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Sparrows Point is synonymous with steel, but as steelmaking on the point comes to at least a temporary standstill, people are looking for ways to bring other jobs to the peninsula. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz sees an opportunity in the Port of Baltimore, which is hoping to expand.  To figure out possible uses, he’s formed the Sparrows Point Partnership, which meets for the first time tomorrow.  Sheilah speaks with the County Executive about the partnership.

There are approximately 160 million descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade living today throughout the Western Hemisphere. How are they doing today?

Dr. Dawn Alley on her study of the impacts of foreclosure on health.

Gus Sentementes of the Baltimore Sun talks tech with Nathan Sterner.

On Friday, Google’s YouTube site on Friday announced a list of the nearly 100 online “channels” of original content that will launch by the middle of next year. Tom Hall takes a look at the evolution of web-based television with McDaniel College’s Roger Casey.

Maryland Morning Culture Calendar.

Chris LaMartina is brewing up something horrifying!

How much chicken litter does it take to power up a light bulb?

Certain people become focused on healthy eating to an extreme degree–a condition that’s been termed “orthorexia.” It’s not been accepted to the DSM. Tom Hall talks with nutritionist Monica Reinagel and psychologist Angela Guarda about how it works.

Treats for aesthetes!

A sneak peek at the Maryland Stem Cell Symposium.

Maravene Loeschke the new president of Towson University.

Our theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck has been to see both theatrical productions in Baltimore — she brings us these reviews.

A new artistic director for Single Carrot Theater.

Pioneering CPR researcher Dr. James Jude and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions director of medicine Dr. Myron Weisfeldt.

Anne Arundel County full-contact jouster Sir Paul Schneider shows Nathan what a professional can do with a lance and a helm.

New research from Johns Hopkins shows how our brains continue to grow into adulthood.

The Baltimore Sun’s Howard County reporter retired last week. We’ll look back with him on how Howard County and Maryland have changed since he started reporting for the Sunpapers in 1969.

The annual roots music festival comes to Carroll County this weekend. We’ll get a musical preview from festival founder Walt Michael and singer Lea Gilmore.

What is the state doing for people with problems with gambling?

Sabra Klein of the Bloomberg School of Public Health is looking into how our biological sex can affect our physical health.

Tom talks to Carol Sauvion, executive producer of PBS’s new series Craft in America, and local artist Joyce Scott, who is featured in one of the episodes.

Maryland’s Department of Transportation is working with the transportation company CSX to create an intermodal transfer facility south of Baltimore. DOT is considering placing the transfer station in Beltsville, Hanover, Jessup, or Montevideo. Some citizens in the area are concerned about that — we present their thoughts to CSX.