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The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.

Officials say the body of a gunman who was shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters has been removed from the building.

Seeking to broker a Mideast peace agreement that has eluded U.S. presidents for decades, the Obama administration is overseeing the first direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years.

SEPTEMBER 19 WILL BE DECLARED "FRANK ZAPPA DAY" IN BALTIMORE Details of events were announced today for the unveiling of a sculpture of Frank Zappa and celebration honoring the composer for the legacy of his music and his commitment to the First Amendment.

Maryland officials proposed Wednesday tripling the pace of the state's efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, releasing a draft plan that calls for pollution reductions across the landscape, including upgrading more sewage plants and household septic tanks, retrofitting urban and suburban storm drains, and trying new ways to curb farm runoff, ...

Baltimore News Baltimore News by Melissa Jones Arteesha Holt Family members describe 14-year-old Arteesha Holt as "loving, joyful, a people person, and very intelligent," although she had some behavioral problems at school.

In this week's Shallow Thought Wednesdays post, John Lindner describes an encounter with Fat Eric's, a fine-dining take-out/delivery operation in the basement of a church on Fort Avenue.

Hurricane watch posted for coastal Md., Del. Conditions expected within 48 hours By Liz F. Kay and Frank D. Roylance, The Baltimore Sun , September 1, 2010 bs-md-earl-preparedness-20100901 The National Hurricane Center has posted a Hurricane Watch for the Maryland and Delaware coasts as Hurricane Earl continued to track toward the Carolinas with ...

One man stabbed another in an argument over marijuana -- hardly a unique motive for a killing in Baltimore.

A Harford County jury found James Aaron Kimble of Joppa guilty Tuesday of assaulting an off-duty Baltimore City police officer in May, leaving him without the use of one eye.

Another article in a series about the people and the jobs that define a Maryland summer.

Standing on 26th Street between Calvert Street and Guilford Avenue at 3 p.m. on July 27, Gregg Bernstein told reporters that the murder of Stephen Pitcairn, the Johns Hopkins University researcher stabbed two blocks away two nights earlier, "was not just senseless - it was preventable." Three weeks into his surprise campaign for Baltimore City ...

Some students got off the buses, their eyes filled with apprehension, and were guided into the soaring atrium of West Towson Elementary, a school so new it doesn't have a single scuffed floor.

Sept. 13 sale date set for Baltimore-area propertiesThree mall storefronts that have remained vacant since Boscov's department store exited the Baltimore market under bankruptcy nearly two years ago are headed to the auction block next month.

Even the most sophisticated Catholic logician of them all, St. Thomas Aquinas, would have a hard time following this one: St.

A Maryland Transit Administration Mobility driver was injured Monday night when a motorist being followed by Baltimore City police struck the MTA vehicle in southwest Baltimore.

A gigantic pink flamingo adorns the Cafe's edifice. Inside are paintings and assemblages, many of them created by kids from nearby Reisterstown Elementary School.

Manny Machado strolled into his news conference Monday looking every bit like an 18-year-old kid, not a multimillionaire draft pick charged with helping rebuild a franchise.

A badly decomposed body was found in Dundalk Sunday night. The body was found in the 7300 block of Berkshire Road, near the intersection of North Point Road and Merritt Boulevard, according to Baltimore County police.

This fall and winter, Baltimore beckons you to "Find Your Happy Place in Baltimore" with a mix of new exhibitions, vibrant theatrical performances and family events.