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Attorney General Holder orders more episodes of 'The Wire'
The Obama administration has some very pressing matters on its hands: Three overseas wars, an economy struggling to recover and a massive budget shortfall.
So, what are administration officials spending their time doing? Why, ordering more episodes of...Tags: Movies, Wendell Pierce, Barack Obama, Sonja Sohn, The Wire (tv program)
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David Simon apologizes for 'amused contempt' of 'Wire' fans
The Baltimore SunFans of "The Wire" were taken aback to read that creator David Simon is sort of tired of their rah-rah, late-to-the-game enthusiasm. Simon on Thursday told the New York Times: I do have a certain amused contempt for the number of people who walk...Tags: Music, Concerts, The New York Times, Entertainment
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Laura Lippman's darker side of Dickeyville
The pungent, haunting narrative of Laura Lippman's new novel, "The Most Dangerous Thing," kicks in with a group of kids arguing for dibs on a grassy kickball field near a cotton mill on "Wetheredsville Road."
The whole scene sounds like a cozy...Tags: Stephen King, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Mystery (genre), Central Park
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Michael K. Williams' 'Empire'
RedEyeMichael Kenneth Williams is making a habit of creating unforgettable characters in HBO series. Williams is probably best known for his turn as gay stickup artist Omar Little on “The Wire.” But he’s currently burning up the small...Tags: HBO (tv network), Facebook, Social Media, Crimes, Murder
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Baltimore Sun in the news
There's a fallacy that reporters detest being in the spotlight. If that were really true, articles would be published without bylines. But print journalists have found that it's easier and more fun to ask questions than it is to answer them. Nonetheless,...
Tags: Trials, Music, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment Events, Nation of Islam
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The casting director: Living in the house of Bodine
When I was a little girl, I read from an early age. I come from a family of big newspaper readers, and one of the first (and favorite) things I remember reading was the Brown section in the Sunday Sun, so-called because it was sepia in tone. Other kids...
Tags: Roland Park, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Barry Levinson, Mount Vernon
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Deconstructing the Bill Simmons-David Simon Beef
It’s always interesting when two people you like and admire collide in the public sphere. David Simon, creator of the best television show of all the time, “The Wire,” and Bill Simmons, sports writer, podcaster and editor of Grantland....
Tags: Music, Prisons, Concerts, Arts and Culture, Television
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Trayvon Martin case strikes deep chord with Baltimoreans
When 17-year-old John Edwards was shot in the head on Edmondson Avenue this month, no one marched on City Hall.
There were no comparisons to Emmett Till, no columns in national newspapers about the anxieties of growing up black and male in a country...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Martin O'Malley, Justice and Rights, Johns Hopkins University, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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The Orioles and cops -- an Opening Day primer
Police and baseball go together like, well, maybe not so much. But cops and criminals are part of this city’s fabric, and sometimes get just as much attention, if not more, than the ballplayers themselves. Opening Day gives us a chance to look...
Tags: Trials, Long Island, Murder, New York Yankees, Derek Jeter
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Police turn out at blood drive in honor of injured officer
Those who work in public safety consider themselves part of a brotherhood. But for the purposes of organ donation, a brother in blue may not be quite family enough, as Officer Gene Cassidy is finding out.
Cassidy was shot in the head 27 years ago in West...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Health, Emergency Health Procedures, Blood Transfusion, Human Interest
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Finding shards of light 'In Darkness'
Agnieszka Holland's Holocaust movies, like "Angry Harvest" and "Europa Europa," are a world away from concentration camp tear-jerkers like Robert Benigni's Oscar-winning smash "Life Is Beautiful."
Holland's films are uninhibited and sexual, gutsy and...Tags: Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Agnieszka Holland, Prague (Czech Republic)
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Thanks to David Simon, The Sun, for shedding light on liver donation
I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to David Simon and The Baltimore Sun for telling Gene Cassidy's remarkable story ("David Simon's 'Homicide' cop battling life on the streets once again," March 11). Gene is truly one of Baltimore's finest, ever....Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, Health, Human Interest, Liver Transplants, Charity
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