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Historical Society explores scandalous legacy of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte
The small wooden trunk is covered with red leather, painted with an ocher floral embroidery and studded with brass nails — and it couldn't have announced its owner's intention more clearly. The 19-year-old Baltimore beauty who packed the trunk...
Tags: War of 1812, Mount Vernon, Marriage, France, Massachusetts Legislature
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NOAA predicts 'possibly extremely active' hurricane season
U.S. government meteorologists predict a “possibly extremely active” hurricane season in 2013, the top National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official said Thursday, with as many as half a dozen major hurricanes. NOAA expects 13...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Bodies of Water, Tropical Storms, Tropical Weather, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Conservationists decry shark finning loophole
Conservationists are decrying a move by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to loosen what critics say is already a lax restriction on shark finning, the controversial practice of slicing the fins off and discarding the body at sea. At its...
Tags: Conservation, Fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service , Seafood and Fishing Industry, Aquaculture
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World watches weapons in Israel, Syria; Americans prefer to watch them on the big screen
Israel and Syria continue to fight, Robert Downey Jr. continues to pretend to fight, and in sunny, pastoral northern Pennsylvania, a former judge is still getting international attention a week after his sentencing over what amounts to a human-...
Tags: Derrick Rose, Iron Man 3 (movie), Chicago Bulls, Robert Downey Jr., Punishment
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Pay to play in Ocean City
In the off-season, Ocean City often adds some new feature for tourists: a miniature golf course perhaps, a seafood restaurant or maybe a bar that caters to the beachgoing crowd. But here's a possible addition that might not be so welcome — parking...
Tags: Bodies of Water, Worcester County, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Oceans
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Early forecast calls for above-average 2013 hurricane season
An early 2013 hurricane season forecast is calling for a busy summer and fall, with a nearly 50 percent chance of a major storm striking the U.S. East Coast. Forecasters at Colorado State University on Wednesday predicted 18 named storms would form in...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Weather, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Baltimore area readies for messy commute Monday morning
Winter is not quite ready to leave Baltimore. Weather forecasters called for a wintry mix of rain and snow to start falling late Sunday and into Monday that was likely to complicate morning commutes. The forecast is for "a slushy inch" of accumulation...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, National Weather Service, Bodies of Water, Baltimore Weather, U.S. Coast Guard
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Catholic students in Catonsville area react to news of new pope
The reaction at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville to this week's announcement of a new pope in Italy rivaled that of the eager onlookers across the Atlantic Ocean, according to the principal of the all-girls Catholic high school on Academy Road....
Tags: Schools, Students, Christianity, Francis I, High Schools
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Comfort leaves Baltimore for final time
A maritime icon slipped out of Baltimore for the final time Tuesday morning, without speeches or hoopla, brass bands or balloons. Only a small band of well-wishers waved and took pictures as the Navy's 894-foot hospital ship Comfort left Pier 11 in...
Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Hospitals and Clinics, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Coast Guard suspends search for two lost fishermen off Assateague
The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for two men missing in waters about 15 miles off the coast of Assateague Island after their fishing boat sank a day earlier. The broken-down fishing vessel was battling 20-foot waves and 50 mph wind gusts...
Tags: Annapolis, Weather Warnings, Elizabeth City, American Red Cross, Sentara
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Warm air deflates likely last chance for winter weather
It was supposed to be both winter's last blast and Baltimore's first significant snowfall in two years, but stubbornly warm air took the "snow" out of Wednesday's snow day for many Marylanders. While weather forecasts had the region preparing for the...
Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Annapolis, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Catonsville, Elizabeth City
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