• DUIDWI charges dropped against ex-Balto. Co. precinct commander

  Charges were dropped Monday against a Baltimore County police officer who was stopped during a St. Patrick's weekend sobriety checkpoint in Carroll County. Capt. Matthew McElwee, who turned 44 on Monday, previously headed the Franklin Precinct in Reisterstown. He received citations from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office accusing him of driving while intoxicated and driving while ...

• US waiting seeing with Irans new chief

  The U.S. State Department said Monday it wasn't surprised that Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power until ...

• Os spectators as Scherzer makes Tigers history

  BAL@DET: Davis crushes Major League-best 24th homer DETROIT -- The red-hot Orioles -- fresh off taking three of four from the Boston Red Sox -- had a hand in making history on Monday night, albeit in a 5-1 loss to the Tigers. The O's left eight men on base in Tigers starter Max Scherzer's six innings, as the right-hander struck out 10 and became the first Tigers pitcher since ...

• Two men shot in East Baltimore

  Two men were wounded in a shooting in East Baltimore on Monday evening and were expected to survive their injuries, police said. The men were shot in the 2600 block of Grogan Street in the city's Berea neighborhood, said police, who were called shortly before 6 p.m. One man was shot in the arm, while the other man later walked into a hospital with a graze wound to his upper body. In ...

• Lower property taxes but higher fees for city residents

  Baltimore residents will pay less in property taxes but more in stormwater and taxi fees under a $2.4 billion budget approved by the City Council on Monday.The cut will reduce the property tax payments on a home valued at $200,000 by about $140. But the same resident will pay $40 to $120 for stormwater cleanup and a 25-cent fee on each taxi ride — with another water bill hike on the ...

• Carbon monoxide in group home in Parkville sends 8 to hospital

  Emergency personnel responded twice overnight to a Parkville group home, sending eight people to the hospital for hazardous materials exposure. ...

• MLB Detroit 5 Baltimore 1

  Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 with six innings of one-run ball Monday and the Detroit Tigers hung a 5-1 defeat on Baltimore. Scherzer is unbeaten in 14 starts this season and racked up his third win in three appearances with the 113-pitch performance, during which he allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out 10. The right-hander, who has logged 116 strikeouts over 96 1/3 innings this ...

• US releases names of Guantanamo indefinite detainees

  The names of dozens of detainees held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were released for the first time on Monday after a newspaper sued the federal government for the ...

• US Open Recap with John MaGinnes

  First John talked about how he thinks Merion is one of the top 10 courses in the country and how the USGA made the course a little bit trickier than it should be. "I thought some of the par three's were ...

• Rodricks Two stores try to close the health gap in Baltimore

  The pause is familiar to anyone who has been in a supermarket: The grocery checkout suddenly stops as a customer, perhaps quietly embarrassed, decides which items can be purchased and which will have to wait. One day in Apples & Oranges, the grocery store she and her husband, Erich March, opened this year in East Baltimore, Michele Speaks-March noticed that a young woman had more items in ...

• Homicide ruling brings back memories of 1981 Baltimore police shooting

  Robert Menas, a retired Baltimore police officer. was one of two officers involved in shooting Carl D. Robinson in 1981 after a reported hostage ...

• Teacher Charged With Sexually Abusing Students

  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Montgomery County police have arrested a teacher they say sexually abused his students at a Silver Spring middle ...

• Gonzalez leaves park to attend to daughters birth

  Email DETROIT-- Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez left the team prior to Monday's game in Detroit to catch a flight to Southern California, where he will join his wife for the birth of their first daughter. Gonzalez, who picked up the win in the Orioles' 6-3 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday, is expected to be placed on paternity leave, although that hasn't officially happened ...

• Man charged in Orioles game assault says more to story

  Two men have been charged in connection with an alleged attack at Camden Yards: Michael Bell, 21, of Annapolis (left) and Gregory Fleischman, 22, of Jarrettsville ...

• The Sun launches internship named for former newsroom leader

  The Baltimore Sun Media Group is launching a paid summer internship in honor of Mary J. Corey, the first woman to lead The Baltimore Sun newsroom.The internship was announced Monday at a memorial dedication for Corey, who died earlier this year ...

• Trial starts for officer charged in Randallstown teens death

  Opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of a Baltimore County police officer accused in the death of a Randallstown teen last summer.A jury was selected Monday in the trial of James D. Laboard, who is accused of manslaughter in the death of Christopher Brown on June 13, 2012. The selection came after a brief motions hearing in which Laboard's lawyer said he may ...

