Baltimore Sun
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The Sun is the newspaper of record for Baltimore, Maryland, with a daily press run of 247,193 copies and a Sunday run of 418,670 copies (9/30/05 Audit Bureau of Circulations report). It was founded on May 17, 1837, by printer Arunah Shepherdson Abell and two associates. The Abell family owned the paper through 1910, when the Black family gained a controlling interest. The paper was sold in 1986 to the Times-Mirror Company of Los Angeles. The same week, the rival Baltimore News American, owned by the Hearst Corporation, announced it would fold. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Medium audience (100-500K) (English)
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State
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Center
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Tribune Company | public_corporation | Managers: Ronnie Matthews
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501 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD, 21278, US
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Dec 5, 2006 - 7:47 PM PST
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Reform, not overreach
Perhaps the most significant element of reform involves bringing market forces to bear on health care insurers. Creating a health care "exchange" allows for affordable, ...via Google News -
Reviving an option
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Web site details black history in W. Md.
Lorraine Wells was about to give up. More than 10 years of searching for clues about the now-deceased father she never knew while growing up in Cumberland had produced ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
History's biggest bailout needs disclosure -
Last week the government dispatched more of your money into the abyss. Through its "Term Auction Facility," the Federal Reserve lent banks $63 billion - nearly half the cost ...Posted by Michael Bugeja -
2,000 Marines face longer Afghan tour
In a decision reflecting the shortage of available combat troops, more than 2,000 Marines fighting the Taliban will be kept in Afghanistan 30 days beyond their original ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Getting on board
t was June 2001, and the price of a gallon of regular gasoline had soared to $1.68 a gallon. It was so ridiculous that many folks said to heck with it, we'll take mass ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
John McCain: 'ABBA fan'
That's what we're learning today at the candidate's new campaign blog, The McCain Report. Of course, the Abba anthem displayed there, Take a Chance on Me, provides the perfect ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
War and service: Remembrance and debate
If Americans are divided over the war, they are aligned in honoring the service of the fallen. Yet service itself could become a campaign issue in the months ahead.Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Bush ignoring home front: Democrats
"Democrats have a mission: strengthen the economy, invest in America, bring our troops home. And we will not quit until that mission is truly accomplished.Posted by Dale Penn -
Hopkins restores access to health site
Johns Hopkins officials restored full access yesterday to a reproductive health Web site funded by the government, after learning that searches containing the word "abortion" ...Posted by Beth Wellington
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CEOs paid more even as profits fall
Chief executives of public companies have long had a ready answer when criticized about high pay: It's all about company performance. That argument has been put to the test ...Posted by Leo Romero -
A neighborhood under the gun
The 55 souls gathered at Faith Tabernacle Apostolic Church kept worshiping Sunday evening when a flash of light danced across the stained-glass windows. Just a police car ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Maryland's Donna Edwards: Emerging Leader, Liberal Maverick
Edwards believes the president is taking the U.S. in the wrong direction in Afghanistan. She argues that Obama has no plan for winning and no strategy for getting out. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Paying for special ed
One of the most vexing and heart-rending decisions parents of children with disabilities must make involves what to do when the public schools aren't working for them. The ...Posted by Kristin Gorski -
Of trust and science
On a recent morning they knocked on Mary Ann Stoltzfus' door, the research nurse and her Amish helper, just as they have on so many doors over the years. They didn't call ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Army medicine: Untested in battle
The U.S. Army has quietly altered or abandoned some of its more experimental medical treatments for troops injured in combat, as advances it once hailed as groundbreaking are ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Using the 'T' word
a long-suppressed report by the International Committee of the Red Cross has surfaced to give the lie to those denials. The report's contents, presented to U.S. authorities in ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Chicken growers face EPA crackdown
The Environmental Protection Agency has told Maryland's poultry farmers it intends to enforce for the first time federal pollution rules governing chicken manure - a crackdown ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Gang members turn themselves around
They know him as "Black," a convicted felon and longtime member of the Bloods street gang. He is leaning far back in a chair, under the only working light in a nondescript ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Eager to vote
The long lines that will wind around Baltimore polling places on Tuesday will include Sherris Moore, celebrating her 33rd birthday and voting for the first time. Moore ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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