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Crime and punishment, Baltimore style
If one were to grade the Baltimore state's attorney's office on conviction rates and public relations skills, it would get maybe an F. But if one were to grade State's Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy and her sidekick spokeswoman Margaret T. Burns on the fine...Tags: Lobbying, Lawyers, Justice System, Criminals
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City asked to terminate lease with Hollywood Diner operator
The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore City department responsible for leasing the Hollywood Diner is asking the Board of Estimates to to terminate the rental agreement with the restaurant’s operator. But Richard T. White, who runs the diner, is vowing to continue at the...Tags: Real Estate, Realty
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City schools chief Alonso resigns
Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, University of Maryland, College Park, Academic Progress, Students
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Baltimore nanocrystals maker raises $5.1 million in funding
Pixelligent Technologies, a maker of miniscule crystal additives used in electronics and plastics products, said Friday it has raised more than $5.1 million in new funding from the Abell Foundation and others. The funding will allow the Baltimore...
Tags: Synthetics and Plastics, Chemical Industry, Material Science, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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UB prepares to open new Law Center
Like American jurisprudence, the University of Baltimore's new $114 million law school is complicated and thoughtful. Staircases bridge across and spiral through the 12-story building's vibrant atrium, connecting a labyrinth of classrooms and study...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Mount Royal, Architecture, Labor Legislation, Jones Falls Expressway
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Robot brings black history into Internet age
Baltimore's Afro-American newspaper has a rich photo archive — 1.5 million images dating from the Depression, World War II and the civil rights era up to today.
But one of the nation's oldest African-American newspapers didn't have the hundreds...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Photography, Minority Groups, Google Inc., Arts
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Chesapeake Shakespeare Company gets boost from Abell Foundation
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's future move to downtown Baltimore got a sizable financial boost from the Abell Foundation, which gave the organization $250,000. The money is for the renovation of the classic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company...
Tags: Ellicott City, Patapsco, William Shakespeare
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Tribune Co. hires banks to manage offers for newspapers
Tribune Co. has hired two investment banks to manage offers to buy its newspapers, executives said Tuesday, adding that no decisions have been made about whether to sell any properties. JPMorgan Chase and Evercore Partners will oversee a process to...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Oaktree Capital Management, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Cordish Cos., Television Stations
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Four Baltimore startups named to join new accelerator
Four Baltimore startups were chosen to participate in the inaugural accelerator program launched by the Emerging Technology Center, the city's main technology business incubator. The news, announced Thursday, couldn't come at a better time for the city's...Tags: Stock Market, Business, Companies and Corporations, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Startups
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Councilman pledges to halt City Hall's tax breaks for developers
The City Council's finance committee chairman threatened Thursday to impose a moratorium on tax breaks for developers until City Hall implements more transparency in the process and funds more projects outside of downtown. Carl Stokes, who chairs the...Tags: Locust Point, Charles Village, Baltimore Development Corporation, Belvedere Square, Under Armour Inc.
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Online brothels
In generations past, the world's oldest profession was a tawdry trade practiced mostly in the shadows of unlit street corners and darkened alleys. Today, vulnerable young women and girls are still being tricked or forced into selling their bodies to...Tags: Trials, Labor Legislation, Justice System, Prostitution, Sex Crimes
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Baltimore's oldest black cemetery finally restored, with help of inmates
Five years after burying his father, Samuel W. Moore could no longer find the grave.
That was 1976, and Mount Auburn Cemetery, one of the oldest African-American burial grounds in the country, was overcome with stickerbushes, weeds and garbage —...Tags: Government, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Ceremonies, Patapsco, Safety of Citizens
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