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Prince George's County officials are investigating the death of a 19-year-old man who had been charged in the killing of a county police officer.

The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Middle Jun. 25--A man and woman who fell about 50 feet from a rocky outcropping in Patapsco Valley State Park Monday night were rescued from a remote location by police and rescue ...

Maryland State Police and correctional officials are investigating the stabbing death last night of a man who was being held on gun charges in the Baltimore City Detention Center, according to a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

The victim was identified as Kenneth Robinson, 20, who lived in the 3100 block of Belle Ave. in Northwest Baltimore.

Rick Binetti, the spokesman, released few details of the attack. He said it occurred about 7 p.m. inside the state-run detention center on East Eager Street. He could not say whether the stabbing occurred inside a cell or in a common area of the jail.

Baltimore City police are looking for an employee of a kidney dialysis center who they said sexually assaulted a 67-year-old dialysis and chemotherapy patient.

Baltimore firefighters say no one was injured in a three-alarm fire at an abandoned warehouse.

On Thursday, the night of her 39th birthday, friends saw Nicole Sesker walking along a dingy street in Northwest Baltimore dressed in a T-shirt and flip-flops, with just a shawl tied around her waist and a scarf on her head.

The next morning, Sesker, the stepdaughter of former Baltimore Police Commissioner Leonard D. Hamm - a woman who struggled for years with drug addiction, buying drugs and selling her body on street corners like that one - was found dead in the 3500 block of Garrison Blvd.

A Michigan man is to learn how much time he'll spend in prison for a wrong-way crash in Toledo that killed a mother and four children from Maryland.

Maryland State Police said the second of two teenagers who escaped last week from a juvenile facility in Frederick County is back in custody.

Baltimore police are investigating two slayings this weekend in Federal Hill, a neighborhood unaccustomed to violent crime.

Prosecutors are investigating whether Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon received thousands of dollars in gifts - including fur coats - from a prominent developer whose projects benefited from tax breaks and zoning changes she supported as City Council president, a document obtained by The Sun shows.

Court records, drafted by the state prosecutor's office in November, indicate that Dixon also went on lavish trips to Boston, the Bahamas, Chicago and Colorado with the developer, Ronald H. Lipscomb. In one instance, the two left Baltimore for New York by train hours after she had voted to approve a tax break for one of his company's largest projects.

New information is released in the investigation into Mayor Sheila Dixon as she admits having a personal relationship with a prominent developer.

Baltimore police are investigating two slayings this weekend in Federal Hill, a neighborhood unaccustomed to violent crime.

Investigators with the Maryland state prosecutor's office are inside Mayor Sheila Dixon's Southwest Baltimore home this morning, according to the mayor's spokesman.

Kevin P. Clark, the former police commissioner who's suing the city over his 2004 firing, won't be reinstated to his job, a judge has ruled.

Three people were killed in the last week in motorcycle crashes. Two of the victims were brothers, officials said.

A woman was arrested after assaulting an elderly woman outside of a doctor's office, according to Police.

Baltimore police say a woman driving through the city's Brooklyn Homes neighborhood was killed by shots fired from a car that was following her.

Baltimore City police are involved in a shooting in East Baltimore. Mike Schuh reports at 2:40 Tuesday morning, police received a call about men fighting on Baltimore and South Robinson Streets.

Life in the governor's mansion was a bad fit for a mixed-breed terrier named Scout.

Ocean City police have one man in custody and are looking for a second after two men were stabbed during a fight on the street.

Baltimore County Police have released the name of a man who was shot to death by his father on Father's Day.

Ocean City - Two men were hospitalized this morning after receiving multiple stab wounds during a fight around 3:30 a.m. Justin Pfeiler, 21, of Baltimore, and David Grimes, 23, of Millersville, were reportedly ...

Adorned in an Amy Winehouse -inspired black wig and dressed in a neon pink mermaid skirt, a matching feather boa, a pink-sequined T-shirt and dusty pink house slippers, Robert Glick stood out yesterday among ...

Mayor Sheila Dixon's administration has amended a proposal that could affect the long-term character of the harbor, making it harder for developers to build townhomes and office towers where port-related businesses once thrived.

Responding to criticism from large industrial businesses and the Maryland Port Administration, City Hall added new criteria to a proposed zoning law that proponents said would help protect the harbor's historic industrial character.

'We have to make sure that the port of Baltimore continues to stay viable,' said Demaune Millard, who is Dixon's director of government relations.

The state prosecutor's office says a Maryland businessman has agreed to pay $55,000 in fines for making excessive campaign contributions through third parties to the governor and Baltimore County executive.

Officials say about $25,000 contributions went the campaigns of Gov. Martin O'Malley and Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith.

