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- Don't count yourself out - it's not too late for a last-minute New Year's bash The hesitation blues have struck again. You were waiting for a no-show invitation. You overestimated your popularity. You weren't in the mood. There's a babysitter shortage. |
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- At the stroke of midnight tonight, Michael Furr and his fellow revelers will blow their noisemakers on the rooftop of his house near Penn Station, hug and then toast the new year with Grand Marnier. |
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- It's New Year's Eve, but there's more going on than just champagne toasts. Here are a dozen possibilities for greeting the new year today and tomorrow, from family fun to serious adult partying, from hikes to high art. |
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- Rob Kasper ÀøÀLate in the year, journalists like to weigh in on the big national and international stories of the past 12 months. Not me. I will leave it to others in my craft to analyze whether the powers that be should have been tapping phones, opening the wilderness up to oil exploration or getting more seasoned slingers on the mound at Camden Yards. |
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- Hammers seem simple enough: You hold the handle and hit the nail. But not every hammer fits every job. Size, design and weight are critical to getting the best bang for your buck. |
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- Lovely presents take a lot of work to last past holidays Among the millions of gifts that changed hands in the past week, many are plants. Poinsettias, miniature roses, baskets of spring bulbs, bowls of paperwhite narcissus and potted hydrangeas have arrived in homes and apartments to brighten the dark days of winter. |
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- Garden Q&A My lucky bamboo plant has a yellow discoloration spot on its stalk. From previous experience, I know it will rot soon. How can I prevent this? |
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- It is the essential winter conversation, and one that will dominate the next few months: How much snow did you get? There is a reliable way to answer that question: a device called a snow gauge. |
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- A Dec. 17 story in Go Today discussed the Ever-Green Watering System, a device that sits under a Christmas tree posed as a wrapped package but containing a 2.7-gallon reservoir of water that can be used to keep the tree watered. |
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- Industrial-office business park reportedly planned Though it didn't meet its goal of selling its closed Baltimore assembly plant by year's end, General Motors is poised to close a deal as early as January that would lead to the redevelopment of the 182-acre site as an industrial-office business park. |
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- Changes not yet announced, but employee posted proposal online The Maryland Transit Administration is considering a series of schedule changes in February -- a recognition that the new bus route plan it implemented in October was flawed. |
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- In Baltimore County, Pat Almony helps bring families together For nearly 20 years, Pat Almony filed paperwork on divorces and foreclosures, civil lawsuits and property disputes. It was good, steady work, though inherently rooted in people's problems, disagreements and personal tragedies. |
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- Former vice president and dean contend firings came after they questioned grants Two former Baltimore City Community College administrators have sued the school for wrongful termination, contending that they were fired after they raised concerns about a systemic lack of oversight of academic grants. |
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- In basketball it's UCLA. In hockey it's Michigan. In baseball it's Southern Cal. |
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- Delmarva chicken industry is better prepared for risk Don't get Jenny Rhodes wrong. She and her two grown sons are as friendly as any of their Eastern Shore neighbors in this rural swath of corn and bean fields and high-tech chicken houses - so long as you obey the warning tacked to the metal farm gate at the end of the driveway. |
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- Gregory Kane Last day of the year. Gregory Kane's annual Chutzpah Awards. No further explanation is needed, because by this time you know the drill. |
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- Stream restoration, pond part of renewal effort at the head of the Middle River In a muddy field in Middle River lies a concrete canal strewn with trash. |
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- This schedule will be in effect tomorrow and Monday. |
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- Police say he fired gun at parents in their Crofton home The 17-year-old son of a federal agent who was arrested Thursday after police say he attempted to shoot both his parents and then fled to New Jersey was ordered held without bail by an Anne Arundel County judge yesterday. |
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- Rules are one of the new Md. laws that come with the new year Disabled drivers might soon find more handicapped spots available thanks to a state crackdown on permit abuse beginning tomorrow. |
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- Police angry over colleague's death lash out In a sign of escalating chaos in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian police officers furious over the killing of a colleague stormed the Palestinian-administered border crossing into Egypt yesterday, firing guns into the air and forcing European monitors to flee their posts. |
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- This year's record-shattering hurricane season just won't die. |
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- Russian authorities refused to ease their tough stance in a politically charged dispute with Ukraine over gas prices yesterday, issuing a stern new threat to halt supplies to its neighbor on New Year's Day and criticizing Kiev's call for more time to reach a deal. |
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- Justice Department launches inquiry, with Bush's support, into disclosure of surveillance The Justice Department disclosed yesterday that it is investigating who leaked classified information about President Bush's top-secret domestic spying program, signaling a likely contentious criminal probe that reaches into the highest echelons of the White House, Congress and the courts. |
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- President Bush, unhappy with Congress for not permanently extending the USA Patriot Act, signed a bill yesterday that renews the anti-terrorism law for a few weeks and pushes lawmakers to debate its measures. |
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- Approximately one-third of adolescents and 14 percent of adults (aged 20 to 49 years) in the U.S. have poor cardiorespiratory fitness, with an associated increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors such as higher total cholesterol and blood pressure levels, according to a study in the December 21 issue of JAMA... click link for more info. |
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- Study of 'hangover gene' in fruit flies may hold key to humans' capacity to develop tolerance for alcohol Ever wonder why some poor sots fall off their bar stools after one drink while others imbibe into the evening? |
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- Justice Department launches inquiry, with Bush's support, into disclosure of surveillance The Justice Department disclosed yesterday that it is investigating who leaked classified information about President Bush's top-secret domestic spying program, signaling a likely contentious criminal probe that reaches into the highest echelons of the White House, Congress and the courts. |
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- Youth went, without telling parents, to witness elections in Baghdad A 16-year-old from Florida who traveled to one of the world's most dangerous places without telling his parents left Baghdad yesterday to begin his journey home, the U.S. Embassy said, drawing to a close an adventure that could have cost him his life. |
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- Boston Archdiocese addresses 2nd round of abuse claims offering less than in 2003 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has offered to settle another round of sexual abuse claims for less per person than it paid in hundreds of cases two years ago. |
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- Lawyers met with a federal judge yesterday to discuss a wire fraud case against Jack Abramoff amid indications that a plea agreement could be reached next week in two federal investigations of the once-powerful lobbyist. |
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- President Bush, unhappy with Congress for not permanently extending the USA Patriot Act, signed a bill yesterday that renews the anti-terrorism law for a few weeks and pushes lawmakers to debate its measures. |
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- This year's record-shattering hurricane season just won't die. |
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- Contaminated dog food that was sold in 23 states - including Maryland - killed nearly two dozen dogs and sickened 18 more, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday. |
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- A federal judge loosened the restrictions on John W. Hinckley Jr. yesterday, allowing the hospitalized presidential assailant to spend seven overnight visits with his parents in Williamsburg, Va. |
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