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A letter from the president — or the auto-pen?
During the Republican National Convention in Tampa, a website called Gateway Pundit posted photographs of letters of condolence sent by President Barack Obama to the families of Navy SEALs killed in a horrendous combat crash last year as proof that an...
Tags: Vietnam, Robert Gates, John F. Kennedy, The Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Local wares put the 'Baltimore' in summer antiques show
Tens of thousands of shoppers are expected to converge on the Baltimore Convention Center this week for the 32nd Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, an event that has grown to become the largest indoor antiques show in the country.
Serious collectors,...Tags: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Timonium, Baltimore Convention Center, Harford County
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Ann M. Klingaman, Baltimore County teacher
Ann M. Klingaman, a retired Baltimore County public school educator whose career spanned more than three decades, died Sunday of complications from a broken hip at Gilchrist Hospice in Columbia.
The former longtime Catonsville resident was 88.
The...Tags: University of Georgia, Conservation, Dartmouth College, Teachers, Colleges and Universities
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Caring for the environment is politically out of fashion
Weeks after the weird June 29 windstorm that swept the Mid-Atlantic, I can't shake the feeling of being in an episode of "The Twilight Zone," the 1960s TV series that warned of living selfishly. A dash of Rod Serling spiking a large dollop of Catholic...
Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Auto Racing, Bodies of Water, Conservation, Environmental Politics
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Balto. Co. schools chief kicks off first year with message of teamwork
Drawing on the last drumrolls of the Perry Hall High School marching band, Baltimore County schools superintendent S. Dallas Dance greeted 700 applauding administrators Friday to deliver his inaugural back-to-school address, sending a message he hoped...Tags: Back to School, Baltimore County, Students, Perry Hall, Teaching and Learning
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Lincoln would have cheered Md.'s referendum process
The citizens of the "Free State" have clearly demonstrated their constitutional right to petition to referendum legislation enacted by the General Assembly that they feel is contrary to the will of the majority ("Political map is headed for vote," July...Tags: Perry Hall, Referenda, Elections
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Obama and the 7 habits of highly ineffective government
Stephen Covey, the management guru who died this week, would have had a hard time selling his books in Benjamin Franklin's America, or Abe Lincoln's. His best seller "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" would have been considered a self-evident truth,...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Benjamin Franklin, Barack Obama, Stephen Covey, World War II (1939-1945)
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Howard County Stamp Club members put own stamp on hobby
Gordon Trotter, 78, stood behind a table in the home economics room at Harpers Choice Middle School in Columbia on a recent weeknight. Wearing a short-sleeve black polo shirt, dark brown slacks and brown loafers, the longtime Wilde Lake Village resident...
Tags: Ellicott City, Auction Service, FIFA World Cup, Germany, Hobbies
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Baltimore was site of pivotal political conventions in 1800s
In "The First American Political Conventions: Transforming Presidential Nominations, 1832-1872," Stan M. Haynes writes that the modern presidential nominating convention evolved during the campaign of 1832.
Between the fall of 1831 and the spring of...Tags: Slavery, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Ellicott City, Martin van Buren, Douglas
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Back Story: Is the Sports Legends Museum haunted?
Bolton Hill baseball and travel writer Charlie Vascellaro normally can be found hanging out at ballparks. So the opportunity to spend a night in late April at the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Station after hearing tales about ghostly occupants was...Tags: Baseball, Bolton Hill, Ghosts (supernatural entities), Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Babe Ruth
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Editorial: Harford's latest drug problem is just the latest in a losing effort
Generally, there are two major schools of thought when it comes to dealing with the social ills associated with drug abuse. One theory says the abuse of illicit and illegal intoxicants is damaging to individuals, families and society, making it a...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Drugs and Medicines, Substance Abuse, Heroin, Prescription Drugs
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Historic document thief sentenced to 7 years in prison
Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast. The 64-year-old...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John Adams, George Washington, New York City, Prisons
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