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Illustrated Guide to Cocktails
Daily DishIllustrated Guide to Cocktails: Buy the Illustrated Guide to Cocktails on Etsy.... -
Monster Mash: Norman Rockwell painting found on 'Antiques Roadshow'; 'Once' headed off-Broadway
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PASSINGS: Pauline Betz Addie, Giorgio Tozzi, Harry Redmond Jr., James Woodress, Mark Dantzler
Pauline Betz Addie
1940s tennis champion in Hall of Fame
Pauline Betz Addie, 91, a champion tennis player who won Wimbledon in 1946 without dropping a set during the entire tournament, died Tuesday at an assisted-living facility in Potomac, Md., the...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Bobby Riggs, Grammy Awards, World War II (1939-1945), Music Industry
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Gauguin painting's attacker isn't the only crazy one
Culture MonsterAn attack on a Gauguin painting inspires more stupidity... -
Diana Kennedy, "Top Chef" top James Beard awards
Daily DishDiana Kennedy’s “Oaxaca al Gusto” was the best cookbook of the year according to the James Beard Foundation, at “Top Chef” was the best food television show. The awards were announced Friday night at Espace in New York. The... -
Monster Mash: Metropolitan Museum of Art sued over Cezanne; Playboy artwork sells at auction
Culture MonsterLawsuit: A Parisian engineer is suing New Yorkâs Metropolitan Museum of Art to recover a Paul Cezanne painting that he says the Bolsheviks stole from his great-grandfather during the Russian Revolution. (Bloomberg) From Hugh to you: Artwork that... -
Maine lobster a major treat on D.C. streets
Portland Press Herald, MaineIt's lunchtime on a warm, sunny Friday in downtown Washington. The sidewalks around Farragut Square -- a postage stamp of grass and benches two blocks from the White House -- are packed with hundreds of hungry workers mulling the culinary choices...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Twitter, Inc., Michael Bloomberg, Career and Workplace, Social Media
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Email blasting University of Maryland sorority sisters sweeps Interwebs
An email that Gawker reports was sent through the University of Maryland Delta Gamma sorority list-serv is lighting up the interwebs, it seems. The gist of it appears to be fury that sorority sisters were "weird" and "awkward" to Sigma Nu brothers...Tags: The Huffington Post
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Rediscovering a Laurel High coach and Irish pizza pub's 'leprechaun'
Occasionally this column takes a look at what happened to a person or thing that was a memorable part of Laurel's past. This month it looks at two Laurel icons from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Laurel High coach set the standard Laurel High...
Tags: Realty, Jackie Gleason, Real Estate Sellers, Services and Shopping, Football
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iDeclare: On drunk drivers, 'Redskins'
News reports suggest that U.S. Supreme Court justices were skeptical Wednesday when attorneys for the Justice Department and the state of Missouri asked them to OK warrantless, compulsory blood tests of motorists pulled over on suspicion of driving...
Tags: Cinderella (fictional character), Illinois Department of Transportation, National Football League, Academy Awards, U.S. Department of Justice
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'Redskins' are now called 'Pigskins' in D.C. newspaper
Los Angeles TimesWashington loves its Pigskins. Pigskins? Yes, a Washington newspaper has dropped the use of Redskins in referring to the town’s pro football team. After surveying readers, the Washington City Paper came up with Pigskins over names such as the...Tags: National Football League, Kansas City Chiefs, Joe Gibbs, Washington Redskins, Sports
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Coffee Companion -- 7/20: O's ride Guthrie to win over Red Sox
Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.
Running it back:
After...Tags: YouTube, Baltimore Orioles, Buck Showalter, Minor League Baseball, Luke Scott
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Oct 22, 2012
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