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'Human error' led to gas explosion at Mass. strip club
A Springfield, Mass., strip club exploded Friday evening after a gas employee's metal probe punctured a natural gas line and caused the club to fill with gas, investigators said Sunday. Officials may never know exactly what sparked the explosion,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, NASA, Explosions, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Governor signs new law outlawing cellphone use for teen drivers
Staff WriterStarting in late March, teen drivers with a probationary license will no longer be able talk on a cellphone while driving. Gov. Rick Snyder signed "Kelsey's Law" Tuesday making it a civil infraction for teens to be talking on the phone behind the wheel...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Motorvehicle Accidents, Rick Snyder, Regional Authority
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On speed cameras, two steps forward, one step back
The replacement of all of Baltimore's speed cameras and the police department's decision to beef up the review process for the tickets they generate are welcome signs that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is taking seriously the need to...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Photography Supplies and Services, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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More questions raised on Chicago speed cameras
Even as Chicago prepares to test speed cameras next week, problems in Baltimore's 3-year-old camera program are raising questions about one of the bidders for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's controversial proposal that could target speeders in school and park...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business Enterprises, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Mayor, Judges
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Darkrooms are re-developing in Baltimore
Once upon a time, people interested in taking a picture used a device known as a camera. Taking pictures was all that this device did. It could never make phone calls. Or play music and video. The pictures were captured on something called film, which...
Tags: Arts, Netflix Inc., Photography Supplies and Services, Photography, Photography and Video
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Powerball's $425-million jackpot already has a winner: States
A lot of hopeful eyes are glued on the biggest number in gambling this week -- the record $425-million Powerball jackpot that’s destined to make some lottery ticket buyer somewhere very, very happy. In advance of Wednesday's drawing, some people...
Tags: Powerball Lottery, Mega Millions Lottery, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Services and Shopping
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Reality shows may put crews too close to cutting edge
Monica Martino had filmed tornadoes in the Midwest, ship collisions in the Antarctic and crab fishermen in Alaska's Bering Sea. But those experiences didn't prepare her for a terrifying nighttime boat ride in the Amazon jungle. In February, the 41-year-...
Tags: Drama (genre), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Entertainment, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (tv program), Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Tanker strikes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An empty oil tanker caused minor damage Monday when it struck a tower in the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while navigating beneath the hulking span, officials said. The 752-foot Overseas Reymar rammed the...
Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, California Department of Transportation, Disasters and Accidents, Busan (South Korea)
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Shut off Baltimore's speed cameras
It's time for Baltimore to shut its speed cameras down. On Friday, the vendor that runs the city's program reported that several cameras have error rates as high as 5 percent, and it doesn't know exactly why. Those cameras are no longer issuing tickets....
Tags: Science and Technology, Baltimore Police Department, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Public Officials, Anthony W. Batts
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CES 2013: Lexus driverless car: 'Technology alone is not the answer'
Lexus has its own shiny, intelligent vehicle in the growing fleet of self-driving cars being developed by the likes of Google, Audi and others. Just don’t expect it to go on sale any time soon. The automaker’s Advanced Active Safety Research...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Passenger Cars, Audi, Google Inc., Automotive Equipment
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2012 obituaries project coming this Sunday
Obituaries are likely the most important things published daily by newspapers. They are the history of our community, the stories of those who served quietly and lived full lives outside the public eye. For many people, the only time their name...Tags: Voting, Obituaries, Politics, Elections
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Hidden ingredients
When Thomas Keller tells you to eat raw tuna membrane, you do it. Small matter that the sticky, silver stuff between the fleshy parts of the fish looks like saliva dripping from a knife. After all, Keller is the famed chef behind The French Laundry, a...
Tags: Julia Child, Dining and Drinking, Vetri, Chicago Tribune, Sheryl Crow
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