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State Gives Baltimore $7.1M To Fight Crime
The state is providing Baltimore with three crime-fighting grants worth a total of $7.1 million. The money is intended to get more police officers on the street. Gov. Martin O'Malley said violent...


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Car stolen from Annapolis auto shop
ANNAPOLIS, MD - Annapolis Police are investigating a car theft from an auto shop parking lot on Forest Drive. An employee of the Annapolis Tire and Auto shop located at 1210 Forest Drive told police...
Baltimore Co. Fire Holds Training Exercise
reports the exercise was designed to train dozens of firefighter recruits. The one-alarm house fire in Woodlawn spread quickly. "It's a toxic atmosphere.  They'll be under high heat...
Man Indicted In State Trooper's Murder
(6/12/2010) A Maryland man has been indicted for his role in the June slaying of a Maryland state trooper outside an Applebee's restaurant in Forestville. A Prince George's County grand jury...
Long-Awaited Rosedale Streetscape Project Complete
A portion of Philadelphia Road in Rosedale is looking a lot better thanks to the completion of an $11 million State Highway Administration...
Sources: Orioles Hire Showalter As Manager
media partner, the Baltimore Sun, reports he'll replace interim Juan Samuel, the club's third base coach who compiled a 16-31 record after taking over for Dave Trembley on June 4. The hiring was...
State Suspects Hot Weather In Deep Creek Fish Kill
The state Department of the Environment said Thursday that high air temperatures this month warmed the lake's surface and created ideal conditions for an infestation of parasitic microorganisms that...
Man Indicted For His Involvement In Maryland State Trooper's Death
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WUSA) -- A grand jury indicted Anthony Milton Thursday for his involvement in the murder of Maryland State Trooper Wesley Brown. Police say Brown was gunned down shortly after...
Shirley Sherrod Says She Will Sue Blogger
WASHINGTON, DC (CBS/AP)--Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod says she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week. ...
Annapolis Bancorp swings to 2Q profit
swung to a profit in the second quarter as the parent company of BankAnnapolis had fewer nonperforming loans. Annapolis Bancorp (NASDAQ: ANNB) earned $438,000, or 8 cents per share, compared with a...
Baltimore-area foreclosures below national average
Greater Baltimore’s foreclosure rate through the first half of 2010 fell below the national average, according to a report released Thursday by RealtyTrac. The Baltimore market posted a 1.08...
Md. health department awards $1.3M in grants
A division of the state’s health department said Thursday it has doled out grants totaling more than $1.3 million to 14 statewide health care organizations. The money, provided by the Maryland...
Baltimore City wins $7.1M in public safety grants
Baltimore City was awarded $7.1 million in grants Thursday aimed at improving public safety. The grants come days after the fatal stabbing last weekend of 23-year-old Johns Hopkins researcher...
Howard County General Hospital names two new trustees
Howard County General Hospital on Thursday named two new members to its board of trustees. The new trustees are David Williams, CEO of Columbia marketing agency Merkle Inc., and Dr. Kayode Ayodele...
Orioles tap Showalter to be manager
Buck Showalter speaks during a news conference in Key Biscayne, Fla. Showalter was voted AL manager of the year in 2004 when he was manager of the Texas Rangers. The Orioles hired Showalter as the...
Malvo claims co-conspirators, more shootings in sniper attacks
William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out, according to the program...
Harford Co. man shot in Edgewood, block from Monday incident
A Harford County man was shot in the torso Wednesday night during an attempted robbery in Edgewood, according to the county sheriff's office.Several people called 911 to report gunshots at about...
Rescue teams search for man missing in Loch Raven Reservoir
Baltimore County fire and rescue teams are looking for the body of swimmer who disappeared in the Loch Raven Reservoir Thursday morning, according to county fire officials. The man was fishing on...
Malvo claims co-conspirators in D.C.-area sniper attacks
William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out, according to the program...
Suspect Indicted in Md. Trooper Shooting
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - Anthony A. Milton, II, 28, of Seat Pleasant, has been indicted by a Prince George's County grand jury on five felony charges for his alleged involvement in the murder of...
O'Malley blasts judge in JHU murder
BALTIMORE - Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley says the failure of Baltimore City Judge  John Howard contributed to the death of a Johns Hopkins University researcher who was murdered Sunday night in...
Finding jobs in tough job market
BALTIMORE - Recent news is that local and state governments around the country will be cutting up to 500,000 jobs in the coming fiscal years because of tough problems with budgets. How that might...
