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Goo Goo Dolls singer talks new album, ahead of Black-Eyed Susan Day concert
John Rzeznik, lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls, should know a thing or two about wedding songs. He wrote the inescapable hit "Iris" in 1998, which plenty of newly married couples have played for their first dance, including, most famously, singer Avril...
Tags: Pimlico Race Course, Weddings, Marriage, Goo Goo Dolls (music group), Music
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Sol Kramer, wholesale hobby business owner
Sol Kramer, who turned a Depression-era 15-cent balsa toy airplane business into a leading wholesale hobby empire, died of pneumonia April 24 at Hospice by the Sea in Pompano Beach, Fla. The former Pikesville resident was 96. Born in Baltimore, he was...
Tags: Toys, Coral Gables, Pikesville, Camp Lejeune (military base), Japan
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Cornhusk doll-making tradition lives on at historic Harford mill
A volunteer at a historic Harford County mill that once ground corn into meal is teaching today's visitors an old-fashioned craft of making dolls from cornhusks. Many years ago, stone-ground corn meal was an integral part of a family's sustenance, and...
Tags: Nursing, Harford County, Animals, American Red Cross, Medical Specialization
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Man, 64, beaten with walking stick in Glen Burnie robbery
A 64-year-old man was robbed and beaten with his own walking stick after a group of six teenagers and young men attacked him in a parking lot at the Glen Burnie Towne Center late Tuesday night, according to Anne Arundel County Police. The incident was...
Tags: Theft, Glen Burnie, Toys "R" Us, Inc.
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Goo Goo Dolls to headline Preakness Eve concert at Pimlico
The Baltimore SunRockers the Goo Goo Dolls will headline a concert the day before Preakness at Pimlico Race Course, organizers announced Friday. The show is part of the People's Pink Party, a partnership between Pimlico and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and takes place...Tags: Pimlico Race Course, Preakness Stakes, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Goo Goo Dolls (music group), Concerts
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Black and white
Editor's note: Freelance writer Diedre A. Ware grew up in Havre de Grace and graduated from Havre de Grace High School. Her recollections of what it was like growing up black in an era when children's dolls were white was published recently in Dolls...Tags: Psychologists, Mattel Inc., Havre de Grace, Health and Medical Professionals, James Brown
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MT means empty, figot is spigot, pew butta is pure butter. Cornfused? Read on
Whenever my sister calls me Doll or Doll Baby, eyebrows go up. They also go up when we call a blond, middle-aged man, who is like a brother, Precious. Much of the language of families and friends comes from what others have called us, from words coined by...Tags: Roland Park, Personal Service
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EEOC claims Toys 'R' Us discriminated against deaf job applicant
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Toys "R" Us, alleging the company broke the law when staff at its Columbia store refused to provide a sign-language interpreter for a job applicant who is deaf. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S....
Tags: Employment, Toys, Hearing Impairment, Trials, Toys "R" Us, Inc.
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Second-grader donates toys to local homeless children
Grace Callwood, a second-grader at William S. James Elementary School in Abingdon, donated many new and gently used toys and books to the homeless children at Harford Family House, a shelter for homeless families with children in Aberdeen. Grace has...Tags: Family
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Retailers test new formats during holidays
At GameStop Kids at White Marsh Mall, shoppers will find plush Mario book bags and Angry Birds hats mixed in with the Lego Star Wars and other kid-friendly video games, a mix meant to attract both serious "gamers" as well as those who've never played...
Tags: Gaming Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Target, Dundalk, White Marsh
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Small toy shops expect bright holiday
Just as Tom and Claudia Towles were opening their second Baltimore toy shop four years ago, the recession hit. The owners of aMuse Toys decided to cut back — not on staff or selling space — but on the number of manufacturers whose products...
Tags: Toys, Black Friday (shopping), Target, Walmart, Mattel Inc.
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