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Former NASA Langley scientist from China pleads guilty to misdemeanor
NEWPORT NEWS — A Chinese national and former NASA Langley Research Center contractor pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday — but not to spying, espionage or lying to federal investigators. Instead, Bo Jiang pleaded guilty to a...Tags: Space Programs, Crime, Law and Justice, China, Court Preliminary, Crimes
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Get out and get festive: Spring and summer festivals in Hampton Roads
Dust off those party clothes and dig out that crazy hat. It's the time of year when folks in our part of Virginia get together to celebrate in the fresh air and sunshine. If you're looking to socialize and depressurize, you're in luck. Festivals devoted...
Tags: Blackbeard Pirate Festival, Politics, Christian Orthodoxy, Ghent, Religion and Belief
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VFW Ladies Auxiliary hosts awards, organizational meeting [Port Deposit]
District 10 VFW Ladies Auxiliary met for their quarterly dinner meeting April 2 at the VFW Post 8185, Port Deposit. Auxiliary units from Elkton, Chesapeake City, and North East joined the auxiliary unit from Post 8185 to make plans for June's convention....Tags: Earth Day, Bodies of Water, War of 1812, Francis Scott Key, Fort McHenry
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Port Deposit area news
Hope you are all up to your necks in jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and Peeps! Happy Birthday to Michael Smith Jr. as he celebrated on March 30. And Sara Bryanne Stanley enjoyed birthday greetings on March 31. Mike Lowe, N. Main Street, added a year to...Tags: Earth Day, Human Interest, Bodies of Water, Jay McKee, Port Deposit
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Tiny robots take over Havre de Grace High for technical challenge tourney
Havre de Grace High School was taken over by tiny robots Saturday, Feb. 9, as 13 teams from schools and scout troops around the region participated in a daylong Maryland FIRST Tech Challenge qualification tournament. Saturday's tournament, a qualifier...Tags: Harford County, Technology, Schools, Johns Hopkins University, Howard County
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Maryland saw heaviest Superstorm Sandy rainfall, according to official report
The Eastern Shore town of Bellevue saw the heaviest rains in the U.S. during Superstorm Sandy, according to an official report on the storm the National Hurricane Center released Tuesday. The town, across the Tred Avon River from Oxford and just south...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, Weather, Talbot County, Easton (Talbot, Maryland)
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$8.6 million C&D Canal dredging project unclogs route for ship traffic
The Army Corps of Engineers expects to lift navigational restrictions on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal this week after emergency dredging removed shoaling that emerged in November.
At 14 miles long and 450 feet wide, the canal is a major artery for...Tags: Cecil County, Science and Technology, U.S. Geological Survey, Weather Warnings, Weather
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Port Deposit gearing up for caroling on Christmas Eve
Four more days remain until St. Nicholas arrives. By this time next week, there will be nothing left but leftovers. Last weekend in church, our minister blessed the straw in the manger. The story goes that if a husband/father takes a piece of straw and...Tags: Religious Festivals, Port Deposit, Holidays, American Legion, New Year's Day
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Contractors and contracts for new Bester Elementary School
The Washington County Board of Education in September approved $18.3 million in construction contracts for the new Bester Elementary School. According to school system documents and the facilities department, the contractors for the construction of the...
Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Hunt Valley, Chevy Chase, Schools, Building Material
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4th District: Forbes pushes for defense
U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes was the newest member of Congress on Sept. 11, 2001, having just won a special election. Since then, the 4th District congressman has spent much of his time in office shaping the United States' ability to respond to the terrorist...Tags: Voting, Politics, Virginia General Assembly, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), U.S. House of Representatives
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4th District: Ward says she'll support Obama
Ella Ward has always been something of an overachiever. She was valedictorian of her high school class at the segregated East Suffolk High School in 1964 and later graduated at the top of her class at Norfolk State University. She has five college...Tags: Elections, Norfolk State University, Maxine Waters, Politics, MSNBC (tv network)
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Facts often get lost in the Medicare scare tactic
William Tucker of Hampton beams with pride when he talks about meeting President Barack Obama last month when the president made a campaign stop in Hampton. Tucker, 83, a veteran of three wars who has also been the head of the state longshoremen's union,...
Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Democratic Party, Government Health Care, Emporia (Emporia, Virginia)
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