Category — Baltimore, Maryland

Rate is highest for state since spring 1983 Maryland’s unemployment rate rose to 7.5 percent in January as job cuts continued unabated, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Veterinarians disagree with police that pit bulls used for fights in criminal case Back in January, friends and police portrayed Nicole Marie Caruso alternately as a dog groomer and a dogfighter, an animal rights activist and a drug dealer, a beloved worker with loyal clients and a thief who pilfered piles of animal meds from her employer.

State prosecutor to donate proceeds from online auction to city summer jobs program State prosecutor to donate proceeds from online auction to city summer jobs program

White nose syndrome could destroy 90 percent of hibernating bats Biologists believe they have discovered the first evidence that Maryland bats are now infected with white nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease that has wiped out more than a million hibernating bats from New England to Virginia in recent years.

Annie Linskey covers the statehouse for The Baltimore Sun . Previously, as a City Hall reporter, she covered the corruption trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon and kept a close eye on city spending.

Maryland employers, particularly those in the defense and aerospace industries, could take a hit from a decision Wednesday by House Democrats to ban corporate earmarks in 2010.

Restoration of service in northwest pledged by Thursday

Maryland state police say a man accused of bludgeoning his doctor wife with a hammer has been extradited from Georgia.

But prices dropped almost 4 percent from year earlier Home sales in the Baltimore metro area continued to rise last month — and prices continued to drop.

In case anyone hasn’t been around Baltimore’s waterfront lately, the Inner Harbor is frequently awash in floating and submerged trash.

Service restored to residents, businesses affected since incident early Saturday

The hospital ship USNS Comfort will arrive at its Baltimore home five days later than originally planned, Navy officials said Wednesday.

School officers’ handling of boy draws a sharp rebuke from city commanders The Baltimore City School Police Force wants to protect students.

A 34-year-old man was shot in East Baltimore late Tuesday night, according to Baltimore Police.

Man was found unconscious outside of home Baltimore County police are investigating a homicide in Cockeysville that took place early Wednesday.

The hospital ship USNS Comfort left Port-au-Prince harbor Tuesday night to begin a five-day sail back to Baltimore, its Navy commanders having determined - against the advice of some civilian doctors on the ground - that the floating medical center is no longer needed in earthquake -damaged Haiti.

Director who had ‘private business’ ties with Archibald approved acquisition by Stanley Black & Decker Corp. defended Tuesday a real estate partnership between chief executive Nolan D. Archibald and a company board member who approved the toolmaker’s pending acquisition by the Stanley Works and a lucrative compensation package for Archibald.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of a Bank of America security guard in downtown Baltimore last month, police said.

The governor’s bid to expand a popular tax credit for rehabilitating old buildings faces resistance from key House leaders, who worry that a broader program would be too costly during tough fiscal times.

Navy medical ship to arrive in Baltimore Sunday The hospital ship USNS Comfort left Port-au-Prince harbor Tuesday night to begin a five-day sail back to Baltimore, its Navy commanders having determined - against the advice of some civilian doctors on the ground - that the floating medical center is no longer needed in earthquake-damaged Haiti.

Player honored as a Block recipient despite dogfighting conviction Carrying signs with slogans such as “No awards for dog killers” and “Cowards abuse animals,” about 100 protesters picketed the award ceremony at which convicted dogfighter Michael Vick received an award for courage and sportsmanship.

Officials admit failing to follow rules in $300,000 purchase Baltimore County schools spent $300,000 last fall to buy high school grammar books for elementary school educators, including some who teach music, art and gym, and administrators acknowledge that they failed to follow purchasing rules for the desk reference.

Parking enforcement officers who issue tickets like this one on a car at City Dock would likely be replaced by contract workers in an effort to shrink the projected $8 million budget deficit for fiscal 2011. Trash collections are to be cut from twice a week to once.

Number of patients in stent case reaches 538; hospital could be fined millions St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, facing lawsuits and a pair of federal investigations related to its cardiac care business, has informed another 169 heart patients that they received expensive and potentially dangerous treatments they might not have needed.

The Naval Academy is reporting a record number of applications, both overall and in the number of minorities who have applied. Bruce Latta, the dean of admissions, told the academy’s Board of Visitors on Monday that the school received 17,416 applications for the Class of 2014, 2,100 more than last year. A typical class at the academy has about 1,230 students. Minority applications went up to 5 …

Maryland, 8 other states sued Election Systems & Software The nation’s largest provider of voting equipment will unwind its acquisition last year of its principal rival as part of an antitrust settlement with Maryland and eight other states, the Department of Justice announced.

The USNS Comfort, the Baltimore-based hospital ship that has been treating quake victims in Haiti, is coming home.

Father of two, 38, fatally shot after trying to quell dispute over a woman Father of 2 fatally shot after trying to quell dispute over woman

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More than 50 protesters, carrying signs with slogans like “No awards for dog killers” and “Cowards abuse animals,” have started assembling outside a Baltimore County banquet hall this afternoon, outraged that Michael Vick was there to receive an award for his courage and sportsmanship.