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'Mad Men' recap: 'The Crash'

2013-05-20 06:18:00

Get ready for one wild, drug-induced ride. "The Crash" begins with what the audience will essentially endure the rest of the episode: A hostage-like frenzy with drug-induced maniacs. There’s a car crash, a drug crash, a tap dance and a sex...

'Mad Men' recap: 'Man with a Plan'

2013-05-13 06:09:00

Don’s now a dom. And, no, it’s not as sexy as it seems. In ‘Man with a Plan,’ our antihero has one plan: To gain some semblance of balance by controlling everyone’s lives around him. In doing so he lays down a path of...

Three years

2013-05-04 07:10:00

May 4 fell on a Tuesday in 2010. The previous weekend I had concluded my critically acclaimed portrayal of Franklin Roosevelt in the Memorial Players' production of Annie. And it was on that Tuesday afternoon that I returned to the newsroom of The...

More than a dozen cases of mumps suspected at Loyola

2013-03-14 15:50:46

A dozen or more cases of mumps have been reported among Loyola University Maryland students over the past month, prompting officials to alert the campus community to signs of the rare virus that has spread rapidly across college campuses in recent...

Study provides more evidence that flu travels through the air

2013-03-07 15:01:00

A new study has found more evidence that people may catch the flu through airborne particles and not just direct or indirect contact with a person who has the virus. The study from the University of Maryland School of Public Health also found that when...

The sniffling and coughing season

2013-01-16 09:02:00

Flu season is upon us again, but authorities say it won't exhibit as mild a form this year as in seasons past. On Friday, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially declared flu an epidemic in Maryland and 46 other states, meaning...

Harford residents urged to get their flu shots

2013-01-09 12:46:43

Harford County Executive David R. Craig got his flue shot, and he's urging all Harford residents to get one as well. His vaccination was administered by the Harford County Health Department in Bel Air. "Flu season is upon us and I join with the Harford...

Flu 411: What everyone needs to know

2013-01-16 15:25:00

It's flu season in Baltimore. A few days after Christmas, Baltimore resident Kathleen Dudley began experiencing telltale signs of the flu — fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, cough and overall exhaustion. "The worst part — the fever...

Hospitals seeing large number of patients with flu symptoms

2013-01-03 17:38:00

Area hospitals are coping with a surge of patients with achy bodies, fevers and sore throats as the nation grapples with a flu season that has hit earlier and harder than usual. The flu virus is unpredictable, so no one knows when the outbreak will...

Ravens won't let flu take them down

2013-01-16 15:49:00

The worst flu outbreak in a decade hasn't spared the Ravens or other NFL players during the playoff season. Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was recovering from the flu while playing the Denver Broncos last week, while owner Steve Bisciotti couldn't make the...

Show the children how sentences work

2012-12-20 07:22:00

In school in eastern Kentucky in the early 1960s, I got the benefit of traditional teaching of grammar: These are the rules; follow them. Mathematics was taught the same way: These are the functions; do them this way. In neither case was the underlying...

UM researchers study how flu is spread

2013-01-18 16:59:46

Every flu season, doctors instruct their patients in the basics of respiratory etiquette: To limit spread of the disease, wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough and practice good hygiene. The practices are based on the belief that the flu and...

This guy is a beast, no joke about it. But he plays within the rules (cough James Harrison cough, cough) and doesn't whine about bad calls (I'm looking at you, Brady). His passion for football is noticeable in everything he does.

2012-12-12 08:42:16

If anyone's wondering coughchrisBerrycough I will be putting another coat of primer on this once I have permanent lines to trace over. Also, I don't know why that sketch picture turned out so pink, but I definitely don't hate it. That is all.

2012-10-12 00:00:00

More than 20,000 cases of whooping cough, a respiratory disease, were reported in the first seven months of the year in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2012-08-15 00:00:00