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1812: Our first war of choice
In this bicentennial year of the start of the War of 1812, the StarSpangledBaltimore.com website tells us: "The War of 1812 represents what many see as the definitive end of the American Revolution. A new nation, widely regarded as an upstart,...Tags: United Kingdom, Baghdad (Iraq), Kandahar Massacre (2012), Ronald Reagan, Iraq
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The Interview: Sally Brice-O'Hara
As the No. 2 leader of the Coast Guard, Vice Adm. — and Vice Commandant — Sally Brice-O'Hara is the chief operating officer of an organization with a $10 billion budget and 58,000 military and civilian employees, plus 31,000 volunteers....Tags: World War II (1939-1945), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Pacific Ocean, Harvard University, Annapolis
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Port of Baltimore has robust year
Cargo volume at the port of Baltimore grew 15 percent last year, the largest increase of any major U.S. port, state officials announced Monday.
The port's public and private terminals moved 37.8 million tons of goods from cars to coal in 2011. It all was...Tags: Business, United States Census Bureau, Port of Baltimore, Martin O'Malley
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Baltimore-area exports boom, led by chemicals, computers
The Baltimore region showed nearly double-digit growth in export goods and services in 2010, with room to grow, according to a study released Thursday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based public policy organization.
The report, titled "Export...Tags: China, Marketing, Martin O'Malley, Coal, Sales
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Baltimore's port marks record year for vehicles in 2011
Just after sunrise, a caravan of nearly 1,000 new cars begins streaming down the ramp of a massive cargo ship, a procession that won't end until evening.
Mercedes-Benz and BMW models go one way. Land Rovers and other models go another.
Some days, the...Tags: Apple iPod, Jaguar, Brooklyn Park, Companies and Corporations, Maybach
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U.S. gives green light to offshore wind farms
Lighting Maryland homes with power from giant turbines off Ocean City moved closer to reality Thursday as federal officials announced they are ready to go forward with leasing vast areas along the Mid-Atlantic coast for wind farms.
Interior Secretary Ken...Tags: Barack Obama, Companies and Corporations, Executive Branch, Conservation, Solar Energy
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Ship engineer may be rewarded for blowing whistle on pollution scheme
A pollution whistle blower may be granted a financial reward Wednesday at the sentencing of two foreign shipping companies that were illegally pumping oily sludge and plastic into the sea and falsifying records to cover their tracks, according to court...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Pollution, Companies and Corporations
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Shipowner, operator fined $1.85M in pollution case
When Coast Guard inspectors boarded a new freighter docking in Baltimore last February, a junior-level engineer from the Philippines approached and slipped them a note. "I have sometheng to till you but secret," he wrote, using all capital letters....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Court Preliminary, Punishment, Environmental Pollution, Prisons
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Two hundred expected for dinner, but where?
In Paris, the pop-up party materialized on the cobblestones in front of Notre Dame cathedral. In Chicago, it was held under the watchful eye of the Picasso sculpture on Daley Plaza.
And on Tuesday night, when this trendy movable feast arrived in...Tags: Entertainment Events, NPR, Druid Hill, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Tide Point Waterfront Park
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Port of Baltimore leads U.S. in autos in first half
Baltimore surpassed New York to handle more auto tonnage than any other port in the United States during the first six months of 2011, the Maryland Port Administration reported Monday. The agency said it handled more than 538,000 tons of autos during the...Tags: Chrysler Group LLC, Chrysler, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, Automotive Equipment
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A real game-changer for Baltimore
Whether the Baltimore Grand Prix will ever prove itself a "game-changer" for the city, as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake predicted, may be debatable, but there is one investment of recent years that may actually live up to that title. Instead of drawing...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Federal Hill, Hospitals and Clinics, Employment Opportunities, Hollins Market
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City launches circulator line from Hopkins Hospital to downtown
Baltimore added a third line to its free Charm City Circulator service Tuesday, with the launch of the new Green Route at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The Green line will run from Hopkins Hospital through Fells Point and Harbor East before heading north to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Harbor East, Fells Point, Fort McHenry, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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