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Chris Davis’ 2 HRs Help Orioles Blast Tigers 13-3

DETROIT (AP) — Chris Davis cleared the fences twice, giving him a major-league leading 26 homers, to help the Baltimore Orioles beat the Detroit Tigers 13-3 ...
Mikulski calls for oversight at service academies

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Sen. Barbara Mikulski has called on the nation's defense secretary to increase oversight and accountability of military service academy superintendents in response to increasing rates of sexual ...
Md. hardware store destroyed in fire

Officials say one firefighter 1st- and 2nd-degree burns to the torso and was treated and released. A second firefighter suffered a knee injury. The Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating the cause of the ...
Poll compares Rawlings-Blake Dixon Young and Moore

They're not exactly sure who's asking the questions, but some Baltimore residents in recent weeks say they've been queried by a polling group seeking their opinions about a list of people some have speculated could be interested in running for mayor in 2016. Stephen J. Gewirtz, a Charles Village resident, said he was polled by telephone last month and asked for his opinion about ...
Maryland 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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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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Townhome community planned for Dundalk

Dundalk on the land that used to be the North Point Drive-In theater, which closed three decades ago, and more recently served as an outdoor flea ...
Four Keys For Bruins In Game 4 Of Stanley Cup Final

BOSTON (CBS) — This just in: Winning a Stanley Cup is difficult. Most of the current Bruins roster knows that firsthand, as two years ago they had to erase 2-0 and 3-2 deficits against Vancouver. They, of course, did that, forcing a Game 7 in Vancouver and winning 4-0 to earn that title. This year, it’s too early to say whether or not their season will have the same end result, but ...
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 ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island

The hotel is easy to locate although coming off Highway 405 South there is no indicattion that the Downtown exits ...

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Wheels of U.S. justice turning against Manning

The military trial of Bradley Manning is a judicial lynching. The government has effectively muzzled the defense team.

The Army private first class is not permitted to argue that he had a moral and legal obligation under international law to make public the war crimes he uncovered. The documents that detail the crimes, torture and killing that Manning revealed, because they are classified, have been barred from discussion in court, effectively removing the fundamental issue of war crimes from the trial. Manning is forbidden by the court to challenge the government's unverified assertion that he harmed national security. Lead defense attorney David E. Coombs said during pretrial proceedings that the judge's refusal to permit information on the lack of actual damage from the leaks would "eliminate a viable defense, and cut defense off at the knees." And this is what has happened.

Manning is also barred from presenting to the court his motives for giving the website WikiLeaks hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables, war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq, and videos. The issues of his motives and potentially harming national security can be raised only at the time of sentencing, but by then it will be too late. ...