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Closing out 2019 at the movies

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A new take on the crab cake?

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The Orioles' rebuild and the long road ahead

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The Kirwan Commission and the fight over public school reform

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In Carroll County, an emotional church-state issue divides residents

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Saving the symphonies: The BSO's familiar plight

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Cal Ripken's other streak: Being mentioned in dozens of rap songs

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In Baltimore schools, disparities in and out of the classroom affect performance

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Cal Ripken references in rap lyrics

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A year after scooters first hit Baltimore's streets, safety and equity concerns persist

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For Maryland football and new coach Mike Locksley, low on-field expectations belie high stakes after scandal

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The two sides of the Maryland gun debate

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After Trump tweets, examining what the federal government has done for Baltimore

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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board: Better to have a few rats than to be one

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How an all-Asian American and Pacific Islander improv troupe in Baltimore is sketching their own narrative

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Three decades after killing his son, Lawrence Banks is charged with murdering his daughter. We examined the cases in between.

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Is Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan as bipartisan as he claims?

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Since you asked: Four Baltimore stories inspired by your curiosity

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Reporting from Baltimore's immigrant communities during a week of warnings

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What to do, where to go and what to see this summer in Baltimore

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Behind the scenes of 'Cops and Robbers' with Justin Fenton

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Cops and robbers: New findings reveal how corrupt Baltimore officers got away with their crimes

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Myths, misconceptions and misnomers: Demystifying the opioid crisis

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Rodricks: Trump, political tribalism and the push for impeachment

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After two catastrophic floods in three years, Ellicott City reckons with its future

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It's crab feast time in Maryland. How the industry is doing and how to host your own.

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Exit interview with Herb Smith who co wrote the book on Maryland politics

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Should the Preakness stay in Baltimore?

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The Ravens big gamble on Lamar Jackson and other offseason storylines you should follow

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Pugh’s legacy and what to expect from Baltimore’s next leader

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Questions we still have after the FBI’s raid of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s home and office

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Mayor Catherine Pugh and Gov. Larry Hogan's two very different weeks

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What started the Baltimore riot? A reporter explains the updated, but still incomplete, answer.

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Remembering Maryland's House of Delegates Speaker Michael E. Busch

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Overriding Gov. Hogan's vetoes, the failure of medically assisted suicide and the 'joint chiefs' in Annapolis

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The 1819 Maryland case that affirmed Hamilton's genius on banks and federal power (episode 512)

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University of Maryland Medical System scandal, the fight to save the Preakness and the youngest lawmakers in Annapolis

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'Healthy Holly,' crossover day, and Sen. Bill Ferguson

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The massive redevelopment of the old Bethlehem Steel land in Sparrows Point (episode 511)

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Medically assisted suicide, the handgun review board and Del. Eric Luedtke

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The Lisanti censure, the fight over Preakness, and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford

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After four decades under cover, a Baltimore party band records its first album (episode 510)

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Unspecified gender option sought for Maryland IDs; sexual assault waiver investigation gets results

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Four great, un-Oscar-buzzed movies you must see (episode 509)

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Government Edition: Goucher Poll, a possible new Bay Bridge, Del. Shelly Hettleman

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Government Edition: The great Labor Day school fight, tougher gun laws, and Del. Vanessa Atterbeary

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One of the worst Supreme Court decisions ever (episode 508)

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Government Edition: Hogan's State of the State, gun laws and Sen. Justin Ready

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Government Edition: Anton Black, criminal justice and Sen. Jill P. Carter

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Turning Baltimore's abandoned houses and vacant lots into affordable homes (episode 503)

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Government Edition: Immigration, education, Hogan 2020?

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Government Edition: Miller’s health, crime and robocalls

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Putting refugees to work in Atwater's Big Kitchen

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Polls, water bills, and the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session

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Baltimore Sun editor and publisher Trif Alatzas on the importance of community journalism in 2018 (episode 450)

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Was there any good news in 2018? Yeah, as a matter of fact (episode 449)

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How Sinclair's plans to challenge FOX News went bust (episode 448)

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Release: James Featherstone and life after a life sentence (episode 447)

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When men went to war over Chesapeake oysters (episode 446)

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Artist Randall Gornowich sees a big green dinosaur lurking behind his big pink flamingo (episode 445)

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Trump, the Crown Prince and the murder of a journalist (episode 444)

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A national spotlight for Baltimore's old movie theaters (episode 443)

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Before you shop, some expert tips on Thanksgiving cocktails, wine and dinner (episode 442)

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Likely Maryland's oldest citizen, one week from 111, Downing Kay is in good health and good humor (episode 441)

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A psychologist warns that Trump's 'malignant narcissism' could lead to fascism (episode 440)

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Zurawik on Fox: Shilling without shame for Trump (episode 439)

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Inside an election night newsroom (episode 438)

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The Sun's Andy Green on the Maryland football scandal (episode 437)

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How to chowder up the Chesapeake blue crab, with John Shields and Yolanda Johnson (episode 436)

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David Zurawik on the dangers of Trump`s war on the press (episode 435)

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Music and movies to get you in the mood for Halloween (episode 434)

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Sun reporter Kevin Rector on Maglev: 15 minutes from Baltimore to Washington (episode 433)

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How public libraries and playgrounds can restore civility to American society (episode 432)

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Baltimore through a windshield, darkly (episode 431)

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The Maryland Lynching Memorial Project seeks remembrance and reconciliation (episode 430)

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Does Lexington Market really need to be replaced? (episode 429)

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Acquil Bey, Green Beret and self-defense expert, on being safe at work

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In Baltimore, massive trees in a four-acre forest (episode 427)

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Vanishing Tangier and the Chesapeake's first climate change refugees (episode 426)

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How covering a lynching changed Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. and shaped his legendary career

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A Baltimore Story: Crossing a once-forbidden bridge (episode 425)

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Everything you need to know about great rum, with bartender Brendan Dorr (episode 424)

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Overlooked history: The African-American men who fought with John Brown (episode 423)

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A film critic's favorite films: Part II, with Linda DeLibero (episode 422)

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A film critic's favorite films, Part I (episode 421)

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The Great Uprising of the 1960s: Baltimore, York and Cambridge (episode 420)

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How to make the official sandwich of Labor Day Weekend

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York's 1969 race riots and the death of Lillie Belle Allen (episode 419)

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The brave girls who integrated American schools (episode 418)

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To the farmer's market for purslane and bourbon with restaurateur John Shields (episode 417)

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Exit interview: Peter Beilenson leaves his mark on Baltimore and Maryland (episode 416)

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With more legalization looming, how to talk to your kids about marijuana (episode 415)

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The Orioles are doing what the whole city needs to do (episode 414)

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Maryland crabs, Maine lobsters, Atlantic menhaden -- sustaining fisheries on a crowded, warming planet (episode 413)

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Running a Baltimore school, Part 5: Marc Martin, Commodore John Rodgers Elementary-Middle School (episode 412)

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Running a Baltimore school, Part 4: Cindy Harcum, Baltimore City College High School (episode 411)

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Running a Baltimore school, Part 3: Emily Hunter, Arlington Elementary-Middle School (episode 410)

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Running a Baltimore school, Part 2: Kimberly Hill-Miller, Lockerman Bundy Elementary School (episode 409)

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Running a Baltimore school, Part I: Matt Hornbeck, Hampstead Hill Academy (episode 408)

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How Baltimore's free blacks asserted their rights before the Civil War (Episode 407)

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