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Inner Harbor ideas go round

Baltimore's vintage Inner Harbor Carousel could be replaced by a pirate-themed theater, a miniature golf course or a Ferris wheel. It also might give way to a new carousel, with figures shaped like anything from orioles and ravens to exotic fish.

Inner Harbor carousel faces uncertain future

Midnight Sun: Fix up the Inner Harbor carousel? Or put something new there?

BWI takes off thanks to price war

Despite economy that has caused consumers to pull back on travel, BWI has seen an increase in travelers, thanks to discount air carriers.

BWI excels as hub for discount carriers

Consuming Interests: How do you choose which airport you use?

Graphic: BWI seeing passenger increases

$54,000 pension for life — courtesy of county taxpayers

Under Baltimore County pension plan, those who serve five council terms become eligible for full salary for life

Second Opinion: Time to cut county council's golden parachute

O'Malley gives up on CEG deal, citing shortfall on rate cuts

City police official cleared to do legal work on side resigns

Bealefeld seeks to padlock troubled Mount Vernon club

Three men shot, 1 fatally, outside East Baltimore gas station

Owner of truck sought in death of JHU student turns himself in

Maryland unemployment rate rises to 7.2% in September

Boston-area man arrested in alleged terrorist plot

Father of Terps' quarterback says UM should 'get rid' of Yow

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1. 'Jon & Kate Plus 8' -- More bad ratings news

2. Flacco misses practice with swollen ankle

3. City police official who did legal work on the side resigns

4. Turner's dad: UM should 'get rid' of Yow

5. 'Fugitive Files' TV show leads police to Harford Co. suspect

6. Ravens Insider: Harbaugh dives into Oher-Allen fracas

7. Peter Schmuck: Yawning disparity in MLB getting tiresome

8. Medical marijuana: An excuse to get high

9. Owner of truck sought in hit-and-run turns self in

10. O'Malley gives up on deal with CEG

11. Ravens Q&A; with Mike Preston

12. Removal of Hampden flamingo sculpture creates flap

13. Boston-area man arrested in alleged terrorist plot

14. McClain's optimistic despite reduced role

15. A $54,000 pension for life, courtesy of county taxpayers

16. Columbia's Enterprise to invest $4B to retrofit green homes

17. BWI gains altitude

18. Ravens Insider: McClain seeks counsel from former Raven Neal

19. : Mason is focused on the field and on the air

20. Oher says flap with Vikings' Allen was a 'misunderstanding'

21. Sherrill wouldn't trade his 2009 season

22. Police seek padlocking of nuisance nightclub

23. J. Johnson says Ravens focused on improving technique

24. Three men shot, 1 fatally, outside East Baltimore gas station

25. 'Dancing With the Stars' results: Who went home?

1. Erickson Retirement Communities files for Chapter 11

2. Gluten-free tasty cakes

3. Jay Hancock: Erickson's smart bets soured along with nation's economy

4. A $54,000 pension for life, courtesy of county taxpayers

5. Blackboards 2.0

6. Turner's dad: UM should 'get rid' of Yow

7. Offering seniors moving consultants pays off for Erickson

8. Cafe Hon owner removes pink flamingo from building

9. Librarian was 'Red Reader'

10. Removal of Hampden flamingo sculpture creates flap

11. O'Malley gives up on deal with CEG

12. Road to reform

13. Forbes names Annapolis one of 'America's Prettiest Towns'

14. Rob Kasper: Making pesto before the frost is on the basil

15. Police question owner of truck suspected in hit-and-run death

16. BWI gains altitude

17. What's better than a carousel?

18. Dan Rodricks: Remembering Irsay, one of Baltimore's great dummies

19. Azul 17 offers a taste of Mexico

20. Ruling shows hazy line between detention, arrest

21. Citi closes gas-linked MasterCards without warning

22. Owner of truck sought in hit-and-run turns self in

23. Peter Schmuck: Yawning disparity in MLB getting tiresome

24. O'Malley tells school chiefs to be frugal

25. Police test gunfire-detection system

1. Deer Smashes Through Window Into Children's Gym

2. ESPN analyst Steve Phillips caught in sex scandal with 22-year-old co-worker

3. Sex Offender Arrested Bringing School Lunch To Daughter

4. Woman sees Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in pork chop

5. Former Miss California Sued Over Breast Implants

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Cafe Hon's pink flamingo

MARYLAND

Flamingo flap at Cafe Hon

A Hampden restaurant owner's decision to disassemble an oversized flamingo rather than pay...

