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County hypocritical for removing Christmas and other religious holidays from calendar - Dr. Donald A. Morrison, a retired orthopedic surgeon who had been a partner with Towson Orthopaedic Associates, died Monday from complications of dementia at Arden Courts of Towson. He was 82.
- Tuesday morning was Baltimore's coldest for the month of March since record-keeping began in the 1870s, with a low of 4 degrees reported at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport by 6 a.m.
- Realistically speaking, however, unless the city's citizens continue applying pressure on the issue, those in office can probably be depended on to give themselves raises. Such is human nature.
- The argument over McClellan's performance at Antietam is far from settled.
- Jules Witcover writes that Herman Cain is the latest flavor of the month for Republican primary voters, and those have historically not lasted long.
- Former Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston caught a cold while attending the funeral for his former adversary Union Gen. William T. Sherman in New York City in 1891, and a month later, died in Washington and was buried in a non-military ceremony at Baltimore's Green Mount Cemetery.
- Former Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston caught a cold while attending the funeral for his former adversary Union Gen. William T. Sherman in New York City in 1891, and a month later, died in Washington and was buried in a non-military ceremony at Baltimore's Green Mount Cemetery.
- On July 10, 1864, a large contingent of Confederate cavalry were in the process of moving out of Westminster after having arrived at dusk the previous day with a ominous mission: Hold the town for ransom … or burn it to the ground. What unfolded in Westminster in July 1864 is considered by some historians to have been the most perilous experience Carroll County had during the Civil War.
- Smithfield, N.C., is proud of its annual Ham and Yam Festival, the Ava Gardner Museum and Barry Foote, who hit .230 in the major leagues in 10 seasons. Now that Jerry Sands has been called up to the Dodgers, there's a new hometown hero.
