The Sun's Olympic correspondents, Rick Maese and Kevin Van Valkenburg, are blogging back and forth to each other at baltimoresun.com/olympicsblog. An excerpt: To: Kevin, et al. You might want to check out this link. Match.com, as you might or might not know, is a popular dating site. Not that I know anything about it. (For the record, I am NOT the same rmaese3641b who enjoys Scrubs, Wes Anderson movies, seaweed salad, the Sunday Times crossword puzzle and California Pinot Noir.) Anyhow, where was I?
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By Cassandra A. Fortin | July 27, 2008
Amanda Koss has grown accustomed to almost daily phone calls from people seeking a public swimming pool in Harford County. They ask where they can go if they just want to swim outdoors for the day with their family. She tells them Pennsylvania. "At least three or four times a week, more when it's really hot outside, people call me looking for public swimming pools," said Koss, who has managed the private North Harford Swim Club in Jarrettsville the past three years. "I tell them the closest one that I know is Shanbergers Pool in Fawn Grove."
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By Liz F. Kay and David Kohn | July 11, 2008
The nation's chief medical association apologized yesterday for decades of past discrimination against African-American physicians, when it effectively denied membership to many black doctors - which many believe has left a legacy of separate and unequal care. The American Medical Association released an article and commentary acknowledging discriminatory practices that, although ended decades ago, still affect medical care. For example, until 1968 it limited membership to doctors who were also members of a state-level affiliate - many of which were segregated.
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By Brent Jones | May 15, 2008
Marietta English will remain president of the Baltimore Teachers Union after soundly defeating longtime rival Sharon Y. Blake in an election yesterday. English captured about 60 percent of the vote to about 34 percent for Blake, union officials announced. About 1,000 educators cast votes. The union has about 8,000 members, 6,000 of them teachers. "I'm very thankful to the membership for putting their trust in me again for the next two years. We're going to continue to work on their behalf," English said.
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By [CATHERINE SUDUE] | April 13, 2008
OWNER OF NEVINS & ASSOCIATES DAVID NEVINS WHILE WORKING WITH THE BALtimore Symphony Orchestra, David Nevins was encouraged by friends and associates to start his own marketing company. This year, Nevins & Associates celebrates its 25th annniversary. Active in Maryland's educational, civic and business community, Nevins is a member of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. Nevins, 53, lives with his two children, Freddi, 16, and Jake, 13, in Pikesville. In his free time, he says, he enjoys playing golf and watching his kids play tennis.
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By New York Times News Service | April 4, 2008
BUCHAREST, Romania -- NATO countries unanimously endorsed Bush administration plans for installing a missile defense system in alliance countries in Europe yesterday even as they rebuffed President Bush's entreaties to extend membership of the alliance to the former Soviet republics of Ukraine and Georgia. The unusually rancorous meeting of NATO members in Bucharest exposed sharp differences between nations, but despite the rancor Bush won some agreement on bolstering the number of NATO troops in Afghanistan and presenting a united front against Russia's objections on the issue of missile defense.