Edward St. John, owner of Baltimore-based St. John Properties, Inc., was charged with 11 civil citations.

The prosecutor's office says company vice presidents who expected to be reimbursed by St. John made the contributions and were reimbursed as part of their year-end bonuses.

Suddenly, it's hard out there to be a Hon.

Honfest, this weekend's kitschy celebration of beehive hairdos, cat's-eye glasses and pearls, may be the city's biggest neighborhood festival.

But as Honfest grows, so does the backlash against it. Some Hampden dwellers, local fashionistas and even John Waters - who helped perpetuate the image of the Hon as a Baltimore icon - are fed up with the 50,000-strong festival that began as a simple beauty pageant.

Waters frowns on all the Hon hype. He said he won't use the word or the image in any of his scripts these days, and he doesn't think the city should get behind it either.

With the presidential contest now officially a two-man race, state political leaders are shoring up plans for their respective national party conventions later this summer in Denver and Minneapolis.

Gov. Martin O'Malley said he'll appoint judges on their merits, not because of political connections.

The owner of the St. Paul Cleaners and Tailors in North Baltimore's Charles Village shot a man who attempted to rob the business this afternoon, police said.

Police said the robber, armed with a knife, walked into the store about 1:45 p.m. and demanded money. Police spokesman Sterling Clifford said the owner, who was not identified, drew a gun and fired several times, striking the man in the hip, arm and hand. Clifford said the robber staggered out of the store and demanded that a witness hail a cab for him, police said. Instead, the witness called 911. The attempted holdup occurred in the 3100 block of St. Paul St., a popular hangout for students at the Johns Hopkins University. Police said the wounded man was rushed to Maryland Shock Trauma Center with injuries that were not life threatening. Authorities said they expect the man to be charged with several offenses when he is released from the hospital. Police also say the man, who was not identified, may have been responsible for additional robberies in the area. The owner of the store was not injured but was taken to Union Memorial Hospital for evaluation.

Baltimore police are asking for help in finding the man who drove up Winchester Street in West Baltimore Monday night, opened fire with a 45-caliber semi-automatic and wounded two young children.

Tom Garvey and his son Thomas Garvey Jr. work to clear a fallen tree from Klee Mill Road following a thunderstorm Tuesday.

Police say two small children were struck by bullets during a shooting in West Baltimore.

A fire this morning damaged the roof of the Grand Central nightclub in Mount Vernon , injured one firefighter and prompted city transportation officials to close lanes on North Charles Street, causing traffic ...

Baltimore city police said that officers are searching for a shooter after a double shooting in West Baltimore involving two toddlers.

Maryland Democrats have been here before. Two top-shelf candidates seeking the highest office on the ballot have divided the party faithful, exposed chinks in their political armor and left little time for the ...

A man wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting in Harford County has been arrested.

At the urging of comedian and friend Tommy Davidson, Rain Pryor grabbed the microphone at Carolines on Broadway in New York and had what she considered a successful evening.

Patricia Levroney, minority achievement liaison, Carroll County Public Schools, will speak on reading and literacy at 7 p.m. June 16 at the Literacy Council of Carroll County meeting held at the Carroll ...

The port of Baltimore will gain its first year-round cruises when behemoth Carnival Cruise Lines launches Caribbean-bound service here in September 2009.

Officials for the new Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center said they have hired nearly 1,000 Prince George's County residents but told the County Council that additional bus service is needed to help ...

Developers finished nearly $550 million in downtown Baltimore construction projects in the first four months of the year - more than twice the value of developments completed in all of 2007. That's according to the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, which detailed a continuing boom in activity in its newest 'State of Downtown' report being released today.

Tuesday, June 03, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by Robert Lang and Associated Press The portrait of former Governor Bob Ehrlich shows him seated on his desk, surrounded by pictures of his wife and two sons.

A Baltimore judge accused of dumping hundreds of tons of construction debris on his Pasadena property was sentenced today to one year of unsupervised probation and was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and remove ...

Former Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich and former first lady Kendel Ehrlich are scheduled to be in Annapolis Tuesday evening to unveil their official portraits.

The ceremony will be held at St. John's College, because the State House is closed for renovations.

The guest list includes friends, supporters and Gov. Martin O'Malley, the Democrat who defeated Ehrlich after a single term in office.

Although there has been speculation Ehrlich could seek a rematch when O'Malley's term ends in 2010, but Ehrlich tells The (Baltimore) Examiner it's too early to think about running.

Baltimore Business Journal - by Julekha Dash Staff Baltimore City officials have bestowed Main Street status to two new communities: Brooklyn and Harford Road, which includes the Hamilton and Lauraville ...