Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure ...

Benjamin Lipsitz 94 attorney who defended Bremer

Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so fundamentally devoted to justice. He was Atticus Finch all over again," said ...

Obama to give promised speech on terrorism drones

President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the administration's counterterrorism policy, according to a White House ...

President Obama Puts Baltimore Grad In Spotlight At Morehouse Commencement

ATLANTA (AP/WJZ) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, told graduates of Morehouse College Sunday to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people’s lives. One of the people he mentioned by name is Leland Shelton, originally from Baltimore. ';When Leland Shelton was ...

Showalter hopes Flaherty can regain confidence

Email BALTIMORE -- Orioles infielder Ryan Flaherty, who was optioned following Saturday's loss, will get consistent at-bats in a variety of positions at Triple-A Norfolk as the organization tries to get him back on track. "There's just a I don't want to use karma, but he needs to go get his legs back under him; offensively, his confidence, everything," manager Buck ...