Thurgood Marshall

Electrical fire near BWI leads to partial hotel evacuation

A two-alarm fire Sunday morning damaged the Extended Stay America Hotel, at 1500 Aero Drive, Linthicum, Anne Arundel County fire officials said. The fire, reported at 3:11 a.m. by a person staying in room 304 who said he...

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Texas Lawmaker Wants More Hispanics Included in Academic History Books

Nov. 19--AUSTIN -- Hispanic leaders this week assailed a draft social studies curriculum under consideration by the State Board of Education, saying it woefully ignores the role that Hispanics have played in shaping state and...

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Byrd becomes longest-serving member of Congress

WASHINGTON - West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd has been around so long that nearly all lawmakers in Congress can remember reasons they love him - and many can recall how they once bitterly opposed him. The veteran Democrat on...

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Teaching the strength of sisterhood

Martial arts instructor Johanna Williams climbed onto the bleachers in the gym at Thurgood Marshall Middle School and turned to face several dozen sixth- and seventh-grade girls lined up on the floor in front of her.

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Byrd becomes longest-serving member of Congress - Kansas City Star

Washington Post Byrd becomes longest-serving member of Congress Kansas City Star West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd has been around so long that nearly all lawmakers in Congress can remember reasons they love him - and many can...

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Sotomayor Adds Celebrity Element to High Court

Since becoming the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor has mamboed with movie stars, exchanged smooches with musicians at the White House and thrown out the first pitch for her beloved New York Yankees. A...

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CAPITAL CULTURE: Sotomayor Adds Celebrity To Court

CAPITAL CULTURE: Unlike Other Justices, Sotomayor Becomes A Celebrity Outside The Courtroom (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging...

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For the kids, 'Nutcracker' with a twist

"It's got all sorts of dances, and I'm excited," said Certesio, a fourth grader who loves music. For Friday's two performances, the ballet had been relocated from its Russian home to Wilmington, where an adult Clara, the...

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Signing Day Showdown

by Rodger Bohn While many of the top ballers in the nation were busy signing their lives away for the next four years, there was a matchup of two of the better prep schools on the Atlantic coast going on in tiny Mouth of...

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Port Chicago gains national park status

Betty Reid Soskin lost a bit of her innocence on July 17, 1944, the night a massive explosion ripped apart Port Chicago, killing 320 men, most of them black sailors. It was the largest stateside disaster during World War II,...

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