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Thousands in county at risk of not graduating in 2009
Prince George's County school officials this week offered words of advice to the county's high school students: You cannot pass a test if you never take it.
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NASA's Swift looks to comets for a cool view
Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope captured Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3's fragment C as it passed the famous Ring Nebula on May 7, 2006.
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Huge Sun Shield Built for Space Telescope
Visit SPACE.com to explore a new Tech feature each Wednesday. The sun shield created for the James Webb Space Telescope will reach the size of a tennis court.
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MD--Multistate Drug Conspiracy
Federal prosecutors say a Maine man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for his involvement in a scheme to distribute cocaine and marijuana from Arizona to several states.
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In the corruption case of former Prince George's County Public Schools Superintendent Andre Hornsby, Greenbelt federal Peter Messitte sentenced Hornsby Tuesday to six years jail time, $90,000 in fines and ...
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County must change its policies
Prince George's County says that its budget shortfalls are due to "slumping real estate sales" . I have a different diagnosis.
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Despite financial crunch, resident continues seeking aid for others
The Rev. Bobbi Troyer of Greenbelt comforts Carmen Brown-Starks, who along with her husband and two children are in jeopardy of becoming homeless.
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Former PG schools chief sent to prison
Former Prince George's County Public Schools executive Andre J. Hornsby was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt for his conviction on charges related to steering school ...
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'Firefly' to scout earth's puzzling gamma blasts
When space shuttle astronauts dispatched NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Telescope into orbit in 1991, scientists figured they would learn more about supernovas, black holes and other phenomena that blast off ...
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'Great Shot' Siadys Has Photos From DC Boxing Hall of Fame
Photographer extraordinare Linda "Great Shot" Siadys has a wonderful gallery of pictures from the DC Boxing Hall of Fame Awards ceremony at Martin's Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD.
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Small Satellite Takes on Large Thunderstorms
It's designed to help solve the mystery of the most powerful natural particle accelerator in Earth's atmosphere: TGFs, or terrestrial gamma-ray flashes.
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Hubble Snaps First Photo Of Planet Circling A Star
It took about seven years, but NASA has finally found a planet that circles another star.
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'Firefly' cubesat to study link between lightning and terrestrial gamma ray flashes
Massive energy releases occur every day in the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere.
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Out of this World Pictures: First Direct Photos of Exoplanets
MOVING RIGHT ALONG: The first visible-light image of what appears to be a planet orbiting the star Fomalhaut, 25 light-years away.
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Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star.
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Officials, residents rally asking for money for Route 1 to be restored
Slug:rallyCP111308w Staff photo by Susan Whitney taken Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Del.
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Super-tough sunshield to fly on the James Webb Space Telescope
This photograph shows the James Webb Space Telescope's Sunshield outstretched. Credit: NASA/Northrop Grumman Imagine sunglasses that can withstand the severe cold and heat of space, a barrage of radiation and ...
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When It Comes To Sea Level Changing Glaciers, New NASA Technique Measures Up
Geophysicist Scott Luthcke of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and colleagues knew from well-documented research that changes in the cryosphere glaciers, ice caps, and other parts of the ...
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Four Cities demand express bus service improvements
Berwyn Heights, College Park, New Carrollton and Greenbelt officials say they want more reliable bus transit in their municipalities.
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Woman Pleads Guilty In Foreclosure Fraud Scheme
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