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Send in the Clowns

No period was shakier for airports than the weeks following September 11th. At Baltimore’s BWI airport things got really out of control. Washington National was shut down, and lines stretched through...

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National Pinball Museum Opens

From WYPR's The Signal, a weekly radio magazine devoted to Maryland's cultural scene, hosted by Andy BienstockDavid Silverman’s got a collection of almost 900 pinball machines, and he’s just opened the...

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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

This week in “Thanks, Internet” — the Onion proves why it really is "America's finest news source", Stephen Hawking answers the most important question of all, dissecting Nicki Minaj's Bar Mitzvah...

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Fire Trucks in Baltimore: Brought to You by...

It’s a common trick — when an arts organization or sports team needs or wants more money, they get corporate sponsorship for their performance space or stadium. But what happens when a struggling city...

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Podcast: Dan Deacon Plays Live, Rock Shows at Sea, and Your Nightmare Cruise

Bespectacled Baltimore musician and composer Dan Deacon performs live music from his new album, America. Plus, we talk with Billboard editor Joe Levy about rock shows at sea - and our listeners chime...

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Cities Across America Tackle Immigration Policy

Today marks the start of the application acceptance for the Department of Homeland Security’s deferred action program for immigrants, allowing for undocumented immigrants brought to this country as...

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Gay Marriage Debate Heats Up in Maryland

As Americans around the country prepare to cast their vote for the next president in a few weeks, voters in Maryland will be faced with another monumental decision: whether to become the first state to...

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StoryCorps 385: Moore

Barbara Moore tells her daughter, Olivia Fite, about becoming a bricklayer in the early 1970s.

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StoryCorps 385: Women at Work

Barbara Moore tells her daughter, Olivia Fite, about becoming a bricklayer in the early 1970s.

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Baltimore Enforces Tough Curfew for City's Teens

For the youth in Baltimore, the city streets are now off limits after dark. Late last week, a curfew law went into effect that requires kids 13-years-old and under to be indoors by 9:00 pm, and teens...

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Transforming School Lunch and Changing Lives

Tony Geraci talks about how he transformed school cafeteria menus and school lunch programs in two major American cities—first Baltimore and then in Memphis. He sourced fresh, healthy foods from local...

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StoryCorps 401: On the Home Front: Veteran's Day 2014

Retired Army Sgt 1st Class Max Voelz first recorded in 2011 to remember his wife, Staff Sgt Kim Voelz. They met on Valentine’s Day, while training to work in Explosive Ordinance Disposal–the Army’s...

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Police-Community Relations Pushed to the Brink in Baltimore

As anger boils over the death of Freddie Gray, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Baltimore over the weekend to demand answers from the police department. Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black...

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Baltimore Burns as Anger Boils Over

Chaos broke out in Baltimore on Monday as protesters took to the streets following a funeral service held for Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died after suffering a spinal cord...

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Drawing Parallels Between New York City and Baltimore

The death of Freddie Gray, who was injured while in police custody, sparked rioting in Baltimore, much like the chokehold death of Eric Garner prompted massive protests here in New York.But the...

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Baltimore; SCOTUS; Outfits; Blind Auditions & a Cop's View

The Supreme Court heard arguments for same-sex marriage yesterday. Yale law professor William Eskridge offers analysis of the arguments. Plus: why you should wear the same exact thing every day; a call...

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Baltimore Streets Quiet After Riots

Baltimore streets previously rocked by riots were quiet Wednesday morning at the lifting of a nighttime curfew that was enforced by 3,000 police and National Guardsmen.The curfew ended at 5 a.m. with...

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Peaceful Protest and the Baltimore Riots

A faction of Baltimore's largely peaceful protests turned violent Monday night in reaction to the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of the police. Washington Post opinion writer Jonathan Capehart...

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Race, Class and Baltimore: Inside a Divided City

The story of Baltimore is one of boom and bust—it's more like the Rust Belt cities of the Midwest than its closest neighbor, Washington D.C. It's a city that was built up by the shipping and steel...

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After Turmoil, Baltimore Symphony Plays Free Outdoor Concert

Members of the Baltimore Symphony gathered in front of Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore on Wednesday to give a free lunchtime concert for a city that 36 hours earlier had been rocked by violent...

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