Mellon Foundation Gives Smithsonian $1M For Chinese Paintings
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Allison Peck, head of public affairs and marketing at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler GalleryThe Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler galleries have been awarded a $1 million grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help conserve Chinese paintings, WJLA.com reported.As a condition of the Mellon grant, the museum must match the funds with an additional $750,000 by 2016 to endow ...
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Os Hope Offense Holds Up As Gonzalez Draws Finale
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It happened too late to make a difference in the playoff race, but the Orioles and their offense finally busted out Wednesday night. With four games remaining in a season that will fall short of October, Baltimore will try to keep that going Thursday night in the series finale against Toronto. The teams are closing a three-game set at Camden Yards after splitting the first two. The Orioles' ...
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Spy-fiction Author Tom Clancy Dies At 66
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Tom Clancy, who was best known for his technically detailed spy-fiction set in the Cold war era, died in a hospital in Baltimore this Tuesday at the age of 66. Clancy wrote detailed military thrillers, many of which were turned into successful films, the Mirror reported. He also co-founded computer games developer Red Storm Entertainment and a number of popular titles that still bear his name ...
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Interactive Infographic Reveals Maryland Has The Most Millionaires In The U.S.
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Like many Americans, when the recession hit, you likely wondered if moving to another state would be a good financial move. Where does your state rank? Did you know that Maryland has the ...
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States Enact Laws To Stock Epinephrine At Schools
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View Photo Associated Press/Mark Zaleski - In this Oct. 10, 2013 photo, an epinephrine auto-injector is shown that Tyler Edwards, 12, of Hendersonville, Tenn., carries with him because of his allergies. Only 27 ...
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Police Investigating Illnesses At City School
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City school officials said the investigation into the illnesses, which occurred at the Reach! Partnership School, is being handled by the Baltimore city police and directed all questions to the ...
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Terry Ford Orioles Offseason Pitching Plans
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Now that the baseball season is over it’s time to focus on the off-season. Lots of Orioles fans are firing up the old hot stove already, talking about making a run at trying to trade for soon-to-be Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer of Detroit or signing free agent hurler Matt Garza. I think you have a better chance of seeing Sidney Ponson start Opening Day than you do seeing the O’s ...
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Local Man Searches For Tombstones Home
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TOWSON, Md. - It's not a cold case for detectives to piece together but instead a quiet mission for David Silver, who can still remember the morning after Halloween he and friends discovered the tombstone near his Towson home. "It was 1977, '78 or '79," Silver said. "Of course there were the smashed pumpkins in front of the house from the little delinquents of the ...
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