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John Waters hitchhiking journey ends -- book chronicling it to be called 'Carsick'
After eight days, 15 rides and who knows how much peculiarity, John Waters has wrapped his cross-country, "Zen-like," hitchhiking journey and plans to recount his adventures in a book he'd like to call "Carsick." The New York Times just spoke to Waters,...
Tags: John Waters, Here We Go Magic (music group), Book
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'We still have to fight. So for God's sake, fight.'
The greatest commencement address ever is now more than three decades old. And it's safe to say it will never be surpassed or even equaled. It belongs to the ages. In 1979, its author summed up the condition of modern man by noting that, quote, more than...
Tags: Civil Rights, Racism, Colleges and Universities, David Simon, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989)
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Super PACs: How did the Supreme Court not see this coming?
Maybe what this country needs on the Supreme Court is a real politician or at least a sensible political scientist or two. Perhaps they would help the court's majority understand how it has allowed unlimited big-donor money to contaminate and almost...
Tags: Jeremiah Wright, George Bush, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, John Kerry
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What they're saying about I'll Have Another and the Triple Crown
The Baltimore SunHere’s a look at what some media outlets are saying about I’ll Have Another and his shot at the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. * Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News says the speed numbers of Union Rags, who expected to...Tags: Mario Gutierrez, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Triple Crown
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Putin returns, and so does a Cold War mentality
Now that Vladimir Putin is Russia's president once again, the result of still another fraudulent election, we should expect ever more hostile relations with Moscow. Mr. Putin, a vain and vulgar man, was born and bred to despise the United States. And...
Tags: Moscow (Russia), Vladimir Putin, Entertainment Events, Camp David, Robert Gates
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As Preakness nears, trainer Doug O'Neill still difficult to figure out
Mike Amodei has a son now. James is slightly autistic. At age 15, he’s a few years older than Doug O’Neill was when Amodei met him 30 years ago. O’Neill was a “cocky little shooter” on the sixth-grade basketball team...
Tags: Autism, Horse and Harness Racing, Music, Malts and Milkshakes, Kentucky Derby
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Industry practices are at the center of debate on horse safety
Maryland trainer Chris Grove knows all too well that racehorses sometimes take fatal missteps. It happened to one of his best horses last summer during a morning workout, and Grove likens the experience to losing a child. To Grove, the animals' broken...
Tags: Aspirin (drug), Glenn W. Thompson, Fines, Headaches, Baseball
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Supporting "troops"
The Baltimore SunThe other day I heard a radio news reader describe an attack in Afghanistan in which "a troop" was killed. Now troop is a word with a good deal of elasticity in it, but you can stretch it too far. A core meaning of the word in the singular is a military...Tags: Armed Forces
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Meet Doug O'Neill, the man who could play the part of horse racing's fan-favorite or villain
They wake up, and then they sing. Team O'Neill — as Kentucky Derby winner Doug O'Neill and his group of assistants and grooms are called — rises early, like all horsemen. In Baltimore, where the crew is preparing I'll Have Another to run in...
Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Horse and Harness Racing, Skin Cancer
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How common is your birthday?
The Baltimore SunA friend of mine just posted a link on Facebook to this interactive "heat map" that shows how common different birthdays are. You should check it out -- it's pretty interesting, and the interface is cool too. (Just hover over a birthday to see its rank.)...Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Facebook, Social Media, Christmas
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Reducing the threat of Armageddon
President Obama achieved a major foreign policy goal in 2010 when he concluded the New START Treaty committing the U.S. and Russia to reduce the size of their long-range nuclear arsenals by a third within six years, to 1,550 warheads on each side. But...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Weaponry, Russia, Nuclear Policy
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Fundraiser aims to give Chubby from 'Our Gang' a headstone
Only people who know where to look would be able to pay respects to Norman Chaney, who is buried in an unmarked grave in Baltimore. But if fans of the chubby "Our Gang" star have their way, he'll soon have the headstone he's done so long without.
Chaney,...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Movies, Hospitals and Clinics, Music, Hal Roach
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