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Thanksgiving turkey fire erupts on Baltimore County deck
The deck of a Baltimore County home caught fire Thursday as residents attempted to fry a turkey, the second cooking-related fire reported on Thanksgiving day in Central Maryland County dispatchers got a call just after 1:30 p.m. about a deck on fire in...
Tags: Turkey (animal), Prince George's County, Laurel, Baltimore County
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Terps trash tradition and loyalty
We live in an era where tradition and loyalty have been blown off the table and have been supplanted by unadulterated greed. A perfect example is the University of Maryland jettisoning the ACC Conference and joining the Big Ten ("UM to leave ACC for Big...Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, Kevin Anderson, Maryland Terrapins
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Baltimore's water main break back-up plan
I had a passing thought: I was wondering if the Baltimore City Department of Public works has an ark stored somewhere ("City crews repair two more ruptures in aging water lines," Nov. 14). You know, just in case. Patrick R. Lynch, Nottingham -
Here's to the venomous secessionists
The sour Skittles are coming out of the woodwork, and I'm finding them increasingly harder to swallow. I am both surprised and amused to learn that all 50 states have turned in pleas (or petitions) to secede from the United States ("Petitions call for...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Kid Rock
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Councilman Grasso's rants make him a bully
The truth is that the only thing worse than a Republican is a Republican bully with an obvious anger issue. The reference is to Anne Arundel County Councilman John Grasso, who took some joy in berating some of the voters at North County High School who... -
SpaceX flight carries Md. student project, but it never activates
Whatever goes up must come down — just not always in the condition one hoped. That's the lesson Paul Warren, the 16-year-old from Maryland whose science experiment was launched into space in May, learned Friday when the materials of his project &#...
Tags: Science, Physiology, Genetic Engineering, Space Programs, NASA
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Do abortion rights trump all?
Thanks to Susan Reimer ("Women voters fend off the Neanderthals," Nov. 8) for reminding me that I am in the Neanderthal-Barbarian Party. Her recent rant shows how it is more important for her to feel safe in the doctor's exam room than to "kick start this...Tags: Abortion
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City water woes should spur action
The grand old lady is showing her advancing age. I'm referring to the failing infrastructure of Baltimore city's water piping below her streets ("Charles St. 'river' subsides; businesses can reopen," Nov. 9). Some of the major conduits are over 100 years...Tags: Charles Street
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Franchot was right to oppose casino expansion
When I hear someone as credible as Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot speak, I listen. He urged Marylanders to vote against Question 7. It seems as if no one can prove that some of the casino profits will be used for bettering our schools. This... -
Kenwood picks Archbishop Curley alum to head wrestling program
John Cooper will be Kenwood's new wrestling coach, according to the school. Cooper is a resident of Nottingham and a Baltimore County police officer. But what makes him the school's new choice as the Bluebirds' coach is that the former Archbishop Curley...
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Does President Obama's biography bear out claims that he rose from 'humble origins'?
Why did Thomas Schaller leave out John F. Kennedy as one of the rich and politically privileged presidents in his recent column on President Obama's humble origins ("The virtues of a president with humble origins," Oct. 31)? First, we know nothing...Tags: George W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama
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Adam D. Cockey Jr.
Adam D. Cockey Jr., a leader in the Baltimore-area real estate industry who had headed a Roland Park brokerage, died Oct. 30 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson of complications from a fall he suffered last month while on vacation in Phoenix, Ariz. He was...Tags: Realty, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Parkville, Joint Ventures, St. Michaels
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