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'Ring of Honor' wrestling gets a stranglehold on Baltimore
It's Saturday night at Canton's Du Burns Arena, and Mike "The Prodigy" Bennett flexes and preens as his opponent, Ring of Honor champion Jay Lethal, staggers across the mat.
As the bad-boy wrestler's scantily clad girlfriend-valet joins the gloating,...Tags: Media Industry, Media Industry, Companies and Corporations, Television Industry, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Kodak bankruptcy: Why can't U.S. firms realize the potential of their discoveries?
Your editorial "A sad 'Kodak' moment" of Jan. 21 clearly identified the problem that resulted in Kodak's bankruptcy as a lack of vision by the executives. As you pointed out, it's ironic that Kodak invented digital photography in 1976 but didn't move...Tags: Annapolis, Google Inc., Marketing, Arts, Bankruptcy
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Sailing center in Annapolis to induct first honorees on Oct. 23
A media mogul, a surfboard industry pioneer, a coach of disabled athletes and the first man to sail solo around the world are among the inaugural inductees to the National Sailing Hall of Fame, a Maryland institution working to build a permanent home on...Tags: Maryland Historical Trust, Television, Sailing, CBS Corp., ESPN (tv network)
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Headed to the Hall of Fame, Jobson still competing
The story has been told and retold many times in the 50 years since the meeting took place. Gary Jobson was growing up on the Jersey Shore and for his 11th birthday, he had been given a Penguin dinghy of his own to take out onto Barnegat Bay.
"I'm not...Tags: Annapolis, Boats, Medical Research, Entertainment Events, Cancer
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Selling sailing to the masses
John F. Kennedy once remarked that sailing was in the blood of every American, saying that "all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean. ... We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea...Tags: Hobbies, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Annapolis, Parkville, Boats
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Poitier gets living legend nod at Trumpet Awards
Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier received the Living Legend Award at the annual Trumpet Awards in Atlanta, honoring black achievements in politics, science and the arts. Others honored Monday night include former Atlanta mayor and United Nations...Tags: Andrew Young, Discrimination, AOL LLC, Cicely Tyson, Television
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No clear choice for new chief
Times Staff WriterTo many, AOL Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Richard D. Parsons is the logical choice to be the new chairman of the company. He is a respected leader who has brought peace to the world's largest media conglomerate after two years of corporate turf wars...Tags: News Corp., Computer Networking and Internet, Fannie Mae, AOL LLC, Corporate Officers
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Jane Fonda -- 'Peace, love and misunderstanding'
Liz Smith"I KNOW when some people see this movie, they are going to say, 'Oh, she is just playing herself.' But it's not true. I was never a hippie in the '60s, I didn't know anything about that aspect of the cultural landscape. I barely knew about Woodstock. It's...Tags: Movies, Tennessee Williams, Liz Smith, Catherine Keener, Aaron Sorkin
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Mikhail Gorbachev says DVD can help cool U.S.-Russia relations
24 FramesMikhail Gorbachev, who once ran the Soviet Union during the Cold War, is touting the home-video release of “Cold War,” the massive documentary about the epic conflict.... -
Dodgers new ownership vows to restore luster to tarnished franchise
On a windy, foggy Friday, there was a break in the clouds as the Dodgers were finishing batting practice. It wasn't quite Ferris Bueller weather, but for a while the sun shone brightly and it felt a little warmer at Wrigley Field. That was when Todd...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Clayton Kershaw, Joe Torre, Frank McCourt, Major League Baseball
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'True Blood' and 'The Newsroom' to air on HBO in June
Show Tracker"True Blood" returns to HBO on June 10. It's the fifth season of "True Blood" and the final one for creator Alan Ball as showrunner.... -
Uh, uh, oh jeez: Let's go to the teleprompter
How did a casual observation by an obscure actor in 1950 about the advent of television become a major talking point in this year's Republican presidential primaries and a cause celebre on Bruce Springsteen's current E Street tour?
The common thread is...Tags: Franklin (New London, Connecticut), Bruce Springsteen, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Bill Clinton, Rick Santorum
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