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Zombie studies now on Baltimore University curriculum!
Baltimore University is now introducing Zombie courses as part of its...


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UMd. Official Reacts To Fans' Actions At Navy Game
University of Maryland officials are looking into profane insults hurled toward Midshipmen and others from the Naval Academy by fans at Monday's football game.The first such matchup in a few years...
Group: Cut Emissions To Avoid Extreme Weather
The group Environment Maryland is calling for cuts in emissions blamed for global warming that the environmental group said could lead to increases in extreme weather events. The group released a new...
Man Arrested In Annapolis Rape
Annapolis police said they've arrested a man in connection with a rape that was reported on Monday.Police said the victim told them she was sexually assaulted shortly after 10 p.m. Monday near the...
Md. IRS Officer Pleads Guilty In Fraud Scheme
Prosecutors say Hunt wore IRS identification and attended meetings with the owner of a tax preparation service and potential clients between 1999 and 2004. He was paid to access 12 of the clients'...
Howard County Police Say Fire Was Set After Murder
Howard County Police say they believe 34-year-old Damon White of Columbia stabbed his ex-wife to death, and then set her apartment on the 6000 Block of Majors Lane on fire Tuesday. White remains in...
Md. Homeowners Asked To Avoid Outdoor Burning
Maryland natural resources officials are encouraging homeowners to avoid outdoor burning because of dry, windy conditions that are increasing the potential for...
Laughing All the Way to the Polls: Politicians Pitch Message on Talk Shows
Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine are set to hit the comedy airwaves Wednesday night, with Kaine appearing on "The Daily Show," and Biden following him on...
Va. Submits Bay Restoration Plan
(9/2/2010) Virginia has submitted to the federal government its draft plan to restore the Chesapeake Bay, estimating that agriculture alone could face costs totaling $800 million to...
Sewage Spill At Deep Creek Lake
Garrett County officials are testing the area's water after thousands of gallons of sewage spilled near the shore of Deep Creek Lake. The spill occurred Sunday afternoon when 6,400 gallons...
BP Report Spreads Blame In Gulf Oil Well Blowout
Wednesday, September 8, 2010; 12:48 PM BP released a long-awaited report Wednesday on an internal investigation into the causes of its Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout, blaming multiple...
Another Proposal From Obama to Throw Your Money Down the Drain
unemployment rate . With the November elections looming (only 55 days away) and Congress set to adjourn on October 8, this is the week for Democrats to push new stimulus proposals. They're doing this...
Baltimore School For The Arts Director Steps Down
The head of the Baltimore School for the Arts says she is leaving her longtime position at the end of the school year. Leslie Shepard has been at the city public school in Mount Vernon since it...
BWI Sets Another Record For July
The record announced Wednesday was driven largely by Southwest Airlines. Airport officials say Southwest is the largest airline at the airport and served more than 1.17 million passengers in July....
The Tea Party and the GOP
The tea party movement has largely been a boon for the country, reviving the case for limited government and a properly understood Constitution. Now that the general election campaign is near,...
One Nation, Two Deficits
The nation faces a nasty dual deficit problem: a painful jobs deficit in the near term and an unsustainable budget deficit over the medium and long term. This...
The Real Debacle At Ground Zero
Plans to build a Muslim community center near the site of the former World Trade Centers have stoked a nationwide controversy and brought Ground Zero back into the national spotlight again in recent...
Bell doesn't hide awe at Yankee Stadium
Innings piling up, Arrieta remains strong NEW YORK -- In his first career trip to the new Yankee Stadium, Orioles rookie Josh Bell didn't even try to play it cool. "I'm still starstruck by a lot...
Innings piling up, Arrieta remains strong
Bell doesn't hide awe at Yankee Stadium NEW YORK -- Orioles right-hander Jake Arrieta put to rest any concern that he was running out of gas with Tuesday's impressive shutdown of the Yankees. ...
Durable Albers key to O's bullpen
Bell doesn't hide awe at Yankee Stadium NEW YORK -- Orioles reliever Matt Albers had quietly put together an impressive second half before recording five big outs -- including retiring slugger Alex...
Baltimore Crime Beat: Police agencies target laser pointers
Police in several jurisdictions around Maryland are warning residents not to point laser pointers at helicopters, saying their pilots are getting blinded as they track criminals and patrol from the...
GKV lands Saint Agnes Hospital account
Saint Agnes Hospital . The Baltimore marketing firm will work with the hospital on strategic planning, brand development and communication strategies for the hospital’s new...
T. Rowe Price boosts stock buyback plan by 15M shares
’s board of directors have approved increasing by 15 million shares the number of shares of stock the company will repurchase as part of a stock buyback program. The company will now...
