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- Contestants took on some of the legends of rock and roll and most were clearly outside of their comfort zones
- With a song list that includes "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," the Greater Baltimore Medical Center-sponsored Fit for Life program prides itself on exercising and having fun.
- Christmas may actually be 11 days away but nerds are getting their gifts early today. Last night, Google released their popular Google Maps app. And later tonight, the first part of the Hobbit will be released in theaters. The reviews are in and while they aren't ecstatic they are encouraging.
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- Accordion fans say the once-'nerdy' instrument enjoys renaissance
- Two recent graduates of Arch Bishop Curley High School will play jazz on their bass and trumpet alongside accordionists at the American Accordionists' Association on July 14.
- Tonight's first live show in New York kicks off with a half-hour countdown full of outtakes, bloopers and behind-the-scenes clips of the judges.
- Horsman attempts to escape from a water-filled cube
- Tweeters spend the day making up #CoryBookerStories.
- So many tears, and rumbas, for the 'most memorable year' performances
- Bonus: Sightings of Pips and Jimmy Connor
- Chazz Palminteri and his wife, Gianna, built a 7,000-square-foot house on seven acres 10 years ago in Bedford, N.Y. The couple insisted on a home that was big, warm and unambiguously Italian.
- After the skills he learned from his music teachers in Baltimore County Public Schools allowed Mac Calvaresi to see the world from behind a drum set, the musician is bringing years of experience to his old middle school to share it with a new generation. Calvaresi, 28, is taking over the string program at Ridgely Middle School, returning to his roots as a cellist after spending the better part of a decade drumming for the rock band Cinder Road, which opened for Kiss in 2008.
- Ferris Bueller turns 25: I've always hated the scene in the restaurant