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BSO's 'Overture for 2012' draws rousing response
With a giant flag of 15 stars and stripes as a backdrop inside Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, a celebratory concert Sunday night drew a packed house to cap the weekend's commemoration of the War of 1812 bicentennial. As if to underline that there are no hard...
Tags: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Toronto (Canada), Concerts, Canada, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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War of 1812 enemies sign 'declaration of peace'
On the 200th anniversary of the U.S. declaration of war on Britain and its colonies, representatives of the United States, Britain and Canada gathered at Fort McHenry to sign a "declaration of peace." "Much … has changed in 200 years," Navy...
Tags: G20, Francis Scott Key, David Cameron, Stephen Harper, United Kingdom
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Blue Angels add awe to Sailabration festivities
Shrieking children covered their ears and adults flinched as the Blue Angels made a low pass over Fort McHenry, only to stretch their necks and shade their eyes to track the Navy jet fighters as they soared into the sun.
At the Inner Harbor, crowds lined...Tags: Medina (Saudi Arabia), Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Equestrian, Francis Scott Key, Concerts
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Howard County Briefs
Concerts •The 25th season of the "Sunset Serenades" summer concert series continues with classical music by the Columbia Orchestra at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at Centennial Park, 10000 Route 108, Ellicott City. Free. Information: 410-313-2022....Tags: Bars and Clubs, Boy Scouts of America, Howard County General Hospital, Vantage Point (movie), Concerts
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Mystery of missing man solved after 13 years
July 9, 2011 Henry Ackerman had plans — big, cross country, into-the-wild plans. It was 1998, and he was 48 years old, alone, sad and somewhat peculiar. He lived with threecats and a big, sandy-colored dog in an unkempt Baltimore County apartment...Tags: Punishment, Murder, Psychology, Philosophy, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Mikulski likens loss of hospital ship Comfort to departure of Colts
The Baltimore SunSen. Barbara A. Mikulski on Wednesday likened the loss of the USNS Comfort to the departure of the Baltimore Colts – and asked Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to reconsider. The U.S. Fleet Forces Command announced last month that it was moving the white-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Naval Station Norfolk, Barbara A. Mikulski, Meteorological Disasters, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Framed by History
Doug Groft admitted as he walked down the halls of Scott Key High School that he probably couldn't find his way around now, with all of the additions over the years.
He could, however, remember clearly the four years he served in the U.S. Navy during...Tags: History (tv network), Defense, Francis Scott Key, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Day
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Al-Qaida after bin Laden
One year after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs at his safe house in Pakistan, a substantially weakened al-Qaida and its affiliates continue to pose a threat to the West. The Pakistan-based group's leadership has been decimated by drone...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden, Jihad, Al-Qaeda, George W. Bush
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Books for the under-15 set: Justin Bieber, Stephen Colbert and Mark Kelly
A flurry of new children's books is headed for the shelves, and the authors carry some very familiar names, including Stephen Colbert. A look at the future:
-- Colbert's book, "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" is scheduled for a May 8 release, according to...Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Stephen Colbert, Mark Kelly, USA Today, Book
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Fort McHenry gearing up for a banner 2012
Ever since Tina Cappetta Orcutt and her family moved to Maryland last summer, she says, her 9-year-old son Adam has been paying close attention to Maryland license plates, especially the commemorative tags that tout the 200th anniversary of the War of...Tags: Baltimore County, Francis Scott Key, Fort McHenry, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Inner Harbor
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Naval manager gets prison time in scrap metal scheme
A civilian employee of the U.S. Navy who for years sold government scrap metal from Naval installations for a personal profit was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 30 months in prison for the scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein....Tags: Judges, Prisons, Punishment, National Security Agency, Justice System
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Get tough with North Korea
After four years of negotiating in and with North Korea, I cannot say that I have all of the answers to deal with a regime that defies the expectations of rational thinking, but I do have at least one of them: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea...
Tags: Weaponry, North Korea, South Korea, Pyongyang (North Korea), European Union
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