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The danger in Gingrich's promises
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote that if Mitt Romney won the South Carolina primary, the Republican presidential race would be over and he would be the nominee. But Mr. Romney didn't win, and that means it's time to consider the unthinkable: What would life...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Mitt Romney, Labor Legislation, Elections
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Celebrity traveler: Shodekeh's musical treks
It's easy for internationally renowned musician Shodekeh to journey with just carry-on luggage; his instrument travels in his soul.
The Baltimore-based beatboxer and vocal percussionist performs in a multitude of genres and music domains, including dance...Tags: Chess Playing, Game Playing, Facebook, Concerts, Russia
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Edith S. Willard, owner of Annapolis shop, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterEdith S. Willard, former owner of ETC. Shop in downtown Annapolis, died July 30 of leukemia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Hereford resident was 86. Edith Stockton Mays was born in Baltimore and raised on her family's farm in Hereford. She...Tags: Severna Park, White Marsh, Annapolis, The Washington Post, Elections
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Grandparent, driveway scams circulating in Howard
After hearing reports of scams being played in Howard County, the county government has issued a warning to residents. "If something seems out of the ordinary, it probably is, but you can protect yourselves and others by becoming more aware of these con-...Tags: Ken Ulman, Dominican Republic, Email
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Two centuries later, group seeks to bring home sailors killed off the shores of Tripoli
For the American sailors off Tripoli — five of them from Maryland — it was a suicide mission: Sail the small ship heavy with explosives in among the enemy fleet, set the blast to go off in 15 minutes, jump into lifeboats and get as far away as...Tags: Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Senate, Explosions, Lobbying, Charles Stewart
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Political Notebook: Howard's elected officials head overseas
Patching potholes and balancing Howard County's or Maryland's budget may seem far removed from visits to foreign and exotic places, but several local elected officials traveled overseas this spring, visiting places as diverse as Israel, Turkey, northern...Tags: Barack Obama, Annapolis, Martin O'Malley, India, West Bank
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Greivis Vasquez: NBA player, sports diplomat
Former Maryland Terrapin guard Greivis Vasquez, who is now a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, is in his native Venezuela this week as part of a U.S. State Department "sports diplomacy" program that hopes to use athletes to improve international relations,...Tags: Basketball, Cal Ripken, Athletes, Hospitals and Clinics, Memphis Grizzlies
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Hospital ship greeted by Haiti's stark reality
Baltimore Sun reporterThe faces of the Haitian disaster arrived Wednesday aboard the Navy hospital ship Comfort as a procession of earthquake victims, looking lost and scared, staggered off helicopters or strained to look up from their stretchers while corpsmen carried them...Tags: Earthquakes, Injuries and Wounds, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Armed Forces, Hands
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4 bombings in London elevate fear
Sun Foreign StaffLONDON - A second wave of bombings echoed through London's transit system yesterday, shutting down much of the city for hours and leaving commuters and residents jittery with fears that a sustained campaign of violence may be under way. One person was...Tags: Bus Accidents, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Philosophy, BBC
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Iraqi refugees look to U.S. to fulfill pledge
Sun reporterBan Saadi Abdallatif still has trouble sleeping some nights, remembering her uncle and cousin, shot dead by the militia, or thinking about her brother's narrow escape from kidnappers. But it's nothing like the fear she lived with back in Diyala, where law...Tags: International Military Interventions, Damascus (Syria), Heads of State, Immigration, Civil Unrest
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No sign of more resistant anthrax
Sun StaffU.S. health officials say it was probably Kathy Nguyen's delay in seeking treatment - and not any new, more antibiotic-resistant strain of anthrax - that prevented doctors from saving the New York hospital worker's life. Nguyen, 61, was already gravely...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Manhattan (New York City), Transportation, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Death
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