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With new book, Madeleine Albright sheds light on long-hidden family secrets
In 1997, Madeleine Albright couldn't have been more certain that she knew everything important about herself and was in possession of every relevant fact about her life.
And then, at age 59, just days after being confirmed as U.S. secretary of state,...Tags: Holidays, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Bosnia and Herzegovina, World War II (1939-1945), Prague (Czech Republic)
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Stargazing tool
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions:Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: Were you one of the planet's fortunate creatures to receive an iPad for Christmas of Hanukkah? If you did and you consider yourself something of a stargazer,......Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPad
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Best week ever: Baltimore events, movies, music and more
Just because it's the holiday weekend doesn't mean there isn't stuff to do.
MOVIES OPENING (subject to change)
Tuesday
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Wednesday
The Adventures of Tintin
Friday
The Artist
We Bought a Zoo
Sunday
The Darkest Hour
War...Tags: Holidays, Arts, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Noise (movie), Fox Broadcasting Company
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Really, Baltimore County, no recycling for three weeks?
Some people count down the days to a major holiday, or a vacation. I'm counting down the days to my next recycling pickup.
I've lived in Baltimore County a long time — long enough to remember the recycling center at the Owings Mills Metro on the...Tags: Holidays, Baltimore County, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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The Walters puts its own stamp on Christmas
The Walters Art Museum has been putting its stamp on the nation for more than 77 years — but never in quite the way that it's doing this holiday season.
The museum's "Madonna of the Candelabra," a painting by Raphael with a romantic past, has...Tags: William H. Keeler, Art Institute of Chicago, Arts, Holidays, Artists
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Religion isn't expelled from public school
"Students aren't allowed to pray any more!" "You can't even talk about God in public schools these days!" "They've even banned Christmas!"
Such refrains, which resound regularly each year, are gross misconceptions perpetuated by alarmists who question...Tags: Holidays, Public Schools, Labor Legislation, Students, Bible
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Three-week recycling wait during holidays for some in Balto. Co.
Wrapping paper, milk jugs, cardboard boxes and other recyclables are piling up in some Baltimore County homes. About 82,000 county households — those whose recycling is collected on Mondays — are dealing with a three-week wait for pickup...Tags: New Year's Day, White Marsh, Holidays, Baltimore County, Religious Festivals
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December: Guilty plea in 2010 Bel Air murder; teacher bonus bungled
A 21-year-old Parkville man received a 25-year sentence for the July 18, 2010 shooting death of Derrick Maxey Jr. in the parking lot of the American Legion Post on Bond Street in Bel Air.
Rakim Raid Muhammad pleaded guilty to second degree murder and use...Tags: Unions, Holidays, Elizabeth Bowen, Harford County, Natural Resources
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Latke-eating contest illustrates new life at synagogue
About a dozen kids sat around a long table Sunday afternoon, waiting for the signal.
Before each of them was a plate loaded with latkes, the potato pancakes of Hanukkah. Whoever cleaned his or her plate first could claim the title: Champion Latke Eater...Tags: Passover Seder, Holidays, Passover, Christianity, Foods and Beverages
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Merry Christmas!
We've had the annual Christmas parade and tree lighting in Bel Air and the similar Christmas Street and parade celebrations in Aberdeen and Havre de Grace, which drew their usual hardy crowds seeking early December doses of holiday cheer. Festivals of...Tags: Holidays, Aberdeen, Port Deposit, Christmas, Havre de Grace
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Menorah lighting in Bel Air celebrates start of Hanukkah
For the second year, Harford County residents came out to Shamrock Park in Bel Air to mark the first night of Hanukkah, an eight-day Jewish holiday, with a public menorah lighting.
More than 100 people filled the park at sundown Tuesday for the festive...Tags: Holidays, Ritual and Sacred Objects, Religious Festivals, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Menorahs
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Converging holidays make for great last-minute shopper-tunities
It's a perfect storm of holidays this year, with Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa happening pretty much at the same time. I hope everyone who is celebrating has a wonderful holiday season. And, it isn't too late to do some holiday shopping. Last week the...Tags: New Year's Day, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Ellicott City, Kwanzaa
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