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State hopes to ease some Baltimore-area traffic jams
In the stop-and-go world of Baltimore-area traffic, there's a lot more braking than commuters and transportation officials would like. Take Russell Allen, a Federal Hill resident who gets in his silver Ford Edge every weekday morning before 7:30 and...
Tags: Radio, Traffic, Commuting, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, AAA
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With NPR's 'Wait Wait,' eggheads at the multiplex
NEW YORK -- At about 8 p.m. Thursday night, as moviegoers around the country were lining up to see “Iron Man 3,”an assuredly smaller group was gathering at 600 North American theaters for the live-cinema simulcast of the popular NPR game...
Tags: Radio, Arts and Culture, Academy Awards, BBC, Paula Poundstone
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Yes, the abortion-doctor trial is relevant to abortion debate
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Kermit Gosnell. There. As the case against the Philadelphia abortion doctor accused of gruesome acts of murder in his filthy clinic goes to the jury this week, I have at last mentioned his name in my column....... -
WMFE hires new boss from Baltimore
Staff writerA Baltimore broadcaster will become president and general manager of WMFE-FM after a national search, the public radio station announced Thursday. LaFontaine Oliver has held a similar position at WEAA-FM since 2007. He will start at WMFE late this month....Tags: Radio, Radio Industry, Entertainment, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, XM Satellite Radio
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A poem for a planet: Send your haiku to Mars
The MAVEN spacecraft is leaving for Mars in November. Along with scientific gear and advanced communication technologies, it will be bringing along some poetry. It could be yours. NASA launched -- or, rather, opened -- the poetry contest on Wednesday....
Tags: Poetry, Google+, NASA Mars Exploration Program, NASA
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Black Guerrilla prison story putting national media pressure on O'Malley
The Baltimore SunReviewing national media coverage of the Black Guerrilla Family's virtual takeover of the Baltimore City Detention Center, it's impossible not to feel the pressure mounting on Gov. Martin O'Malley who is expected to return this week from a trip to the...Tags: Radio, Black Guerrilla Family, Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics, Entertainment
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Next: News Games
In mid-April, ten teams participated in a competition to develop newsgames at Editors’ Lab New York, a hack-a-thon organized by the Global Editors Network and The New York Times. Combining the fantastical and playful aspects of gaming with hard...
Tags: The Boston Globe, Sports, Entertainment, Politics, The Wall Street Journal
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O'Malley sees success in jail indictments, but critics take aim
As critics of Martin O'Malley sensed a new political vulnerability, the governor insisted Tuesday that last week's indictment of inmates and correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center was "a positive achievement" in Maryland's fight...
Tags: Radio, Political Corruption, Black Guerrilla Family, Politics, Baltimore County
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Sibling influence
How much influence does one sibling have on another? New research says, an older brother or sister may have more impact on a child than their parents. The good new is, that goes for good behavior, not just bad. It's an issue that's come up for...
Tags: Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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'Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!' hits the silver screen
Peter Sagal is, at minimum, amused to be following a theatrical-presentation path cleared by Glenn Beck. But the host of NPR's “Wait Wait … Don't Tell Me!” says there are similarities between his show and Beck's act that make both...
Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), AMC (tv network), Radio, Sony Corp., Glenn Beck
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News of the Weird: Chocolate Toothpaste and 'Holy Crap' Cereal!
The Precocious Tots of Finland: A University of Kansas professor and two co-authors, in research in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Finance, found that children age 10 and under substantially outperformed their parents in earnings from stock trading...
Tags: Walmart, The New York Times, Politics, Clemson University, Wildlife
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