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Coastal diversions

On the road to Ocean City, there are many delightful detours.

Delightful detours along U.S. 50

Keep your cool to stay healthy at the beach

Glimpsed! At The Beach (2009)

National Zoo celebrates panda's 4th birthday

National Zoo celebrates panda Tai Shan's 4th birthday

Baltimore drivers rank second from worst in insurance survey

Solar energy classes offered for free

Photo galleries

Four rules for wearing shorts

Kids being kids: Jump on in the mud

The 15 best cars for families

Photos: Earth seen from space

Plant of the week

Harry Potter in Five Clicks

Latest entertainment updates ...

'Big Brother 11': What did you think of the premiere? - Reality Check
'So You Think You Can Dance': Who's in the Top 10? - Reality Check
What do you think of this? - B'More Green
Concert review: Wilco at Wolf Trap last night - Midnight Sun
Recycle your shoes at Holabird Sports, Comfort One - B'More Green

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Latest entertainment updates ...

'Big Brother 11': What did you think of the premiere? - Reality Check
'So You Think You Can Dance': Who's in the Top 10? - Reality Check
What do you think of this? - B'More Green
Concert review: Wilco at Wolf Trap last night - Midnight Sun
Recycle your shoes at Holabird Sports, Comfort One - B'More Green

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Coach shouldn't abandon kids - July 9, 2009 - Dear Amy: I am a high school teacher and 5th-grade basketball coach. I was coaching a 5th-grade practice when a...

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Horoscopes for July 9, 2009

Today's Birthday (07/09/09) You're very smart this year, and you remember what you learn. This will help you rearrange your portfolio...

Horoscopes for July 8, 2009

Today's Birthday (07/08/09) You have a special talent with finances. This year, you'll be tempted to take great risks in order to...

Horoscopes for July 7, 2009

Today's Birthday (07/07/09) You can continue to work behind the scenes this year, with a good out-front manager. Communication is the...

Environmentalists climb Mount Rushmore to unfurl global warming message; 11 charged

Travel

Shrouded in secrecy, Harry Potter-themed project takes shape at Universal Orlando

Home and Garden

Susan Reimer On Gardening: Ladybug, ladybug ...

Health & Wellness

NIH chief rocks out for science	City moves to cut drug costs for residents
Eating slowly is better for you. Here's how.	A growing problem: Children who need hormone injections to reach normal height
Take the sting out of summer with these remedies	WHO approves cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix
Beer Belly: It's the genes not just the beer	Experimental drug helps rabbits, monkeys survive anthrax infections; may aid people in attack
Second Maryland death linked to swine flu	Single act leads to new kidneys for 8

Parenting

Students, parents protest closure of Towson Catholic	Kids helping kids at the library
Easy family grilling: Pork over greens	Napping at day care, but not at home
A flag house tour, a teddy bear picnic, and more	5 ways to save money on birthday parties
Heart-drug errors more likely in young children, Hopkins study finds	Baltimore zoo home to new dik-dik, porcupine
Camp care packages: What should you send tweens and teens?	Blood feud

More good life

Abortion pill used in a quarter of U.S. abortions	WHO's advice: Just assume it's swine flu	Food-safety fix starts at FDA
Hit the sand instead of the pavement	Keepings teens safe from HIV	Study: Race gap in African-American cancer deaths may be partly biological
Smoking Cessation Harder For Women Than Men	Jay Hancock: Look out, Baltimore, health care reform is on the way	Swine flu resistance testing to grow after U.S. case

More Health & Wellness

Abortion pill used in a quarter of U.S. abortions	WHO's advice: Just assume it's swine flu	Food-safety fix starts at FDA
Hit the sand instead of the pavement	Keepings teens safe from HIV	Study: Race gap in African-American cancer deaths may be partly biological
Smoking Cessation Harder For Women Than Men	Jay Hancock: Look out, Baltimore, health care reform is on the way	Swine flu resistance testing to grow after U.S. case

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Clean bay or clean dishes?	Pickens' energy campaign marches on	Stranded seal to be returned to the ocean
Endangered species' DNA to be stored at New York museum	Turning watermelons into energy?	Red, white and blue — also green
Group will sue EPA over pesticides in polar bears	Bay pollution called human peril	Sinai Hospital opens eco-friendly $55 million expansion

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Best of BWI	Reference Points
Follow the circus to Sarasota	A hearty helping of Kansas City
Gear on the go	Study charts swine flu's spread through air travel

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Think safety before diving in	Stadium playground due to rise from the ashes	Simplicity cribs recalled for suffocation risk
When it comes to kids, embrace the average	Staying sharp in summer	What the recession teaches children
Date nights	Kids in hot cars: balancing safety with reality	Swine flu sends campers home early

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