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Earl weakens a bit; watch extended to Canada
Maryland WeatherThe National Hurricane Center is reporting at 2 p.m. Thursday that Hurricane Earl's top sustained winds have slowed to near 125 mph as it continues to spin north toward a brush with North Carolina's Outer Banks.Hurricane Warnings are posted for......Tags: Natural Disasters, Westport, Baltimore Weather, Weather Warnings, North Carolina
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Sun sets on 31-year Sun career
Maryland WeatherThis past August I marked 40 years in the newspaper business, including more than 31 years in Baltimore, first at The Evening Sun and, after 1993, at The Sun. This week will be my last. I am taking a buyout, extended by the......Tags: Rocketry, William Donald Schaefer, Newspaper and Magazine, St. Mary's City, Newspapers
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Friday's heat shattered records all over the place
Maryland WeatherHere are some of the high temperature records broken and set on Friday, from the National Weather Service:Newark, NJ: 108 degrees, breaking the 101-degree record for the date, and the 105-degree all-time high set Aug. 9, 2001. Records began in......Tags: Georgetown, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Bangor, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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More cold, more snow, then winter starts
Maryland WeatherDo you remember what we were all doing a year ago on this date? Here's a hint: We were watching the weather forecasts as a weekend coastal storm threatened to dump heavy snow across the region on the night of......Tags: Winter Solstice, Florida, Weather Reports, Weather, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Obamas' 'haunted' hotel -- legend has it
The Swampby Mark Silva Now that the Obamas are settling in to the Hay-Adams Hotel for about 10 days, one wonders how much Michelle Obama has told her daughters about the alleged ghost. The place is haunted, according to Washington legend.......Tags: Henry Adams, Tourism and Leisure, Sculpture, Behavioral Conditions, Hotels and Accommodations
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The Ravens vs. Colts food bet
Dining@LargeI can't believe I didn't do a post on the Ravens vs. Patriots food bet. I didn't even know about it until I heard Governor O'Malley's gracious speech to his Massachusetts counterpart, Deval Patrick, after the beat down, which ended......Tags: Government, Politics, Executive Branch, The Washington Post, Regional Authority
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'Top Chef Masters' cast announced
Reality CheckFor the next season of Top Chef, it's all about the well-known, not the unknown, as 24 chefs vie for the prize on Top Chef Masters, which debuts June 10.You can read the full press release here. Neil Patrick Harris,......Tags: Chicago, New Orleans, Zooey Deschanel, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Douglas
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"American Idol:" No NY Auditions
The TV ZoneStrange but true: "Idol," and not for the first time, is passing by the Greatest City in the World for auditions. The schedule below, just announced...What potential Adam Lambert will turn up in the next few months. (And will......Tags: Chicago, Denver, Amway Center, Dallas, Rose Bowl Game
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Ed McMahon, dead at 86
The TV Zone(Getty Images Photo) Ed McMahon, one of the great wingmen in show business history and an essential, elemental and indispensable part of Johnny Carson's act for over thirty years, died Tuesday morning. He'd been hospitalized since February for pneumonia,....Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, CNN (tv network)
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Kennedy's seat: Appointment possible
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated That last public wish of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy may come true -- in part, at least. Before he died, the senator-for-nearly-five-decades asked that Massachusetts change its recently revised laws for replacing a......Tags: Government, White House, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Politics
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The top hot dog-consuming cities
Dining@LargeIn honor of Labor Day, I guess, Ball Park Franks sent me a list of the Top 10 Hot Dog-Consuming Cities. A weaker person than I would save it for next Tuesday, but I'm better than that. I'm going to......Tags: Dog (animal), New Jersey, Lifestyle and Leisure, Onions, Washington, DC
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Home-grown terror: 'Nightmare scenario'
The Swampby Mark Silva With the arrest today of a Boston-area man accused of plotting against Americans abroad and at home, Sen. Joe Lieberman said: "We have a problem now; it's what we call home-grown terrorism.'' "This is the kind of......Tags: Prosecution, FBI, Trials, Afghanistan, Lawyers
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