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  • Obama speaks about fatherless childhood at stop in Baltimore

    President Barack Obama has spoken of the importance of fathers to their sons on Friday after a young man he met at a community center in Baltimore mentioned wanting to provide for his sons. Obama, at the Center for Urban Families, which serves fathers and their families, said that one of the biggest challenges he faced growing up was growing without a father. According to Politico, a man ...

  • Feds to probe Connecticut train crash

    Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the ...

  • Jurrjens debuts as Os look to end three-game skid

    Jair Jurrjens has spent the 2013 season in Triple-A, two years after making the National League All-Star team. On Saturday afternoon, he will get a chance to show that he doesn't need a return trip. Jurrjens will take the ball for the Orioles in the second of their three-game set against the Rays at Camden Yards, as he fills in for the injured Wei-Yin Chen. He will oppose Roberto Hernandez ...

  • Kennedy Krieger researchers pinpoint cause of rare disease

    It's a dream Ida Heck never really expected to come true. Her family has raised about $1 million since 2005 for research into the rare disorder that afflicts her 8-year-old daughter, Jenna, resulting in cognitive ...

  • President Obama talks economy jobs in Baltimore

    Barack Obama found himself sitting near a 29-year-old man who was uncertain how to reset his life after being released from prison two years ago. In one of the few spontaneous moments of the president's visit, Marcus Dixon - father of two boys - told Obama how he connected in 2011 with a workforce development group called the Center for Urban Families, put his life back together and began ...


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Zodiac [DVD]

Zodiac [DVD]

Despite being a return to the serial killer film, the genre that first earned him recognition with 1995's brilliantly disturbing Seven, in Zodiac director David Fincher dials down the stylistic amplitude that has characterized his previous films and in the process cements his status ... ...

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  • Powerball now second-largest jackpot in U.S. history

    Powerball prize, at $600 million, is now the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history, tempting many Marylanders to buy tickets for the lottery game before the Saturday night drawing. "We expect there will be brisk sales both [Friday and Saturday]," said Stephen L. Martino, director of the Maryland Lottery. The only multi-state jackpot in the U.S. that was larger was ...

  • Glenn Younes Handles Dave In Salisbury During Baltimore Orioles Game

    (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) Dave in Salisbury is an alien from another planet. You cannot have a serious phone call with Dave From Salisbury on The Fan. Ever. Glenn Younes shows you how it is ...

  • Gausman impresses with dominant start for Bowie

    Email BALTIMORE -- Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette made it clear earlier this week that top pitching prospect Kevin Gausman was not a candidate to make Saturday's start. But that doesn't mean the 22-year-old can't continue to create a ruckus down in the Minor Leagues. Gausman struck out a career-high 10 batters for Double-A Bowie on Friday ...

  • Huge inning not enough after Hammels rough outing

    TB@BAL: Dickerson launches a three-run homer to right BALTIMORE -- Following a four-inning outing in Minnesota on May 10 in which he left his team with a six-run hole to crawl out of, Orioles Opening Day starter Jason Hammel was upfront and honest, vowing to get back to last season's form. But on a night when Baltimore, opening a stretch of 33 games in a 34-day span, badly needed a deep ...

  • Comeback bid falls short as Orioles lose to Rays 12-10

    Jason Hammel has been the beneficiary of strong run support this season, which explains his 5-1 record entering Friday night despite some rocky recent outings. In Hammel's last start, the Orioles came back from an early six-run hole in Minnesota to win.And after his roughest start of the season, the Orioles nearly got their Opening Day starter off the hook ...

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