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Friday Talking Points [84] -- The Rockets' Red Glare, The Bombs Bursting In Air

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human, Rockets Red Glare, Senator, Star-Spangled Banner, July 4th, Al Franken, Francis Scott Key, Taming Fire, Firework, China, Chinese, Fireworks, Friday Talking Points, Senator-Elect, Clinton, Firecracker, Campfire, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Smithsonian, Baltimore, Fourth of July, Franken, Lyrics, Fire, Minnesota, Independence, Coleman, Mddotw, Independence Day, Hillary, Chris Weigant, July Fourth, Bombs Bursting in Air, Humanity, Hillary Clinton, National Anthem, Bamboo, War of 1812, Animal, Senate, Fort McHenry, Prometheus, Key, Mchenry, Politics News
Chris Weigant

What separates humans from animals can be summed up as one simple thing -- the mastery of fire. Even "using tools" doesn't cut it anymore, as apes ha...

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ExxonMobil Unveils Electric Car

AllAboutElectric | AllCarsElectric | Posted 06.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Baltimore, Home News

You know the revolution has truly taken hold when one of the world's largest oil companies decides to launch its own electric car program. An today...

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Men II Boys: A Documentary For Young Men of Color

Timothy Cooper | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Education, Congress, Baltimore, Children, President Obama, Documentary, Men to Boys, Barack Obama, Minorities, New Orleans, Charlotte, Fairfax, Atlanta, London, Los Angeles, LaMarr Darnell Shields, Young Voters, Janks Morton, Chicago, Philadelphia, Young Boys, Media News
Timothy Cooper

Men II Boys is a new film that featuring interviews from BET journalist Jeff Johnson, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Baltimore Ravens Tight End, Daniel Wilcox.

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Sports: Preakness-Winning Filly An Inspiration To Women Who Want To Win Preakness

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Baltimore, Home News

BALTIMORE—By becoming the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes in 85 years, thoroughbred Rachel Alexandra inspired millions of women Saturday...

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In Focus: Dog Urine Lowers Heart-Attack Risk, Say Snickering Researchers

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home

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BALTIMORE--A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found a link between the consumption of dog urine and the decreased likelihood of he...

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Baltimore Water Main Breaks, Floods Downtown

AP | BEN GREENE | Posted 04.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Baltimore Water Main Break, Baltimore Flood, Baltimore Water Break, Baltimore, Home News

BALTIMORE — A massive water main break shut down the heart of downtown Baltimore on Tuesday, sending thousands of workers home or to other offic...

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Free TV Broadcasting Comes to Mobile Gadgets

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 04.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Baltimore, Las Vegas-Nevada, Home News

There's a nifty new wireless video technology on the horizon, and its best feature is its price: free. A group of broadcasters and electronics compani...

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Maryland Needs to Repeal the Death Penalty -- Now

Gov. Martin O'Malley | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Martin O'Malley, Capital Punishment, Baltimore, Martin O'Malley, Crime, Maryland, Punishment, Death Penalty, Politics News
Gov. Martin O'Malley

I've asked Marylanders to urge their state senators to end capital punishment in our state. I believe we will fail our children and ourselves if we allow these executions to continue.

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We Are Willing To Go To Any Means Necessary

Bertha Lewis | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oakland, President Obama, Roseanne Barr, Main Street, ACORN Homesteaders, Los Angeles, Orlando, New York, Acorn, Wall Street, Bertha Lewis, Houston, Working Families, ACORN Home Defenders, Bertha Lewis Acorn, Baltimore, Politics News
Bertha Lewis

On Wednesday I wrote a piece on Huffington Post and another at Open Left talking about the centrality of fixing the foreclosure crisis to any recovery...

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Free Miguel Tejada

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mitchell Report Baseball, Law Enforcement, Congress, Barry Bonds, Bridge to Nowhere, Mitchell Report, Steroids in Baseball, Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Bonds Steroids, Sworn Testimony, Miguel Tejada Testimony, Baseball, Miguel Tejada Steroids, Law, Steroids, Major League Baseball, Criminal Law, Miguel Tejada, Baltimore, Entertainment News
Aaron Zelinsky

Instead of imaginative prosecutors stretching the law to go after stupid lies in hotel rooms, baseball should take strong, decisive, and immediate action to clean up the game.

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Taking Action, Saving Homes, Starting the Recovery

Bertha Lewis | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosures Squatters, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Squatters Foreclosed Homes, Foreclosure Crisis, Baltimore, Acorn, Marcy Kaptur, President Obama, Brave New Films, Washington DC, Bertha Lewis, Foreclosure, ACORN Home Defenders, Fighting for Our Homes, Home Foreclosures, Housing Crisis, Politics News
Bertha Lewis

Four families every minute enter the foreclosure process. It is no wonder that ACORN members are fighting back in the face of the economic maelstrom engulfing the country.

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"Baltimore Examiner" Newspaper To Close

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Baltimore, Baltimore Examiner, Newspaper Closing, Media News

BALTIMORE — Less than three years after its launch as the city's second daily newspaper, The Baltimore Examiner is shutting down, a victim of sl...

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Who Needs the Right When the Left Has Itself?

