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HIV in Africa & Baltimore; Revisiting Billie Holiday Through Poems; "Wicked" Review; Sports Update

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With news that the University of Maryland’s institute specializing in viruses has won a big grant to battle AIDS in Africa, we look at the the institute’s work treating a million patients overseas and how that compares to its fight against AIDS here in Baltimore.

Then – Jazz singer Billie Holiday would have turned 100 years old tomorrow. We celebrate her birthday with writer Carole Weatherford, who’s written a book of poems inspired by the life of Lady Day.

Plus, J. Wynn Rousuck talks with Tom Hall about "Wicked," the blockbuster back story of the witches of Oz, playing for a month at the Hippodrome.

And – baseball is back! The Baltimore Orioles' season begins today. They’re matched up against the Tampa Bay Rays. Our sports guru Mark Hyman is here to hash out what we can expect from the O’s this season.