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Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore
Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, The Wire (tv program), Fiction, Literature, Authors
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Lawsuit Over Regional Trash Agency Contract Provides Glimpse Into Capitol Communications
The Hartford CourantA bitter lawsuit that charges favoritism and illegal lobbying provides a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes communications and inner workings of government at the state Capitol. The pitched battle between two high-profile Hartford Democrats has been...Tags: Politics, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), U.S. House of Representatives, West Hartford, Business Enterprises
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Something old, new for Columbia Pro Cantare
Columbia Pro Cantare offers something old and something new for its next concert on Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m. at First Evangelical Lutheran Church. There's a religious link of sorts between the old and new pieces, so having this concert take place in an...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Music, Entertainment Events, Music Industry, Entertainment
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Hopkins scientist finds link between neurobiology of music, language
A Johns Hopkins brain scientist is finding a neurological basis for a notion that many people believe intuitively — that music is as much a form of language as Spanish or French. Charles Limb is one of just a handful of researchers worldwide...
Tags: Science, Music Industry, Fine Artists, Music, Drugs and Medicines
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Seeing The Forest, And The Vanishing Foresters
The Hartford CourantRachel Holmes was an urban forester for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for exactly two years until Thursday, and she didn't go out quietly. The 31-year-old, with two graduate degrees from Yale, spent extra hours working on...Tags: Lebanon, South Windsor, Forestry and Timber, Natural Resource Industry, Science and Technology
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Weight Discrimination: Obesity Presents More Than Just Health Problems
If you're obese (and chances of that are pretty good in America right now), your odds of being found guilty in a jury trial are higher than if you're skinny. If you're an obese woman, things in court can be even uglier. And you do not want to be labeled...
Tags: Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Politics, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants
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Arizona State dean, pianist to take helm at Columbia College
The dean of Arizona State University’s design and arts school has been named as the 10th president of Columbia College Chicago, the school announced today. Kwang-Wu Kim, a professor of music at Arizona State, was voted in as president by Columbia&...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Music, Entertainment, Education, Columbia College Chicago
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Tri-State briefs - Feb. 25
Waynesboro music students to present concert WAYNESBORO, Pa. — Several hundred Waynesboro Area School District music students will present the Music in our Schools concert Tuesday. The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the performing arts center of...Tags: Human Interest, Employment Opportunities, Ecosystems, Career and Workplace, Rabies
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Malloy Pulling Rug Out From Under Obamacare
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed budget could have a potentially devastating effect on health care in Connecticut. The plan could eviscerate the promise of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, even before it is fully implemented. This...Tags: Health Insurance, Medicaid, Executive Branch, Politics, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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Redirecting money after a loan is paid off
Dear Liz: I'll be done paying off my car in a couple of months. What's a good strategy for redirecting that money once it's paid off? Should I use the whole amount each month to start saving for my next car, or would I be better off splitting it up and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Insurance, Career and Workplace, Retirement, Contracts
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Northwestern to probe founder's link to Indian massacre
Responding to pressure from a student alliance, Northwestern University has established a committee to investigate the history of John Evans, a university founder connected to one of the worst massacres of Native Americans in the country's history. The...
Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Government, Colleges and Universities, Regional Authority
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William D. Waxter III, securities analyst
William Deal Waxter III, a retired securities analyst and World War II veteran, died of a stroke Feb. 11 at Broadmead Retirement Community. The former Roland Park resident was 88.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Lombardy Place, he spent his summers at...Tags: Sociology, Anglicanism, George Washington, Johns Hopkins University, Labor Legislation
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