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  • Report criticizes colleges teacher preparation programs

    Teacher preparation programs in the nation and Maryland are part of "an industry of mediocrity" that is failing to give young teachers the skills to succeed in the classroom, according to a long-awaited report by a national research advocacy group. The National Council on Teacher Quality released today the first comprehensive ranking of 608 teacher preparation programs across the ...

  • Officials Advise Staying Out Of The Water At 3 Anne Arundel Beaches

    ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — As the official start to summer nears, Anne Arundel County health leaders are telling swimmers to stay away from three popular ...

  • Tougher testing fewer teachers

    Last week we told you about dozens to layoffs to teachers in Harford County. Now we can tell you the teachers that remain, will face new challenges once classes start up again in the Fall. "Common Core Standards" are coming to Maryland for the 2013-14 school year; that will mean newer, tougher testing for your kids. The Harford County Board of Education called a meeting to explain the ...

  • Marylanders arent shy about complaining about financial services

    Marylanders are big complainers. At least when it comes to the financial services they receive. Maryland ranked No. 2 in the nation in mortgage complaints per capita, second only to New Hampshire, for grievances lodged with ...

  • DUIDWI charges dropped against ex-Balto. Co. precinct commander

    Charges were dropped Monday against a Baltimore County police officer who was stopped during a St. Patrick's weekend sobriety checkpoint in Carroll County. Capt. Matthew McElwee, who turned 44 on Monday, previously headed the Franklin Precinct in Reisterstown. He received citations from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office accusing him of driving while intoxicated and driving while ...


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Movie Review

Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) [DVD]

Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) [DVD]

When most people think of Ingmar Bergman, they immediately think of aesthetically dense, serious, dark filmsthe kind that virtually define foreign art. Images that spring to mind include the hooded white visage of Death from The Seventh Seal (1957), the faces ... ...

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  • Tigers Defeat Orioles 5-1

    DETROIT (AP) — Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 and struck out 10, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Monday night. Scherzer became the first pitcher to begin a season 10-0 — with all decisions coming in starts — since Roger Clemens went 11-0 for Toronto in 1997, according to STATS. Scherzer is the second pitcher in Detroit ...

  • Os spectators as Scherzer makes Tigers history

    BAL@DET: Davis crushes Major League-best 24th homer DETROIT -- The red-hot Orioles -- fresh off taking three of four from the Boston Red Sox -- had a hand in making history on Monday night, albeit in a 5-1 loss to the Tigers. The O's left eight men on base in Tigers starter Max Scherzer's six innings, as the right-hander struck out 10 and became the first Tigers pitcher since ...

  • Two men shot in East Baltimore

    Two men were wounded in a shooting in East Baltimore on Monday evening and were expected to survive their injuries, police said. The men were shot in the 2600 block of Grogan Street in the city's Berea neighborhood, said police, who were called shortly before 6 p.m. One man was shot in the arm, while the other man later walked into a hospital with a graze wound to his upper body. In ...

  • Lower property taxes but higher fees for city residents

    Baltimore residents will pay less in property taxes but more in stormwater and taxi fees under a $2.4 billion budget approved by the City Council on Monday.The cut will reduce the property tax payments on a home valued at $200,000 by about $140. But the same resident will pay $40 to $120 for stormwater cleanup and a 25-cent fee on each taxi ride — with another water bill hike on the ...

  • Carbon monoxide in group home in Parkville sends 8 to hospital

    Emergency personnel responded twice overnight to a Parkville group home, sending eight people to the hospital for hazardous materials exposure. ...

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