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Five posts ago, I promised I would report the NPR-Lisa-Simeone-Occupy-DC controversy down the middle until it played out. -
- The case of Lisa Simeone, the radio host forced off one public radio show because of her involvement in the occupy movement, says a lot about today's toxic political climate.
- Right or wrong, Lisa Simeone has landed NPR back in the culture-wars battlefield. Her role in October 2011 — one of the groups camped in the nation's capital as part of the Occupy movement — could also spell an end to her presence on public radio after decades on the air.
- Two people were killed when two cars collided in Fells Point Thursday night. Police said speed might be a factor in the accident
- With an increasingly networked military fending off attacks on its computer systems on a daily basis, the Naval Academy is rapidly expanding its cybersecurity offerings — part of a larger effort to bolster the service's digital defenses.
- The Woman's Industrial Exchange, famous for its tomato aspic and its no-nonsense waitresses, will reopen in November under the no-nonsense management of food truck owner Irene Smith, who says she is determined to honor the tearoom's traditions that Baltimore held so dear.
- Chief engineer at the old WAAM-TV and made the switch to WJZ and cable but never lost his affection for old tube radios
- A 45-year-old Frederick County man and hospital patient who was shot and seriously injured Thursday evening in a downtown parking garage was a victim of an apparent robbery, officials said.
- The recent PBS documentary on the War of 1812 failed to make any mention of the Battle of North Point
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- Federal authorities in Baltimore announced Thursday a racketeering indictment charging 35 alleged Bloods gang members with murder and other crimes from Western Maryland to the Eastern Shore.
- State Sen. Joe Getty has alternative map for 6th Congressional District to preserve its current configuration
- You've still got two weekends to gather materials for a creative costume without spending a fortune. And Consuming Interests is hosting a contest to reward the best cheap costumes!
- On Wednesday, Romesh Vance, who was featured in the acclaimed documentary "The Boys of Baraka" pleaded guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy involving nearly two dozen people.
- In last week's installment of Fantasy Fodder, I cautioned you to not panic and trade away one of five notable early-season disappointments if your team was stuck in the cellar. I hope this past week was better for you. This week, we're going to turn the tables. If you're in first place in your league and closing in on a playoff spot, don't stand pat. Now is the time to feed on the desperation of owners who feel their season slipping away.
- The media coverage of the Occupy Baltimore protests against corporate greed has been anemic, which is not surprising considering that big corporations own the media
- Matthew VanDyke went to Libya in part to witness history and perhaps write about it. After being captured by Moammar Gadhafi's forces and imprisoned, he has joined the rebels fighting in the toppled strongman's final stronghold of Sirte.
- The 'Occupy Baltimore' demonstrations at the Inner Harbor are just the tip of the iceberg in the progressive movement for social change
- Paul Goldenberg is being inducted into the Howard County Community Sports Hall of Fame
- Redesigned website provides free downloads of 10,000 images from Walters Art Museum collection
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- The Occupy Together protest movement spreading from Wall Street adds an important voice to the nation's politics, but its goals are too amorphous.
- Sunday's football game between the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets was seen by 18.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research data released by NBC.
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- 'The Lion King' on Blu-ray looks sharp and talks tough to today's slacker mentality
- Drone strike on American-born radical cleric raises difficult questions.
- Baltimore police are searching for people who in the past three weeks have thrown nine Molotov cocktails at or into homes throughout the city, causing no injuries and little damage, but raising concerns
- The Baltimore Orioles comeback victory over the Boston Red Sox on the final night of the regular season was the most watched Wednesday night baseball game on ESPN since 1998.
- See the Baltimore Sun's new Food Truck Finder
- Eleanor V. Broadwater, who was a business administrator of a family medical practice, died Sunday of a heart attack at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 69.
- Passengers on a Southwest flight were delayed at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport for about an hour Monday evening as federal and state law enforcement searched their plane for an object that "raised the concerns of the airline," a spokesman said. No object was found.
- The website for the Maryland Microbrewery Festival posted Friday that the festival — scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24, at Union Mills Homestead, Westminster — has been canceled.
- Now that the Ravens signed Haloti Ngata to a five-year, $61 million deal, Joe Flacco and Ray Rice could be next. ... On Wednesday, Matt Birk, Terrence Cody and Cory Redding were the latest Ravens to sit out practice. ... Caught between the need to rest his ailing ankle and his desire to play, Lee Evans may err on the side of caution Sunday. ... Michael Oher vowed to eliminate false starts. ... David Reed hopes to avoid surgery. ... Those spoiling O's beat the Red Sox again. ... 1st Mariner Arena officials are optimistic that they can prevent the ice issues from the Baltimore Hockey Classic if the Capitals choose to return in 2012.
- Jason Prezant knew he had high-profile clients in Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco and his fiancee Dana Grady, but he never expected his photos to become a web sensation.
- Where's that dislike button when you need it? Facebook's 750 million users awoke Wednesday morning to some dramatic changes on the social media site. And what did they do? Immediately posted about just how much they despised every last bit of it.
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- Facebook users are heading to Twitter in droves to complain about Facebook's new look
- A priest from NJ is looking all over Perry Hall to find his lost Akita-husky mixed dog, Noelle, who went missing when the car she was riding in got into an accident.
- As word began spreading Tuesday that the beloved movie "Diner" was being rejiggered as a Broadway show — with Sheryl Crow music, no less — the mood of the people could best be summed up with a universal head scratch.
- Bay Theatre founder Janet Luby could not conceal her delight as she announced that the first celebratory event of the coming season, a fashion show and fundraiser, had sold out nearly two months in advance.
- The Hays-Heighe House on the campus of Harford Community College is hosting a traveling exhibit featuring the cartoons and commentary of legendary Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herbert Block, who was known as "Herblock."
- Winners, loser and the kind of TV experience Fox delivers
- An 18-year-old Bowie State University student was fatally stabbed Thursday night by her roommate during a fight in a campus dormitory, Maryland State Police said early Friday.
