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'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dead at 51
The Baltimore SunJames Gandolfini, whose remarkable performance as mob boss Tony Soprano in the HBO's "The Sopranos" re-imagined the anti-hero for American television, is dead at 51 years of age. The actor, who is believed to have died of a heart attack, was traveling...Tags: Television Industry, Heart Attack, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Joe Pantoliano, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (movie, 2009)
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David Simon weighs in on NSA surveillance
David Simon, the former Baltimore Sun crime reporter and creator of television show "The Wire," has weighed in reports of data collection efforts by the National Security Agency, asking, what's the fuss? In a post on his blog, Simon compares the NSA's...
Tags: Baltimore Police Department, Verizon Communications, National Security Agency, David Simon, Biotechnology Industry
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Martin O'Malley makes it to the Oval Office -- But it's not the one in Washington
The Baltimore SunI saw it with my own eyes -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley standing centerstage Tuesday in the Oval Office. Only it wasn't the one in Washington. It did, though, make for a light but fascinating kind of political-pop-culture-meta moment. O'Malley...Tags: Elections, Regional Authority, Robin Wright, Government, Netflix Inc.
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No longer vacant, Baltimore home is where couple's heart is
Jamila Ward and Lionel Jennings had been house hunting on and off for two years when their agent pointed the couple in a new direction: a formerly condemned property in a revitalized area of Baltimore. Some city neighborhoods, just years ago marked by...
Tags: Building Material, Architecture, Land Price, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics
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Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore
Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Jhumpa Lahiri, University of Oxford, Yale University, The New York Times
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Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals
"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the umpteen conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Norman Lear, James Cameron, Elections, Patrick Goldstein
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Ravens fans blog their Super Bowl trips
Leading up to and after the Super Bowl, we'll be sharing dispatches sent to us by Ravens fans going to New Orleans. We hope that "Super Fans: A fan's-eye view of XLVII" allows the rest of Ravens Nation to share in their experience. Posts will be...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Television Industry, Ray Rice, Ray Lewis, Football
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Baltimore-based Veteran Artist Program seeks to propel veterans into mainstream arts community
When bad luck struck, John Mann was all but certain that he'd have to abandon his dreams. In 2005, Mann was a 28-year-old film school graduate who was just starting to make inroads in the difficult East Coast television industry. He hoped to one day...
Tags: Arts, Television Industry, Artists, Annapolis, U.S. Army
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The world now knows Baltimore as a city of champions [Editorial]
"We won!" people around here shouted Sunday night as the Ravens took their second national championship in Super Bowl XLVIII. Those two words are significant. It wasn't just the Ravens who won. It was also "we," as in those who live and work in the...
Tags: Football, Baltimore Orioles, Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens, National Football League
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The Ravens won this Super Bowl for Baltimore, for all of us
"Baltimore!" It was the first thing Ray Lewis said as he stood on the field, Vince Lombardi Trophy in hand, confetti drifting down around him. He'd said it before, three times in a row, at the Ravens send-off the week before. "Baltimore! Baltimore!...
Tags: Bryant McKinnie, Football, Ray Lewis, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Super Bowl
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A Super Bowl victory that was Baltimore to the bone
With a parade on Tuesday, the city will celebrate a world championship that was Baltimore to the bone — perfectly imperfect, an overachievement by an underdog and a surprise to sneering outsiders. "I tell you what, we don't make it easy," said...
Tags: The Weather Channel (tv network), Baltimore Orioles, Ray Lewis, Football, Super Bowl
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The Ravens, 'The Wire,' Ray Lewis and Baltimore's Super Bowl image
The Baltimore SunMinutes after the Baltimore Ravens beat the New England Patriots to advance to the Super Bowl, Seth Meyers, the head writer for “Saturday Night Live,” tweeted: “Baltimore vs. San Francisco! Brother vs. Brother! The Wire vs. Full House!&...Tags: NBC (tv network), Ray Lewis, Football, Baltimore Ravens, Seth Meyers
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