As Gumshoes Squish in Streets of Baltimore
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As the author of a series about a Baltimore-based private investigator, Laura Lippman gives the city a much-appreciated picture of itself.
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Maryland&#39;s football team learned yesterday it&#39;s not quite ready for the heavyweights, but the Terrapins don&#39;t appear far away.
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As the last rays of sunlight fade on the ghetto alleyways, ratty looking palm trees take on the form of sick old men and there&#39;s menace in the air.
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Bargain hunters got a sluggish start but finally hit the slushy streets yesterday, alongside snow plows and sand trucks, to give retail sales an extra bump this holiday season.
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Some hubs of cheap retail are struggling, but not all of them.
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It's a fashion that started in prison, and now the saggy pants craze has come full circle  -  low-slung street strutting in some cities may soon mean run-ins with the law
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Goats nibble on rotting vegetables, barefoot children scavenge through garbage and women in black robes scuttle over slivers of pavement to avoid raw sewage floating down the street. As U.S. soldiers pass by, the bustle continues uninterrupted.
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They suffered through a rough start against Baltimore in the season opener a week ago, but because they hung in there and just kept grinding away, things gradually
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 14--The Coast's embattled urban trees are about to receive two types of help on Friday.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks stumbled into Baltimore after dropping three straight and six of seven. They had fallen from first place to third in the NL West, their offense was struggling and beating American League teams was a daunting task.
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The outdoor markets are busy again and the gridlocked traffic is back. The bands of excited children who walked behind local militiamen
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Venturing into the street is perilous for the Chechen minority here after a recent terror wave.
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By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 12--Assateague State Park, famous for its wild ponies, is being overrun by another small, hoofed animal that is eating the plants that hold back beach erosion: sika deer.
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Mudslides caused by monsoon rains buried bamboo and straw shacks in shantytowns and collapsed brick houses in southeastern Bangladesh Monday, killing at least 80 people. Another 11 died when they were struck by lightning, rescue officials and witnesses said.
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Carnival season in New Orleans is the prime time to see all the crazy people. Just add their dogs to the mix, as they did Sunday, and it becomes the annual Krewe of Barkus parade.
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By Jill Rosen, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 17--For years, South Baltimore residents have thought a key piece of city property on the Inner Harbor was destined to become yet another high-rise, blocking even more of their shrinking view of the water.
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For years, the Baltimore Ravens have done things the hard way. With a lack of offensive firepower, Baltimore has been forced to look towards its defense and special teams to pick up the slack.