• Baltimore celebrates Ravens Super Bowl victory

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    Ravens Linebacker Ray Lewis celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the Super Bowl XLVII victory parade at M&T Bank Stadium on Feb. 5, in Baltimore.

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    A Baltimore Ravens fan dances in the street on the team's parade route in Baltimore on Feb. 5.

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    Fans take pictures of The Vince Lombardi Trophy during the Ravens Super Bowl victory parade in Baltimore.

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    Ravens quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco waves to the crowd gathered on the team's victory parade route in Baltimore.

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    Two Ravens fans exchange high fives before a stadium victory rally in Baltimore.

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    Thousands of Baltimore Ravens fans are cheering,     singing, dancing and marching along with the team in a parade to celebrate the Super Bowl victory.

    After a brief ceremony at City Hall, the parade rolled past the Inner Harbor. Players rode on a float and in flat-bed trucks and Humvees. Retiring linebacker Ray Lewis had a position of honor at the end of the procession, flanked by a mounted police unit and officers on foot. Continue reading complete story.

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    Thousands of Ravens fans fill M&T Bank Stadium to celebrate the team's Super Bowl victory in Baltimore.

  • Take me out to the ball game

    Fans flocked to stadiums around the country as many Major League Baseball teams celebrated opening day on April 6. Get a bird’s eye view from photographs of the festivities in four cities.

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    The American flag is displayed in the outfield during the national anthem on the opening day game between the Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas on April 6.

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    The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees line up for the National Anthem just before the start of the opening day game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. on April 6.

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    The Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles stand on the field during the national anthem before the start of their opening day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md. on April 6.

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    The St Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers stand for the playing of the National Anthem during Opening Day at Miller Park on April 6 in Milwaukee, Wis.

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  • Edgar Allan Poe fans call an end to 'Toaster' tradition

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    Jeff Jerome, top left, curator of the Poe House and Museum, and Jeannette Marxen stand watch at a window in Westminster Hall, which overlooks the grave of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore early in the morning of Jan. 19, 2012, as they wait to see if the mysterious "Poe Toaster" will return.

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    A flashlight shines on items left at Poe's gravestone by people who pretended to be the "Poe Toaster".

    The Associated Press reports from BALTIMORE: 

    Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears the annual visits to the writer's grave by a mysterious figure in black called the "Poe Toaster" will occur nevermore.

    The tributes of an anonymous man, who leaves three roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac at Poe's original grave on the writer's birthday, are thought to date to least the 1940s. While three impersonators appeared this time, the real "Poe Toaster" did not, Poe House and Museum Curator Jeff Jerome said. Read the full story.

  • New National Security Cutter Stratton arrives in Baltimore

    By Rich Shulman

    I guess it's no surprise that the Coast Guard decided to refer to its new high-tech Legend class cutters as "National Security Cutters".

    Gulflive.com reports on the construction of the Stratton.

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    U.S. Coast Guard's newest National Security Cutter, Stratton is anchored near Annapolis, Maryland, before heading to Baltimore, on November 1. The National Security Cutter (NSC) is the largest and most technically advanced class of cutter in the Coast Guard, with capabilities for maritime homeland security, law enforcement and national defense missions.


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    Jeremy Green, operations specialist, works on the bridge aboard the U.S. Coast Guard's newest National Security Cutter, Stratton, as the Cutter arrives in Baltimore, Maryland, November 1.

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    Crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard's newest National Security Cutter, Stratton, work on the bow as seen from the bridge as the Cutter arrives in Baltimore, Maryland, November 1.

     

  • D.C., N.Y. areas evacuate as quake felt across East

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    Christopher Hartman works on the roof installing a tarp after an earthquake tore down parts of the chimney on his dad's office in Mineral, Va., Tuesday Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Scott K. Brown)

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    We'll continue to update this post as photos move. Full story.

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    Debris covers the isle at the Miller's mart food store in Mineral, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the area which was felt up and down the east coast.

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    One of the spires, left, of the National Cathedral is seen missing following an earthquake in the Washington, Tuesday, Aug., 23.

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    Cars are crushed under the debris that fell from a building complex near Old Courthouse Road in Vienna, Va.

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    A helicopter flies closely to the Washington Monument to survey its exterior for damage after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast August 23 in Washington, DC. Police officers said that unidentified material had fallen off the Washington Monument as a result of the earthquake. All the monuments and buildings along the National Mall have been evacuated and closed.

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    Office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 23, moments after a 5.9 magnitude tremor shook the nation's capitol. The earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City.

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    A bride in her wedding dress runs from the courthouse in Lower Manhattan in New York August 23.

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    Damage is seen on the street outside a library at Euclid and 15th Street NW where part of the roof crumbled during a 5.9 magnitude earthquake.

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    Christopher Hartman works on the roof installing a tarp after an earthquake tore down parts of the chimney on his dad's office in Mineral, Va., Tuesday Aug. 23, 2011.

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    Traffic sits stopped at the New Jersey bound entrance to the Holland tunnel after tremors from a 5.9 earthquake on August 23 in New York City.

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    Children are evacuated from the Jacob K. Javits Federal building in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 23 after an earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va. was felt.

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    Co-workers Susan Sproul, left, and Susan Davidson hug after evacuating from their building after an earthquake was felt in Baltimore, Tuesday, Aug. 23. Downtown office buildings were cleared and workers were waiting for clearance to re-enter. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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    People who came out on the street after an earthquake look up at a window that cracked during the quake on Market Street in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 23.

     

  • Charles Krupa / AP

    As a scoreboard worker looks on, Baltimore Orioles left fielder Felix Pie fields a fly that was hit by Boston Red Sox's Josh Reddick in the ninth inning of the game at Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 21, 2010.

    An Oriole catches a fly

    I love baseball, and this picture shows why. Baseball is a team sport, but it is made up of individual achievements and failures. Everyone has to be able to hit the ball. Everyone has to be able to field the ball. Contrast that with football where you might play a whole season without touching the ball. Compare it to soccer where you might play defense in the back of the field and never get the opportunity to attempt a goal.

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