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"Deathtrap" keeps most of thrill and chills at Stage Door Theatre
Staff Writer“Deathtrap” at Stage Door Theatre is a Rube Goldberg machine of a thriller, a complex device that accomplishes a simple task through a convoluted and whimsical series of chain reactions. Maybe this is not an inspired staging, but it is a...Tags: Christopher Reeve, Michael Caine, Coral Springs, Dyan Cannon, Stage Door Theater
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Would Rube Goldberg approve?
Change of SubjectLots of human intervention in the various steps in this "machine" created by Red Bull, but....... -
Peter H. Anderson, Morgan professor
Peter H. Anderson, a former professor of electrical engineering at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University, died Sept. 19 from complications after brain surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Bel Air resident was 66....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Montpelier
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O'Malley's special mistake
Gov. Martin O'Malleyis expected to announce by the end of the week that he will call lawmakers back to Annapolis for a special legislative session next month to decide whether to expand the state's gambling program. He has backed a plan to add a sixth...
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Rube Goldberg couldn't have done it better
I don’t know how many of you ever played the board game Mousetrap. For you children under the age of 48, the point of Mousetrap — well, there really wasn’t any point, unless it was to prove that the people who designed it must have...
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The best gaming apps: Amazing Alex, Draw Something, PictoPlay
WGN NewsWhether you're commuting to work on the CTA or need a break at the office, these apps for social gaming are a great way to unwind. Oh, and your older kids might like 'em too! Amazing Alex The first bird-free game by the creators of Angry Birds,...Tags: Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Chicago Transit Authority, Social Media, Twitter, Inc.
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Manbeck Bread Co. remembered for wonderful smells it produced
arnoldp@herald-mail.comFor generations, the large brick-and-wood building in Hagerstown’s West End was known for the wonderful smells it produced, maybe even more than the hundreds of jobs it provided. “Oh, my gosh, what a fragrance!” recalled Linda Irvin-...Tags: Industrial Production, Economy, Business and Finance, Bankruptcy, Business, U.S. Navy
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Obamacare readings
Change of SubjectCut and pasted from reading I did over the last few days of my vacation: [U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John] Roberts is going down in history as the justice that shredded the Constitution and turned it into a worthless...... -
Art installation aims to add to the Bromo Seltzer Tower's gravitational pull
Starting at sunset Saturday, artist Kelley Bell will place Baltimore's venerable landmark Bromo Seltzer Tower at the exact center of the solar system.
For at least the next five weeks, pedestrians and motorists will view the four faces of the clock tower...Tags: Fine Arts, Arts, Human Interest, Patterson Park, Halloween
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Out on Home Video: 'Final Destination 5' released
limiro@juno.comFINAL DESTINATION 5 (2011) * * * (B) Directed by Steven Quale Starring Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Tony Todd, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Arlen Escarpeta, Ellen Wroe, P. J. Byrne, Tony Todd Warner//Rated R//Horror//92 minutes Available on:...Tags: Nicholas D'Agosto, Bailee Madison, Movies, Guillermo Del Toro, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
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Community Commentary: Costa Mesa government counters negativity with rescue
It's been almost a year since the current Costa Mesa City Council took the reins of city government and managed to turn it upside down with bogus claims of financial catastrophe, pension calamity and rumors of municipal bankruptcy. The past 11 months...Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Local Government, Job Layoffs, Bankruptcy
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Jim Rodnunsky dies at 54; developer of Cablecam system used in sporting events, Hollywood films
Filmmaker Jim Rodnunsky took a backward (and face-down) approach to developing Cablecam, among the most revolutionary innovations in the history of sports broadcasting.
Rodnunsky's system of using a cat's cradle of synthetic ropes to suspend a remote-...Tags: National Football League, Super Bowl, Science, Movies, Mass Media
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