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The Sun Also Rises

Two years after a major newsroom purge, a scrappier, Web-savvier Baltimore Sun has arisen. Is there hope for quality local news after all? By Michael Anft (Urbanite, 2/1/2011) On September 16, when a troubled son shot his mother’s surgeon at … Continue reading

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The Sounds of Mobtown – Baltimore artists play songs about Baltimore

by Cara Ober, The Urbanite, 11/16/2010 “I don’t think Baltimore is a muse for a certain kind of musician. Baltimore is just a great muse,” says musician Howard Markman. “You can go from the classic country song ‘Streets of Baltimore’ … Continue reading

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Wild Man Blues: Wild Bill Hagy

By David Dudley (Urbanite Magazine, 10/01/2007) On August 22 (2007), the Baltimore Orioles began a double-header with the last-place Texas Rangers by allowing thirty runs in a single game, a feat unseen since 1897. In the wake of this, the … Continue reading

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