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Poe House in transition
Edgar Allan Poe was possibly the most original literary talent ever to reside in Baltimore, and his death here, in 1849, at the age of 40 left an indelible mark on the city. Today, the house on North Amity Street, west of downtown, where the writer...
Tags: Railway Transportation, Edgar Allan Poe, Museums, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
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Harriet Tubman descendants gather for forthcoming centennial of her death
After Ernestine Martin Wyatt helped stage a walkout decades ago over a lack of African-American history lessons at her high school, a teacher pulled her aside to ask about Wyatt's family ties to Harriet Tubman. The Maryland-born slave and famed conductor...
Tags: Harriet Tubman, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Railway Transportation, Easton (Talbot, Maryland)
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Acela run expected to match U.S. rail speed record of 165 mph
Sometime after 8 p.m. Thursday, a train will come roaring out of the north from Delaware toward Perryville at 165 miles per hour, matching the fastest speed ever attained on a U.S. rail line. After putting on the brakes, the Acela Express will make the...
Tags: China, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Railway Transportation, Southwest Airlines Co., Amtrak
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Marylanders poised to begin annual Thanksgiving travel
Mara Kaminowitz knows the roads. That's why the professional mapmaker and her husband will be taking the train to New York City to celebrate Thanksgiving with family. "That's our strategy for how to deal with holiday traffic — avoid I-95 at all...
Tags: Minor League Baseball, Harford County, Cecil County, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Highway Transportation
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Budget hell on wheels?
Amtrak, long one of the favorite whipping boys of fiscal conservatives, is getting another thrashing from Mitt Romney and the Republicans. From all the attacks, one might think that the nation's bargain-basement passenger rail system was the cause of...
Tags: Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Parties and Movements, Highway Transportation, Elections
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'Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap, 'Call me Miss U.S.A'
This week on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," we finally get introduced to the second new housewife, Porsha Stewart, wife of former NFL athlete Kordell Stewart and granddaughter of late Civil Rights activist and chief field lieutenant for Dr. Martin...
Tags: Miss America Pageant, Subway Transportation, Personal Service, Kenya, The Real Housewives of Atlanta (tv program)
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What do speeders tell their children about why they break the law?
It is most amusing to see the controversy surrounding speed cameras and the revenue they generate ("Speeding drivers get the blame," Sept. 13). I wonder what we tell our children sitting in the back seat. When they say, "Daddy, why are you speeding?" do...Tags: Indianapolis 500, Highway Transportation, Elections, Road Transportation
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Royal Farms wants to build store in Remington, civic leaders say
The Royal Farms chain of convenience stores wants to build a new store with a gas station at 29th Street and Remington Avenue in Remington, on a corner where Pizza Boli's is now, community leaders say. The Hampden-based chain has reached out to the...
Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Road Transportation, Traffic
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Study concludes transit bridge over Route 29 too costly
A transportation study conducted by Howard Hughes Corp. has concluded that a transit bridge over Route 29 connecting downtown Columbia and Oakland Mills would not be used enough to justify the bridge's cost, according to county Transportation...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Howard County General Hospital, Ken Ulman, Howard Hughes
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Maryland budget forecast brightens
After years of budgetary gloom and shortfalls in the billions of dollars, Maryland's fiscal forecasters offered lawmakers a brighter outlook Tuesday, saying the state's operating budget could be just $27 million in the red next fiscal year.
Top fiscal...Tags: David Brinkley, Budgets and Budgeting, Frederick County (Maryland), Annapolis, Fiscal Cliff
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Tom Booth, prominent Catonsville businessman and developer, dies at 70
Tom Booth, who owned and developed many properties on Catonsville's Main Street of Frederick Road, died Sept. 10, 2012, of cancer. He was 70. An Oct. 19 memorial Mass will be offered at St. Mark Catholic Church for the Catonsville resident, who donated...
Tags: PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated, U.S. Navy, Cancer, Festive Events, Charity
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Spirit, Condor airlines announce new service from BWI
For the second time in 24 hours, an airline has announced its arrival at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines announced Tuesday that it will start twice-daily nonstop service Sept. 6 from BWI to...Tags: Air Transportation, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Concourse, Germany, AirTran
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