Brazil

Rawlings-Blake's chief of staff travels to Brazil for conference

2013-06-06 14:57:00

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's chief of staff is spending the week in Brazil at the New Cities Summit in Sao Paulo, an international conference for business, government and education leaders.� Alexander M. Sanchez did not submit a request for approval...

At Wilde Lake High, diversity welcoming to exchange students

2013-04-16 05:51:00

There are more than 1,200 students at Wilde Lake High School — a diverse mix of young adults representing the heritages of nearly 50 countries, according to Principal James LeMon. LeMon said he thinks it's that diversity, and the welcoming...

Great Baltimore cocktails, the Spicy Orange Caipri�a at Joe Squared

2013-03-26 10:03:00

Well folks, spring is officially upon us and it's time to start wetting our whistles with some light, fun, refreshing drinks that are more conducive to outdoor frolicking than hermiting next to an open hearth or space heater. And what better liquor to...

Peace Corps Week a time of reflection for former volunteers

2013-02-19 17:50:00

Sally Foster worked in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a health educator in the early 1960s. Mike McQuestion was stationed in the Philippines in the mid-1970s, trying to teach basic preventive medicine to mountain villagers. Chris Carneal...

Sports on TV

2013-02-01 00:00:00

FRIDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || M. bask. || Illinois@Michigan State (T) || ESPNU1 || || Minnesota@Wisconsin (T) || BIGTEN2:30 || || Arizona@Washington (T) || ESPNU2:30 || || Manhattan@Siena || ESPNU7 || || Youngstown State@...

Recipe Finder: Christmas fruitcake

2012-12-19 00:00:00

Marie Racine of Huntley, Ill., was looking for a recipe she had lost for making fruitcake that contained dried apricots and Brazil nuts. I did not receive any reader responses to her query, so I decided to do a little research. The recipe world is loaded...

Orioles release 2013 spring training schedule

2012-11-29 07:45:00

The Orioles' spring training begins with pitchers and catchers reporting to Sarasota, Fla. on Feb. 12, position players arriving by Feb. 15 and the first game at Ed Smith Stadium against the Minnesota Twins on Sat. Feb. 23. It's all a little earlier this...

Facebook: One billion served

2012-10-04 08:36:00

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced this morning that the massive social networking site had reached an awesome milestone: One billion active monthly users. "Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most...

Grand Prix of Baltimore: Driver bios

2012-08-30 20:20:00

No. 26 Marco Andretti Age: 25 Country: United States Racing team: Andretti Motorsport Driver points: 237, 16th place, 185 behind leader Top finish in 2012: Andretti finished second behind teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 on June...

Tony Kanaan, Rubens Barrichello are teammates on, off the track

2012-08-27 14:50:00

IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan is sitting beside his best friend and teammate Rubens Barrichello. Together they are talking about the value of friendship and how important it is to separate competitiveness from what is most important in life. It is then...

Brazil, Russia, India and China: The world's trouble children

2012-07-29 03:00:00

As the world struggles to deal with its two largest foreign-affairs dilemmas, Syria and Iran, resolutely standing in the way are the BRICs. That's the acronym foreign-policy wonks use for the block of nations that routinely refuses to join the...

An urgent task: reducing health disparities

2012-07-05 13:32:53

For the first time in history, slightly more than half of newborn Americans are people of color. It is projected that by 2050, the majority of Americans will be from minority populations. This demographic shift has serious implications on a myriad of...

A FIFA official asks media members to take their designated spots during a soccer training session for Brazil ahead of the Confederations Cup at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium in Brasilia June 14, 2013. Brazil will play the opening match of the tournament against Japan on Saturday here.

2013-06-15 00:00:00

Brazil's Marcelo takes part in a team training session Friday in preparation for the FIFA Confederations Cup.

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Munduruku Indians stand guard at the offices of the Brazil's Indian affairs bureau (FUNAI) headquarters after storming the building in Brasilia June 10, 2013.

2013-06-11 00:00:00