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  • Childrens bed recalled over fall hazard

    According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, side rails on 34 different Lea Industries children's bed collections -- including loft, bunk and panel styles in twin, full and queen sizes -- can break, posing a fall hazard. The wooden beds were sold in various wood finishes and paint colors, including black or white. The beds have two side mattress support rails connecting the ...

  • Deputy pleads guilty to towing kickback scheme

    A Harford County Sheriff's Office deputy is facing felony charges in connection with a kickback scheme that police said he was carrying out with a Baltimore towing and repossession ...

  • Police Girl 2 escapes dads car is struck killed

    Troopers said the 2-year-old girl was struck by a car in the parking lot of Heritage Farm Park on Saturday afternoon. Investigators said they believe the toddler managed to get out of her father's car on her own before her dad did. She then ran away from his car and was struck by another driver. So far, no charges have been filed in the ...

  • Baltimore percentage of same-sex couples raising kids among highest in nation

    Same-sex couples in the Baltimore area are raising children at a higher rate than in most large metropolitan regions in the nation, according to a new study released by a think tank at the UCLA School of Law. The ...

  • Maryland Lottery fixes computer problem

    Maryland Lottery officials say they've mostly fixed a computer glitch that prevented players from cashing their winning tickets over the weekend -- including thousands who won minor prizes in ...


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Movie Review

Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here ... Damn It! [DVD]

Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here ... Damn It! [DVD]

There is something refreshingly offensive about Sandra Bernhard. As a sort of anti-Diva with a sneer that could melt even the most hardened stoic, Bernhard has made her career in verbal provocation. In today's politically correct climate, she is a desperately needed antidote to the kind of stuffy liberalism that wishes to repress anything that might offend anyone. Bernhard is a self-stylized, equ ... ...

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  • City school board approves $1.1B budget

    Baltimore City's school board approved a $1.1 billion budget Monday night for the 2014 academic year, and officials said a big drop in federal funding made for some tough ...

  • Okla. tornado death toll revised down to at least 24

    A massive, howling tornado pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, chewing up homes and businesses, and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary ...

  • Preakness Winning Jockey Gary Stevens Talks About His Win

    Hall of Fame and Preakness winning jockey Gary Stevens joined the Norris & Davis show to talk about his win at the 138th Preakness Stakes. Stevens went wire to wire on 15-1 long shot Oxbow to claim his third Preakness win. Steve started off by asking what kind of chance would he have given Oxbow had he been an analyst. Gary said that he loved Orb and that he thought everyone was fighting ...

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  • Beretta has no plans to leave yet

    Despite Beretta's threats that the company would leave Maryland if new gun laws were passed and signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Beretta USA has no current plans to abandon its headquarters in Prince George's County. In a statement sent to The Baltimore Sun Monday, Beretta USA board member and general counsel Jeffrey K. Reh said the company would not let the new law interfere with ...

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