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A tale of two inner-city destinies
"The Other Wes Moore" is a book that bridges the gap between Inner Harbor and inner city in the most startling and revelatory ways. The title might suggest the tale of a hidden life. But it's completely different: the story of two Baltimore men with the same name, roughly similar backgrounds, and wholly opposite journeys. The author, pictured above, became a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hopkins, a Rhodes Scholar, a White House Fellow, and an Army officer in Afghanistan. The other Wes Moore became a drug dealer, a thief and a convicted killer.
OFFSHORE OIL SLICK
Obama puts hold on new drilling
Heavy winds and high tides complicated efforts to hold back oil that threatened to coat birds and other marine life as it oozed ashore from the Gulf of Mexico on Friday.
Suspect in fatal crash escaped conviction in federal gun case
Victim was father of city officer; suspects who fled Baltimore drug arrest had been pursued by federal prosecutors before
