• Overworked bullpen may need extra arm

  Email TORONTO -- The Orioles' bullpen enters Friday's contest against the Blue Jays a little overworked, having thrown the fourth-most innings in the American League, which is one reason the club may be forced to make a move following the game depending on how much work the group logs. Manager Buck Showalter said the club would "probably" make a move if he had to lean on his ...

• Jones back in center after three straight starts at DH

  Email TORONTO -- Adam Jones is back in center field for Friday's contest against the Blue Jays after starting three consecutive games at designated hitter due to a sore groin. "I could have had him [in] last night," manager Buck Showalter said. The Orioles, however, elected to play it safe with their star center fielder, and the turf at Rogers Centre was a factor in that ...

• USNA Class of 2013 Michaela Bilotta Reporting For Duty

  Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Among the grads is 22-year-old Michaela Bilotta. "Mikey," as she likes to be called, is from Georgetown by way of Bethesda and Chevy Chase. " There are a lot of ways to give back but this was the one that was right for me," says Ensign Bilotta. "I think it's about finding your place and the place that works for ...

• Baltimore Cemetery a little-known and dignified site

  A letter from a reader in Ruxton recommended a visit to a place guarded by entry gates and stone walls. Juliana C. Watts made her first trip to Baltimore Cemetery earlier this month. She and a nephew were searching for ancestors interred there. She told me, "It sits way up there, as if the city is not there at all." She remarked on its compelling physical beauty and character. I took ...

• President praises Baltimore native at commencement

  If Baltimore native Leland Shelton had bothered to check his email in the hectic day before graduation, he might have avoided a shock during commencement.There he was, one of 500 men in a black cap and gown this week ...

• Great Day New life for old music of black churches

  As afternoon light tried to filter through the thick, stained-glass windows of Sharp Street United Methodist Church last weekend, Marco K. Merrick pounded out the bass line of a spiritual on a raw-sounding piano, singing along in a raspy voice: "Great day, the righteous marching. Great day, God's going to build up Zion's walls." From the tightly packed pews in front of him, ...

• Memorial for Dennis Lane set for Merriweather Post

  In Howard County, Dennis Lane was an iconic individual, his friend Paul Skalny said Friday. So it's fitting that a celebration of the life and legacy of the Howard County blogger takes place at an equally iconic Columbia landmark: Merriweather Post Pavilion. "Dennis was quintessential Columbia," said Skalny, a local lawyer and co-host with Lane of the podcast "And Then ...

• Three Severn-area teenagers charged in armed robberies

  Three Anne Arundel County teenagers were arrested Friday and charged with armed robbery and other counts when their homes in the Severn area were searched in connection with several recent armed robberies, police said.In a search of a home in the 1900 block of Arwell Court, police said they found ...

• Scandal Star Visits DC School with First Lady

  SOUTHEAST, DC (WUSA) -- What happens when you get good grades and your school does well? If you're Savoy Elementary School in Southeast you get a visit from the First Lady and Actress Kerry Washington. The school went from one of the worst performing schools to one of the most improved schools in the district. On TV they may be bitter rivals, but in real life , First Lady Michelle Obama ...

• Detectives used service guns in training

  BALTIMORE (WMAR) - The Baltimore City Police Department launched an investigation on their own following a training incident this past Tuesday. Instead of using the specified guns outlined in the department's new training policy, seasoned detectives used their unloaded duty weapons. According to Anthony Guglielmi, spokesperson for the Baltimore City Police Department, instructors from the ...

• Baltimore Area Boy Scouts Join Historic Vote Lifting Ban On Openly Gay Members

  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The vote is historic–the Boy Scouts of America decides to allow gay members. The Baltimore area Boy Scouts Council joined those voting Thursday to lift the ...

• Investigation Continues Into What Caused Deadly Parking Garage Collapse

  BETHESDA, Md. (WJZ) — The investigation continues into how a piece of slab came crashing down on two construction workers, killing one of them. The tragic accident happened at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in ...

• Another Training Incident Under Investigation Months After Police Recruit Is Shot In Head

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• Middletown Booster Club Raffles Off Dream Home

  MIDDLETOWN, Md. (WUSA 9) -- Middletown High School in Northwestern Maryland are state champs in football and hold many other titles. What the Knights don't have is an up-to-date stadium. "I think it would be nice if we had better away bleachers [and a] better concessions stand, especially since football games, we draw huge crowds," said football and lacrosse player Cody ...

