A main north-south corridor through Baltimore, Light Street has seen a few changes since its pre-Promenade days and fire destruction, topped off with a recent surge in redevelopment and newly-lit business signs throughout downtown and the Inner Harbor.
Here’s a look at what Light Street used to be, straight from The Baltimore Sun archives.
Argentina’s fans clashed with riot police after Argentina lost to Germany in the 2014 World Cup final on July 13, 2014.
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Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 in extra time for the world championship.
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Shakira, Carlos Santana, Wyclef Jean, and Alexandre Pires headline the 2014 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony prior to the final match between Germany and Argentina.
A “supermoon” rose above cities from Los Angeles to London on Saturday night, the first of three times this year the full moon will orbit nearer the earth and appear unusually large and bright.
The supermoon is technically known as a “perigee moon,” and occurs when the moon is full as it reaches perigee, the point of its orbit closest to the earth, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a statement. It looks largest when it’s closest to the horizon – an optical illusion.
“However, if it gets people out and looking at the night sky and maybe hooks them into astronomy, then it’s a good thing,” Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory, said on NASA’s website.
A 2013 supermoon was 14 percent bigger and 30 percent more luminous than the average full moon of that year, NASA said.
Two additional supermoons are expected in 2014, one on Aug. 10 and another on Sept. 9, NASA said. August’s supermoon is expected to be the most remarkable of the year. — Reuters
Connie West was working at a school attended by children living at LifeLine facilities when she met an eight-year-old named Raykwan. Four years later she adopted the disabled boy, who has cerebral palsy and several other maladies; she said he and other residents did not receive adequate attention. West changed his name to Ray Lewis West, after the Ravens’ star, “because he needed a strong name to get through this,” she said.
World Cup host Brazil entered the third-place game against the Netherlands hoping for redemption after an embarrassing loss to Germany. That, unfortunately, was not the case as they failed to score in front of the home crowd, losing 3-0.
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Aberdeen IronBirds fans attending Thursday night’s game against the Batavia Muckdogs got a special treat during and after the game: a performance by Tim “Wild Thang” Lepard, and his team of sheep-herding, Border Collie-riding Capuchin monkeys.
Lepard’s show included one of his monkeys “throwing” the first pitch of the game, teaser performances during the third and after the fifth innings and a longer performance at the end of the game. A group of sheep were released from a pen and the monkeys, riding their respective Border Collies, rounded them up.
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