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Adventure, friendship followed soldier
(Mark Gail/the Washington Post)
On Nov. 13, just two weeks after he arrived in Afghanistan on his first deployment, Baltimore native Spec. Christopher J. Coffland, 43, was killed by a roadside bomb in Wardak province. On Tuesday, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
 John Kelly's Washington The four beaded necklaces around Carsten Connolly's neck make the Arlington County 10-year-old look like a particularly lucky Mardi Gras reveler. But his necklaces aren't souvenirs from New Orleans. They're what you might call hard-earned battlefield decorations. (John Kelly/the Washington Post)
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Syndicate This PageThe second-largest school system in Maryland is paying $1.1 million to 279 teachers and administrators from a dozen schools for a new program that links cash bonuses to classroom performance.
A deeply divided county council elects a pro-business president, breaking with the county's tradition of making leadership decisions in private and a year in advance.
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