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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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Live to celebrate again
As saints go, possibly only St. Valentine is more thoroughly integrated into American pop culture than St. Patrick. Though their stories are rote to the faithful, they are perhaps less well known to the public at large. St. Valentine, whose feast day...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, New Year's Day, Culture
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Weekend filled with choices for music lovers
The classical music calendar is covered with notes in Howard County this weekend. That's because there are several local concerts scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18. Much as music lovers might like to be in two places at the same time,...Tags: City University of New York, Evita (musical), Concerts, Colleges and Universities, Ellicott City
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A toast to St. Patrick, and get his name right
The Baltimore SunOn Twitter, @paddynotpatty has had a merry time of it pointing out that the diminutive of St. Patrick is St. Paddy, from the Irish name Padraig, insisting that "St. Patty" is simply wrong. Well, actually, that's only half the fun. The other half has... -
Blessed St. Patrick, forgive them
The Baltimore SunSt. Patrick's Day is less than a week off (Baltimore's parade is tomorrow afternoon), and I'm going to go over this one more time. If you want to be on familiar terms with the saint who brought Christianity to Ireland, and I am by no means suggesting that...Tags: St. Patrick's Day
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The Rev. James J. McNamee III
The Rev. James J. McNamee III, a retired Episcopal priest who had pastored St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Annapolis, died Friday of cancer at his home in the Ambassador Apartments in Tuscany-Canterbury.
He was 76.
Mr. McNamee was born in Baltimore and...Tags: University of Paris, Colleges and Universities, Peabody Conservatory, Annapolis, Roland Park
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Sister Marie Immaculate Fay, teacher
Sister Marie Immaculate Fay, who taught in Baltimore parochial schools, died of cardiopulmonary collapse March 22 at her order's retirement home in Aston, Pa. She was 82.
Born Margaret Mary Fay in Dublin, Ireland, she attended public schools in...Tags: Belair-Edison, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Richard Madden Q&A: 'Everything changes' on 'Game of Thrones'
The Baltimore Sun[Spoiler alert: Do not read further in this interview if you have not read "A Storm of Swords," the third book in the series, "The Song of Fire and Ice."] Scottish actor Richard Madden, 25, has broken into the spotlight by playing Robb Stark on HBO's hit...Tags: Music, Sean Bean, Concerts, Game of Thrones (tv program), Celebrities
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Kit Harington Q&A: I got 'lucky' landing 'Game of Thrones' role
The Baltimore SunEnglish actor Christopher “Kit” Harington, 25, has gone from a virtual unknown to international heartthrob in the course of a year, due to his role as Jon Snow on the HBO hit show “Game of Thrones.” In this Q&A, he talks about...Tags: Music, Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Jason Momoa, Concerts
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Perry Hall/Kingsville: It's time for the wearing of the green
Just in time forSt. Patrick's Day, a bit of Erin treasure sparkles like a rainbow right in our own, soon to be green, community back yard. The Emerald Isle Club, founded in 1956, meets once a month in Parkville and keeps the Irish heritage alive to...Tags: Music, Parkville, Shamrock, St. Patrick's Day, American Legion
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Bunratty Potcheen, Blarney Stone Pub
Depending on your level of sobriety, potcheen can be your best friend or your worst enemy.
This strong spirit (90 proof) is found at only a few bars in Baltimore but Blarney Stone in Fells Point is where I learned to love it. Blarney's house shot,...Tags: Fells Point
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Music and arts festival comes to city
Common Ground on the Hill is branching out from its roots in Westminster and launching a concert series in Baltimore. The 18-year-old music and arts organization, founded at McDaniel College in Carroll County when the school was still called Western...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Common, Concerts, Charles Street, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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