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    Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. What is the real cost of dining out?

    Did you ever think about the complex economic and financial structures lying behind your restaurant meal?
    The Baltimore Sun
    Did you ever think about the complex economic and financial structures lying behind your restaurant meal? Me neither. But that's no reason not to start thinking about them. Two authors are stopping in Baltimore this week to shed some light on the...

    Tags: Charles Street, Food Industry

  2. Mar 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  3. Md. author explores fascinating, fatal arsenic

    For such a long time, arsenic was the perfect poison.
    For such a long time, arsenic was the perfect poison. It is odorless, colorless and tasteless, so it's difficult to detect when slipped into a food or beverage. Its effects are gradual and cumulative — deflecting suspicion from the killer. The...

    Tags: Abusive Behavior, Malaria, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Reisterstown Road, Symptoms

  4. Feb 23, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  5. No apologies for Baltimore

    The Baltimore Sun
    There was a flutter on Facebook yesterday over an article about Baltimore. A newspaper of some repute had engaged a writer with low esteem for the city to venture here and write about his discoveries. He followed a familiar pattern: Writer from the...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Basilica of the Assumption, Foods and Beverages, The New York Times, Lifestyle and Leisure

  6. Feb 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  7. Volunteers work to reopen shuttered Barclay Rec Center

    A dozen neighborhood volunteers will spend their Presidents Day turning around a former city recreation center that new sponsors envision reborn as an education and community center.
    A dozen neighborhood volunteers will spend their Presidents Day turning around a former city recreation center that new sponsors envision reborn as an education and community center. After 32 years, the Barclay Recreation Center shut down in August, a...

    Tags: Government Debt, Charles Village, St. Paul Street, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), William Donald Schaefer

  8. Feb 15, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun
  9. Jewish Museum examines the exodus to the suburbs

    As a child in the mid-1950s, I asked my mother why we didn't live in a modern house built of new, salmon-toned brick like my schoolmates. We lived in a traditional city neighborhood, in a three-story 1915 rowhouse. We had only a small backyard that lacked a barbecue area or swing set.
    As a child in the mid-1950s, I asked my mother why we didn't live in a modern house built of new, salmon-toned brick like my schoolmates. We lived in a traditional city neighborhood, in a three-story 1915 rowhouse. We had only a small backyard that lacked...

    Tags: Baltimore County, Arts and Culture, Randallstown, Judaism, Religion and Belief

  10. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  11. Pratt library offers a piece of history on Lincoln's birthday

    To mark the birthday of <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln" target="_blank">Abraham Lincoln</a>, our 16th president, the<a href="http://www.prattlibrary.org/" target="_blank"> Enoch Pratt Free Library</a> is offering a look at a bit of history today.
    To mark the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, the Enoch Pratt Free Library is offering a look at a bit of history today. The Pratt will have a presidential appointment signed by Lincoln on display in the main hall of the Central Library...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Abraham Lincoln, Libraries

  12. Feb 11, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  13. Lincoln document on display Tuesday

    The <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/search/results/type.venue?what=Enoch+Pratt+Free+Library&amp;where=&amp;sort=rating">Enoch Pratt Free Library</a>'s only document signed by Abraham Lincoln will be on display Tuesday for one day only, in honor of the Great Emancipator's 204th birthday.
    The Enoch Pratt Free Library's only document signed by Abraham Lincoln will be on display Tuesday for one day only, in honor of the Great Emancipator's 204th birthday. The document — the appointment of Walter Graham of New Jersey as the American...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Abraham Lincoln, South Africa, Libraries

  14. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. Author George Saunders to headline CityLit Festival

    New York Times best-selling author George Saunders will headline the 10th annual CityLit Festival this Spring. Saunders, the recipient of a MacArthur Award Fellowship, commonly known as a "genius" grant, has written four short story collections. The...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, George Saunders, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Candace Bushnell

  16. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  17. Baltimore-San Francisco book smackdown for Super Bowl

    Baltimore's <a href="http://www.prattlibrary.org/" target="_blank">Enoch Pratt Free Library</a> wants in on the Super Bowl betting action -- with a book-lover's slant.
    The Baltimore Sun
    Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library wants in on the Super Bowl betting action -- with a book-lover's slant. It has offered this challenge: If the Ravens win Sunday, San Francisco Public Library City Librarian Luis Herrera will have to recite Edgar...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, San Francisco 49ers, Media Industry, YouTube, Edgar Allan Poe

  18. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  19. Maryland Zoo, Pratt Library bet on the Ravens

    When it comes to Super Bowl XLVII, it seems everyone is willing to put some skin in the game. Or at least a little ego. (Yes, we're talking about you, Mayor Hancock.)
    When it comes to Super Bowl XLVII, it seems everyone is willing to put some skin in the game. Or at least a little ego. (Yes, we're talking about you, Mayor Hancock.) The bets for - and against - the Baltimore Ravens are piling up. And it's not just in...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Football, Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, Libraries

  20. Jan 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. Light snowfall prompts early closings, slows evening commute

    A relatively weak system dusted the region with snow Friday afternoon, prompting schools, courts and libraries to close early and slowing the evening commute.
    A relatively weak system dusted the region with snow Friday afternoon, prompting schools, courts and libraries to close early and slowing the evening commute. The anticipation of a treacherous afternoon rush hour had many starting their weekends early....

    Tags: Highway Transportation, Baltimore Weather, Weather, National Weather Service, Druid Hill

  22. Jan 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. Taylor Branch distills Pulitzer-winning trilogy for students

    The math is daunting: More than 2,300 pages of prose winnowed down to 190, including photographs and the occasional blank sheet that signals chapter breaks.
    The math is daunting: More than 2,300 pages of prose winnowed down to 190, including photographs and the occasional blank sheet that signals chapter breaks. Yet, that's exactly the challenge that author and historian Taylor Branch tackled when he...

    Tags: Justice and Rights, Education, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Parties and Movements, Teaching and Learning

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Throughout his life, Massachusetts-born businessman and...
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