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	<title>Baltimore Brew &#187; Fern Shen</title>
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		<title>Inside City Hall: Did Lisa Harris Jones stall the polystyrene cup&#160;ban?</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/06/17/inside-city-hall-did-lisa-harris-jones-stall-the-polystyrene-cup-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until today, it seemed the City Council might actually give preliminary approval to a ban on polystyrene cups and containers. A majority on the Council liked it. When it was suddenly sent back to committee, the spotlight turned to a famously plugged-in lobbyist who represents the chemical industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Once thriving, then blighted, soon to be a&#160;park</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/06/17/once-thriving-then-blighted-soon-to-be-a-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[East Baltimore residents look to a new park – made by Parks &#038; People, working with the city and Humanim on the site of 18 demolished vacants – to breathe new life into their community. We watched the first tree go in.]]></description>
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		<title>Equality al fresco: Mayor marries gay couples en masse at Druid Hill&#160;Park</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/06/16/equality-al-fresco-mayor-marries-gay-couples-en-masse-at-druid-hill-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal and loving it, same sex couples assembled today to be wed by the mayor and celebrate their right to marry – a new right granted this year following landmark legislation and a decisive win at the ballot box.]]></description>
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		<title>Stony Run sewage overflow occurred in a chronic trouble&#160;spot</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/06/14/stony-run-sewage-overflow-occurred-in-a-chronic-trouble-spot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week tens of thousands of gallons of sewage poured into Stony Run from an outfall that longtime stream watchers say has, for the past decade, been dripping sewage constantly. The city says this known trouble spot will  be addressed - when the citywide project to comply with a 2002 federal consent decree moves to the construction phase.]]></description>
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		<title>Art aimed to shame: activist and street artist team up on&#160;vacants</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/06/11/art-aimed-to-shame-activist-and-street-artist-team-up-on-vacants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The project Carol Ott and Nether are planning on Baltimore vacants will feature murals by some of the country's best street artists – and links to Ott's slumlord-shaming website. We tagged along to watch them at work.]]></description>
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		<title>Sewage overflowing into Stony Run near 39th&#160;Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week it was a grease-plug backing up sewage and sending 21,000 gallons into the Jones Falls. Today it's 100 gallons-per-minute flowing into Stony Run. What's going on? Residents were wondering why the city didn't post warning signs down near the water where they walk their dogs, bring their kids and jog.]]></description>
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		<title>After scorching Liquor Board audit, a watchdog blog is&#160;launched</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/06/06/after-scorching-liquor-board-audit-a-watchdog-blog-is-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long criticized as arcane, arbitrary and ineffective, Baltimore's Liquor Board was flamed in a lengthy critique by state auditors this spring. Now the Community Law Center has started a blog about the board, with posts by an attorney who plans to attend every weekly meeting. The Brew will be featuring it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Buckaroos on&#160;bikes!</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/06/03/buckaroos-on-bikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Johnny Cash tunes got an urban remix, the Conestoga wagons were towed by pedal power and the cowboy hats were perched on top of bike helmets Friday, as Baltimore Bike Party rocked those tried and true Old West themes and memes, for its May event. According to their Facebook page, 1,140 people signed up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents of Hamilton Royal Farms say project is anointed from on&#160;high</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/05/28/opponents-of-hamilton-royal-farms-say-project-is-anointed-from-on-high/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 13:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 12-pump, 50-space convenience store would make a dangerous five-way intersection more dangerous, foes complained. No problem, the city said, offering a half million-dollar realignment, with the mayor herself committing to the funds. Should the residents feel grateful or played?]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t sell Baltimore Sun to Koch brothers, groups tell Tribune&#160;Company</title>
		<link>http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/05/21/dont-sell-baltimore-sun-to-koch-brothers-groups-tell-tribune-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fern Shen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ultra-conservative and linked to the Tea Party, the billionaire Koch brothers are said to be eying the papers owned by the Sun's Chicago-based corporate parent, just emerging from bankruptcy.  In Maryland, some people are very worried about that.]]></description>
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