• Report gives Md. a D for manufacturing health

  An Indiana university said Monday that it gave Maryland a "D" for its manufacturing-industry health, adding that tax levels are likely a turnoff for companies in the sector. Ball State University's Center for Business and Economic Research gave the state "D" grades for tax climate - particularly its individual income tax, unemployment insurance and property taxes - as ...

• Baltimore Co. police searching for womans killer

  25min A shark attacked a teenager Monday afternoon as he swam in waist-deep water at Surfside Beach, along Texas's Gulf coast, local police ...

• Orioles to recall Britton for Tuesday start in Detroit

  DETROIT -- The Orioles will recall left-hander Zach Britton to start Tuesday's game against the Detroit Tigers, as righty Jason Hammel continues to work back from a stomach virus. "He's still pretty weak, but he's getting better every day," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of Hammel, who has been sick since Friday and stayed away from the clubhouse for the first ...

• Orioles expecting Chen to return in early July

  Email DETROIT -- Orioles pitcher Wei-Yin Chen could rejoin the team before the All-Star break as the lefty continues to progress favorably from a left oblique strain. "If everything goes well, he'd be an option for us in early July," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said on Monday. "First week of July." Chen, who is at the team's spring facility in Sarasota, Fla., ...

• Taylor-Mitchell announces candidacy for Balto. Co. Council

  Democrat Laurie Taylor-Mitchell, a professor and local activist, last week formally announced a bid to run for the Baltimore County Council seat now held by Republican County ...

• Labor group complains about Dundalk High asbestos contractor

  Dundalk High School pressured workers to drink alcohol on the job and violated safety standards. The company's attorney called the accusation "totally false" and said it is part of the group's strategy to unionize asbestos workers. The Laborers' Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition said that last month, some workers complained that the Colt Insulation site ...

• Lutherville company makes Stan Lee cologne

  Create a fragrance that smells heroic with a touch of villainy - that's what Andrew Levine's Lutherville company set out to do. Considering the name on the bottle, it makes sense. The ...

• Md. Lawmakers React To Rape Allegations At Naval Academy

  Mike Hellgren has more. That bombshell interview is certainly making waves in Annapolis, with Maryland lawmakers demanding a fair and full investigation. The problem of sex crimes extends to all branches of the military. ';I’m not going to let this assault define me,'; said the midshipman behind the allegations. Allegations of a gang rape at the Naval Academy are just part of ...

• WEATHER BLOG It’s Almost Summer

  This week, we will transition from spring to summer. The summer solstice will occur at 1:02AM on Friday, making Saturday the first full day of summer. All things considered, the weather here over the next week or so will behave pretty much in line with the calendar. We don’t anticipate any extremes in the temp either way. By the weekend… we expect to trend warmer; even so, there is ...

• Diners On Outdoor Patio Hit By Car

  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County police say four people who were sitting on an outdoor patio at a restaurant were struck by a car that jumped the curb. It happened about 1:25 p.m. Monday at Zoe’s Kitchen in Annapolis. Officers say a car driven by a 78-year-old man jumped the curb and hit the ...

• City Council postpones vote on Styrofoam ban

  The Baltimore City Council postponed action Monday on a bill that would have banned the use of Styrofoam cups and containers for carryout food and drinks after several members withdrew their ...

• Navy football players facing charges in alleged rape

  Naval Academy has decided to bring charges in the alleged sexual assault of a female midshipman last year by three members of the football team, academy officials said Monday. The woman has told Naval investigators she remembers little of the alleged assault, which she said occurred after she became intoxicated at an off-campus party ...

• Woman fought U.S. for home after husbands porn conviction

  After her then-husband was convicted on pornography charges involving the abuse of her two daughters at their home, an Anne Arundel County woman just wanted to move out. But her plans hit a snag when federal prosecutors tried to take her husband's share in the house. The Justice Department attempted to seize the property because it had been used in the commission of a crime, drawing ...

• Car plows into restaurant patio 4 people struck

  Police said the 78-year-old man driving jumped a curb and struck several customers at Zoe's Kitchen in the 1900 block of Towne Center Boulevard just before 1:30 p.m. ...

