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The Stone truth: Left-wingers are boring
When, at long last, will people understand that the left is boring? The question came to mind as I was dipping in and out of Oliver Stone's miasmic 700-plus-page tome. I'll never read the whole thing, and not because it's a left-wing screed full of...
Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, Academy Awards, Occupy Wall Street, Wars and Interventions, Jimmy Carter
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Travolta on Travolta
'Saturday Night Fever' (1977) Travolta earned his first Oscar nomination — and proved he was more than Vinnie Barbarino on TV's "Welcome Back, Kotter" — as the Brooklyn teenager who becomes a big man on the disco dance floor. "It was a...Tags: Pulp Fiction (movie), Literature, Grease (movie), Quentin Tarantino, Debra Winger
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Charles St. water main break could cause continued traffic snarls
Commuters north of downtown will see major traffic disruptions Thursday, as Baltimore deals with another problem with its aging water infrastructure — this time the failure of a 90-year-old main that closed the intersection of North Charles Street...
Tags: Amtrak, Maryland Transit Administration, Mount Royal, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Charles Street
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'River' subsides, Charles Street businesses re-open
After a day in which they temporarily became waterfront businesses, shops and cafes on North Charles Street began reopening Thursday, when the river created by a massive water main break at 20th Street receded. While several blocks remained closed to...
Tags: Amtrak, St. Paul Street, John Waters, Road Transportation, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Oliver Stone stopping in Baltimore to screen new documentary
The Baltimore SunFilmmaker Oliver Stone will be in Baltimore Thursday, screening his new documentary and fielding questions about it. "Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States," a series that re-examines American foreign policy, is now airing on Showtime....Tags: Movies, University of Baltimore, Documentary (genre), U.S. Department of State, Colleges and Universities
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Travolta, Waters to appear on stage together in Baltimore
Oscar-nominated actor John Travolta will sit down for a public conversation with John Waters at Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art. The man who created Edna Turnblad and the actor who brought the zaftig housewife of "Hairspray" to full-...
Tags: Pulp Fiction (movie), Senator Theatre, Festive Events, Academy Awards, Saturday Night Fever (movie)
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'Conan' in 3-D might be a mite too much might
"Conan the Barbarian" is a juvenile fantasy, but it has so much sword-swinging violence that the movie merits its "R" rating. Although the muscular title character survives intact, he often finds himself stepping over the severed limbs of warriors who did...Tags: Rachel Nichols, Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Stephen Lang, Movies
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For Maryland football, everything feels new in 2011
Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien stood on the sidelines at M&T Bank Stadium on a warm summer day, casually watching a seven-on-seven touch football tournament while flipping a ball up and down with his large right hand.
So much had happened since the...Tags: College Sports, Maryland Terrapins, Under Armour Inc., National Collegiate Athletic Association, Financial Aid
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Bar review: Baltimore Taphouse is a low-key beer mecca
Baltimore Taphouse in Canton looks just fine when you walk in. It's a long, narrow hall, with plenty of beer on tap and a pool table at the back.
But the first sign that you might be in better hands than you thought is found above the cash register....Tags: Natural Resources, Bars and Clubs, Julia Child, ABC (tv network), Luther Allison
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Getting a little sci-fi action for Father's Day
Poor California has suffered its share of unnatural disasters at the movies — everything from giant ants and radiated octopuses to body-snatching space pods and English-mangling Terminators. So it's good to see someone finally sending in the Marines...Tags: Colin Farrell, Defense, Owen Wilson, Documentary (genre), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Phelps, Cavic headed for showdown in 100M butterfly
Tribune NewspapersSuits, lies and videotape. Reintroducing the battle between Michael Phelps and Milorad Cavic in the men's 100-meter butterfly at the world championships: the sequel. The suits: Cavic, wearing the high-tech bodysuit, the polyurethane Arena X-Glide,...Tags: Speedos, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Eyewear
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Drawing light from concrete and smoke
Sun ReporterNow every time I try to sleep I'm haunted by the sound Of firemen pounding up the stairs While we were running down. ... - from "The Bravest" by Tom Paxton Tom Paxton wrote "The Bravest" on Sept. 24, 2001 - a mere 13 days after the Twin Towers fell....Tags: Building Material, Television, Pablo Picasso, Helen Hunt, Arts
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