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Sol Kramer, wholesale hobby business owner
Sol Kramer, who turned a Depression-era 15-cent balsa toy airplane business into a leading wholesale hobby empire, died of pneumonia April 24 at Hospice by the Sea in Pompano Beach, Fla. The former Pikesville resident was 96. Born in Baltimore, he was...
Tags: Camp Lejeune (military base), Toys, Pikesville, Pompano Beach, Hobbies
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Man pleads guilty for eBay sale of night vision goggles to undercover agent
A 34-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty late Wednesday to illegally selling night vision goggles and other military style gear online to an undercover federal agent in Baltimore pretending to be an overseas buyer — a charge that could land him in...Tags: New Zealand, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Punishment, eBay Inc., Prisons
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Maryland 'never quit' at Miami, Mark Turgeon says
The Baltimore SunThe morning after Maryland’s second lowest-scoring game in his two years in College Park, Mark Turgeon was uncharacteristically upbeat about his team. Despite a two-game losing streak that followed a 13-1 start, Turgeon said that he was pleased...Tags: Florida State Seminoles, Comcast Center (arena), Virginia Cavaliers, College Sports, Mark Turgeon
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Mark Turgeon to shuffle Terps' lineup for Miami game
The Baltimore SunFreshman center Shaquille Cleare will get his second career start when the Terps take on Miami on Sunday night in Coral Gables, Fla. Maryland will employ Cleare in a big lineup with 7-footer Alex Len, coach Mark Turgeon said today. Len will play power...Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Mark Turgeon, Alex Len
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Walter S. 'Bud' Fialkewicz, DEA supervisor
Walter S. "Bud" Fialkewicz, who had worked as an agent supervisor for the Drug Enforcement Administration, died Aug. 28 of a heart attack at a grandson's home in Coral Gables, Fla.
He was 86 and lived in Silver Spring.
The son of a baker and a...Tags: University of Baltimore, Patterson Park, U.S. Army, Heart Attack, Burtonsville
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Table Talk: Bourdain to return to the Hippodrome
Anthony Bourdain is returning to the Hippodrome on Nov. 17. Bourdain, chef-at-large at New York's famed Brasserie Les Halles, is the author of best-sellers "Kitchen Confidential" and "Medium Raw" — blunt and sometimes shocking portraits of life...
Tags: Arne Duncan, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Ticketmaster, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (tv program), Pittsburgh
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Arline K. Howdon, Hopkins cytologist
Arline Kaye Howdon, who was chief cytologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was known nationally and internationally for her work in the field of cytopathology and education, died July 20 of lung cancer at her Harper House condominium in Cross Keys.
She...Tags: U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Army, University of Miami, Cancer, Manhattan (New York City)
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Kolper's to reopen as Birroteca with peripatetic chef
The Baltimore SunThe old Kolper's Tavern on Clipper Road, more recently known as the Mill Steakhouse, will reopen this fall as Birroteca -- the name is a play on "enoteca," which today pretty much means a chic place that serves wine. The chef at Birroteca will be...Tags: Phillips Seafood, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey)
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Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, broke color barrier at Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living.
He was 85.
"It's important for America to...Tags: U.S. Army, Stony Brook, NAACP, West Point, Cancer
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City homeowners given 30 days to repay tax credits they didn't request
Over the past two years, Maureen Coyle has received $5,700 in property tax breaks that the city admits she never requested for her Patterson Park rowhouse. Now the city is demanding full repayment by month's end.
If she doesn't or can't pay by then,...Tags: Patterson Park, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Bernard C. Young, Finance, Tax Credits
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Don't think the drug war is the new Jim Crow? Then read this book
I have something for you.
In June 2010, I wrote in this space about a book, "The New Jim Crow," by Michelle Alexander, which I called a "troubling and profoundly necessary" work. Ms. Alexander promulgated an explosive argument. Namely, that the so-called...Tags: Facebook, Rentals, NAACP, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Is Maryland ready to win on the road?
The Baltimore SunIf you're a Maryland fan, you hope for incremental progress this season. You hope to see an upward arc. Coach Mark Turgeon said today that the next step for his young team is to win a road game, particularly one against a team it is not expected to beat....Tags: Miami Hurricanes, Maryland Terrapins, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Mark Turgeon
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