• Attorney speak on Yankees fan assaulted at Camden Yards

  After an hour of heckling about the Yankees hat, 21-year-old Michael Bell, of Annapolis, and 22-year-old Gregory Fleishman, of Jarrettsville, allegedly threw a beer that struck Fortese and his date Taylor ...

• U.S. Russia still dont agree on Syria

  But "all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria and to solve this situation peacefully," Putin said Monday after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern ...

• LaQuan Williams joins Scott and Jeremy

  Scott asks LaQuan for his thoughts about receiving his Superbowl Ring. The former Maryland Terrapin talks about his trip to the White House and meeting President Obama. The guys also discuss the team competition at wide-out and the changes that have come along with a full offseason under Jim ...

• Three Keys For Bruins In Game 3 Of Stanley Cup Final

  BOSTON (CBS) — Though the Bruins lost a heartbreaker in Game 1 in triple overtime, they were able to rally in Game 2 to steal home ice from the Blackhawks before the series headed to Boston. While it was mission accomplished in that sense, both of these teams know the series is a long way from being decided. The winner of tonight’s Game 3, though, will be in the driver’s seat ...

• 2 Naval Academy grads killed in Alabama crash

  Alabama State Troopers say 25-year-old Patrick Hunt Drury of Meridian, Miss., and 25-year-old Christopher McArthur of Toomsuba, Miss., were killed early Sunday near York in Sumter County. Naval Academy officials confirmed to The Capital of Annapolis that Drury and McArthur were ...

• CCBC Owings Mills opens at Metro Centre

  Officials gathered Monday in Owings Mills to celebrate the opening of a new satellite campus of the Community College of Baltimore County at Owings Mills Metro ...

• House fire in Davidsonville causes $15000 damage

  Anne Arundel County fire officials say an afternoon fire in Davidsonville on Monday caused an estimated $15,000 in damage to a single family ...

• Man drives car into Annapolis restaurant

  Annapolis restaurant, officials said.The 78-year-old man drove into an outdoor eating area at Zoe's Kitchen at 1901 Towne Centre Boulevard in the Annapolis Towne Centre just before 1:30 p.m., said Division Chief Keith Swindle, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.A 20-year-old woman who was sitting at a table outside was taken to ...

• Scott and Jeremy talk NFL with CBS Insider Jason La Canfora

  Baltimore’s own NFL Insider, Jason La Canfora, talks free agency and takes Scott and Jeremy around the NFL. The guys discuss an expansion team in London as well as the possibility of a Superbowl overseas. Jason says ';…it’s not as far as you ...

• Family Of Yankees Fan Beaten At Orioles Game Speak Out

  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A date at Camden Yards turned tragic when some hecklers beat a man almost to death. Now his family is speaking out for the first ...

• Paul Ryan to address Maryland Republicans in Baltimore

  Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2012, is scheduled to speak in Baltimore on Thursday at the Maryland Republican Party's annual Red, White and Blue Dinner. Ryan, who chairs the House Budget Committee, is seen as a leading candidate for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016. The Red, White and Blue Dinner is the state party's largest fundraiser of the ...

• 2 Md. tornadoes among 7 reported in Thursday storms

  Two tornadoes confirmed to have touched down in Maryland on Thursday are among seven tornado reports from the storms, with several others spotted in Tennessee and Georgia. The tornadoes here were in Montgomery and St. Mary's counties. Both were rated EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, the weakest category of tornado, and damaged structures and trees. The Montgomery tornado traveled 17 ...

• Baltimores Tremont now Embassy Suites Baltimore-Downtown

  Downtown , hotel management announced Monday. "We're pleased to mark the official opening of our Baltimore-Downtown property," said John Rogers, global head of Embassy Suites Hotels, a division of Hilton Worldwide. "As we're focused on growing the brand in urban markets, this is an excellent demonstration of how our flexible design approach can meet the needs of a ...

• Anne Arundel bar foundation names high school essay winners

  Students from three Anne Arundel County high schools will receive prizes Tuesday from the Anne Arundel County Bar Foundation for taking top honors in the organization’s annual essay contest. This past spring, the contest asked students to write an essay about a Maryland case before ...

• Maryland local government workers give $11.24M to United Way

  The United Way of Central Maryland announced Monday that local government workers gave more than $11.24 million during recent fundraising campaigns. Federal, state and local employees donated the money through payroll deductions to designated health and human service nonprofits. The campaigns - Combined Federal Campaign, Maryland Charity Campaign and Combined Charity Campaign - ran from ...

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