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Once a fan of the Indy 500, Ryan Hunter-Reay hopes to win it Sunday

2013-05-20 15:16:00

For as long as Ryan Hunter-Reay can remember, the Indianapolis 500 was a huge deal. As a small child growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Hunter-Reay used to plop down a plastic race track and line up his miniature race cars in front of the television set...

Southwest offers four new cities from BWI

2013-04-17 10:52:06

Southwest offers flights to four new cities from BWI Southwest Airlines is now operating flights from Baltimore to four new cities as it continues its integration of subsidiary AirTran Airways. As of April 14, passengers can book flights on the...

Prince George's superintendent search narrows to 3 finalists

2013-03-13 07:22:00

The Prince George's County Board of Education has narrowed its search for the school system's next superintendent to three candidates, and the finalists include the county's current interim superintendent. The finalists are Eric Becoats,...

Stefanie Powers plays Tallulah Bankhead at Hippodrome

2013-03-03 07:58:00

Here's a cool example of what-goes-around-comes-around: In 1965, a British-made thriller called "Die! Die! My Darling!" hit the movie houses. This study in strangeness and sadism starred the indelibly foggy-voiced, deliciously irreverent Tallulah...

Archbishop Spalding girls invited to national basketball invitational

2013-03-12 14:50:00

Archbishop Spalding’s girls basketball season will last another three weeks because the No. 1 Cavaliers are headed to�the National High School Invitational on April 4-6 at Georgetown Prep in Bethesda. The Cavaliers (29-2), who won the...

Tribune Co. hires banks to manage offers for newspapers

2013-02-26 18:57:00

Tribune Co. has hired two investment banks to manage offers to buy its newspapers, executives said Tuesday, adding that no decisions have been made about whether to sell any properties. JPMorgan Chase and Evercore Partners will oversee a process to...

Recreation chief leaving City Hall

2013-02-12 14:08:40

Baltimore's recreation chief Bill Tyler is leaving city government to work in Montgomery County, city officials said Friday. Tyler, who earned $94,000 annually, was in charge of implementing Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to consolidate recreation...

BWI sets passenger record for 2012; overseas travel increases

2013-02-12 00:00:00

For the third consecutive year, BWI Marshall Airport set a record for commercial passenger traffic, with 22.68 million travelers passing through its terminal in 2012, airport officials announced. The 1.3 percent increase over 2011 comes during a time of...

R. Lucille Eliasberg, former executive assistant at Roland Park Country School

2013-02-10 13:54:00

R. Lucille Eliasberg, a former executive assistant at the Roland Park Country School who was known equally for her charm and toughness, will be remembered Saturday at the school where her daughter and granddaughter followed her. Ms. Eliasberg died of...

J. Russell 'Russ' Kimmel, tire executive

2013-02-04 08:06:00

J. Russell "Russ" Kimmel, a retired tire company executive, died Friday from pancreatic cancer at his Reisterstown home. He was 84. The son of a tire company owner and a homemaker, John Russell Kimmel — he never used his first name — was born...

Spirit Airlines adds daily Las Vegas flight to BWI schedule

2013-01-30 08:32:45

Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines will be starting daily nonstop service between Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Las Vegas on April 25. The flight, announced Wednesday, will leave BWI at 7:30 p.m. and arrive in Las Vegas...

Eileen H. 'Pat' van Breemen, 88, worked to help children with learning disabilities

2013-01-14 00:00:00

Eileen H. "Pat" van Breemen, an advocate for children suffering from learning disabilities and a Wicomico County political activist, died Tuesday, from multiple organ failures, at her Salisbury home. She had recently celebrated her 88th birthday. The...

Don Newman, left, president of the United Flying Octogenarians, and Charlie Lopez, vice president of public relations, walk away from Newman�s plane at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.

2013-06-14 00:00:00

George is also the publisher of Broward Health's nationally-recognized BROWARD HEALTH MAGAZINE, which he produces in association with the Broward Health system.

2013-06-13 15:54:00

Robert A. "Bob" Butterworth, was appointed Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families on January 2, 2007 by Governor Charlie Crist. Prior to joining the Department, Mr. Butterworth served as the Dean of the St. Thomas University School of Law from May 2003. At that time, Mr.

2013-06-13 15:54:00