Slots accord may cut city property taxes

City principals spending less time on improving teaching

City couple sentenced in shooting that paralyzed man, 21

'Fugitive Files' TV show leads police to Harford Co. suspect

State hospital patient attacks 3 workers with butter knife

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SPORTS

From Orioles to Dodgers, Sherrill wouldn't trade his 2009 season

George Sherrill never wanted to leave Baltimore. That was his stance back in July when the Orioles...

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Mike Preston: Forget a face-lift; Ravens only have time for cosmetics	Campbell to remain Redskins' starting QB
Connolly's Bar: What's your feeling about Philly fans and their teams?	Trade deadline passes with no activity by Ravens
Catching Up With ... ex-Colt Lou Michaels	Ravens Insider: Edwards playing way into rotation with Pryce

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Smith powers McDonogh girls soccer team past Mercy	Kresge, Severna Park make most of second chance
MYTEAM Tuesday Varsity scoreboard">MYTEAM Tuesday Varsity scoreboard	Boys Athlete of the Week // Pete Caringi, Calvert Hall, soccer
Unbeatens vie for MIAA 'B' lead	Girls Athlete of the Week // Yasmine Faieq, Carver A&T;, golf
Comets' Boller moves seamlessly to goalie	Record-setting Saint

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BUSINESS

BWI takes off thanks to price wars

Ronnie Turner-Winston, 38, of Champaign, Ill., uses the electronic check-in at Baltimore-...

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Investigators baffled by 7-year-old Fla. girl's disappearance; mom pleas on TV for her return	Director of Michael Jackson's 'This is It' says singer was ready to triumph in London	Gunman prays with clerk at check-cashing business before finishing robbery, later surrenders
Newark, NJ, airport guard accused of threatening Obama on day before president's visit	Vic Mizzy dies at 93; film and TV composer wrote 'Addams Family' theme song	Deer Smashes Through Window Into Children's Gym
Chicago area high school closes after 972 call in sick with flu	Wiseman, who played villain in 1962 'Dr. No,' dies	Police say Mass. man claimed bag of stolen goods were ex-wife's sex toys

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Cowherd and Coleman dissect Ravens loss, blaming the defense

MARYLAND VOICES

Your move, Mr. Karzai

It seems clear now that President Barack Obama wasn't just...

Up in smoke

Having Drug Enforcement Administration agents bust the sick who...
Hurry up and vote

Our view: Anne Arundel council members have had more than enough time to make up their...
Howard's tan ban

The link between ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer is so well...

READERS RESPOND

Medical marijuana: An excuse to get high	Pot makes you sleepy; what's the big deal?	Child care subsidy boost was needed
Alcohol, cigarettes are much more dangerous than pot	U.S. should go further on marijuana	Arunel voted for slots -- not slots at the mall

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Today's columnists

Jay Hancock Erickson's smart bets soured along with nation's economy - October 21, 2009	Rob Kasper Making pesto before the frost is on the basil - October 21, 2009
Peter Schmuck Yawning disparity in MLB getting tiresome - October 21, 2009

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$54K Pension for Life for Being Part-Time County Councilman	Say it ain't so Steve Phillips
Bealfield's Padlock	Manny being Manny-In the clubhouse shower in the bottom of the 9th
Nation & World	Ravens
Man Arrested In Mass. On Terrorism Charges	Football Outsiders breaks down Oher vs Allen
Swing and a Miss: Democrat Shell Game Number One Near Collapse	The Real Reason our Defense is Butt

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