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A 45-year-old Baltimore woman was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday for embezzling more than $181,000 from a Columbia printing company where she worked for 19 years, according to the Howard County ...

When a heart stops beating, the time starts ticking for county paramedics to get to the patient's side.

Baltimore city police said they recovered thousands of dollars worth of goods and firearms Thursday from a secondhand shop that had been operating without a license.

A child's education is a series of relationships. Parents teach. Grandparents teach, but we focus on our teachers in school who teach our children.

Two Pasadena residents were charged with multiple drug and weapons crimes after police seized nearly a kilogram of marijuana, $32,000 in cash and 27 guns from their home, Anne Arundel County police said.

A woman sought in the fatal shooting May 18 of another woman in a South Baltimore rowhouse has been arrested at a relative's house in San Antonio, according to the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.

" A 72-year-old pastor from the Original Church of God of Prophecy was convicted yesterday of sodomizing and sexually molesting a little girl on numerous occasions.

The city has chosen major thoroughfares in three neighborhoods for a program that provides money for businesses to improve their facades and marketing strategies, officials said yesterday.

Two men were charged with drug and weapons offenses after police were told they were selling drugs from a car in Hanover, Anne Arundel County police said.

It's been a violent weekend in Baltimore City. A woman is dead after being shot multiple times in Brooklyn.

Two Baltimore residents were killed in the southern part of the city during the weekend in unrelated incidents, police said yesterday. via The Baltimore Sun

Despite a second week in a row with five homicides, Baltimore City shows a major decrease in murders compared to last year. via City Paper

I was recently read a letter over the phone written by Marti Iben about the Chosen Sons Motorcycle Club . via City Paper

“You assume that the gas pumps are accurate”

T HE Q: With gasoline prices soaring toward $4 a gallon, more eagle-eyed drivers are paying closer attention to the accuracy of gas pumps as they fill up. via The Baltimore Sun

“Yeah I'd pastrami that beef--I'd pastrami the hell out of that beef!”

If you live in Baltimore, you eventually resign yourself to the fact that certain food joneses just aren't going to get resolved. via City Paper

“I want our council and constituents to be better informed”

City Council members questioned the enforcement tactics and community outreach efforts of the Baltimore Board of Liquor License Commissioners at a committee hearing last night at City Hall.

Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she frequently hears complaints from constituents about liquor law enforcement, particularly about taverns that operate as package stores and rogue club owners who repeatedly violate local laws and require frequent police intervention.

She said the taverns operating as package stores are a particular problem in Park Heights. Many stores there do not operate bars, as the law requires, but sell virtually all of their alcohol to go. She said some clubs in other areas have become magnets for violence such as assaults, stabbings and shootings. Read more

Baltimore City man gets probation in fatal hit-and-run A Baltimore City man was sentenced to probation Wednesday after admitting to killing a man in a hit-and run. via San Francisco Examiner

“This is nothing against Boy Scouts, it is making sure that the process we have started is followed”

Clifton Romer has placed American flags at a veterans cemetery and has played with a band to welcome troops home from combat. via The Capital

The Central Maryland AFL-CIO Council, which covers Washington and Frederick counties, will honor fallen workers Monday on Workers Memorial Day at 10 a.m. at council headquarters, 511 E. Franklin St. via Herald-Mail

The 2008 Maryland Nike Combine is days away and months of hard work is about to pay off for the over 1,700 athletes that are registered. via Rivals.com