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6 decades of flying high
Special to The Baltimore SunMary Feik remembers all too well the day she applied for admission to the engineering department at the University of Buffalo in 1941. The registrar looked her up and down several times, she recalls, and turned her down without looking at her credentials....Tags: Engineering, Air and Space Accidents, Defense, Transportation Accidents, NASA
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Hilary Swank chops hair for Amelia Earhart role
Los Angeles TimesHilary Swank bailed from filming "Amelia," the story of famed aviatrix-gone-missing Amelia Earhart, long enough to do a fly-by at Donald Trump's Saturday night bash for his new Trump International Hotel and Tower in Dubai at a private estate in Beverly...Tags: Beverly Hills, Richard Gere, Film Festivals, Donald Trump, Hilary Swank
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
A.D. 79: Long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash; an estimated 20,000 people died. 1572: The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of French Protestants at the hands of Catholics began in Paris....Tags: The White House, Hurricane Andrew, Treaties, Dwight David Eisenhower
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Storytime set for Saturday at bookstore
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 4300 Montgomery Road in the Long Gate Shopping Center, Ellicott City, will sponsor a storytime at 11 a.m. Saturday with author Mona Kerby, who will read from and sign her latest book, Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch. The story...Tags: Libraries and Museums, Game Playing, Beverly Sills, Middle Schools, Newspaper and Magazine
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No rush to use dreaded 'R' word
With thousands of jobs disappearing each month and consumer spending declining, everybody knows we're in a recession. Everybody, that is, but the people whose task it is to officially say so. As the election approaches and the economy tops the list of...Tags: Economy, Stock Activities, Economic Indicator, Consumer Confidence, National Government
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Tim Burton Finds His Alice for 'Wonderland'
Zap2It.comTim Burton has finally found the right leading lady to play the title role in his version of "Alice in Wonderland." According to Variety, Mia Wasikowska is in final negotiations to play Alice, a young woman who goes down a rabbit's hole and finds all...Tags: Tim Burton, Mira Nair
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Houseflies amuse in little kids movie
Cooper City HighImagine this: You are a young housefly eager for an adventure, but like most houseflies, you have an overprotective mother-fly, little maggot siblings to take care of and few opportunities to do much else except play pretend with your two best friends....Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Christopher LLoyd, Space Programs, Cooper City, NASA
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On this day in history
On July 24, 1783, Latin American revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1847 Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah. In 1866 Tennessee became the first state...Tags: The White House, Cycling, Richard Nixon, Brigham Young, Mormon
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The buzz about Fly Me to the Moon
Everglades High SchoolOh no, not another 3D movie, I thought when I heard about Fly Me to the Moon. How horrible is it going to be this time? I put on my 3D glasses and hoped it will not be that bad. As I watched, I realized I was actually starting to like this movie. Fly...Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Everglades, Space Chimps, Christopher LLoyd, IMAX
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Oak Park sisterhood
Tribune reporterOak Park, looking hipper every time we drive through or stop to visit friends, is still home to ghosts. The most prominent, of course, is that of Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect. It was his ghost, and that of his lover, Mamah Borthwick Cheney, that...Tags: Jane Addams, Oak Park, Carl Sandburg, Frank Lloyd Wright, Clubs and Associations
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Anne Arundel Datebook
Today Crofton roads meeting The Anne Arundel County Office of Planning and Zoning will hold a public meeting to discuss ideas for an urban design study for the Staples Corner area of Crofton at 7 p.m. at Crofton Middle School, 2301 Davidsonville Road....Tags: Patapsco, Ceremonies, Rivers, Bodies of Water, Severna Park
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