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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | May 21, 2009
Dr. Frank W. Davis Jr., a respected Baltimore cardiologist who managed to combine a private practice, research and teaching during his 50-year career, died Friday of complications from emphysema at his Owings Mills home. He was 85. Dr. Davis, the son of an oral surgeon and a homemaker, was born and raised in Asheville, N.C. After graduation from Edwards High School in Asheville, he earned his bachelor's and medical degrees from Duke University. In 1946, he came to Baltimore to complete his medical internship and residency in cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | April 19, 2009
Joseph I. Pines, a retired Baltimore Circuit Court judge and volunteer, died Thursday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Arden Courts, an assisted-living facility in Pikesville. He was 87. Judge Pines, the son of a grocer, was born Joseph I. Pinas in New York City. In 1947, he changed his name to Pines. In 1925, he moved to Baltimore with his family and settled on East Biddle Street. His father established a grocery store on Orleans Street and later moved to Liberty Heights Avenue in Northwest Baltimore, when he opened a store.
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March 9, 2009
We have just one question for Kim Y. Johnson, the Baltimore Police Department official who has been representing criminal suspects and shepherding clients through bankruptcy for years: How do you find time to defend alleged drug dealers, thieves and deadbeat debtors while doing the city's business? Last week, The Baltimore Sun's Justin Fenton reported that Ms. Johnson, who earned $85,000 in 2008 from her police job investigating racial discrimination complaints in the department, also has a private practice defending people charged with serious crimes by her police colleagues.
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By Jacques Kelly | February 8, 2009
Dr. Albert Grant, a retired cardiologist who believed that his heart attack patients need not lead a sedentary life, died of a stroke Thursday at Delray Medical Center in Delray, Fla. The former Northwest Baltimore was resident was 89. Born Albert Gubnitsky in Baltimore and raised on North Broadway, he later changed his name to Grant. A 1936 City College graduate, he commuted to the University of Maryland, College Park, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1940. He then enrolled at the University of Maryland's School of Medicine and received a degree in 1943.
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By From Sun news services | December 13, 2008
Studio executive seeks divorce from 'Private Practice' star Walsh Private Practice star Kate Walsh, 41, is getting divorced after a year of marriage. The actress' husband, Alex M. Young, a top-ranking executive at 20th Century Fox, filed for divorce this week in Los Angeles. His petition cites "irreconcilable differences" but offers no details. The pair married September 2007, and the documents say they separated Nov. 22. A phone message left for Walsh's publicist Thursday was not returned.
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September 26, 2007
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By David Zurawik | September 26, 2007
Angry professional women, emotionally messed-up men and a common kitchen area in the workplace where the two can meet, eat and fight - these are the core elements of Private Practice, the Grey's Anatomy spinoff premiering tonight on ABC. And while the series created by Shonda Rhimes brings some outstanding performers like Amy Brenneman and Audra McDonald back to weekly TV, tonight's season opener is not very appealing. Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery (Kate Walsh), the character who is supposed to lead viewers from Seattle Grace Hospital to the new show's setting at the Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica, Calif.
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June 29, 2007
Eric F. Waller, a retired lawyer who enjoyed beekeeping and gardening, died Monday of cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The longtime Mount Washington resident was 58. Mr. Waller was born in Baltimore and raised on Ford's Lane in Pikesville. He was a 1967 graduate of Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Mass. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1971 and his law degree from the University of Baltimore in 1976. After completing his clerkship, he entered private practice when he joined the Baltimore firm of Sherbow, Shea & Doyle in 1977.
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By Zap2it.com | May 16, 2007
As CBS prepares to present its slate for next season to advertisers this morning, the network has reportedly ordered four dramas and at least one comedy. In addition to the previously expected pick-ups, the industry trade papers are reporting that CBS will order Moonlight. Formerly titled Twilight, the Angel-esque drama stars Alex O'Loughlin as a vampire private investigator. Moonlight takes the slot most observers were expecting to go to the zombie dramedy Babylon Fields, which is still believed to be in contention for a midseason slot, along with the LL Cool J vehicle The Man and Skip Tracer, which stars Stephen Dorff.
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September 1, 2006
Bush plans economics pitch during Maryland visit WASHINGTON -- President Bush plans to promote his economic policies in a Labor Day visit to a maritime training center in Southern Maryland's Piney Point, keeping an appointment he had to cancel last Labor Day for a tour of the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast. Bush's stop at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Education and Training is part of an election-year push to convince voters that his policies have boosted the economy and are a key reason to elect Republican candidates.