Examiner (Free subscription) | 39 minutes ago
Two city employees were suspended Friday for allegedly stealing copper wire out of Baltimore City Hall and Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, and then selling it for scrap, officials said.
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jo And his wife Sarai in walter redd army medical center with Mr. And Mrs. President BushBaltimore, MD - Writer Mindy Salazar from the OU’s Jewish Action Magazine speaks with Sarai Kashnow about the challenges of being a military spouse, the “toughest job in the military.” Sergeant Joseph Kashnow, and his wife, Sarai, both in their [...]
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Total funding is about 8% less than last year; other areas saw similar decreases The federal government will dish out nearly $30 million in homeland security grants to Baltimore and Maryland this year, a decrease from last year, officials announced today. While funding nationwide increased, all but a few U.S. cities and states saw similar declines.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Gun, 13 grams of cocaine found during police search in '05, prosecutor says A Baltimore man was sentenced today to more than 10 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office.
To the People (Free subscription) | yesterday
Baltimore (and the state), a city with no professional hockey or basketball team, is planning on building a brand-new, 18,500 seat arena with a tax-payer subsidised price tag of about 300 million. Mind you, this comes at a time when MD Gov Martin O'Malley has raised just about every tax he could because of the 'tough budget concerns' the state faces. But apparently building a 300+million arena with...
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
A weeklong planning event could produce a new Baltimore County zoning classification that residents of its eastern shores said would protect their bucolic life from increasing development pressures.
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some residents in the Baltimore region are being hung out to dry as restrictions limit the use of clotheslines.
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
A convicted murderer, who had served more than 12 years in prison, was ordered to be released Thursday, after additional evidence revealed questions regarding the state's witness.
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following two days of rookie practices, the Ravens will have their nearly the entire roster on the field for the first time today.
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
A suspected serial rapist who police believe met his victims on Craigslist.com died after shooting himself during a two-hour standoff, Prince George's police said Thursday.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Harford County man is being held on $100,000 bail on charges that he ran up the credit card of a New Jersey woman he had met on the Internet and persuaded her to give him her card number, according to Maryland State Police. Authorities said they suspect the man has victimized others in Maryland and other states.
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
City State's Attorney Patricia Jessamy fired back Thursday at protesters calling for the ouster of her spokeswoman, Margaret Burns.
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
State Sen. Ulysses Currie earned at least $207,000 from a local grocery store to facilitate transportation projects and push legislation on its behalf, according to portions of a federal affidavit used for a search warrant of his home unsealed Thursday.
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Klaus Philipsen is the founder of Archplan Inc., Philipsen Architects, and a member of the American Institute of Architects Baltimore Chapter's Urban Design Committee. Philipsen is the co-author of an April plan to redevelop the 1st Mariner Arena site.
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Baltimore's Arena Advisory Panel thinks it can undo 1st Mariner Arena's wrongs by building a shining, sparkling venue in its predecessor's place.
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Big Budget Movie Tapes In Fells Point Reporting Ron Matz BALTIMORE (WJZ) ― There's lots of star-gazing in Baltimore these days. That's because some well-known actors have been in town making a big budget movie. Ron Matz reports Hollywood has set up on South Broadway. With joggers and walkers, it looks like just another day in Fells Point. But it's not. A film crew has descended on the square and so
