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The euro has failed
Europe's single currency is a bust. With unemployment reaching depression levels in the Mediterranean states, time has long passed to negotiate an orderly return to national currencies. Euro advocates argue a single currency is essential for creating a...
Tags: Unemployment, Bonds, Madrid (Spain), Market and Exchange, Greece
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Heartless 'Titus Andronicus' driven by revenge
If the crime rate spikes in Howard County, blame Shakespeare. The Bard's most violent play, "Titus Andronicus," is being staged by the Laurel-based theater company Rude Mechanicals at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City. This...
Tags: Titus Andronicus (music group), Concerts, William Shakespeare, Goth (genre), Arts
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Peabody composer wins Pulitzer Prize in music
Kevin Puts, a composer who teaches at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, won the Pulitzer Prize in music Monday for his first opera.
Puts, a member of the Peabody faculty since 2006, was honored for "Silent Night," a two-act work commissioned by the...Tags: Genres, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Concerts, Music Industry
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Priest phones home from Rome
An auditorium filled with about 500 children, nearly all dressed in red, suddenly grew quiet when the call came. The Rev. Joseph F. Barr was communicating via Skype from a sunny St. Peter's Square in Rome. He smiled broadly from a screen set up in the...Tags: Skype, The Pope, Benedict XVI
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Maryland lawmakers under national pressure on marriage bill
As a handful of undecided Maryland delegates wrestle over their position on same-sex marriage, they've received calls from national leaders trying to move them one way or another on the bill.
Prominent figures dialing Maryland area codes include New York...Tags: Chris Christie, Hospitals and Clinics, Gays and Lesbians, Executive Branch, Michael Bloomberg
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O'Brien becomes Catholic cardinal Saturday
Even as he prepared in Rome for the weekend ceremony that will elevate him to cardinal, Baltimore Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien vigorously lobbied for political issues important to the Roman Catholic Church — a hallmark of his five-year stint here....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Gays and Lesbians, Benedict XVI, Annapolis, Loyola University Maryland
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Pope Benedict to elevate Archbishop O'Brien to cardinal
Baltimore's archdiocese, the oldest in the nation, can once again claim one of the highest-ranking members of the Roman Catholic Church as its leader.
Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, leader of the archdiocese since 2007, was named a cardinal Friday by...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Good Friday, Benedict XVI, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Charles Street
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Cruising the Mediterranean with Ravens' Chris Carr
Ravens cornerback Chris Carr is everywhere, all at once.
He had played in 97 straight games before being injured in this year's season opener, where he was part of a defense that forced a franchise-record seven turnovers in a 35-7 victory over the...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Wines, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dining and Drinking, Cruises
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One spiritual family living in two houses
Each January, many followers of Jesus observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It was begun more than 100 years ago by the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. Originally, the friars were an order of Episcopal priests who joined the Roman Catholic...Tags: Matthew Fox, Anglicanism, Christianity, Catonsville, Roman Catholicism
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Get the lead out
In this age of PVC pipe and space age metal alloys, it seems odd that lead is used in plumbing at all. Lead poisoning causes brain damage, a reality that came to the forefront as a public health threat more than a generation ago because children were...Tags: Painting, Renovation
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Condor Airlines ready to welcome Baltimore
Beginning next summer, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will host Condor Airlines, a German carrier offering service to continental Europe and adding some needed heft to the airport's "international" stock.
Condor will provide...Tags: Wines, Air Transportation Industry, British Airways Plc, Manhattan (New York City), Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
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