• Wheaton names new fire chief

  After a decade serving on the Wheaton Fire Department, Bill Schultz will take over as fire chief. The current deputy fire chief will take over for Gregory Berk, who is retiring after 46 years in the fire service. "The best term that I can use to describe the overall feeling is humbled," Schultz said. "It's something that I've been trying to achieve in my career, and ...

• Officials Norovirus likely caused sickness at Pot Spring

  Pot Spring Elementary is one of the most overcrowded schools in the central corridor. It has a state-rated capacity of 477 students, but opened the 2012-2013 school year with 657 students. BCPS projects that number to rise to 664 in 2013, 683 in 2015, and 696 in ...

• Z on TV Kanye West coming to a Baltimore wall Saturday

  If you live around the BMA, the Walters or the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Kanye West is coming to a wall near you Sunday night. Or, at least his image, words and music are. West has been using public walls the last two weeks to promote the "New Slaves" song from his latest album, which is scheduled for release in June. Images of West along with his words and music were projected and ...

• Journalist and Author Haynes Johnson Dies at 81

  Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of a heart attack. Johnson was awarded a Pulitzer in 1966 for reporting on the civil rights ...

• Sheraton workers agree to new contract lift boycott

  Two unions said Friday that they have ended a nearly six-year call to boycott the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, a move that came as workers ratified a new bargaining agreement with management. The unions, Unite Here Local 7 and Local 37 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, said the new agreement covers 130 workers and includes health insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan and ...

• UCD revival continues with win over Dundalk

  UCD added Dundalk to their list of recent conquests as David McMillan inspired the Students to a 3-2 victory at Oriel Park. McMillan, who scored the winner in the corresponding fixture last season, hit a brace before setting up Robbie Benson for UCD's third goal to stretch Martin Russell's side's unbeaten run to four games. Pat Hoban got Dundalk off to the perfect start inside ...

• Burglars pose as utility workers

  "These gentlemen are posing as possible BGE workers or some type of construction workers. They're wearing construction reflective-type vests carrying clipboards, and they're going up to knock on a house door to see if anybody answers and then it appears they're using the back as a method of ...

• Todays MLB starting lineups May 24

  Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

• Fumes at Elkton Md. school sends 5 to hospital

  http://bit.ly/Z5KIdE ) that several staff members had trouble breathing Friday at Gilpin Manor Elementary School. The five staff members were taken to Union Hospital as a ...

• Baltimore and its sports billboards

  Baltimore isn't known as the City of Great Sports Billboards. But perhaps it should be. A taunting billboard that went up in January, shortly after ...

• Bay Bridge traffic backed up 18 miles

  Albert Kullman, a toll taker on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, says he's ready for the onslaught of Memorial Day traffic. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun ...

• Memorial Day grilling recipes

  Give your menu a seasonal makeover with no-fail grilling recipes. These dishes are perfection made simple so you'll have plenty of time to chill out or hang out with your ...

• Howard County Police warn elderly residents about financial scams

  The warning comes after an 86-year-old Elkridge man wired $151,000 to cover what he believed were taxes on a fake $1.6 million prize check, police said. Police are investigating the theft and fraud ...

• Memorial Day parade in Annapolis

  City of Annapolis Memorial Day parade. Memorial Day parade, begins 10 a.m., Amos Garrett Boulevard and travels down West Street, around Church Circle and down Main Street. Ends at Susan Campbell Park with memorial ceremony. May 27 - Memorial Day ceremony. The state Department of Veterans Affairs and the United Veterans of Anne Arundel County will co-sponsor a Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. ...

• UniverSoul Circus Brings Hip Hop Under The Big Top Back To Baltimore

  BALTIMORE (WJZ)--It's dazzling and high-energy excitement and it's back in Baltimore. It's the always popular UniverSoul Circus. Ron Matz reports its hip hop under the big top at Security Square Mall. The Giang Brothers will amaze you. They are just one of the many exciting acts at the UniverSoul Circus. How do they do it? ';We've practiced this act for about eight ...

• Washington Post names Garcia-Ruiz managing editor

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington Post has named a digital strategy editor as the newspaper's managing editor in charge of digital initiatives and multimedia ...

• Man Identified in Parking Deck Collapse in Md.

  BETHESDA, Md. (WUSA9) -- Officials have identified the deceased man as Carroll Dexter Wills, 57, of the 1600 block of Mason Court in Prince Frederick, Md. The parking deck at Westfield Montgomery Mall collapsed crushing one man and sending another with severe injuries to the hospital. The incident occurred at the Mall located at 7101 Democracy Boulevard on Thursday at approximately 1:45 p.m, ...

