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PHOTOS: The Panda Bao Li Turned Four Today. The National Zoo Threw Him a Party. - Washingtonian He got cake for breakfast.

How does a panda celebrate his birthday? At the National Zoo, it’s by living out every four-year-old’s dream: cake for breakfast. 🐼 🎂
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Kermit the Frog announced as UMD’s 2025 commencement speaker University alum and renowned puppeteer Jim Henson founded The Muppets, a fictional musical ensemble that includes Kermit, in 1955.

Kermit the Frog will be UMD’s 2025 commencement speaker, according to a university news release on Wednesday.

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Baltimore city principal Yetunde Reeves says transportation might be contributing to the city’s absentee rates, with some students traveling more than an hour and a half to school.

Of all 24 Maryland jurisdictions, Baltimore City had the highest rate of chronic absenteeism at about 49%.

Chronic absenteeism, when students miss at least 10% of days in school, has risen alarmingly nationwide since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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