Baltimore ranks among nation's best places for college
This chart shows the rankings of U.S. metro areas in four size categories in the AIER's latest College Destinations Index. (Click on the chart to enlarge...
Board upholds license suspension against doctor in abortion injury
Elkton clinic in which an 18-year-old woman was badly injured during an abortion. Neither the doctor — George Shepard Jr., 88, who oversaw the five Maryland clinics of American Women's...
Critically injured Columbia man charged in fire, ex-wife's death
A Columbia man has been charged with murder and arson in the death of his ex-wife and subsequent apartment fire, according to Howard County police. Damon Willie White, who is in critical condition...
Columbia man charged in fire, ex-wife's death
A Columbia man has been charged with murder and arson in the death of his ex-wife and subsequent apartment fire, according to Howard County police. Damon Willie White, who is in critical condition...
Howard wineries legislation on hold until December
Legislation that would have created zoning regulations to allow wineries in Howard County was withdrawn from County Council consideration Tuesday night, delaying the issue at least until December,...
Politcal Notebook: Democrats rally, hit streets before primary
Gov. Martin O'Malley , a Democrat seeking re-election, did some door-knocking in Columbia's Long Reach Village after speaking to about 50 Democrats at one of the county's...
Howard Co. wineries legislation on hold until December
Legislation that would have created zoning regulations to allow wineries in Howard County was withdrawn from County Council consideration Tuesday night, delaying the issue at least until December,...
T. Rowe Price adds new independent director
T. Rowe Price Group said Wednesday that its board has elected Robert F. MacLellan as a new independent director, bringing the total to 10 members.MacLellan is non-executive chairman of Northleaf...
Two-A-Days: 2010 Baltimore Ravens Season Preview
team-by-team previews . From August 24 through to the start of the NFL season on September 9, TSN.ca gives you an in-depth look at each NFL club as we edge closer to Kickoff...
Southwest Airlines Drives All-Time Record At BWI
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has set an all-time monthly passenger record when more than 2.17 million travelers passed through in...
2 Buildings Evacuated After Hazmat Spill
reports it happened around 10 a.m. Wednesday on the 2900-block of Whittington Avenue. The buildings were evacuated for a hydrofluoric acid spill. Officials say the acid came from a porcelain...
Congress To Examine 'Unfounded' Rapes In Baltimore
(6/28/2010) Congress is getting involved in the controversy over how the Baltimore City Police Department handles rape complaints. The U.S. Senate will examine why so many rape cases in...
Man Charged With Murder, Arson In Ex-Wife's Death
has the latest on the investigation. Firefighters rushed to a burning apartment on Majors Lane in Columbia Tuesday, where they found Thelma Wynn, 35, dead.  They have now charged her ex-husband,...
Acid Spill In Baltimore
He says that 55 gallons of hydrofluoric acid spilled inside the building. Captain Clark says that acid can cause heart attacks and respiratory problems in people if it is...
UMd Official Reacts To Fans' Actions At Navy Game
The notorious "f-bomb" was among the insults that midshipmen and others from the Naval Academy faced on Monday's Navy-Terps football game at M&T Stadium. The first such matchup in a few years...
Obama Practices Economic Malpractice
If a medical doctor prescribed a treatment for a patient that only worked in theory, and the patient did not get better, the doctor could rightly be sued for medical malpractice if tried-and-true...
Obama's $50 Billion Infrastructure Boondoggle
resident Obama calls his latest attempt to revive the economy a “Plan to Renew and Expand America’s Roads, Railways and Runways.” I’m calling it “The Mother of All Big...
As Stadiums Vanish, Their Debt Lives On
New Meadowlands Stadium , still carries about $110 million in debt, or nearly $13 for every New Jersey resident, even though it is now a parking...
BBJ Wednesday: Ray Rice Joins New M&T Ad Campaign
Rice joins Todd Heap as face of bank whose name is on Ravens stadium. Listen to the daily report from the Baltimore Business Journal each weekday morning at 5:50am on Maryland's Morning News on...
Arguments set for revised city lawsuit against Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo will be back in court Wednesday, arguing whether the city's revised lawsuit against the mortgage giant should go forward.A federal judge threw out the city's initial claim against Wells...
BWI sets all-time passenger record in July
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport flew nearly 2.2 million passengers in July, marking the airport’s busiest month ever. BWI said Tuesday 2,170,517 fliers passed...
Ciena's 3Q loss widens, remains 'cautious'
’s third-quarter loss widened to $109.9 million despite revenue more than doubling compared with the same period of 2009. That was because Linthicum-based telecommunications technology...
Obama proposing new business tax cuts, some previous GOP ideas
President Barack Obama's proposed tax breaks for business sound like ideas that have enjoyed broad Republican backing in the past. But in today's toxic political atmosphere, he's unlikely to get much...