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  • Fashionasta alert LOFT coming to GambriIls Maryland with a new concept store

    LOFT, the fashionable women's retailer, is bringing women in the Baltimore area a collection of clothing and accessories that are accessible, fun, and of great quality all at sensational ...

  • Best Buy recalls batteries

    Best Buy Co. is voluntarily recalling both black and white ATG lithium-ion replacement batteries for the notebook computers. The batteries were sold online or shipped to customers through its Geek Squad services from September of 2008 through June of 2012 for about ...

  • Balto. Co. unveils plans for Towson Row

    TOWSON, Md. - Luxury apartments and condominiums, hotels, restaurants and retail space will all be a part of Towson Row, a planned $300 million mixed-use development at the southern gateway to downtown Towson. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetzannounced plans for the project, which will be developed by Caves Valley Partners, during a news conference on Wednesday. According to a news ...

  • Orioles Hit Justin Verlander Hard In 5-2 Win Over Tigers

    DETROIT (AP) — After homering off Justin Verlander for the third time this month, Baltimore’s J.J. Hardy was at a loss for words. ';Speechless,'; he said. ';I couldn’t tell you how it happened or what happened. I feel like I just kind of blacked out — and I’m happy about it.'; Hardy and Adam Jones went deep against the Detroit ace, and Manny ...

  • Downtown Towson Gets Green Light On Harbor East-Like District

    TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)--Downtown Towson gets the green light on a new district much like Baltimore City's Harbor East. Jessica Kartalija will have more on what to expect from Towson Row on WJZ-TV at 6 p.m. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz unveiled the concept for Towson Row on ...


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A Walk to Remember

Having played the mean, popular cheerleader who makes life difficult for the awkward heroine in last summer's The Princess Diaries (2001), pop singer Mandy Moore now adds the opposite pole of the high school social spectrum to her resume with her role as Jamie Sullivan, a plain-Jane, goody-two-shoes preacher's daughter in A Walk to Remember. ...

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  • How Maryland Is Envisioning An Economic Future Beyond GDP

    address last Friday in Baltimore, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley broke down the reasons behind his administration’s decision to make Maryland the first state in the union to employ a Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), a quantitative assessment that integrates both the costs and the benefits of economic development into a monetary measure of whether growth is truly enhancing the ...

  • Roberts runs hopes to go on rehab assignment soon

    Email DETROIT -- Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts ran short, speedy bursts on the field prior to Tuesday's game, the last remaining step as he progresses back from right hamstring surgery, with the goal of going out on rehab assignment next week. "[He] did pretty well with it," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "I asked Brian, I said, 'What's the difference ...

  • Davis the DH for first time in 13 Ishikawa at first

    Email DETROIT -- Chris Davis was the Orioles' designated hitter on Wednesday afternoon against the Tigers for the first time this season, with manager Buck Showalter inserting Travis Ishikawa at first base in his place. "I'd like to do it with more guys, but there's only one DH spot," Showalter said. "It's one of the assets that Trav brings, it gives us some ...

  • Baltimore Man Sentenced After Physically Assaulting Vulnerable Adult

    A Baltimore Man was sentenced on Wednesday after physically assaulting a vulnerable adult in a group home. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler sentenced Solomon Oscar Ankrah, 32, of Baltimore, following his conviction on one count of assault in the second degree and one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult in the second degree. Ankrah's conviction on May 22nd is followed by a one year ...

  • Jail corruption task force begins next week

    The team of state lawmakers empaneled to look at corruption in Maryland prisons will begin its work next week. State legislative leaders convened the task force in wake of federal indictments in April that alleged Baltimore City Detention Center guards allowed the Black Family Guerrilla gang to effectively take over the state-run jail. Twenty-five people, including 13 female guards, were ...

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