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Ice blamed for SUV plunge into Panhandle canyon
- Officials are blaming an icy road for the fatal 90-foot plunge of a sport-utility vehicle into Palo Duro Canyon.
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Hollywood counters reality with decade of escapism
- Hollywood picked the right decade to go over the rainbow.
- Hollywood picked the right decade to go over the rainbow.
Walters spotlights year's Most Fascinating People
- Barbara Walters thinks this year's roster of fascinating people is a little edgier, more current and less obvious than usual.
Skins dance to a new tune
- Redskins owner Dan Snyder doesn’t mess around in a crisis. Hours after losing two defensive ends Sunday on the opening of training camp, Snyder traded for disgruntled Miami star Jason Taylor. He didn’t even greatly overpay.
- Redskins owner Dan Snyder doesn’t mess around in a crisis. Hours after losing two defensive ends Sunday on the opening of training camp, Snyder traded for disgruntled Miami star Jason Taylor. He didn’t even greatly overpay.
Melanie Scarborough: Gay marriage not physically possible
- California’s Supreme Court ruled last week that homosexuals have a constitutional right to marry because to deny them a status afforded heterosexuals was deemed discriminatory.
Why is the national anthem still played at games?
- The Sports Curmudgeon’s bile has been rising at the general level of tackiness he has witnessed in sports, and so he has requested time to vent.
Eric Rozenman: God and girl at Goucher
- Goucher College’s commencement speaker is to be Matthew Modine. The actor doesn’t own a television or car and “to save moviegoers from dorky Cold War cinema,” in the dorky words of a Baltimore Sun columnist, rejected the Tom Cruise role in “Top Gun.”
Review: Up-and-down ‘21’ breaks even
- “21” starts out a good deal. But then it busts.
- “21” starts out a good deal. But then it busts.
Early upset in ‘Idol’ madness
- March Madness arrived last week as the much-hyped David Hernandez (much-hyped for more than just his singing), who was ranked No. 3 in the Scott Fuller poll, was dismissed from the show. Let’s see which Cinderella fits the glass slipper.
- March Madness arrived last week as the much-hyped David Hernandez (much-hyped for more than just his singing), who was ranked No. 3 in the Scott Fuller poll, was dismissed from the show. Let’s see which Cinderella fits the glass slipper.
Max’s finds a true way to say thanks
- Max’s Taphouse in Fells Point threw a party recently just to say thanks to all the men and women in blue who put their lives on the line every day to keep us all safe and out of harm’s way. Loyal patrons, radio celebs and police officers — off duty, of course — gathered for the celebration, which included a bagpiper from the Emerald Society. Said Taphouse manager Bob Simko: “These men and women don’t get enough credit or appreciation for what they do.” Donations, proceeds from the auction and the sale of specially designed T-shirts added up to $3,500 for the Fallen Officer Fund.
Dan Snyder's latest brand-name coach
- Football fans from coast to coast are placing bets this week during the overhyped run-up to the Super Bowl.
- Football fans from coast to coast are placing bets this week during the overhyped run-up to the Super Bowl.
Levinson gets Sundance treatment
- Film buffs in this area have faithfully followed Barry Levinson’s career for as long as he has faithfully chronicled Baltimore in his movies. And for the 65-year-old screenwriter, producer and director, that’s been since 1982, when he wrote and directed “Diner” — the first of three films set in his hometown in the early 1960s. The Forest Park High graduate earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for “Diner,” which included in its cast Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon and Daniel Stern.
- Film buffs in this area have faithfully followed Barry Levinson’s career for as long as he has faithfully chronicled Baltimore in his movies. And for the 65-year-old screenwriter, producer and director, that’s been since 1982, when he wrote and directed “Diner” — the first of three films set in his hometown in the early 1960s. The Forest Park High graduate earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for “Diner,” which included in its cast Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon and Daniel Stern.
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