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Lunch review: At Dukem, hands-on experience is rewarded with flavor

2010-09-12 14:43:00

Anyone who's struggled to match the grace of a dexterous chopstick handler might think using your fingers and bread is a relative cinch. I'm not so sure. But those who need help mastering the practice will find a valuable teacher in Dukem, 1100 Maryland...

No app can replace city's need for vibrant libraries

2010-03-16 00:00:00

Interesting, these times we live in -- the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore reports a 20 percent increase in visitors through its doors, while Steve Jobs and Apple prepare to roll out the iPad, the computer tablet that allows you to download a book...

'Project Runway': Hooray for Hollywood

2009-09-25 16:22:13

Greeting and salutations, fashionistas! I'm Kevin Van Valkenburg, and I'm probably the only straight male who admits he's watching Lifetime. The episode begins with Ra'mon telling us that he's kind of glad that Johnny is gone because it makes the......

Project Runway: Whatever Heidi Wants

2010-02-12 16:22:13

Greeting Project Runway peeps! Hope you're surviving SNOWTORIOUS B.I.G. like I am: With a steady diet of TiVo'd programs, and copious amounts of alcohol. As always, I'm Kevin Van Valkenburg, sports writer on days that end in Y, and Project......

'The Real World D.C.': Gay or bisexual? 'Idol'-worthy or tone-deaf?

2010-02-18 16:22:14

Guest blogger Lindsay Diokno gets us up to date on "The Real World D.C."How sad is this? As I went to write that last night's episode was about Mike's defining of himself and the battle of the house musicians, I......

'Celebrity Apprentice': It's all about the Blago, baby

2010-03-16 04:22:14

Hi everyone. Some of you might know me from the Sun’s pet blog, Unleashed. But Sarah thought I might want to guest blog about some other fur things... Donald Trump’s hair, for one.So I’ll be your conduit to the new......

Buying time at a heavy price

2004-12-20 00:00:00

The summer storm had been brewing for hours. From his hospital bed, R.J. Voigt looked out the tall window and watched the lightning streak across the gray sky. "One Mississippi, two Mississippi," the 12-year-old counted, waiting for the thunder he knew...

Cases crumble, killers go free

2002-09-29 00:00:00

First of three parts In one of the last pictures ever taken of him, Quortez Jackson looks sleepy. His eyes - his pretty, almost girlish, brown eyes - are half closed. His face is relaxed. The winsome ear-to-ear grin hangs slack at the corners. On the...

Iraqi fears, U.S. ways trap village

2003-10-16 00:00:00

SALMAN PAK, Iraq - The new village council was about to meet, as it does now every Friday since elections were held last month under the watchful eyes and gentle prodding of the Americans, but the chairman's call for order brought no such thing. First...

In Iraq, false rumor of plenty

2003-04-10 00:00:00

UMM QASR, Iraq - This is the place, just several miles from the Kuwaiti border, that American and British officials say is doing best among Iraq's southern cities, the place where water is most plentiful, where there are no problems with food and where...

What's the name of the game?

2002-04-04 08:40:06

If casino gambling is as foreign to you as playing baseball on the moon, don't be intimidated. Most table games are easy to learn, and as long as your goal is just to have fun, they can provide hours of entertainment. Beginners often have an easier time...

In Saddam City, signs of hope

2003-04-16 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Iraq - In this neighborhood called Saddam City, theft hardly seems worth the effort because there is almost nothing to steal. People have little food or water, few belongings, no electricity. They have, though, a ton of automatic weapons and just...

Twinkie is a gentle and calm, nine-year-old, 45-pound, Boxer/Shar Pei looking for a loving home. Found as a stray in Chicago's northern suburbs, her original family could not be found. She was lucky to find a safe place with We Luv Paws Shar Pei Rescue.

2010-02-15 09:08:55

It's a romantic comedy come to life: "When in Rome" stars Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are engaged! Actually, the love birds didn't meet on the set, they've been dating for over two years. Now, their love is cemented by a three-carat emerald-cut stone on Bell's finger. Click here to say "I Do."

2010-02-05 08:27:38

Costume designer Colleen Atwood has dressed gangsters and geishas, and a kid with bad hair and no hands.

2009-12-02 17:40:27