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Duane Allan Henry, newspaperman
Duane Allan Henry, a colorful former newspaperman and advertising agency owner who played a pivotal role in getting Havre de Grace recognized as the "Decoy Capital of the World," died Dec. 14 of heart failure at the Veterans Medical Center at Perry Point....Tags: Heart Failure, Havre de Grace, Marketing, World War II (1939-1945), Newspapers
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Daisy Alverda "Bert" Booth, delegate from Baltimore County, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterDaisy Alverda "Bert" Booth, who was elected to the House of Delegates from Baltimore County and was known for her strong advocacy of civil rights, died July 2 of a stroke at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The former Chestnut Ridge resident was 85....Tags: Civil Rights, Republican Party, Catonsville, Colleges and Universities, Local Government
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Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne' tour at 1st Mariner Arena
The best moment of Tuesday night's 'Watch the Throne' tour stop at 1st Mariner Arena — and there were plenty of candidates — came 17 songs in, when Jay-Z and Kanye West ditched the flashy, multi-piece set and sat down, side by side, like old...Tags: Music, Concerts, Kanye West, Missing Persons, 1st Mariner Arena
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Surrealism grande: Two bastions of intolerance collide
I seemed to have thrown a Starbucks barista for a loop a couple of weeks ago, when I asked for a slice of pound cake and a glass of skim milk. She asked her co-coffeemaker, "Can we do that?" The other replied, "I guess so." "How much do we charge for the...Tags: John Waters, CNN (tv network), Starbucks Corp., Memorial Day, Wars and Interventions
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Wednesday morning talkers: #Weinergate questions drive Rep. Weiner to call reporter 'jackass'
On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. National • The KKK takes on the Westboro...Tags: Mitt Romney, Meghan McCain, Michael Ian Black, Barack Obama
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Let the Boys in Gray parade in Baltimore
This Saturday, the upcoming 150th Anniversary of the Pratt Street Riot will be remembered with what the city of Baltimore is calling "a grand procession." Union re-enactors, fife and drum corps, contemporary military units and representative color...Tags: Pratt Street, Maryland, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Jonathan Jackson, Minority Groups
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Man on a mission
Sun StaffGeorge L. Russell Jr. was walking to his downtown Baltimore office last week when three men approached him. "Aren't you George Russell?" one asked. "Yes, I am," the 75-year-old attorney replied. "We want to thank you for giving back to the community."...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Local Government, Maryland, Pikesville, Judges
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A proud new day
They voted when they had to pay a poll tax for the privilege, sat in the back of buses, chopped wood to heat segregated schools and stayed indoors at night when the Ku Klux Klan was in town.
America's older black voters - who grew up under the doctrine...Tags: Civil Rights, Basketball, Local Elections, Slavery, Barack Obama
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'First lady' of civil rights
Sun ReporterCoretta Scott King, a pioneer of the civil rights movement who marched alongside her husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in the fight for equality and carried his torch for nearly four decades after his death, died early yesterday in Mexico. She was...Tags: Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Maryland, Family, Minority Groups
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A last push for justice in civil rights-era killings
Sun National StaffThe two events each seem to hold new promise of unmasking old ghosts. In Chicago, the FBI exhumed the body of Emmett Till last month in a search for clues about the 14-year-old black youth's brutal 1955 beating death. In Mississippi, reputed Ku Klux Klan...Tags: Civil Rights, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Labor Legislation, Employees, Colleges and Universities
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