ENTERTAINMENT
November 8, 2011
Check out Stina Forsting and Joey Ventura, two singles looking for love. Stina Forsting 24, Scorpio Hometown: Baltimore Lives: Baltimore Education: Started at Dickinson, graduated from Goucher Occupation: Development associate for the Living Classrooms Foundation Interests: Skiing, music, backpacking/traveling, anything nerdy, football and soccer Turn-ons: ...
BUSINESS
By Eileen Ambrose eileen.ambrose@baltsun.com | December 6, 2009
M ore holiday shoppers this year are using cash or debit cards to avoid overspending with credit cards. But what about the rest of the year? Is it possible in a credit-dependent society to get by without plastic? "Credit cards are not necessary," says Ed Fredericks, a finance professor at Pepperdine University. "Originally, credit was seen as a privilege. Soon it kind of turned into something that everyone had to have. Multiple cards were mailed out to people, whether they were able to carry credit or not."
SPORTS
By Kevin Van Valkenburg and Kevin Van Valkenburg,Sun reporter | August 15, 2008
When the whole world is writing about someone like Michael Phelps, you tend to get a lot of overlap. If you've been following the Olympics, by now, you probably know the basics. Phelps grew up just outside of Baltimore and battled ADHD as a kid. He was raised, mostly, by his mother, Debbie, a middle school principal. You might feel like you've heard those details hundreds of times by now. But that isn't everything you need to know about Phelps. In fact, here are some things you never knew: 1. He wears two caps: This is actually something a lot of swimmers do, and it's probably more psychological than anything.
NEWS
By Stephanie Desmon and Stephanie Desmon,SUN REPORTER | April 3, 2008
Smoking causes lung cancer. That much is known. But three new studies published today suggest that genes might play a role in why some longtime smokers get the deadly disease and others do not. The scientists say these common genetic variations might also make smokers more likely to become addicted to tobacco and to smoke more cigarettes. The findings, which several experts said mark the first time that a genetic variation has been linked to lung cancer, could lead to a greater understanding of how smoking and genes interact to cause the disease.
NEWS
By Gus G. Sentementes and Gus G. Sentementes,Sun reporter | December 1, 2007
His family remembered the boy who loved to read Harry Potter and excelled in elementary school. Ty'wonde M. Jones turned 13 this year and seemed to sprout in height overnight. But the family also lamented some of the choices the youngster had made in his short life - hanging with friends who repeatedly got into trouble, staying out past 2 a.m., some run-ins with police. Thursday, Ty'wonde was stabbed to death and left in an alley a block from his home in Northwest Baltimore's Park Heights neighborhood.
NEWS
By Michelle Deal and Michelle Deal,Sun Reporter | November 4, 2007
I'm beginning to understand the problem with Hillary. And it's not her hair or her husband. It's her horoscope. Her astrological sign, that is. She's a Scorpio. Now, many of you who have lived through the Age of Aquarius and come out of it with two kids and a 401(k) will immediately dispatch this notion as hokey. I admit it's more than a little out of the mainstream but, just for fun, who doesn't enjoy an occasional peek at a person's horoscope? Hillary's birthday was Oct. 26, which puts her squarely in Scorpio territory.