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Downtown reaches 107 as heat fuels severe storms
Record-breaking heat fueled severe storms that swept across parts of Maryland on Wednesday.
Though not an official record-keeping location, Maryland Science Center reached 107 degrees, tying the hottest mark ever recorded in Baltimore, on July 10, 1936....Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Electricity Production and Distribution, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Baltimore Weather, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Sally Ride had the cool to break the barriers
Sally Ride had the coolest name. Perfect for the first American woman in space. On that day in 1983 when she shattered the ultimate glass ceiling aboard the shuttle Challenger, many in the crowd of a quarter-million people watching the launch — a...
Tags: Science and Technology, Pancreatic Cancer, Maria Shriver, The New York Times, Neil Armstrong
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Baltimore Co. man added to heat death toll
As the Baltimore area braced for another day of 100-degree heat, state health officials added an elderly Baltimore County man to the death toll from a heat wave and storm, bringing the total number of fatalities to 12. County and state governments,...Tags: Air Pollution, Asthma, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Thurgood Marshall, Hospitals and Clinics
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Seinfeld's No Soup for You truck hits Baltimore today
The Baltimore SunThere will be no soup for you but plenty of free eats as the "No Soup for You" truck pulls into Baltimore today. The truck -- an homage to the famous "Seinfeld" episode featuring The Soup Nazi -- will be parked at the Maryland Science Center in...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Soups, Seinfeld (tv program), Foods and Beverages
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Science Center visitors get insider's view of Curiosity rover
Visitors to the Maryland Science Center's "SpaceLink" exhibit had an extra source to answer questions about Mars rover Curiosity on Monday -- a scientist who helped develop one of its instruments. Jennifer Stern, a space research scientist at the NASA...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Severna Park, Space Programs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Five added to death toll from heat
State health officials confirmed five more heat-related deaths Monday as a cool-down ended one of the longest heat waves on record for the region. The heat killed a total of 18 people during a 12-day stretch of 90- and 100-degree heat, state health...Tags: Diabetes, Science and Technology, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Natural Disasters, Weather
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A new, 99-foot Raven alights in the Inner Harbor
Talk about being in Baltimore's wheelhouse.
The newest sightseeing vessel in the Inner Harbor sports a certain shade of regal purple, and its bow is emblazoned with a name near and dear to the local fan base: Raven.
But that's not all. Docked on tour...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, War of 1812, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Annapolis, Fort McHenry
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Heat indices rise above 110 degrees across region
The thermometer at BWI Marshall Airport wasted no time rising toward 100 degrees Friday morning, jumping from 88 degrees to 94 degrees in a span of an hour by 10 a.m. The airport hit the century mark by 2 p.m. and hit 101 degrees an hour later, with high...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Weather, Baltimore County
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Heat wave intensifies in Baltimore
Heat indexes soared above 110 degrees across the region Friday on the hottest day of the young summer, the second of what could be a stretch of days flirting with 100-degree temperatures.
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall...Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Cheryl Miller, Under Armour Inc., Thurgood Marshall, Sports
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Got kids and no power? Here's some activity ideas to keep cool
The Baltimore SunThe forecast isn't pretty, with highs predicted in the high 90s, and thousands of people are without power. What's a parent to do to keep cool? Here's a roundup of some places with air conditioning that are open (subject to change, of course, and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Twitter, Inc., Libraries, Harford County, Severna Park
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100-degree high ties record at BWI
The first full day of summer turned up the heat another notch Thursday, with a high temperature of 100 degrees tying a record set in 1923.
Thermometers hit triple digits at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport at 4:05 p.m....Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore Weather, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Merchants set records as Sailabration boosts city business
Jimmy's Restaurant in Fells Point ran out of hot dogs, potato salad and macaroni salad and scrambled to replenish all weekend as hordes of hungry Sailabration visitors jammed the popular diner.
Even on Monday, as rain moved in after days of sunshine, the...Tags: Harborplace, Visit Baltimore, Lifestyle and Leisure, War of 1812, Business
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