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New York's One World Trade Center spire finally goes up
New York City can once again claim to be home to the tallest building in the country, and the Western Hemisphere for that matter. On Friday, workers topped off the new One World Trade Center building with a spire making the structure 1,776 feet tall,...
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Government, Same-Sex Marriage, Career and Workplace, Employees
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World Trade Center reaches new heights with permanent spire
A spire set atop One World Trade Center on Friday was greeted with cheers from workers high in the air and spectators from the street below. The 408-foot spire, draped in an American flag, brought the New York City structure to a height of 1,776 feet,...Tags: Today (tv program), New York City, Statue of Liberty, One World Trade Center, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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False report: port trade pub retracts article that says privatization decision shelved
A UK-based port trade publication posted and then pulled an article Thursday that said the Virginia Port Authority board had decided to shelve privatization plans, several days before a scheduled vote on that issue. "Despite having received multi-...
Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Politics, Privatization, Company Privatization
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Board approves $285,000 for consultant to tell police how to better run department
Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday unanimously approved $285,000 for city police to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. Despite the protests of competing...
Tags: Government, Martha's Vineyard, Safety of Citizens, Baltimore Police Department, Politics
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About 400 U.S. flights delayed as sequestration takes hold
Sequestration is starting to frustrate air travelers. About 400 flights were delayed Sunday because of air traffic controller furloughs, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and a few more interruptions were reported Monday, though the nation's air...
Tags: Transportation, Unemployment, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Travel, Career and Workplace
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City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...
Tags: Martha's Vineyard, Baltimore Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony W. Batts, Maryland State Police
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Back Story: Buildings are gone but not forgotten
Gregory J. Alexander and Paul Kelsey Williams have combed through photo archives, and the result of their labors is "Lost Baltimore," which is a painful reminder of notable buildings that fell victim, for the most part, to fire or urban renewal. They...
Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Arts and Culture, Dundalk, Baltimore Hotels, Edgar Allan Poe
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Shake-up at Florida port
A reader sent me this Jacksonville Biz Journal story that the Canaveral Port Authority has fired its CEO, J. Stanley Payne. The reasoning was a too-high turnover rate, and the port authority is conducting a nationwide search for Payne's replacement.Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Tilda Swinton sleeps in a box at MoMA and Twitter is amused
The tall stalk of pale, Scottish androgyny known as Tilda Swinton has brought her 1995 performance-art piece "The Maybe" to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The piece, which requires the Oscar-winning actress to lie inside a transparent box for hours...
Tags: Michael Clayton (movie), James Franco, David Bowie, Arts and Culture, Twitter, Inc.
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Apr 24, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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