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Obama Urges Military to Stamp Out Sexual Assaults
U.S. President Barack Obama says sexual assaults in the U.S. military undermine trust in the armed forces. The president used a commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Friday to tackle recent reports of widespread sexual violence in the military. "Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that ...
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Joseph R. Carlozo Calvert Hall football coach dies
Memorial Stadium on Thanksgiving Day in 1969, died of stroke complications May 20 at the Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 85. Born in Philadelphia and raised in South Philadelphia, he was the son of Joseph Thomas Carlozo, a painter, and Concetta DeVicaris, a homemaker. He was a 1946 graduate of Southern High School in South Philadelphia, where he was a standout player on ...
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Md. Officials No Deficiencies in Abortion Death
GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) - Maryland health officials investigating the death of a woman being treated at a Germantown abortion clinic found "no deficiencies" in her ...
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Openly gay Robbie Rogers returning to professional soccer
Robbie Rogers , who came out as homosexual when he announced his retirement from soccer, tells USA Today he has decided to return to the field. Rogers said he made the decision last month while he was speaking at the Nike Be True LGBT Youth Forum in Portland, Ore. "I seriously felt like a coward," he said. "These kids are standing up for themselves and changing the world, and ...
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Garcia takes on Dickey in search for first victory
After hitting a rough patch at the beginning of the season, Blue Jays right-hander R.A. Dickey has finally turned a corner. The knuckleballer had his best outing of the season on Monday against the Rays, allowing three runs on four hits in a season-high eight innings for his second straight win. Going just 2-4 in April, Dickey has posted a 2-1 record in four starts in May. He's also tossed ...
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Movie Review
Let Me In [Blu-Ray]
Having seen Let the Right One In, the evocative Swedish horror film by Tomas Alfredson that Matt Reeves has remade as Let Me In, my first and only question was how Reeves was going to handle the underwater pool shot. If youve seen the original, you know exactly to what shot Im re ... ...
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One-year-old fatally shot Friday night in Cherry Hill
A 1-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday in the early evening in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood and an adult man was injured when at least one gunman opened fire on the car in which the victims were riding.The child was pronounced dead at 8:26 p.m. Friday, according to Baltimore Police Detective Angela Carter-Watson. The man was listed in critical condition and was being treated at an ...
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Baltimore beats up on Blue Jays pitching Lawrie ejected
It was a rough welcome to the majors for Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Sean Nolin, who gave up seven hits and six earned runs in 1.1 innings of work. (Abelimages/Getty ...
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Orioles unleash power with four homers in slugfest
BAL@TOR: Hardy launches three-run shot in the first TORONTO -- The Orioles hit a season-high four home runs to power their way to a 10-6 victory over the Blue Jays in front of 25,104 at Rogers Centre on Friday. Baltimore scored three runs apiece in the first and second innings to spoil the Major League debut of Blue Jays left-hander Sean Nolin. Nick Markakis and Manny Machado started the ...
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UM says it alerted AGs office about swim coachs abuse of girl
University of Maryland says it alerted the state attorney general nearly 25 years ago that the school's head swimming coach had acknowledged sexually abusing a girl at his private club, but he was not charged until last year.Rick Curl, founder of Washington's pre-eminent Curl-Burke Swim Club, resigned his position at College Park in August 1988 after the parents of the teenage victim ...
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Orioles bash four homers in 10-6 win over the Blue Jays
Past Orioles award winners "Do we?" Showalter said. "We have very little film?"The Orioles then showed they had done their homework on Nolin, chasing him from the game in the second inning on their way to a 10-6 win.In their third victory in four games, the Orioles hit four homers, ...
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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
Hotel Review
Hilton Hotel Auckland, New Zealand
Promoted as 'The Boutique Hotel completely surounded by water', the Hilton Auckland is indeed in a unique location, right at ...
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