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Celebrities who come to Baltimore frequent Tattooed Heart, Orioles, Center Stage.

This segment of Chuck Todd's "The Daily Rundown" Monday got more media bounce than usual for the show thanks to MSNBC commentator Michael Steele sounding very serious about running for governor in Maryland.

Bush deserves the criticism he's getting

Can a nation survive that is so energetically pulling in opposite directions, even in a moment of tragedy?

In stepping down last week as a speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine commencement, Dr. Ben Carson again took on the role of media/culture critic and martyr to "political correctness."

Sure, the idea is to learn about things like dementia, but wouldn't you like to know what's going on in Sarah Palin's head?

Why must the GOP be so self-destructive?

The Republican Party could solve its woes by splitting in two.

Johns Hopkins Hospital's Dr. Ben Carson tested the political waters Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where many said he would be a popular Republican contender for the White House.

R.J. Cutler film is deft non-fiction, but this kind of darkness demands Shakespeare

Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson will speak at a prominent conservative political rally next month, alongside the likes of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, the American Conservative Union said Wednesday.

But the big story that seemed to mostly sail under the radar was the embattled channel's hour-long, full-right-wing, all-out, let's-give-a-big-big-hug coronation later in the evening of Dr. Benjamin Carson, the famous neurosurgeon at Baltimore's Johns Hospital, who made headlines for what he had to say Feb. 7 at the National Prayer Breakfast.

The hiring of Cain, which was reported Friday, feels like an act of desperation, a move made in reaction to sinking ratings rather than one done as part of a larger vision.

Leonard Pitts says Republicans' talk of a party makeover should be treated with wariness.

The joint appearance by President Obama and Hillary Clinton on ¿60 Minutes¿ wasn¿t about the Democratic nomination in 2016, as some analysts have insisted this weekend.

Overall, the Golden Globe nominations proved kind to made-in-Baltimore productions.

Baltimore productions earn mixed reception at Screen Actors Guild award nominations.

The GOP's right wing refuses to acknowledge the reality of the fiscal cliff, and that may preclude any deal on the budget and taxes before Jan. 1.

History will show that electing Obama president was a mistake

Sarah Palin doesn't deserve the snark

Having elected Obama, the joke's on us

Silly Palin satire

Palin an unlikely presidential nominee in four years

Forget the 'baggage'; with her emotional appeal, blue-collar roots and charisma, she's everything Mitt Romney isn't

Republican dead-enders have to call the Obama coalition un-American; otherwise, they would have to cope with the fact that America rejected them.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin won a second term Tuesday despite a spirited and well-funded campaign from one opponent and a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz from another.

2012 Election Day in Baltimore brings long lines and heavy turnout at polling places: Medfield Heights Elementary School, Shrine of Sacred Heart in Mount Washington and others.

Baltimore's Pat Moran won an Artio Award from the Casting Society of America for her work on HBO's "Game Change," the locally-produced film about the 2008 presidential election.

Baltimore native Jason Winer signed a new deal with 20th Century as NBC announced a premiere date for his sitcom, "1600 Penn," according to the trade publication Variety.

Vice President Joe Biden's Roosevelt-era ideas got us in hock to China; Paul Ryan's ideas about individual responsibility can get us out.

In TV terms, Biden was a hot mess much of Thursday night. His TV sins included: continually smirking, sometimes grinning and even laughing aloud as Ryan spoke. If you watched on CNN, which held the two men in split screen, Biden was almost insufferable in his reactions.

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge endorsed Daniel Bongino in his uphill campaign for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a string of high-profile Republicans who have backed the former Secret Service agent's first run for office.

WASHINGTON -- Maryland GOP Senate candidate Daniel Bongino will report raising at least $650,000 for his campaign since July, a significantly larger haul than he has had in any quarter since announcing his candidacy last year.

On last night's Dancing With the Stars, Justin Bieber and Pitbull performed before a couple was voted off.

BGR The Burger Joint is reviving its presidential burger contest with burgers inspired by President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.