France

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...

Looking Out: Gay marriage makes strides in France

2013-05-17 11:31:00

As part of this blog's effort to provide LGBT-related news and commentary, we'll be bringing you links to stories from around the web in a weekly feature called Looking Out. Here's a look at what's making a splash today: -- Same-sex marriage has...

Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor

2013-05-11 11:53:01

Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....

Lafayette Trail in Havre de Grace named for key figure in local and world history [Editorial]

2013-05-09 06:46:00

Havre de Grace was able to pull together a respectable version of its Lafayette Trail, just in time for the bicentennial celebration of a British sacking of the city during the War of 1812. The trail is named for Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert...

France-Merrick Foundation appoints new executive director

2013-05-07 09:14:00

Amy Michelle Gross has been appointed to replace Robert W. Schaefer as executive director of the France-Merrick Foundation, the Baltimore-based charity announced Tuesday. Schaefer is retiring after 17 years leading the area's fourth largest charitable...

HdG's 10th community yard sale is Saturday

2013-04-24 06:17:42

Hello dear readers, Saturday is the 10th Havre de Grace Community Yard Sale (April 27 – raindate April 28). Spaces are available by phoning 410-939-6562, to benefit the Havre de Grace Historic Preservations Commission. A final comprehensive list is...

Joseph A. Miklasz, attorney

2013-04-18 14:48:00

Joseph A. Miklasz, a trial attorney who practiced in Glen Burnie and was a wine collector, died of cancer Sunday at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 71 and lived in Crownsville. Born in Baltimore, he was raised in Severn and in East Baltimore, where he...

Thatcher and the Falklands

2013-04-17 06:45:00

Regarding the recent article, "Argentine leader not on list for Thatcher funeral" (April 12), it seems logical that to me Great Britain did not invite Cristina Fernandez, the president of Argentina to Margaret Thatcher's funeral. The news item, however,...

A stirring production of 'Les Miserables' at the Hippodrome

2013-04-12 16:21:00

There's something about "Les Miserables" that keeps me coming back. It's not that "Les Miz," running through Sunday at the Hippodrome Theatre, is my favorite musical. Far from it. It's all too easy to point out the technical flaws in Claude-Michel...

Back Story: Red wine with papal ties

2013-03-21 12:33:00

"Men are like wine — some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age." — Pope John Paul XXIII Nelson Carey, the genial publican at Belvedere Square's Grand Cru wine bar, is naturally filled with interesting and offbeat wine, beer and...

Back Story: The brains behind one of the greatest heists in history

2013-03-14 17:09:37

Bruce Reynolds nearly got away with it — and for a time he did. As the brains behind England's 1963 "Great Train Robbery," Reynolds netted some $7 million in small bills for himself and his confederates. Robbing stagecoaches and, later, trains...

'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap, Passive aggressive in Paris

2013-03-05 04:53:00

We're still in Paris, where Yolanda and Brandi are running through the streets backed by what sounds like Parisian dubstep. Brandi's on a mission to look as good as Yolanda does when she's her age, to which I say, "Yesssss, ma'mm!" Both of them spent...

This fungus, Ochroconis anomala, is staining the prehistoric art on the walls of France's Lascaux Cave.

2013-05-23 12:44:49

French Customs Labradors, named 'Clop' (C) and 'Chic' (R), hold a carton of contraband cigarettes in their jaws during a demonstration at the Finance Ministry in Paris on September 4, 2008.

2013-05-23 09:49:00

Ciska, a truffle-sniffing dog, smells black truffles called "Truffes du Perigord" in Sorges, southwestern France, December 18, 2006. France produces 20 tons of black truffles per year.

2013-05-23 00:00:00