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| Devoted Annapolis grandparents, 4 adored kids and a fire that changed everything |
| The grandchildren’s birthday parties were always lavish.At their $6 million Annapolis mansion, Don and Sandra Pyle could never do too much for her sons’ kids, transforming the sprawling eight-acre estate into a children’s carnival with water slides, moon bounces and pony rides. Don, especially, reveled in the games of hide-and-seek and make-believe tussles. Read full article » |
| Updates: Wintry mix moves in, changing to rain in D.C. metro but potentially slick north and west |
| A mixed bag of precipitation surges into the region and becomes heavy at time. In the immediate metro area and southeast, roads should remain just west. Read full article » |
| New top Marine Corps general releases plan to shake up the service |
| The new top general in the Marine Corps released a 16-page plan on Friday detailing his vision for the service, emphasizing a realignment of troops to meet demands in the Pacific and Africa, better coordination with Special Operations units, and new psychological testing to assess resiliency in recruits. Read full article » |
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| Md. Gov. Larry Hogan and his Korean-born wife Yumi are a historic first couple |
| They met at an art show.She was a painter displaying her abstract landscapes, a single mother of three daughters who’d grown up on a chicken farm in South Korea. He was a wealthy bachelor with more interest in politics than art who had stopped by the show in suburban Maryland on a whim. Read full article » |
| What happened to Johnny Depp? How ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ made him, and ruined him. |
| Johnny Depp used to be so cool. Back at the dawn of this new century, it was hard to imagine anyone much cooler. He may not have had a big blockbuster to his name, but he was a star nonetheless, gracing offbeat roles that made him edgier and more enigmatic than Leo or Brad. He was the grunge movie star: Soulful eyes under dirty hair, tattoos before they were mainstream, combat boots on the red carpet, and incredibly bad-ass girlfriends (Winona Ryder, Kate Moss). The more he resisted the attempts to make him a heartthrob, the hotter he became. Read full article » |
| The unfulfilled promise of the Crock-Pot, an unlikely symbol of women’s equality |
| Seventy-five years ago today, an inventor named Irving Nachumsohn received a patent for the first commercially successful electric slow cooker. A few decades later, his device was more than just a beloved accessory in millions of American kitchens. The Crock-Pot was also seen as evidence that consumer goods could no longer be sold just to housewives but also would need to serve the needs of working women as well. Some credit the Crock-Pot and other home appliances with helping increase the number of women in the workforce. Read full article » |
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