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Unofficial World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (WotLK) Trailer

This trailer contains some of the videos released yesterday by some of the various WoW fan sites. Think of this as a big tease for WotLK. If you can, I strongly recommend that you activate the HD Mode at the top right of the video screen!

Thanks MMO-Champion!

A three-hitter from Daniel Cabrera. A three-run home run from Nick Markakis. And three more games against the Royals before the Orioles head back to Baltimore. The Orioles snapped a five-game losing streak last night by beating the Kansas City Royals, 4-1. Cabrera pitched another great game, getting his first complete-game victory since 2006. Who is this guy?

After a dismal 1-5 start to this 10-game road trip, the Orioles have a chance to salvage the trip – and perhaps stick around in the AL East hunt a little longer – if they take three out of four from the Royals.

Steve Trachsel will be on the mound tonight and all eyes will be on him. He’s struggled this season and there’s been talk about shifting him out of the rotation (none from manager Dave Trembley), but a solid outing tonight will be along way to silencing some of his critics, including me. The game starts at 8:10 p.m.

The owner of Sky Lounge/Tango Tapas has agreed to sell his liquor license if his neighbors will withdraw their complaints to the liquor board.

During yesterday’s hearing, some Federal Hill residents protested the renewal of Sky Lounge’s liquor license. Their main complaint was one of zoning. The establishment has a restaurant license, which doesn’t support the club atmosphere of Sky Lounge that begins after Tango Tapas closes its kitchen at 10:30 p.m. Federal Hill is maxed out on bar licenses.

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Plastination. It’s the process of turning dead people into plastic people for all the world to see.When Dr. Gunther von Hagens touches the bodies, plastination begins. He’s got the modern day Midas Touch.b went to check out the http://www.mdsci.org/bodyworlds/index.html at the Maryland Science Center. Check out the freakiest body there. And, find out how you can save money with a student ID.

Baltimore City Council is fighting it out with Mayor Dixon over a bill that changes the zoning code for residential drug-treatment facilities and other group homes.

As it stands, any group home with more than four residents requires City Council approval, but Council members tend not to support the homes because they are unpopular with their constituents. The “new” legislation — which City Council has essentially ignored for the past six years — would allow any group home with fewer than nine residents to open in any neighborhood without Council approval.

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From today’s b, the paper

With the start of real spring weather comes the inevitable swoon for the Orioles — and the inevitable emergence of more “homeless” people on the streets of downtown Baltimore.

I moved downtown four years ago because I wanted to be in the heart of the action. And living downtown has been a lot more good than bad for me. I’ve met international tourists and interesting people, and have experienced a lot by wandering on nice-weather nights, seeing Baltimore in a way you’d have to live here to understand. There are good restaurants, bars, shopping, events and all the conveniences that urban living can afford.

But then the negatives start to get weighed: the insane taxes, the glare of all of the blue lights from crime corners, the crazy cabbies and lost tourists going south on North Charles and east on Lombard.
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That’s basically the message being sent by Andres Alonso, the head of the Baltimore City school system.

Data were released yesterday reporting that the Baltimore City students who were murdered or shot didn’t spend much time in school. Between 2003 and 2007, a total of 115 students were murdered and another 405 were the recipients of nonfatal gunshot wounds. They missed an average of 46 days of school each year and the majority had been suspended or expelled at some point.

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Next weekend is Preakness and I’m a little ashamed to say that I’ve never been and I know next to nothing about it. I know it’s a HUGE deal around here, the social event of the year. Even b’s own Ben Pillow has gone on numerous occasions to get his race on.

There was a discussion in the newsroom on some of the weird horse names that have graced past races. I knew of Barbaro, Secretariat and Seabiscuit (even before the movie!) but I didn’t think they were that strange. People usually name their pets, kids, even cars some odd things, why were horses any different?

And then I did some research…

Thanks to Google, here are some of the strangest names I found:
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Stop the presses. Gilbert Arenas is talking again.

The outspoken Washington Wizards guard is threatening to leave D.C. if the Wizards’ management does not keep teammate Antawn Jamison in the fold. Arenas, who is expected to opt out of his current deal this summer to pursue more money, has said that he wants to remain in Washington – if the Wizards pay him what he wants, that is.

But on Wednesday, Arenas declared on his highly entertaining blog that he would not resign with the Wizards if they didn’t re-ink Jamison, an impending free agent and Arenas’ teammate for six seasons. In my opinion, the Wizards should listen to Arenas and resign Jamison … and let Arenas walk.  

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Washington DC cops will soon be armed with assault rifles.

The police department has 500 semiautomatic AR-15 rifles ready to be put into service once they figure out how to rack them in the patrol vehicles. About 340 officers have been trained on the new weapons. Miami police are already carrying assault rifles; Chicago is soon to follow.

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