Blogs: The News Hole

Read it before it’s gone: Washington City Paper‘s John Metcalfe listens in with jukebox junkies. And in Minneapolis’ City Pages G.R. Anderson Jr. conglomerates with Clear Channel.
Read more »

In the Feature, “A Shot at Redemption,” contributing writer Ron Cassie goes investigates in-depth the three recent murders of recovering drug addicts at a Remington recovery house. As Cassie noted, such recovery houses have taken a hit in the local media recently. While some in the city say they are little more than profit-generators...
Read more »

While we were thinking slots had a pretty good chance to get through the General Assembly this session, the Angelos family’s decision to not buy P.G. County’s Rosecroft Raceway can’t be good for slots supporters. The Post‘s story focuses more on the Prince George’s legislative delegation’s opposition to any slots in their county. We...
Read more »

Story of the Day:: The Post‘s Christian Davenport ducks and covers with Maryland National Guard chaplins at Camp Fretterd near Reisterstown. The Sun‘s Joe Burris shines the spotlight on pioneering black football player Fritz Pollard Sr., recently elected to Canton. European bird, northern lapwing, spotted in Frederick County.
Read more »

Men on Boys: LA Weekly‘s Alec Hanley Bemis wakes up Bright Eyes. And in The Village Voice Mikael Wood gives it to Gavin DeGraw and Ryan Cabrera.
Read more »

I’m verging on outrage, but I can’t say I’m surprised that the Sun‘s lawsuit trying to undo Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s order barring state employees from talking to two of the daily’s journalists was dismissed‘s yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Quarles Jr. As the judge wrote, “The Sun seeks the declaration of a constitutional...
Read more »

Political analysts seem to agree that the 2006 gubernatorial race will be won or lost in Baltimore County, but incumbent Bob Ehrlich showed yesterday that he’s not taking the D.C. suburbs for granted, with a trip along the proposed Intercounty Connector corridor, promoting the highway that will ease traffic between Montgomery and P.G. counties...
Read more »

The Sun‘s William Patalon III on the Verizon/MCI merger. The score: Verizon employs more than 10,000 in Md., MCI about 1,000. Del. Dr. Dan K. Morhaim (D-Baltimore County) charged by state medical disciplinary board with mishandling three living wills. Maurice Blackwell trial: Day 3. Maya Marcel-Keyes, lesbian daughter of wacko conservative commentator/perennial candidate Alan...
Read more »

From Sunday’s Newsday, Long Island theater producer Fred De Feis, of Arena Players, to stage priestly pedophilia play inspired in part by Baltimore priest, A House Divided. And from Sunday’s New York Times, Atomic Books co-owner (and occasional CP contributor) Benn Ray hates the ’80s. Missed this: After way too much consideration NPR ombudsman...
Read more »

Story of the Day: Sun Moscow correspondent Douglas Birch has a great job: Siberia really cold. Ocean City surfers raise money for tsunami victims. Good second-day story by the Post‘s Caroline E. Mayer on MCI/Verizon merger.
Read more »

Speaking of Miami, the New Times‘ Kirk Nielsen gives serious wordage to a guy who may just have invented a machine that creates water out of thin air. Yesterday Colorado, today Texas:Houston Press‘ Jordan Harper on why you can’t get that goddamn, motherfucking song out of your head; and Dallas Observer‘s Paul Kix on...
Read more »

Today marks the 75th anniversary of Dashiell Hammet‘s The Maltese Falcon. What, you ask, does that have to do with local news and culture? Well, Hammet was born in 1894 in St. Mary’s County and raised in Baltimore (and Philadelphia), that’s what. To celebrate, listen to NPR commentator and mystery writer John Ridley’s walk...
Read more »