Baltimore City Paper

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

NEWS

A Down Low Shame: What Some Black Women Don’t Know About Their Men Could Hurt Them | Feature by Christina Royster-Hemby

Counted Out: Tellers at a Provident Bank Branch, Fired After Embezzlement at the Baltimore Museum Of Industry, Prepare to File Suit for Wrongful Termination | Mobtown Beat by Erin Sullivan

Nickel and Dimed: A Service Workers Union Pushes for “Self-Sufficiency Wage,” but Others Say Government Shouldn’t Legislate Work Force’s Welfare | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.

Three Ring Council: The Nose was a little surprised that there were no firebreathers, unicyclists, magicians, or acrobats at Thursday, June 17’s hearing of the Baltimore City Council Judiciary and Legislative Investigations committee. | The Nose

Captains Courageous: A crewman shouts, “fire in the hole!” as a young man touches a smoke stick to the black powder piled in the barrel of an eight-inch-thick cannon. | Charmed Life by Edward Ericson Jr.

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COLUMNS

Legal Weasels: It doesn’t look too good in the eyes of your newest conscripts if you practice the same sort of shenanigans as the guy you deposed. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

His Life: Should O’Malley shed the albatross of his current office (the job of mayor in a large city like Baltimore is far more difficult than governing Arkansas) and defeat Gov. Bob Ehrlich two years from now, he’ll be the star of the now fallow Democratic Leadership Council. | Right Field by Russ Smith

Tell a Soul: I’m already about 16 weeks gone and I’m starting to show. | Think Mink by Mink Stole

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