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Did Beyonce cause the Super Bowl blackout?
Beyonce shut it down during the Super Bowl halftime show — literally. Only a few minutes after the pop superstar’s electrifying performance, which included a Destiny’s Child reunion, dazzling visual effects and light displays, and a...
Tags: Football, Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens, Entergy New Orleans Incorporated, USA Today
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Governor signs new law outlawing cellphone use for teen drivers
Staff WriterStarting in late March, teen drivers with a probationary license will no longer be able talk on a cellphone while driving. Gov. Rick Snyder signed "Kelsey's Law" Tuesday making it a civil infraction for teens to be talking on the phone behind the wheel...Tags: Executive Branch, Transportation Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Politics
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On speed cameras, two steps forward, one step back
The replacement of all of Baltimore's speed cameras and the police department's decision to beef up the review process for the tickets they generate are welcome signs that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is taking seriously the need to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Photography Supplies and Services, Justice System, Photography and Video
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Holiday TV Episodes 2012
Channel Guide MagazineUpdated Nov. 20, 2012, 4:07pm CT ‘Tis the season when people's minds start turning toward the holidays! And during this stretch from Thanksgiving to New Year's, and everything in between, besides eating, shopping and making merry, another thing that... -
Darkrooms are re-developing in Baltimore
Once upon a time, people interested in taking a picture used a device known as a camera. Taking pictures was all that this device did. It could never make phone calls. Or play music and video. The pictures were captured on something called film, which...
Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Fine Artists, Netflix Inc., Photography and Video, Artists
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City councilman calls for speed camera hearing
The vice chairman of the City Council's public safety committee called Sunday for a hearing on Baltimore's vast and lucrative speed camera program after an investigation by The Baltimore Sun found that the $40 citations issued to motorists can be...
Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, AAA, Politics, Justice System, Health and Safety at School
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Reality shows may put crews too close to cutting edge
Monica Martino had filmed tornadoes in the Midwest, ship collisions in the Antarctic and crab fishermen in Alaska's Bering Sea. But those experiences didn't prepare her for a terrifying nighttime boat ride in the Amazon jungle. In February, the 41-year-...
Tags: Drama (genre), Keeping Up with the Kardashians (tv program), Human Interest, Unions, Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Tanker strikes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An empty oil tanker caused minor damage Monday when it struck a tower in the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while navigating beneath the hulking span, officials said. The 752-foot Overseas Reymar rammed the...
Tags: Busan (South Korea), California Department of Transportation, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Disasters and Accidents
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Shut off Baltimore's speed cameras
It's time for Baltimore to shut its speed cameras down. On Friday, the vendor that runs the city's program reported that several cameras have error rates as high as 5 percent, and it doesn't know exactly why. Those cameras are no longer issuing tickets....
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Politics, Public Officials, Science and Technology, Baltimore Police Department
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CES 2013: Lexus driverless car: 'Technology alone is not the answer'
Lexus has its own shiny, intelligent vehicle in the growing fleet of self-driving cars being developed by the likes of Google, Audi and others. Just don’t expect it to go on sale any time soon. The automaker’s Advanced Active Safety Research...
Tags: Google Inc., Automotive Equipment, Nissan, Passenger Cars, Continental Corporation
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2012 obituaries project coming this Sunday
Obituaries are likely the most important things published daily by newspapers. They are the history of our community, the stories of those who served quietly and lived full lives outside the public eye. For many people, the only time their name...Tags: Politics, Voting, Elections, Obituaries
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Our View: Thankful for energy assistance funds
In a world of ever increasing taxes and fees, hidden costs and programs that collect public dollars but don’t always do public good, it’s uplifting to read about programs that really work for the common good. The Imperial Irrigation...
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