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With an app, Wham City finds its mainstream breakthrough

2013-05-21 11:58:00

At last month's Academy of Country Music Awards, Brad Paisley performed his single, “Beat This Summer,” alongside John Mayer. The audience held up cell phones — the modern version of the lighter at concerts — that displayed bright,...

Search traffic glancing at Xbox, still focused heavily on the Oklahoma tornado

2013-05-21 07:09:00

Amazon's hosting service has been approved for government use, a formerly obscure math lecturer has received hard-won praise for an incredible accomplishment, and Oklahoma City is working to dig out from a devastating tornado. Welcome to your online...

The Internet likes Kanye; not such a big fan of the Tumblr purchase

2013-05-20 05:06:00

Yahoo has added another major property to its portfolio, Kanye West went dark and political for his SNL gig, and France is buying military equipment. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 20, 2013. With the exception of television show...

Fighting homophobia by tracking down its source

2013-05-17 09:44:00

As a journalist, I'm a big believer in free speech, but also in the idea that bigotry and wrongdoing are fair game for scrutiny. Regardless of your political leanings, it's fair to say that publicly ridiculing others in a confrontational and...

Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy isn't in love with his new glove

2013-05-15 18:54:00

In a sense, baseball players are a lot like other craftsmen. They have tools they become comfortable with over the years, and it’s hard to make a change when a manufacturer discontinues or alters a product. That’s sort of what has happened...

How to carve a swan from a watermelon (and other institutional analogies)

2013-05-13 04:44:00

Tiger Woods, Microsoft and the Tea Party are all reasserting themselves. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 13, 2013. Woods won his 78th PGA event Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, showing further recovery from a series of injuries and marital...

The Internet celebrates LeBron, Europe, your mom

2013-05-10 07:01:00

It's Europe Day! (Yeah, we didn't know that either.) Welcome to your trends report for Friday, May 10. You're not alone if you were in the dark about the EU's annual holiday: Apparently, very few Europeans know that it exists. Nonetheless, between that,...

Graffiti a problem, but not a big problem [Editorial]

2013-05-07 13:06:00

Bel Air Police Chief Leo Matrangola was spot on at a recent meeting of the mayor and town commissioners when he said the problem with graffiti isn't that it is an indication of gang activity so much as it "causes the area to look rundown." As such, it...

World watches weapons in Israel, Syria; Americans prefer to watch them on the big screen

2013-05-06 04:33:00

Israel and Syria continue to fight, Robert Downey Jr. continues to� pretend to fight, and in sunny, pastoral northern Pennsylvania, a former judge is still getting international attention a week after his sentencing over what amounts to a human-...

In Watch Center, an urgent search for man in danger

2013-05-03 18:15:47

On a recent Friday night in the Baltimore Police Department's high-tech Watch Center, an urgent but vague tip came in — a murder witness was in danger. The tipster had overheard a conversation but knew only the nickname of the witness and had a...

Burleigh Manor Middle student state winner in Google logo design contest

2013-05-02 14:41:13

Someday, Burleigh Manor seventh-grader Lauren Shen might go to Google and see what the Internet search engine is displaying to millions of users throughout the country: her artwork. Lauren, 12, is the state's winner in a Google-sponsored national contest...

Sanford and Hicks go to Congress, The CIA goes to Hollywood and CNN stays put

2013-05-08 07:10:00

Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been elected to the House (or at least that's where we hear he's going). Welcome to your trends report for Monday, May 8, 2013. Sanford will head to Capitol Hill after facing off against Elizabeth...

With Google Glass there's the potential to record and photograph everything.

2013-05-21 14:08:00

Hugo Barra, vice president of product management for Android at Google Inc., holds a Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition phone while speaking at the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference last week.

2013-05-21 10:03:33

Google is the new kid on the block when it comes to music subscription services, and although there's a lot to like, there are also some flaws -- namely the lack of social features and no support for the iPhone or iPad.

2013-05-20 16:31:00