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  • Man wanted in 2 commercial robberies

    Baltimore police released surveillance photos of a man wanted in connection with armed commercial robberies. Investigators said the man is wanted for two commercial robberies in the 500 block of North Charles Street and the 1200 block of West Baltimore Street. They did not specify when the incidents took place. If you have any information regarding this continuing investigation, contact Metro ...

  • Baltimore police commander to head OCPD

    Lt. Col. Ross Buzzuro will assume his duties in the resort town on July 2, overseeing nearly 100 full-time officers and 100 seasonal officers. Buzzuro began his law-enforcement career in 1985 as a police cadet in Baltimore. He was named lieutenant colonel in 2007. Buzzuro has a bachelor's and master's degrees in management from John Hopkins University. He will succeed Bernadette ...

  • Baltimore police commander is new Ocean City police chief

    Baltimore Police Department is taking over as the new chief of police in Ocean City. Lt. Col. Ross Buzzuro, a respected commander who began his career in Baltimore as a police cadet in 1985, will start the new job on July 2. "I am honored to serve the residents and visitors of Ocean City as Chief of Police," said Buzzuro. "As Chief, I understand a key component of public safety ...

  • Senate committee taking up VA claims backlog

    WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee will consider a 10-point plan this week to address the claims backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski said Tuesday. "When our veterans return from war, they shouldn’t have to face a quagmire of bureaucracy in getting their claims processed," the Maryland Democrat said in a statement. ...

  • Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7M Jeeps

    Chrysler stated last week that it would not comply with the recall demand, arguing that the vehicles are safe. The automaker also claimed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's analysis was faulty and that most of the deaths involved high-speed accidents in which modifications to the gas tank of the vehicles would not have made a difference. Had it not complied with the ...


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Movie Review

Willard

Willard

First-time director Glen Morgan certainly had Tim Burton on the mind when making Willard, a darkly comedic remake of the 1971 cult classic about a social misfit who befriends an army of rats and teaches them to do his bidding. Right from the gaudy opening credits sequence that features a musical score by Shirley Walker channeling Danny Elfman, Willard is right in the vein of Burtons ... ...

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  • Naval Academy proceeds on sex assault case

    The U.S. Naval Academy's superintendent has decided to move ahead with a case in which a female midshipman accused football players of sexually assaulting her after she was passed out from a night of drinking, the school announced ...

  • UMd. opens wind tunnel

    It's hurricane season, so the University of Maryland at College Park has again opened their wind tunnel up to give an idea of hurricane force ...

  • Appeals court expands George Huguelys appeal

    Virginia's Court of Appeals will take a broader look at an appeal by a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ...

  • Commemorative War of 1812 coins honor Baltimore history

    More than 200 years after the War of 1812, Baltimore launched its bicentennial passport and commemorative coin program Tuesday to honor the city's ...

  • 2 Former McDaniel College Lacrosse Players Killed In Crash

    Their vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree near Richmond. Twenty-two-year-old Michael Marks of Ellicott City was killed along with 22-year-old Warren Kraft from New York. Marks just graduated from McDaniel this spring. Kraft attended the school in 2011 before transferring to the University of ...

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