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The partygoers at Baltimore Pride have taken to their smartphones to capture the scenes around them using Vine, Twitter’s 6-second video clip app.

Tim Swift 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Gay Pride, Vine
The partygoers at Baltimore Pride have taken to their smartphones to capture the scenes around them using Vine, Twitter’s 6-second video clip app.

Paul McCardell 0 Comment Archives, Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun, Hans Marx, Maryland
Hans Marx, a self-taught photographer, worked for The Baltimore Sun from 1937 to 1955. His award-winning career was capped in 1953 when he was recognized as the Newspaper Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association.

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Brazil, Czech Republic, Download music festival, England, G8, Human ZOO, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kate Middleton, Nelson Mandela, Newtown, President Obama, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, Vienna
1400 Harley-Davidson motorcycles prepare to be blessed in St. Peter’s square, hard rock fans jam out at the Download music festival in England, “unwanted human urban people” go on display in Vienna and more in today’s daily brief.
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Nick Tann 0 Comment Nation, Video Black Forest fire, Colorado, Vine, wildfire
In addition to the devastating wire photos coming out of Colorado, the people of the troubled state have taken to their smart phones to capture the scenes around them using Vine, Twitter’s 6-second video clip app.

Michael Gold 0 Comment Nation Colorado, fire, weather, wildfire
Firefighters battled on Thursday to control a wildfire that Colorado officials say is the most destructive blaze in the state’s history. At least two people have been killed and at least 360 homes have been destroyed, with the fire continuing to burn.

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Bangladesh, China, Egypt, G8, India, Iran, Japan, Jiroemon Kimura, NHL Stanley Cup, North Pole, Pakistan, South Korea, United States, world's oldest person, Yoko Ono
Oldest man in the world dies in Japan, Rupert Murdoch files for divorce, stormy weather heads to the Mid-Atlantic and more in today’s daily brief.
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Michael Gold 0 Comment Nation Chicago, lightning, Sears Tower, skyscrapers, thunder storms, weather, Willis Tower
Talk about having your camera ready at the right moment. Photographer Scott Olson witnessed lightning hitting the Sears Tower – er, the Willis Tower – on Wednesday night. Severe storms passed through the Midwest on Wednesday, bringing heavy rains and high winds, and are now forecasted to hit central Maryland on Thursday.

Denise Sanders 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun
A bicycle flies, a King and Queen visit provinces, a Prime Minister signs autographs, protests, floods and more in today’s daily brief.

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Maryland, Nation, The Baltimore Sun, Video Baltimore, Dundalk, Maryland, Sparrows Point, steel mill, steelworkers
It has been a year since Sparrows Point steel mill has closed its doors. The sounds of the one-time bustling steel giant has gone silent, still echoing only in the memories of workers and Dundalk residents nearby. At one entrance off I-695 and Route 158, a sign seen from the massive complex reads “America: Strong as Steel!”, which serves as a reminder of the past. In the coming years, the entire facility will be razed and the steel plant will only be a footnote in Baltimore’s history.
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Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Daily Brief Brazil, China, Germany, London, Russia, Syria, Turkey
A soldier faints, zebras blend, a child goes splash and the world seems angry, protests in Turkey, Britain, Kenya, Russia and Brazil and more in today’s daily brief.