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  • Police Molotov cocktails thrown near houses

    Baltimore City police and fire officials joined forces at a news conference Wednesday afternoon partly for a public safety plea and partly for a plea to the public to help them solve at least 10 cases since late April, where suspects constructed homemade fire bombs and in some cases tossed them at buildings, mostly in the west and northwest sections of the city. The latest incident happened ...

  • State rests in LaBoard trial man lashes out

    Opening statements begin Tuesday in the trial of a former Baltimore County police officer who is accused of killing a teen after a fight near his Randallstown home a year ...

  • Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally

    Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...

  • Chris Davis’ 2 HRs Help Orioles Blast Tigers 13-3

    DETROIT (AP) — Chris Davis cleared the fences twice, giving him a major-league leading 26 homers, to help the Baltimore Orioles beat the Detroit Tigers 13-3 ...

  • Poll compares Rawlings-Blake Dixon Young and Moore

    They're not exactly sure who's asking the questions, but some Baltimore residents in recent weeks say they've been queried by a polling group seeking their opinions about a list of people some have speculated could be interested in running for mayor in 2016. Stephen J. Gewirtz, a Charles Village resident, said he was polled by telephone last month and asked for his opinion about ...


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Movie Review

Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard

The toughest thing about Die Hard sequels must be coming up with the new titles. Having eschewed the simplicity of just adding a numeral to the end of the title after Die Hard 2 (1990), which carried the it-has-to-be-a-joke subtitle Die Harder, the film ... ...

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  • Maryland jail corruption task force begins next week

    The team of state lawmakers empaneled to look at corruption in Maryland prisons will begin its work next week. State legislative leaders convened the task force in wake of federal indictments in April that alleged Baltimore City Detention Center guards allowed the Black Family Guerrilla gang to effectively take over the state-run jail. Twenty-five people, including 13 female guards, were ...

  • Townhome community planned for Dundalk

    Dundalk on the land that used to be the North Point Drive-In theater, which closed three decades ago, and more recently served as an outdoor flea ...

  • Four Keys For Bruins In Game 4 Of Stanley Cup Final

    BOSTON (CBS) — This just in: Winning a Stanley Cup is difficult. Most of the current Bruins roster knows that firsthand, as two years ago they had to erase 2-0 and 3-2 deficits against Vancouver. They, of course, did that, forcing a Game 7 in Vancouver and winning 4-0 to earn that title. This year, it’s too early to say whether or not their season will have the same end result, but ...

  • Anne Arundel school employees to get raise

    $1 billion budget , paving the way for small salary increases from the central office to the classroom. Top administrators have said a pay hike of any sort is hard to come by, but school officials said they hope it's a small gesture in midst of tough economic ...

  • Group seeks to save garden land put up for sale

    An independent group advocating local healthy foods might lose some of their land to developers as Baltimore City takes bids on a portion of garden land in ...

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