Yesterday, doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center described what they called the most comprehensive face transplant in history, allowing 37-year-old Richard Norris to come out from behind the mask he’s worn ever since a gun accident almost killed him 15 years ago. In 1997, Norris was shot in the face and lost his [...]

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Thank goodness for cell phones, right?  They help keep us connected to the world around us. Now, though, comes a revealing study into the psyche of your average cell phone user. It seems cell phones may actually make users less socially-minded, according to a recent study from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School [...]

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In a stunning development, longtime Maryland Terrapins basketball coach Gary Williams is going to retire. A press conference is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. EST. In a statement from the university athletic department, Williams said, “It’s the right time. My entire career has been an unbelievable blessing. I am fiercely proud of the program [...]

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You are about to hear something extraordinary.  Teacher and pop music archivist Hugo Keesing has put together something called “Chartsweep”. In two parts, you will hear 5 seconds from every number one song ever (well, at least up through the 1990s, although there are rumors that another version exists that goes into the 2000s). Listen [...]

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Former NFL star Dave Meggett is going to prison.  The ex-Giant will serve a 30-year prison term following his conviction on charges of criminal sexual conduct and burglary. The incident in question involved an encounter with a college student in her North Carolina home in January 2009. Meggett, who attended Towson University here in Baltimore, [...]

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Those little brown stink bugs are likely not going anywhere, so you’d better get used to it – especially here in Maryland. The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), an insect native to Asia, is starting to become a real nuisance to homeowners and a destructive annoyance to orchardists and potentially to soybean growers in [...]

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Adult film star Stephen Clancy Hill (stage name Steve Driver), who allegedly killed a colleague with a sword and injured others on Tuesday, was killed in a police standoff in California on Saturday. Yesterday evening, authorities tried to end the standoff, but as they surrounded Hill, he jumped from a high cliff as police negotiated [...]

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CollegeHumor.com has come up a practical joke that is an instant classic – and they did right here in our home state of Maryland. As you may or may not know, Streeter from CollegeHumor was the victim of a practical joke at Yankee Stadium a couple of years ago. His buddy Amir had the folks [...]

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