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  • New development planned for Towson Row

    Baltimore County officials unveiled on Wednesday new development plans for Towson Row, a mixed-use development that will be built on 5 acres east of York ...

  • Manslaughter Trial Resumes For Baltimore Co. Cop Charged In Teen’s Death

    TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)– The manslaughter trial of a veteran Baltimore County police officer charged last year’s death of a Randallstown teenager ...

  • CSX Files Suit Against Truck Driver In Explosive Rosedale Train Derailment

    ROSEDALE, Md. (WJZ/SUN)-- CSX is suing the truck driver involved in the explosive train derailment that occurred last month in Rosedale, according to our media partner, The Baltimore Sun. The suit, filed in federal court in Baltimore on Tuesday, names John Jacob Alban Jr. and his company Alban Waste LLC as defendants. CSX argues that Alban did not take proper care when crossing the railroad ...

  • House Speaker’s Wife Cast As Extra In ‘House Of Cards’

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — House Speaker Michael E. Busch spent years climbing the political ranks, but in just days his wife made U.S. senator. The Capital of Annapolis reports that Cynthia Abbott Busch was cast as an extra for the Netflix series ';House of Cards,'; which filmed at the State House this week. ';I spent 28 years in the General Assembly, pulled myself up the ...

  • Automakers Finding Many Customers Now Appreciate Simplicity

    DEARBORN, MI (WWJ) – After years of putting more and more features on computer screens, car companies are finding out that customers like to ';keep it simple.'; Ford says it will soon start adding old fashioned buttons and knobs to its audio systems. This comes as the company takes a closer look at some of the customer complaints involving ';MyFord Touch.'; The word ...


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Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-Ray]

Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-Ray]

I would hardly be the first critic to note how unsurprising it is that Wes Anderson finally made an animated film, given that all of his previous films, particularly since The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), have essentially been cartoons populated by human actors. The irony is ... ...

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  • Road Test 2013 Toyota Avalon

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It looks like Toyota may have finally figured out a way to make the Avalon, well, cool. In previous incarnations of Toyota’s take on the big American family car, Toyota put in a lot of functionality, a lot of value and a lot of reliability — and that’s all well and good — but you gotta bring style and soul to the table if you want to go up ...

  • Luxury apartment complex in Fells Point is nearing completion

    fantasticnacho at 11:03 AM June 19, 2013 So at least we know there are 90 suckers in Baltimore. How long before the city starts subsidizing luxury apartments because the market for them isn't as big as the developers would like to dream it is?And what ever happened to building reasonably priced, solidly built apartments? Or is that not sexy enough for ...

  • Ravens when they were kids

    Welcome to The Baltimore Sun's Ravens game story database. Use the search prompts below for access to Baltimore Sun stories for every game in Ravens ...

  • Civil trial opens in Anne Arundel slots campaign signs theft

    It's been more than two years since David Scott Corrigan was caught by a police officer slicing a campaign sign from its frame outside the headquarters of a pro-slots campaign committee in Severna Park. Corrigan's criminal case involving the theft of 70 signs is long over and the Maryland Live casino at Arundel Mills opened last June. But the legal dispute is very much alive. ...

  • Rosedale train derailment leads to suit against truck driver

    Bob LosBob Los, an instructor with the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union training facility, stands in the building's doorway. The building was extensively damaged because it is near the scene of the train ...

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