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Battery Park is located at the southern tip of New York City. Named for the artillery battery that the Dutch and British put there to protect the harbor.
Battery Park is located at the southern tip of New York City. Named for the artillery battery that the Dutch and British put there to protect the harbor.
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Taking a step toward boating safety
John Martino was not pleased when he saw where organizers of this year's New York Boat Show had stuck his booth inside the cavernous Javits Center earlier this month. He was in a distant corner, far enough from the main flow of foot traffic that he...Tags: Baltimore Convention Center, Natural Resources, Jeff White, Annapolis, Parkville
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Wolfgang Oehme, landscape architect
Wolfgang Oehme, a renowned landscape architect and a founder of the New American Garden movement, which incorporated windblown ornamental grasses and massed perennial plantings, died of cancer Thursday at his Towson home. He was 81.
"He was a...Tags: Sweden, Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Charles Street, Bee (insect), Cancer
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Full-scale model of Webb Telescope coming to Inner Harbor
When science center directors from around the country gather in Baltimore this month for their annual conference, they'll be able to see one of the largest scientific instruments ever made: a full-scale mock-up of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Northrop...Tags: Science, Space Programs, Baltimore Convention Center, Maryland Science Center, Aerospace Manufacturing
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Readers remember 9/11
Thomas Stanton,Clarksville On Sept. 11, 2001, I was working in my office at 605 Main St. in Laurel. Like every other typical workday, I was coordinating our fire protection engineers through project work until I heard on the news that a plane had hit the...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Radio, Battery Park City, September 11, 2001 Attacks, FEMA
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New Castle, Delaware
Baltimore Sun reporterGo here: With its cobblestone streets, sweeping views of the Delaware River, grassy commons and rich architectural heritage, New Castle's historic district ranks among the finest heritage towns in the Mid-Atlantic. It's got history: William Penn first set...Tags: Natural Resources, Dining and Drinking, Forests, Stonewall Jackson, Bars and Clubs
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Harbor East boomtown
Baltimore Sun reporterWhen she envisioned a deluxe newsstand, the kind of place to find glossy magazines in dozens of languages, obscure literary journals and fashion quarterlies that cost as much as $90, Christina Cieri thought of only one location. Harbor East. "If I...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Fells Point, Real Estate
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U.S. plans Pakistan's role
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- Even as the United States gathers evidence to justify retaliating against Osama bin Laden and his network of terrorists, a military delegation has been dispatched to Pakistan to begin planning for attacks on targets in Afghanistan, defense...Tags: Terrorism, Colin Powell, Employees, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Military
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Nation stands still to hear of war
Staff And Wire ReportsAs President Bush told the nation that the United States had launched a strike on Iraq, the Brentwood Hills Church of Christ in Nashville opened its doors to the community to watch on two big screens -- and to pray. About 15 people were on hand during...Tags: Terrorism, Tom Daschle, Cleveland Cavaliers, Christianity, Depression
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'It will never be the same there'
Sun National StaffNEW YORK - How close did Rachel Florio live to the World Trade Center's towers? So close that when her husband would call from his office there to say he was working late, and she would tease him that he was really out with the boys, he would flick the...Tags: Terrorism, Labor Day, September 11, 2001 Attacks, American Red Cross, Hudson River
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New York continues the rituals of sadness
Sun National StaffNEW YORK - Even as the city finished preparations for today's one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks, outside a small Catholic church in the Bronx yesterday morning it was business as usual in a most unusual year. For New York firefighters, it...Tags: Terrorism, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Brooklyn Bridge, Regional Authority, Depression
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A day of grief, echoed in young voices
Los Angeles TimesNEW YORK - America marked the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks yesterday with a poignant ceremony at Ground Zero, where 200 children who lost parents and other relatives read the names of all 2,792 people who died there. Heart-breaking messages...Tags: Terrorism, Geography, Science, Hospitals and Clinics, Christianity
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National schedule uncertain
From Staff And Wire ReportsThe NFL and NCAA have yet to determine if games will go on this weekend in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington yesterday. "We don't know yet. We don't have an answer for that yet. It's too soon to know," Greg Aiello, the NFL's...Tags: Tiger Woods, Mitt Romney, Auto Racing, National Collegiate Athletic Association, John Griffin
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