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Happy April Fool's Day Havre de Grace
HappyApril Fool's Day, dear readers, on April 1. I hope you are not an April Fool, or a victim of someone's tomfoolery. Beware! Fair warning! April is Young People's Poetry Month, Multicultural Month and the Month of Mathematics Education. April,...Tags: Hans Christian Andersen, Good Friday, Religious Festivals, Copenhagen (Denmark), Anglicanism
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Eagle Archive: Carroll County Pasta Growers Association faced serious issues in spring 1917
In March and April of 1917, chaos and confusion in the global agriculture markets led to a series of testy meetings between local farmers and the canneries in Carroll County. As World War I ended, "county farmers found themselves in an increasingly...Tags: Spaghetti, World War I (1914-1918), Europe, BBC, Patapsco
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Mega Millions winner buys ticket in Baltimore Co.
The nation watched as winning numbers for the record-setting Mega Millions jackpot were revealed Friday night, and then waited all day Saturday to learn the identity of a lucky Baltimore County shopper who would split the $656 million.
His or her...Tags: Randallstown, Amtrak, Facebook, Perry Hall, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Players await word of Mega Millions winners
The great mystery of Maryland's Mega Millions winner remained unsolved Monday morning. Lottery officials said the winner had yet to come forward, but they have been "inundated" by rumors about the unknown winner. They countered claims in some...
Tags: Lawyers, Baltimore County, Mega Millions Lottery, Lotteries, Powerball Lottery
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The Front Burner: Smokin' Hot barbecue is true to its name
April 1st (aka April Fool's Day) marked the second anniversary of the grand opening of a strip center eatery that calls itself Smokin' Hot Bar and Grille. Don't let the name fool you, though. Yes, wings, ribs and pit beef are among the most popular...
Tags: Macaroni and Cheese, Dining and Drinking, Ellicott City, Bars and Clubs, Salads
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Lutherville: Local children get hopping at annual Easter egg hunts
Easter is just around the corner, and our neighborhood associations are again holding Easter egg hunts for the little ones. This weekend the Easter Bunny will be hiding eggs for the children in Orchard Hills, Longford and York Manor on Saturday, March...Tags: Holidays, Good Friday, Religious Festivals, Liberty Bell, Longford Corporation
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Staff Q&A: Awful April Fools' Day pranks
April Fools' Day is Sunday. So we asked: Which prank would you consider cruel and unusual punishment Sorry, Tyler Perry. Getting one of Baltimore's (now infamous) exorbitant water bills. Luke Broadwater, reporter, The Baltimore Sun If someone made...
Tags: Malts and Milkshakes, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, Disneyland Park, Tyler Perry
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10 awkward questions with Giuliana Rancic
We often watch a reality show about a couple and assume they won't be a couple for much longer. It's not that we're cynical; it's just the facts of reality TV life. But "Giuliana & Bill," featuring Giuliana and Bill Rancic, seems to have broken that...
Tags: George Clooney, Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Stacy Keibler, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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2011: A re-wind
Fast cars zipped around downtown Baltimore streets and, it turns out, the race promoters' financial messes. A robocall that urged voters to relax and stay home led jurors to a vote of their own: guilty of election fraud. We bade farewell to an iconic...Tags: Arts, Holidays, Republican Party, Regional Authority, Chicago Elections
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Ten things that should happen on 'The Walking Dead'...
"The Walking Dead,"AMC's epic, buzzy zombie apocalypse drama, returns from its midseason hibernation this Sunday at 9 p.m. with the first of six episodes closing out the second season.
The midseason finale, which aired on Nov. 27, saw a zombified...Tags: Holidays, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), The A-Team (tv program), David Spade, Halloween
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A philanthropist and jokester, fullback Leach almost never puts himself first
Vonta Leach has played 37 games since he last got an opportunity to run the football in the NFL.
He has endured countless collisions with linebackers, paved the way for Pro Bowl running backs and even played on special teams. But in 102 NFL games...Tags: Holidays, Football, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Entertainment Events
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Alleged document thieves indicted on federal charges
The two New Yorkers charged with stealing historic documents from Maryland were indicted federally Thursday in a far broader scheme in which prosecutors say they stole many more valuable manuscripts from museums in both states. A National Archives...Tags: Katie Holmes, Homes, Gerald Ford, Sociology, Prisons
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