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  • Joseph R. Carlozo Calvert Hall football coach dies

    Memorial Stadium on Thanksgiving Day in 1969, died of stroke complications May 20 at the Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 85. Born in Philadelphia and raised in South Philadelphia, he was the son of Joseph Thomas Carlozo, a painter, and Concetta DeVicaris, a homemaker. He was a 1946 graduate of Southern High School in South Philadelphia, where he was a standout player on ...

  • Oklahoma principals recall day tornado hit

    It was like any other day. If anything, it might have been a little better than usual -- with more deserved honors for the kids, more jokes and songs, more smiles. Even Mother Nature, after storms the previous day, seemed at first to cooperate as the sun shone ...

  • Garcia takes on Dickey in search for first victory

    After hitting a rough patch at the beginning of the season, Blue Jays right-hander R.A. Dickey has finally turned a corner. The knuckleballer had his best outing of the season on Monday against the Rays, allowing three runs on four hits in a season-high eight innings for his second straight win. Going just 2-4 in April, Dickey has posted a 2-1 record in four starts in May. He's also tossed ...

  • One-year-old fatally shot Friday night in Cherry Hill

    A 1-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday in the early evening in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood and an adult man was injured when at least one gunman opened fire on the car in which the victims were riding.The child was pronounced dead at 8:26 p.m. Friday, according to Baltimore Police Detective Angela Carter-Watson. The man was listed in critical condition and was being treated at an ...

  • Baltimore beats up on Blue Jays pitching Lawrie ejected

    It was a rough welcome to the majors for Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Sean Nolin, who gave up seven hits and six earned runs in 1.1 innings of work. (Abelimages/Getty ...


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The Blind Side

The Blind Side

Is this a white liberal guilt thing? That question, posed by one of the wealthy white socialite friends of Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) during an overpriced-salad lunch near the middle of John Lee Hancocks The Blind Side, could very well be directed at the entire subgenre of ... ...

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  • Orioles unleash power with four homers in slugfest

    BAL@TOR: Hardy launches three-run shot in the first TORONTO -- The Orioles hit a season-high four home runs to power their way to a 10-6 victory over the Blue Jays in front of 25,104 at Rogers Centre on Friday. Baltimore scored three runs apiece in the first and second innings to spoil the Major League debut of Blue Jays left-hander Sean Nolin. Nick Markakis and Manny Machado started the ...

  • UM says it alerted AGs office about swim coachs abuse of girl

    University of Maryland says it alerted the state attorney general nearly 25 years ago that the school's head swimming coach had acknowledged sexually abusing a girl at his private club, but he was not charged until last year.Rick Curl, founder of Washington's pre-eminent Curl-Burke Swim Club, resigned his position at College Park in August 1988 after the parents of the teenage victim ...

  • Orioles bash four homers in 10-6 win over the Blue Jays

    Past Orioles award winners "Do we?" Showalter said. "We have very little film?"The Orioles then showed they had done their homework on Nolin, chasing him from the game in the second inning on their way to a 10-6 win.In their third victory in four games, the Orioles hit four homers, ...

  • Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million

    The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...

  • Child Among 2 People Shot In South Baltimore

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — City police investigate a double shooting in South Baltimore. It happened Friday in the 1200-block of Cherry Hill Road. That’s where officers say two people, including a child, were shot. Both victims were taken to area hospitals in unknown condition. Homicide detectives are now on the scene due to the severity of the shooting. So far, there no suspects or a ...

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