Bringing the text of the annual speech to life with moving words.
Visualizing an Excerpt of President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address
NOTE: The text from the state of the union address that is visualized in the video follows
Stores Seek Harsher Penalties for ‘Flash Robberies’
COLLEGE PARK – In less than 10 minutes, 78 teenagers and young adults cycled through a 7-Eleven and emptied the shelves of candy bars, snacks and drinks
On Pearl Harbor Day, Remembering Japanese-American Captives
It was 1942, a few months after the Japanese attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor 70 years ago today, when Takashi Kariya, 17, and his family joined thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans held captive at the Tanforan Assembly Center.
Supreme Court Declines Somerset County Case of Mistaken Shooting
WASHINGTON – A jury will decide whether a Somerset County police officer’s shooting of a suspect was an innocent mistake or one worth $1
Young Football Players at Greater Concussion Risk Than Pros
A 2006 study by the National Center for Injury Prevention found that 47 percent of high school football players sustain a concussion each season.
Young Football Players at Greater Concussion Risk Than Pros
BURTONSVILLE – From what he remembers, and it isn’t much, Cameron Williams was cold
Anne Arundel Voters Could Shape 4th District Race
WASHINGTON – Anne Arundel County could play a pivotal role in the newly aligned 4th Congressional District race, even though no candidate from there has officially entered the race
Montgomery Lawmakers Push Panhandling Ban — Again
WHITE OAK – Vanita Smith sat in the grassy median of New Hampshire Avenue, her body balled-up underneath her blue poncho to keep warm
Maryland Slow to Report Mental Health Problems to Gun Background Check Database
WASHINGTON – Maryland is one of 23 states that has been lax in reporting mental health and substance abuse records to a national database used to run background checks on gun purchasers, a coalition of mayors found in a report released this week