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  Top 10 Healthiest Cities for Women

  By Jac Chebatoris | Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:22 PM ET

  for lifestyle (including how active the people are, rate of smoking and diet), the rest of the metro areas that made the cut include:Bethesda, MarylandPortland, MaineCambridge, MassachusettsSan Francisco, CaliforniaHonolulu, HawaiiStamford, ConnecticutMadison, WisconsinSanta Barbara Read More

  More like this in: Health, San Francisco, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Portland, Honolulu, Self magazine
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  Trick or Treat, President Obama?

  By Sarah Parsons | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:17 PM ET

  children all dressed up in costumes!According to a story on MSNBC.com, the President and First Lady invited students from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to come trick-or-treating. The event also featured outdoor activities and entertainment for kids and their families (so th Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Children, White House, Halloween, MSNBC, Candy, Virginia, Military, Trick-or-Treating
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  Non-profit Helps Military Widows Become Nurses

  By Sarah Parsons | Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:39 PM ET

  a single mom and veteran, founded a new non-profit this spring that aims to improve the lives of military wives. The Warford Foundation, based in Maryland, helps single moms and military widows become Registered Nurses through a two-year community college program. Through the program, wome Read More

  More like this in: Non-Profit, Education, Nonprofit, Military, US, Social Responsibility, Regional/Local, Education, Giving, Fundraising
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  Drowned Pregnant Woman Brought Back to Life

  By Sarah Parsons | Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:40 AM ET

  miraculously, both Davis and her unborn son, Jayden, are alive and well today.According to a NBCWashington.com story, Davis was driving alone down a Maryland street when her car veered off the road, flipped over and landed in a creek on the morning of October 24th. A passerby, who happened to se Read More

  More like this in: CBS, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Health & Fitness, Family
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  Today, Kids Are Heroes

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:00 AM ET

  of writing about kids who do awesome, charitable things. So I’m particularly pleased to announce that today is Kids Are Heroes Day, at least in Maryland.The event at the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, Md., is organized by a little organization called Kids Are Heroes, founded by a gir Read More

  More like this in: Children's Hospital, Children, Africa, Money, Washington DC, Social Responsibility, Giving, Volunteerism, Fundraising, Events, Activism
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  Unexpectedly In the Money

  By Sarah Parsons | Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:57 PM ET

  anyway. We're guessing he is thanking his lucky stars that he did: He won $50,000!Like a Good Samaritan, the winner, whose name wasn't released by Maryland Lottery officials, plans to give some of the money to his family and take his wife on vacation next year. We're thinking that the whole fa Read More

  More like this in: Money, Good Samaritan, Baltimore, US, Entertainment, Regional/Local
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  Breaking Free

  By Darragh Worland | Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:35 PM ET

  didn't stop there. Once released from prison, Betts scored near-perfect grades in community college, earning him a spot at the University of Maryland, where he studied writing and was awarded a scholarship for academic excellence. In May, he delivered the school’s commencement addres Read More

  More like this in: Virginia, University of Maryland, Human Rights Watch, US, Entertainment, Books
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  Sending Out an S.O.S.

  By Darragh Worland | Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:18 AM ET

  island and you think putting a message in a bottle just might be your ticket to safety, think again.A wine bottle carrying a note written by a Maryland student and tossed into the ocean was finally discovered on an English beach... five years after it was sent out. Luckily, the note's autho Read More

  More like this in: Baltimore, Bahamas, US, Travel
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  A Music Festival with Heart

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Sep 2, 2009 7:05 PM ET

  was a day of crowd-surfing and beer-drinking and thumping rhythms. On Sunday, August 30, a tidal wave of 35,000 concertgoers streamed into Columbia, Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavillion for the Virgin Mobile FreeFest – a free music festival that rocked from lunchtime until almost midnight. I Read More

  More like this in: Beer, Philadelphia, Richard Branson, Virgin Mobile FreeFest, Weezer, H&M, Public Enemy, Virgin Mobile USA Inc.
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  Making Music That Monkeys Don't Mind

  By David Bois | Wed Sep 2, 2009 1:45 PM ET

  to research into the evolutionary aspects of creating and response to music, an obstacle humorously reflected upon by cellist and University of Maryland professor David Teie, as reported at Discovery.com: "Did we really think that bats would get little tears flowing up their little faces whe Read More

  More like this in: Music, Wisconsin, University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin, Science, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences