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Back Story: Bay Bridge was 45 years in the making
My colleague, Candy Thomson, recently reported that a study will soon evaluate the structural condition and projected life left in the Bay Bridge, while also considering the possible addition of a third span to accommodate traffic demands that will soar...
Tags: H.L. Mencken, Dorchester County, Library of Congress, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Annapolis
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On common ground, Orioles and Nationals have complicated relationship
For decades, the Orioles commanded a sweeping empire of fans — a territory larger than some European countries, stretching from southern Pennsylvania to North Carolina and including Washington, where the team operated a popular retail store. The...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Marketing, National Football League, Peter G. Angelos, Abraham Lincoln
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Digest: Oakland Mills forward Long will join Patsos at Siena
Colleges Oakland Mills forward Long will join Patsos at Siena Oakland Mills senior Lavon Long committed to Siena during an official visit Thursday. The 6-foot-6 forward signed with Loyola in November, but received a release from his letter of intent...Tags: Inner Harbor, Siena Saints, America East Conference, Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks, Atlantic Sun Conference
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Back Story: Presidents say the darnedest things
Paul Dickson, a Garrett Park resident, loves the origins of words and is a compiler of word books and dictionaries. So imagine my delight and pleasure when my friend, Mary Garson, who is also fascinated with etymology, gave me a copy of Dickson's...
Tags: Elections, International Military Interventions, Ronald Reagan, White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Let's be grown-ups on gay marriage and assault weapons
Given the lack of interest in Congress in protecting children from guns, it was nice to hear a grown-up in Washington speak on behalf of kids, any kids — in this case, the nearly 40,000 kids who live with same-sex parents in California. "They want...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Annapolis, Interior Policy, Family
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Dorothy I. Levin, 86, gave support to Maryland's growing theater scene
Dorothy I. Levin, a longtime Columbia resident who was known for her colorful personality and lively parties for members of the burgeoning dinner theater scene in Maryland, died Monday in her home after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Farmington (Fayette, Pennsylvania), Alzheimer's Disease, World War II (1939-1945), Polio
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Reservoir preparing for first trip to boys basketball 3A state semifinals
Looking at the pedigrees of this year’s 3A boys basketball state final four, Reservoir certainly sticks out as the new kid on the block. Each of the other three teams that won 3A region titles last week, Milford Mill (24-2), Potomac (21-3) and...
Tags: Basketball, High School Sports, Comcast Center (arena)
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Forget Armstrong, hop on a bike instead
Despite the Shakespearean rhetoric of Michael Hill's recent commentary ("Fans crave what cheating provides," Jan. 25), no quarter should be granted to Lance Armstrong who, for over a decade, willfully and systematically lied, cheated, and thumbed his nose... -
Eagle Archive: Recalling when a Bull Moose 'Teddy' charged through Westminster
Presidential election politics are over for 2012 (well, sort of), but we can still recall local history related to our nation's chief executives. For instance, the Nov. 15, 1964, edition of the Baltimore Sun's Sunday Magazine carried a story by Philip...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Elections, Spanish-American War, White House, Newspaper and Magazine
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The real reason Obama won
Baltimore's Fifth Regiment Armory is a good place to start for some perspective on the recent presidential election. Within its gray stone walls, the tumultuous 1912 Democratic National Convention played a major scene in the political drama that...
Tags: Elections, Media Industry, Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Gut-check time for the GOP
While Republican leaders console themselves that they salvaged control of the House from the defeat of Mitt Romney, they need to ponder the long-term future of the party of Lincoln and of Ronald Reagan. The course of the Grand Old Party from the Great...
Tags: Minority Groups, 2012 Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Auto Trends, Parties and Movements
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MMA Stomping Grounds: Former UFC fighter Sherman Pendergarst dies
Veteran mixed martial artist and Baltimore native Sherman “The Tank” Pendergarst has lost his battle with cancer Friday. He was 46. I was first made aware of Pendergarst from an article I read on the best MMA fighter from each state. He was...
Tags: Cancer, Paul Wilson, Ultimate Fighting Championship
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