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Voting underway for Startup Maryland’s 2015 pitch contest
The nonprofit has posted 138 video pitches on its YouTube channel, and viewers can now vote with their eyes to select three "Fan Favorite" companies.
High-school assessment struggles not surprising to higher education officials
A new assessment test given to high-school students across the state found that less than half of Maryland’s 10th-graders are meeting expectations for their English skills and less than a […]
Scholarships to train more minority teachers for Howard County
A new scholarship program is designed to bring more low-income students to create a more diverse group of teachers in Howard County Public Schools by paying their tuition at McDaniel […]
New Md. test scores may highlight need for better college prep
When new test scores assessing whether Maryland high school students are prepared for college are released later this month, officials say the news is likely to be bad. It’s also […]
AOL completes $250 million purchase of Millennial Media
AOL completed its $250 million acquisition of Baltimore-based Millennial Media, Baltimore’s one-time tech darling whose mobile ad services proved popular if not always profitable. AOL, which is owned by Verizon, […]
Heart healthy
Eating better doesn’t mean you have to stop eating what you like, but it will probably mean changing how you prepare it. That’s what chef Tia Berry tells her students […]
Women at risk
While cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for adults of both sexes in the United States, certain factors put women at greater risk than men. Unfortunately, several of […]
State hospital overcharged for medicine, audit says
Lax verification procedures at a state-run hospital and nursing home in Hagerstown allowed the facility to be overcharged by $25,639 for pharmaceutical products, according to a state audit report released […]
Study gives Md. top marks for tech climate
A new study shows Maryland well-positioned to thrive in the tech- and STEM-focused economy – outranking its neighbors and much of the rest of the country in three out of […]
New effort in Md. to protect children from identity theft
In case you felt parenting wasn’t hard enough, officials say there’s something else to worry about: identity theft, which can destroy children’s credit scores before they’ve even learned to count. […]
Hopkins, Microsoft to develop app for ICU management
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have developed a tablet app to track the needs of patients in intensive care units. Now, they’ll be building on that work through a partnership […]
Millennial CEO will leave after merger with $2.2M severance
Millennial Media CEO Michael Barrett is expected to leave the company after its merger with AOL Inc. is finalized, and he has a golden parachute compensation package lined up totaling […]
