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George McGovern at 90
Being a losing presidential candidate is like what Mr. Dooley said about vice presidents: "It isn't a crime exactly. You can't be sint to jail f'r it, but it's kind iv a disgrace. It's like writin' anonymous letters." So it has been, unfairly, for former...
Tags: Elections, Wesleyan University, U.S. Senate, Jules Witcover, Joe Biden
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Baltimore native played key role in Johnson's swearing-in
Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to President John F. Kennedy, stepped into a small cubicle at Parkland Hospital, where Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson nervously waited with his wife and several aides to learn the condition of the president. Kennedy had...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Colleges and Universities, White House, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Justice System
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BWI airport becomes art gallery to celebrate human rights
Some of the bravest people in the world can be found at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic. Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. The Dalai Lama.
These and many other figures are featured in a photo exhibit organized to...Tags: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, U.S. Air Force, Artists, PBS (tv network), Entertainment Events
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Maryland environmental law clinic focuses on enforcement
Thelma Boyd and her Cheverly-area neighbors were at their wits' end when they connected with the University of Maryland's environmental law clinic.
She and other residents of distressed, predominantly black neighborhoods on the outskirts of Washington...Tags: Litigation, Fordham University, University of Baltimore, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials
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Anthony J. Konstant, restaurateur, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterAnthony K. Konstant, a civil rights advocate and restaurateur who led the way in desegregating restaurants on U.S. 40 in northeast Maryland and later owned the landmark Williamsburg Inn in White Marsh for many years, died Friday of heart failure at Oak...Tags: Heart Failure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Christian Orthodoxy
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When well-educated politicians cry 'snob'
With the Republican presidential nomination contest in high gear, Marylanders might be forgiven for smiling. The word "snob" has returned with full force to presidential politics after a four-decade hiatus. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (Penn State University...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Primaries, University of Baltimore, Columbia University, Barack Obama
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Long-time CBS broadcaster Andy Rooney dead at 92
The Baltimore SunAndy Rooney, whose CBS career spans the entire post-war history of network news, died Friday as a result of complications following minor surgery, the network announced. A mainstay of Sunday night viewing for millions of Americans, the 92-year-old Rooney...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, PBS (tv network), Perry Como, New York City, Behavioral Conditions
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Writer of 'Milk' questions the psyche of 'J. Edgar'
The late FBI director J. Edgar Hoover would have hated director Clint Eastwood's new movie about him, but audiences are likely to be intrigued by it. Although "J. Edgar" does not realize its full dramatic potential, it's an ambitious attempt to get inside...Tags: Music, Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, J. Edgar (movie), Judi Dench
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Police training consultants under scrutiny for contracts, expenses
A nonprofit foundation paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the Baltimore Police Department as part of the commissioner's signature training program reported that nearly 40 percent of the foundation's expenditures over two years covered entertainment,...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Finance, Advanced Training, Shootings, Internal Revenue Service
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Libby known for discretion, loyalty
Times Staff WriterI. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was walking down a nearly deserted street in Des Moines, Iowa, last year after a long day on the campaign trail with his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby encountered a group of reporters who had just finished dinner at a...Tags: Des Moines (Polk, Iowa), Robert Novak, Columbia University, CNN (tv network), U.S. Department of State
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Dawn of a new day for ex-Expos in D.C.
Sun StaffVIERA, Fla. - Frank Robinson clasps his hands behind his head, leans back on his desk chair and begins telling reporters about the progress of a relief pitcher when he's interrupted by laughter. In the room connecting to Robinson's spring training...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Vinny Castilla, Cristian Guzman, Montreal Expos
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Countering criticism on gun checks
Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend began airing a TV ad last week that seeks to counter criticism from Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. that the Glendening-Townsend administration had failed to perform some criminal-background checks on gun buyers. It...Tags: Interior Policy, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland, Referenda, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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