Singapore

Howard County Arts Council exhibit travels the world

2013-05-31 04:55:00

The "Resident Visual Artists Exhibit 2013" showcases artists who maintain studios at the Howard County Arts Council. They're making art at this Ellicott City facility, but their imaginations roam all over the place. A case in point is Mary Jo Tydlacka,...

U.S. cuts could lead to 'brain drain' in medicine

2013-02-23 13:45:15

Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine. With funding at the National Institutes of...

Singapore, a land without entitlements

2012-12-14 00:00:00

SINGAPORE -- While the U.S. unemployment rate "dropped" to 7.7 percent last month -- a figure even The Washington Post acknowledged was due "in large part because the labor force fell by 350,000" -- here in this modern and prosperous city-state of...

Sports on TV

2012-11-10 00:00:00

SATURDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || NASCAR || Sprint Cup AdvoCare 500: practice || SPEED11:30 a.m. || || Nationwide Great Clips 200: qualifying || SPEED12:30 || || Sprint Cup AdvoCare 500: final prac. || SPEED2:30 || ||...

Foreign midshipmen forge international ties

2012-12-01 14:07:21

Like her classmates at the U.S. Naval Academy, Midshipman 1st Class Dagmara Broniatowska learned how to salute, ran the endurance course and memorized the body of American military information, history and quotations known as the Rates. In her "four...

Singapore educators visit Lindale Middle School

2012-09-27 13:51:14

Though 99 percent of Singapore's students pass national exams, a delegation of the city-state's educators recently traveled the globe to Anne Arundel County schools to learn innovative ways to help the other 1 percent succeed. Five educators from the...

22 companies are listed for alleged Iran ties, sanctions

2012-09-17 15:32:23

The state Board of Public Works is expected to put 22 companies on notice Wednesday that they must show they are not investing in Iran's energy sector or be disqualified from doing business with the state. The companies are the first to be targeted under...

Panetta tells Naval Academy graduates to look to Asia-Pacific

2012-05-29 15:16:00

With Osama bin Laden dead, the war in Iraq over and the war in Afghanistan winding down, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told graduating midshipmen Tuesday to prepare themselves for "one of the key projects" of their generation: building American...

Restaurant review: Yum's Asian Bistro lives up to its name

2012-03-15 00:00:00

Every neighborhood in Baltimore seems to have at least one reliable spot for good Chinese food. But with its central location at Charles and 25th streets, and its hard-to-miss yellow-and-red signs, Yum's Asian Bistro feels like it belongs to the city...

Howard resident going to Singapore on Fulbright grant

2011-08-18 18:33:00

Kevin Doxzen Jr. applied last summer for a Fulbright scholarship to do cancer research in Singapore, and by December he was told he was a finalist. For about five months, he heard nothing, even as many of his classmates were notified of their status. The...

SATURDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS

2011-11-12 00:00:00

SATURDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || M. bask. || Fordham@Syracuse || MASN4 || || Presbyterian@Duke || ESPNU4:30 || || St. Francis (N.Y.)@Seton Hall || MASN7 || || NASCAR || Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 500, Qual. || SPEED1:30 || ||...

Earning her stripes

2011-03-29 05:00:00

It's the Year of the Tiger — not according to the Chinese lunar calendar, but in the world of publishing. "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua has made waves with an account of super-striving Chinese parenting. "The Tiger's Wife," a...

Work by Malaysian artist Yusof Ghani, including this piece called "Raffles Hotel Singapore Facade," is featured at the hotel. Nine Raffles hotels are featuring local works.

2013-06-05 18:17:56

A member of American transgender model Amanda Lepore's colourful entourage poses at the Singapore Social Star Awards at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on May 23, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN

2013-05-23 00:00:00

This sweet, fruity beverage was the brainchild of Raffles Hotel Singapore and is thought to have been invented before 1915. While the recipe has been altered over the years, a true Singapore Sling consists of gin, cherry liqueur, orange liqueur, Benedictine, grenadine, bitters and pineapple juice.

2013-05-03 16:01:39