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Senate Passes Bill To Ban Smoking On MTA Platforms
PIX11.comThe Senate passed legislation that bans smoking in ticketing, boarding or platform areas of the MTA Friday. The bill was introduced by Senator Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. (R-Merrick) which he says will help protect MTA passengers from harmful second hand...Tags: Politics, Commuting, Travel
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Archaeologists seek Civil War camp
Volunteer archaeologists are descending on leafy Lafayette Square in West Baltimore this weekend in an effort to uncover relics from Camp Hoffman, a Union army encampment that stood there during the Civil War.
Just hours into the project Friday, while...Tags: Social Issues, History, Hospitals and Clinics, Christianity, Arts and Culture
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Disabled Iraq Vet Dies After Fall From Rollercoaster
BUFFALO, NY -- A disabled war veteran fell to his death from a 208-foot-tall rollercoaster late on Friday afternoon, tragically ending his miraculous return to normal post-war life.
U.S. Army Sergeant James Hackemer, 29, a double amputee, fell from the...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Gardens and Parks, Iraq, Local Government, Health
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All cribs now must pass tough new safety rules
Starting Tuesday, it will be illegal in the U.S. to sell or even donate a crib that fails to meet the toughest crib safety rules in the world.
Newly required safety tests are so stringent that few cribs in American homes — even those that have...Tags: Consumers, Judges, Craigslist, Inc., Long Island, Crime, Law and Justice
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Tubman Underground Railroad center on Shore gets funding
Harriet Tubman has long inspired a deep sense of pride among Marylanders, especially in the rural communities of the Eastern Shore, where the former slave was born and led dozens to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
While her story is taught to...Tags: African Americans, Natural Resources, Gardens and Parks, Democratic Party, Museums
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Critic's Notebook: Under the influence of Hemingway
![For much of the 1980s, beginning when I was in college, I used to read a Hemingway book a year. The point was not self-improvement but rather a kind of exploration: What was it, exactly, about his writing that I'd missed? I had read "The Sun Also Rises" in high school and had admired its spare portrayal of 1920s expatriate life. But I'd also thought of it as more than a little stilted, even melodramatic in its way.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62887735-30134252.jpg "For much of the 1980s, beginning when I was in college, I used to read a Hemingway book a year. The point was not self-improvement but rather a kind of exploration: What was it, exactly, about his writing that I'd missed? I had read "The Sun Also Rises\" in high school and had admired its spare portrayal of 1920s expatriate life. But I'd also thought of it as more than a little stilted, even melodramatic in its way.")
Los Angeles Times Book CriticFor much of the 1980s, beginning when I was in college, I used to read a Hemingway book a year. The point was not self-improvement but rather a kind of exploration: What was it, exactly, about his writing that I'd missed? I had read "The Sun Also Rises"...Tags: History, Arts and Culture, Richard Ford, John Dos Passos, Jack Kerouac
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Couples take heart in O'Malley decision on gay marriage
Jon A. Kaplan imagines a beautiful wedding ceremony on the beaches of the Eastern Shore, followed by a big party in Baltimore, where he and partner Joel Pearson, have lived for more than a decade.
Dan Gilbert likes the simplicity of signing a marriage...Tags: Family, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Democratic Party, Judges, Gays and Lesbians
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Personal and private lives
A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute has revealed that religious Americans think a financial scandal is worse than a sexual one. The poll was conducted in the wake of several high-profile cases of politicians making headlines for their...Tags: Grover Cleveland, Public Officials, Anthony D. Weiner, Vegetarian Diet, Winston Churchill
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Taken For Granted: A treasure in our midst
I’m amazed at how many Glendale residents fail to take full advantage of the great entertainment opportunities our city has to offer. Topping the neglect list is the Glendale Centre Theatre. The recent production of “1776” was a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Connie Stevens, Elections, Fine Arts, Music Theater
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Gay marriage: A tale of two states
The storylines were similar: A divided state legislature grapples with the emotional question of whether to allow same-sex couples to marry.
But several plot twists — an ambitious Democratic governor as the main character, a multimillion-dollar...Tags: African Americans, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice
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Taken For Granted: Cutting Kody into the will
It’s time to change the will. No, we’re not dropping any family members caught tweeting photos of themselves in their skivvies, nor are we deleting deserving charities which have proven to be not so deserving; we’re just adding our...Tags: Florida, Internal Revenue Service, Human Interest
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Rhymes with Opera explores definition, dimension of art form
They've heard just about all the suggestions by now. But if you insist, you can approach members of the Rhymes with Opera ensemble Saturday at the Windup Space and offer your response to what is actually not a request.
"We've had people come up to us and...Tags: North Carolina, Brooklyn (New York City), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals
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