• Police Arrest Two Brothers from Md.

  UPPER MARLBORO, MD (WUSA9) -- Two brothers from Temple Hills, Md. were arrested after an arrest warrant for one of them was issued on April 8. The arrest warrant was issued after Marquett Dickey was in the 5300 block of Livingston Ter., in Oxon Hill, Md., when he began to choke a victim who was walking home. As that incident occurred, him and three other suspects robbed the victim, stealing his ...

• Scams targeting Baltimore-area home owners

  Several unscrupulous companies are circulating materials in the Baltimore area that are aimed at taking advantage of homeowners, according to St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, a Baltimore charity that counsels home buyers and people facing foreclosure. One type of scam sends homeowners a letter ...

• Abortion clinics lose licenses again

  abortion clinics owned by Associates in OB/GYN Care for the second time after an employee with no health care license or certification gave a patient a drug to induce an abortion at the Baltimore facility. The same employee also performed an ultrasound on the woman, who was found to be 22 weeks pregnant with multiple fetuses, although the employee wasn't trained in the procedure, according ...

• OC Blog Ocean City fishing pier reopens after repairs

  Ocean City’s fishing pier officially opened Friday as the Maryland resort town signaled it is ready for summer visitors. During last fall’s storm, about 100 feet of the pier collapsed into the surging sea. The damage was featured prominently in news coverage of the storm. But at Friday’s rededication, Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan said the town had put all of that behind it. ...

• State regulators suspend abortion clinics licenses for 2nd time

  abortion clinics owned by Associates in OB/GYN Care for the second time after an employee with no health care license or certification gave a patient a drug to induce an abortion at the Baltimore facility. The same employee also performed an ultrasound on the woman, who was found to be 22 weeks pregnant with multiple fetuses, although the employee wasn't trained in the procedure, according ...

• US Park Police to end furloughs next week

  National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis says the furloughs will end on June 3, after just three days off, because the agency has found other ways to offset automatic budget cuts imposed by ...

• Elderly man falls victim to $150K scam

  Police are investigating a theft and fraud case in which an 86-year-old Elkridge man wired $151,000 to cover supposed taxes on a fake $1.6 million prize ...

• Baltimore City Health Department Identify Children’s Jewelry With High Lead Levels

  BALTIMORE (WJZ) -Baltimore City Health Department has issued a violation notice to two businesses prohibiting the sale of children's jewelry that were identified with high levels of lead. In one of the cases, the amount of lead was 2,000 times the permissible ...

• 6th Md. prison guard pleads guilty in assault

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The Justice Department says a sixth former Maryland prison guard has pleaded guilty in the 2008 beating of an inmate at the Roxbury Correctional Institution near ...

• Metro police arrest transit employee for thefts

  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) -- A Metro employee has been arrested and charged with stealing more than a dozen defibrillators from transit agency facilities and selling them ...

• Baltimore man gets jail time for beating cat with pole

  A Baltimore man pleaded guilty to beating a cat with a metal pole and putting it in a trash bin and was sentenced to jail time and probation, the State's Attorney's Office said Friday.Veterinarians at the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter treated the cat, which made a full recovery, according to prosecutors.A district court judge sentenced Anthony Brown, 54, to 90 days in ...

• Firefighters to install smoke alarms in Crofton area following fatal fire

  Crofton where a woman died of injuries suffered in a house fire this week. Starting at 9 a.m., firefighters will go to the Coventry III community and help residents test their smoke alarms, change the batteries and, in homes with no smoke alarm, install one, said Division Chief Keith Swindle. The move was prompted by Tuesday's fatal fire where firefighters said it appeared the home had no ...

• Brick House first beneficiary of casino-revenue loan program

  Maryland is investing millions of dollars generated from casinos into small businesses. An Annapolis learning center will be the first to get a business loan through a program that uses casino revenue to support small businesses. Brick House LLC will be awarded the first loan through Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp., one of three organizations tapped to manage about $7.8 million in ...

• At Annapolis Obama Urges New Officers to Set the Example

  By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 24, 2013 – President Barack Obama vowed today that despite financial uncertainties and budget pressures, he will fight to ensure a strong, ready military the United States will rely on as it faces the future. Addressing 1,047 members of the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2013 during their graduation and commissioning ...

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