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Finksburg student goes from library volunteer to author
Zach Teal is just 17, but his love for books led him to write one of his own and to volunteer more than 250 hours at the Finksburg branch of the Carroll County Public Library.
"Two hundred and fifty hours is quite unusual for our teen volunteers," said...Tags: Literature, Carroll County (Maryland), Science Fiction (genre), Fantasy (genre), Libraries
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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: Here We Go Magic (music group), John Waters, The New York Times
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All Together Now at Howard library branches
Central Library 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia. 410-313-7800. •All Together Now. Saturdays, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. All ages; 30 minutes. •Eclectic Evenings. Second Tuesdays, 7 p.m. •English Conversation Club. Mondays, 10 a.m.; and...Tags: Howard Community College, Ellicott City, Festive Events, Libraries
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The rising Sun
A little more than 175 years ago, an ex-journeyman printer from New England boarded a carriage bound for America's southernmost big city. His hope was to start a newspaper there and run it himself. His friends thought he was out of his mind. Baltimore,...
Tags: Patterson Park, Television Industry, Washington Monument, Newspaper and Magazine, Newspapers
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For local author, 'Peas' a pet project to share a life lesson
Halfway through the story about his life, Zeus rolled over to have his belly rubbed. He than sat patiently with his tongue lolling out of his mouth. The 8-year-old, 100-pound yellow English/American Labrador knew what was coming at the end of "My Dog... -
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: Philosophy, Barack Obama, Religious Festivals, Nazi Party, World War II (1939-1945)
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Grout photo retrospective opens at Westminster's Off Track Art
Award-winning Carroll County photojournalist, fine art photographer and author Phil Grout will appear for the opening of his latest exhibition Friday, May 4, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Off Track Art in Westminster. The exhibit, "Child of the Universe," is a...
Tags: Fine Artists, Asia, Carroll County (Maryland), Newspaper and Magazine, Africa
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Carjacking murder of Pam Basu subject of former county cop's book
No one who lived in Howard County 20 years ago is likely to have forgotten the horrendous carjacking and murder of Pam Basu. On Sept. 8, 1992, the Savage mother was taking her 2-year-old daughter to her first day of nursery school when two men pulled...
Tags: Karate, George H.W. Bush, Johns Hopkins University, Amazon Kindle, Murder
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Jean Gartlan
Jean Gartlan, a retired journalist and a Catholic Relief Services program director who worked in 1960s refugee relief in southern Africa, died of cancer Sunday at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 88 and lived in Mount Vernon. "She was really a Renaissance...Tags: Columbia University, Journalism, Mount Vernon, Africa, New York City
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Cal Ripken will help your kid fight bullies
The Baltimore SunCal Ripken Jr.will not come to your kid's school and help him polish off a bully. What exactly do you want for $16.99? But with his latest children's book, the Hall of Famer hopes he can arm your kids, informationally, with what they need to handle...Tags: Literature, Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken, Baseball
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Walters Art Museum director Gary Vikan to step down
Gary Vikan, who has been a dynamic force at the helm of the Walters Art Museum for 18 years, will leave the post of director in June 2013, or when his successor is in place.
"I really made the decision in November 2008, when I was 62," Vikan said, "but...Tags: Hobbies, Baltimore Museum of Art, Media Industry, Finance, Arts
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Feds target high e-book prices
Good news for consumers fed up with the high price of e-books: The Justice Department has warned Apple and five major publishers that it plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books, the Wall Street Journal reported...Tags: Steve Jobs, Newspaper and Magazine, Computer Hardware, Apple iPad
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