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left, Bill Scher, Baltimore, Cronyism, Bush, Ann Coulter, Fart, Opinion, Obama, Journalism, First Black President, Caroline Kennedy, Liberal Oasis, App, Rod Blagojevich, Cabinet, Blacks, People of Color, Rick Warren, Sarah Palin, New Media, Harry Reid, Right, Mayor Sheila Dixon, African-Americans, Big Tent Party, Senate Majority Leader, Advocacy, Minorities, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

This is the nub of it for me with the Lefties: they do not truly understand who they are, nor what they are motivated by. The slightest bump in the road leads to anarchy or dissent.

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Sheila Dixon: Indicted For Using Money For The Poor On A Personal Shopping Spree

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sheila Dixon, Baltimore, Corruption, Political Corruption, Politics News

BALTIMORE — Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council presiden...

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Droppin' Out: The Real American Crisis

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Education, High School Dropouts, Drop Out Rate, Urban Schools, New York, Baltimore, Columbus, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Civil Rights Education, Civil Rights, American Education, Chicago, Detroit, Dropout, Education Reform, Education Civil Rights Issue, Education in America, John McCain, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

For too many years Americans have fought against things: communism, drugs, poverty. Isn't it time to fight for something?

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Sarah Palin and The GOP's Charli Baltimore Plan

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Gop, Cypress Hill, Karl Rove, Shoutout, Ronald Reagan, Eminem, Television Correspondent's Dinner, Rap, Karl Rove Television Correspondent Dinner, Karl Rove Rap, Keith Olbermann, GOP Southern Strategy, Lee Atwater, George H.W. Bush, Hip Hop, Rachel Maddow, Bob Herbert, Mr Magic, 99 Problems, Jay-Z, Lamis, Barry Michael Cooper, Baltimore, Media News
Barry Michael Cooper

Watching Palin sit through the SNL skit, it amazed me how politics and Hip Hop have established some sort of weird intertextuality.

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HOTELS TAKING "GOING GREEN" TO NEW TOPS WITH GREEN ROOFS

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Stefanie Michaels, Shanghai, Chicago, Audubon Society, Green, China, Greenlodgingnews.com, Mirror Lake, Leed, New York, Reuse, Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, Green Seal Certification, Lake PLacid, Recycle, Hotels, Environmental, Adventure Girl, Environment, North America, Green Weddings, Reduce, Songjiang Hotel, Wildlife, Intercontinental Hotel, Baltimore, Green Roofs, Hvac, Hilton, Green News
Stefanie Michaels

Hotels are looking for new ways to run more efficiently and looking to nature to give them some ideas. The latest in green technology is allowing hote...

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Crime Labs Expose Preventable Forensic Errors

John Terzano | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

Read More: The Justice Project, Police, Dna, Crime Labs, Baltimore, Detroit, Home News
John Terzano

Police crime labs in both Detroit and Baltimore have recently come under fire for shocking errors discovered in the testing, analysis, and use of forensic evidence.

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Bush's "Bread Man"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Climate, Maryland, Agriculture, Campaign Finance, George W. Bush, Paterakis, Conservation Reserve Program, Ducks, Biofuels, Environment, Baking, McDonald's, H & S Bakery, Industrial Agriculture, Global Warming, Baltimore, Wildlife, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

Last week, The New York Times's David Streitfeld told the story of one JR Paterakis, a Baltimore "baker" who opposes the Conservation Reserve Program ...

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Baltimore's Golden Fences Come Down

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 03.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Art, Baltimore, Controversy, Artist, Baltimore Sun, Travel, Air Travel, Dogs, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

I visited Baltimore on Thursday, and checked out Mount Vernon Place. It's a historic area of the city, with four rectangular parks, arranged around a ...

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Wire v. The Media on Drugs II: You're Right, David Simon, We Suck

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 03.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Addiction, The Wire, Media, Heroin, Baltimore, David Simon, Opioid, Buprenorphine, Drugs on Tv, Drugs on the Wire, Media News
Maia Szalavitz

Addiction is a massively complex social problem -- but the sad thing is that rather than suggest solutions, the press is busy looking for stories to plug into its prize-seeking formula.

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Sunday: Politics Set to Music

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Barack Obama, Duke Ellington, Baltimore, Politics News
Jamie Stiehm

Like the bright melody that prevails in Duke Ellington's "Harlem", Obama seems to hold a vision of a happier hour in history, at what he calls a "defining moment" for war, peace and the planet.

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The Wire Isn't a Critique of Capitalism

Conor Friedersdorf | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business

Read More: The Wire, Baltimore, Capitalism the Wire, Capitalism, David Simon, Hbo, Tv, Business News
Conor Friedersdorf

Whether creator David Simon thinks so or not, The Wire isn't a searing attack on the excesses of capitalism! That's not to say that the show isn't audacious.

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The Wire's Faulty Diagnosis

John McQuaid | Posted 01.14.2008 | Media

Read More: The Wire, Newspapers, Baltimore Sun, Times-Picayune, Journalism, David Simon, Baltimore, Media News
John McQuaid

In contrast to The Wire's amazingly cool, disciplined eye for every other aspect of urban society, this plotline has so far been the worst possible thing for a drama, both preachy and sentimental.

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Suit: Wells Fargo Lenders Preyed On Baltimore Poor

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 01.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Wells Fargo, Well Fargo Lawsuit, Predatory Lending Practices, Subprime Mortgages, John Relman, Baltimore, Business News

Black neighborhoods in Baltimore were disproportionately affected by the subprime mortgage fallout, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by th...

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