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Baltimore Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Baltimore, MD.

Results 1 - 20 of 20,429 in Baltimore, MD

  1. Firefighters battle blaze at West Baltimore apartment buildingRead the original story

    17 min ago | The Baltimore Sun

    Baltimore firefighters are battling a three-alarm fire that broke out shortly after 6 a.m. on the third floor of a garden-style apartment building in West Baltimore.

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  2. Tenants Dive For Safety At City Apartment FireRead the original story

    36 min ago | WBAL-AM Baltimore

    Fire crews were called just before 7 to an apartment complex on Challedon Road in west Baltimore.

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  3. Grading the States '08Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Governing

    ... is building StateStat, a comprehensive means for making decisions based on data, similar to his CitiStat effort in Baltimore. He describes it as a system "that actually sets goals and has the guts to measure progress towards achieving those goals. ...

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    Related Topix: Journalism

  4. Man guilty of bank robberyRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    A Howard County man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore yesterday to robbing a bank in Elkridge in November and escaping with more than $8,500, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office.

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    Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Howard County, MD, Elkridge, MD

  5. City man, 18, charged with three counts of attempted murderRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    An 18-year old Baltimore man accused of getting into a gunbattle with police after his mother's friend was shot in the head last week has been charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and ...

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    Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Violent Crime

  6. Infant wasn't hit by stray bulletRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    Baltimore police said yesterday that a 2-month-old baby boy was not grazed by a stray bullet, as had been feared, but rather probably suffered a minor head injury caused by scraping against something in his ...

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  7. 2 city shootings investigatedRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    Baltimore police were seeking yesterday two men who were wounded Monday night in separate shootings in the city, authorities said.

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    Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Allendale (Baltimore, MD)

  8. Man sentenced for carjackingRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    A 24-year-old man accused of shooting an off-duty Baltimore police officer two years ago was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison on federal carjacking and gun charges, according to the Maryland U.S. ...

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  9. Leadership change at Coast Guard YardRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    ... to a statement from the Coast Guard. Capt. John F. Kaplan assumed command of the 109-year-old facility off the Baltimore Beltway. It is the Coast Guard's last shipbuilding and repair facility. The yard also serves as headquarters for Coast Guard ...

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    Related Topix: Curtis Bay, MD, Baltimore Metro

  10. Calvert School to renovate 1928 residenceRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    One year after the leaders of Calvert School told residents of Baltimore's Tuscany-Canterbury neighborhood of their plans to seek permission to tear down a former headmaster's residence to make way for an ...

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    Related Topix: Baltimore Metro

  11. Drought is washed awayRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    ... 'It's hard to get 8 inches of rain and still have drought.' Improved rainfall in recent months has nearly filled Baltimore's three reservoirs. Farmers in Southern Maryland, where the dry conditions lingered longest, are happy. Or they will be, as ...

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    Related Topix: Camp Springs, MD, Calvert County, MD, Baltimore Metro, Agriculture, Science

  12. City gets new power to sell its vacant propertyRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    Baltimore officials will have broad power to sell city-owned property and acquire new lots under a bill signed into law yesterday by Gov.

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  13. Mary L. Jones, 85Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    ... 85. Born Mary Leonora Williams in St. Pauls, N.C., she earned a nursing degree from Shaw University and moved to Baltimore with her parents in 1940. She worked as a nurse at the old Provident Hospital on Division Street and in 1959 became a Sinai ...

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  14. CALENDARRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Baltimore Sun

    Today Workplace communications workshop begins at 9:30 a.m. Learn to communicate effectively in interviews or on the job, Eastside Career Center, 3001 E. Madison St., Baltimore.

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    Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Linthicum, MD, Towson, MD

  15. Magna positions itself for Md. slotsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Baltimore Sun

    One piece of Preakness tradition appears to be missing this year: the prediction that without a quick infusion of cash from slot machine gambling, the race could be Baltimore's last. 2 comments

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  16. Jumping for joy as 'Cry-Baby' gets four Tony nodsRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Baltimore Sun

    Cry-Baby, the exuberant song-and-dance spectacle inspired by Baltimore bad-boy John Waters, was nominated for four Tony Awards yesterday - including the most important prize, best musical.

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    Related Topix: John Waters, Hairspray, Drama, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies, Baltimore Metro, Entertainment

  17. Baltimore Police BlotterRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Baltimore Examiner

    Cummings sees violence up-close in Baltimore U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings got a close-up glimpse of violent crime Saturday as he cradled a dying man who had been stabbed.

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    Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Fallston, MD

  18. Hotel Indigo Coming to College Park, Ga.Read the original story

    4 hrs ago | Hotel News Resource

    ... ills. Future sites of Hotel Indigo hotels include Miami, Fl., St. Louis, Mo., London, England, San Antonio, Texas, Baltimore, Md., Las Vegas, Nev., and New York, N.Y.

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    Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, College Park, GA

  19. In cancer-ravaged family, faith brings relief to someRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Baltimore Examiner

    ... for some of the medical costs. They'll hold a car wash at the Du Burns Arena parking lot, 1301 South Ellwood St. Baltimore police have lent their assistance, and so have local Boy Scouts . "This is such a wonderful little girl," said Melissa ...

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    Related Topix: Harford County, MD, Aberdeen, MD, Baltimore Metro

  20. onlineRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | The Baltimore Sun

    For more from the world of books, check out The Sun's newest blog, Read Street. Read Street focuses on the social side of reading and features profiles of Baltimore-area book clubs and recommendations from ...

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