Drowning at Loch Raven Reservoir
GLEN ARM, Md. - Baltimore County Fire and Rescue crews are at the scene of a drowning at Loch Raven Reservoir. A County Fire official says that witnesses told county personnel that three friends were...
Shop for cheap shoes
BALTIMORE - All you ladies out there, looking for the perfect pair of shoes at a great price? There’s a shoe sale this weekend in Baltimore where you can choose from more than 400 pairs of brand...
Maryland Storm Death Attributed To Lightning
Maryland Natural Resources Police say lightning killed an Annapolis man caught on a personal watercraft during a thunderstorm near the Bay...
Convicted Murderer In Custody For Carjacking
media partner, The Baltimore Sun, reports the suspect, Arthur Felton, is the same man who shot and killed a 6-year-old girl in 1991 during a gunfight in West Baltimore. Felton reportedly just...
Md. Bay & Coastal Beaches Given High Grades
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Metro Rail Fares Go Up Sunday
Beginning on Sunday, Metrorail customers who use a paper ticket will pay 25 cents more per trip than customers who use a plastic SmarTrip card. Metro will also start adding a 20 cent additional...
DC sniper claims conspirators in Shatner interview
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his...
DC Sniper Claims Co-Conspirators, More Shootings
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Convicted DC snipers Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad were supposed to have had help carrying out their deadly attacks, and they may have been involved in more shootings...
Southwest posts record quarterly profit of $112M
Southwest Airlines posted a profit of $112 million, or 15 cents per share, for the second quarter of 2010, as the airline saw traffic levels rise and total operating revenue reach a quarterly record...
LightSquared to debut 4G network in Baltimore
Baltimore is one of four cities picked for the debut of a new national high-speed wireless broadband network set to launch in 2011. The city joins Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver as the first sites...
HEALTHKEY Children with lice should not be kept out of school, doctors say
Head lice may seem icky, but the little critters that end up in children's hair aren't medically harmful, doctors say.They are so benign the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a clinical...
Man killed by falling branch while removing tree in Lutherville
Timonium home, according to Baltimore County fire officials.The man was one of several employees of the A Busy Beaver Tree Co. working to remove a 100-foot tree in the 11300 block of Woodland Drive,...
Man killed by falling branch while removing tree in Baltimore Co.
Timonium home, according to Baltimore County fire officials.The man was one of several employees of the A Busy Beaver Tree Co. working to remove a 100-foot tree in the 11300 block of Woodland Drive,...
Arlington Cemetery Ex-official Accepts Blame
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - The former superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery says he accepts "full responsibility" for the mix-up of graves at the famous military burial ground. John...
Feds OK 40-mile Ride for Infected Biolab Workers
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - The National Institutes of Health is giving final approval to plans for driving potentially infected lab workers 40 miles down Interstate 270 in case of exposure to some of...
Constellation: New Reactor Plans in Jeopardy
BALTIMORE (AP) - Constellation Energy Group says plans to build a third nuclear reactor at Calvert Cliffs in southern Maryland are in jeopardy because the project has yet to receive approval for a...
Sept. Execution Set for Only Woman on Va Death Row
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia woman who used sex and money to persuade two men to kill her husband and her stepson to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy was scheduled Thursday to be executed...
Metro Delays Beginning of Morning 'Peak' Surcharge
WASHINGTON - Computer programming problems have forced Metro to delay the implementation of its morning peak-of-the-peak surcharge until later in August. Metro had planned to charge riders an extra...
Baltimore Ravens 2010 Training Camp Preview
By Tony Moss, NFL Editor (Sports Network) - REPORT DATE: July 26th (Rookies), July 28th (Veterans) SITE: McDaniel College, Westminster, MD CAMP OBJECTIVES: If you're only as strong as your...
Man killed by falling tree in Timonium
TIMONIUM, MD - A man working with a tree trimming company this morning in the Timonium-Lutherville area has died after a tree fell on him. According to the Baltimore County Fire Department, a man...
Police charge Annapolis man in attack
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A person who was stabbed in Annapolis is expected to survive but the Annapolis man accused in the attack faces multiple charges including attempted first degree murder. The Annapolis...
National Aquarium In Baltimore Replacing Neon Wave
explains the change. Domino Sugar, the Bromo Selzer Tower and the blue waves of the National Aquarium are symbols that illuminate Charm City's skies. "The neon has been here for 30 years and...