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Back Story: Guilford executive killed wife at Falls Road farm in 1957
My column several weeks ago on the brutal 1956 murder of Myrtle Agnes Bopst brought a flood of emails from people who vividly remembered it. One reader, Turney McKnight, recalled the murder a year later of a Baltimore socialite at the hands of her...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, The New York Times, Murder, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Southbury
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Michael Phelps causes a stir at jury duty
It was Jury Duty: Celebrity Edition in Baltimore Circuit Court on Tuesday. Both Michael Phelps and Duff Goldman had their numbers picked for the jury pool at the downtown courthouse. Phelps' presence created such a buzz that other prospective jurors...
Tags: National Football League, Duff Goldman, Michael Phelps, Justice System, Ed Reed
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The movies are a mission for Baltimore's George Figgs
Downloading movies and watching them on a computer is not for George Figgs, who has spent the better part of three decades affording Baltimore cinephiles the chance to experience films the way God intended — in the dark, projected onto a bigger-...
Tags: Jean Cocteau, Maryland Film Festival, Rentals, Google Inc., Netflix Inc.
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John Ellis "Bo" Blackwell, city police officer
John Ellis "Bo" Blackwell, one of the first African-Americans to be appointed to the Baltimore Police Department, who overcame racism and enjoyed a 30-year career with the department, died Oct. 30 of respiratory failure at Sinai Hospital.
The Ellicott...Tags: Shipbuilding, Baltimore Police Department, Pikesville, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sinai Hospital in Baltimore
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Baltimore document thief sentenced to year in prison
The younger of two men who admitted to stealing a wealth of culturally significant documents was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in federal prison, ending the prosecution of a case that began at the Maryland Historical Society and rattled archives,...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Culture, Prosecution, Central Intelligence Agency, Crohn's Disease
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Voters approve same-sex marriage law
Marylanders made history Tuesday as they voted to make same-sex marriage legal — a question that had been defeated each of the 32 times it had been on the ballot in other states. "To Maryland's children – please know that you and your...
Tags: Howard County, Republican Party, Same-Sex Marriage, Susan Sarandon, Michael Bloomberg
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Laurel Mill Playhouse reaches boldly with 'Auntie Mame'
In the spirit of an irrepressible title character, the Laurel Mill Playhouse unveiled its Nov. 2 opening of "Auntie Mame" without a backward glance at Hurricane Sandy. A madcap comedy based on the fictional novel by Patrick Dennis, and adapted to film...
Tags: Cato Corporation, Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury, Lucille Ball, Jerome Lawrence
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Dream Home: An industrial, contemporary redo in Federal Hill
Many buyers looking for a lovely and quaint place to live in Baltimore City would probably have torn down the crumbling wreck of a house (in a perfect downtown location, however) in favor of rebuilding from the ground up. Not so with Kevin and Shelley...Tags: Land Price, Federal Hill
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Md. mops up, but Garrett Co. is still in midst of the storm
The Baltimore area is getting back to normal after Sandy — government offices are open, trains are running again and the lights are on at 95 percent of the homes and businesses that lost power. But Sandy's dangers linger. A man clearing storm-...
Tags: Garrett County, New York City, Fishing, Annapolis, Government
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As nor'easter brews, Marylanders still struggle to dig out from Sandy
A nor'easter appears poised to rumble over Maryland next week, as residents on the state's eastern and western edges are still shoveling out snow and sand from this week's massive storm. The nor'easter could swoop across the state as early as Wednesday,...
Tags: Hurricanes, Garrett County, Somerset County (Maryland), Allegany County, Snow Storms
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Maryland 'dodged a bullet' with powerful storm
Hurricane Sandy's howling winds and torrential rains walloped Maryland late Monday and early Tuesday, cutting electricity to more than 300,000 utility customers and disrupting life for millions from Ocean City to the suddenly snowy mountains of Garrett...
Tags: Howard County, Hurricanes, Baltimore County, Chad, Kevin Kamenetz
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'Rent' is worth the cost at Silhouette Stages
An energetic young cast is having a great time doing the musical "Rent" at Silhouette Stages. That energy would reach the audience even if the performers weren't in the habit of coming off the stage and strolling down the aisles at Slayton House Theater....
Tags: Rentals, Jonathan Larson, Artists, Entertainment Events, New York City
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