Urban blight in Buffalo: Exploring Central Terminal
My target was Buffalo’s magnificent, long-abandoned train station, the Central Terminal. After two days of legitimate sightseeing in low-key Canada,
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The Dark Knight Rises: A fitting end to the timely trilogy
“Hope is lost.” “Faith is broken.” These are the first two sentences of the tagline from the trailer for The
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My two cents: A penny is still a penny
I can’t imagine this happening in Baltimore. Around the Fourth of July, I was drinking a “Blood Transfusion” cleanser shake
Read moreFree antivirus software to protect your computer
You may have heard of the recent scare in the last month that threatened to attack several computers and kick
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Baltimore’s Artscape brings out thousands of fans
One of America’s largest free arts festival brought in thousands of fans July 20 -22 to Baltimore’s 31st annual Artscape. The
Read moreHallucinations, freezing and lessons from veteran tramps in the Rockies in 1992
I’d bought a discounted round-trip Greyhound ticket to Salt Lake, my jumping-off point. I looked through the bus window and saw
Read moreFarewell to the Modoc and freight-hopping advice from hoboes
This has been a sad summer of watching the Union Pacific prepare to swallow up the Southern Pacific. Already some
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Don’t cancel the premiere of Batman’s movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Paris cancelled the premiere of the “The Dark Knight Rises” Friday after a gunman killed a dozen people and wounded
Read moreRefer to the Aurora shooter’ by his real name – ‘Movie Theater Coward’
As I awoke this morning to the horrifying news of the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, my heart sank. I
Read moreMinority business participation in state contracts peaks, but advocates say numbers are skewed
Minority business participation in state contracts last year reached its highest level since the program began in 1978, a Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs report said.
Minority business enterprises (MBE) made up 24% of state procurement awards in FY 2011 and were given $1.6 billion worth of business, an 18% increase from FY 2010. The goal for the agencies has been 25% MBE participation in state contracts.
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