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By From Sun staff and news services | December 4, 2008
Tuberville steps down as Auburn coach col. football Tommy Tuberville stepped down yesterday after 10 years as coach of Auburn. Tuberville went 85-40 with Auburn, including a 13-0 season in 2004 when the Tigers finished No. 2 in the nation and won the Southeastern Conference title for the first time in 15 years. But Auburn went 5-7 this year, and the Tigers' worst season in 10 years ended Saturday with a 36-0 loss to No. 1 Alabama. "The last 10 years have been a great time in my life, both professionally and personally," Tuberville said in a statement.
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By Jeff Zrebiec | August 30, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Daniel Cabrera's six-game suspension for hitting New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was upheld yesterday, giving his sore right arm a couple of more days to heal and potentially leading to Garrett Olson's return to the rotation. Cabrera was scheduled to start today, but Chris Waters will instead move up a day and start. Brian Burres will start tomorrow and Radhames Liz in Monday's series opener against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Orioles will need a starter Tuesday, and Olson, who was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk on Aug. 20 with a 6.38 ERA, appears to be the most likely candidate.
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By Jennifer McMenamin | July 2, 2008
Presiding over a courtroom for the first time in six weeks, Baltimore County District Judge Bruce S. Lamdin talked yesterday about second chances. He emphasized the importance of learning from mistakes. And he warned some defendants that they'd face much worse consequences if they didn't maintain the life changes they vowed they had made. "I think the person you listen to most as a result of this case is the man standing next to you," Lamdin told one young man in front of the judge with his attorney for sentencing on a marijuana charge.
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By Jonathan D. Rockoff | May 17, 2008
WASHINGTON - A Columbia drug company and its top executives have agreed to stop making prescription cough and cold products after repeated failures to pass federal inspections and get government approval of the medicines. Scientific Laboratories Inc. Chief Executive Officer Amit Roy and President Rajeshwari Patel signed a consent decree in U.S. District Court in Baltimore earlier this month. The company had been making various drugs for other pharmaceutical companies, which then sold the products under their own labels.
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By Liz Bowie | May 11, 2008
Tens of thousands of students are being suspended in Maryland for relatively minor infractions each year, the result of zero-tolerance discipline policies that critics say are harming some of the most vulnerable children. One in 11 students in the state was suspended last year - enough to fill every seat in Anne Arundel County's public schools. The rates were much higher for African-Americans, special-education students and boys - who were twice as likely as girls to be sent home. "What we see is that suspension and expulsion are overused and actually push kids who need education the most out of school," said Jane Sundius at the Open Society Institute, a nonprofit that has studied suspensions and expulsions in Baltimore schools . The rate of suspensions in Maryland has risen over the past 15 years, as school systems responded with stricter discipline codes to rising violence in their communities and the fear fanned by the shooting deaths at Columbine High School in 1999.
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By CHILDS WALKER | December 14, 2007
Testing policies and penalties for performance-enhancing drugs: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL At least two annual urine tests administered during and between seasons for anabolic steroids and amphetamines. Positive steroid tests result in a 50-game suspension for a first offense, a 100-game suspension for a second offense and a lifetime ban for a third offense. NFL Urine tests administered randomly during the season or offseason for anabolic steroids and amphetamines. Players must be tested at least once a year.
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By Jeff Zrebiec and Dan Connolly | December 7, 2007
Major League Baseball yesterday suspended Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons and Kansas City Royals outfielder Jose Guillen 15 days each for violating the league's toughened substance-abuse prevention program, though neither failed a league-initiated drug test. Gibbons, who admitted yesterday that he had used human growth hormone, had previously avoided allegations that he received shipments of steroids and hGH from a federally raided Florida pharmacy between 2003 and 2005. "I am deeply sorry for the mistakes that I have made," Gibbons said in a statement first released to The Sun yesterday afternoon.
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By Brent Jones | May 4, 2007
A semester-long class concentrated on conflict resolution. An in-school room to send disruptive kids, staffed by a police officer. Requiring students to address administrators as "ma'am" or "sir." About 50 parents and community leaders offered those and other suggestions last night to Baltimore school officials, who are completing a systemwide safety plan. The safety plan was written in response to a requirement handed down last summer by the Maryland State Department of Education. It focuses on parent and community involvement to help formulate policies in discipline and suspension intervention.
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By Ken Murray | November 1, 2006
Shawne Merriman abandoned the appeal of his four-game suspension for violating the NFL policy on steroids and will miss the San Diego Chargers' next four games, the league announced yesterday. On Oct. 23, the second-year linebacker and his agent said in a news conference that he had tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone, but would appeal on the basis of a tainted, over-the-counter supplement he had been taking. On Sunday, before cheering Chargers fans, he made another statement with a career-high three sacks in a win over the St. Louis Rams.
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By Jamison Hensley | October 4, 2006
Ravens return specialist B.J. Sams was arrested and charged with driving under the influence early yesterday morning. This marks the second time in 14 months that he has been charged with drunken driving, which could result in a fine or suspension from the NFL. Sams was stopped shortly before 2 a.m. on the outer loop of Interstate 695 near Greenspring Avenue in Baltimore County, after his Chevrolet Tahoe had reportedly been swerving and nearly struck...