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Ocean City summer 2013 events

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:56:00 EDT

Pictures: We've put together a calendar of fun events taking place from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day in Ocean City this summer. Many, but not all are free, and most are suitable for the entire family.

A look at Maryland's favorite crustacean

By Kit Waskom Pollard, For The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:45:00 EDT

A guide to cooking, eating and enjoying Maryland's most famous shellfish

For Marylanders, crabs are more than a menu item. They're a way of life. Here's a guide to cooking, eating and enjoying the state's most famous shellfish.

Orioles Insider: Observations on the arrival of rookie RHP Kevin Gausman

By Eduardo A. Encina — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT

Eduardo A. Encina: It's not a surprise that Gausman is making the jump from Double-A. Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette made that clear last week when he said that Double-A was a proving ground.

City residents in largely vacant blocks to be uprooted

By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:06:00 EDT

City's plans meet mixed reaction

Baltimore officials' plans meet mixed reaction

Severe storms possible west of I-95 late Wednesday

By Scott Dance , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:17:00 EDT

Forecasters may soon issue a severe thunderstorm watch for an area along and west of Interstate 95, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Seven people shot, one fatally, in five incidents in Baltimore

By Justin George, Justin Fenton and Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:05 EDT

At least one other man critically injured in spate of violence Tuesday into Wednesday

Seven people were shot -- at least one fatally -- in Baltimore between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, with the violence stretching from Brooklyn in the south to Gwynn Oak in the northwest and Darley Park in the east.

John Richard 'Dick' Irwin, Sun 'police blotter' reporter, dies

By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:00 EDT

Veteran scribe also wrote for News American, Evening Sun in 44-year career

John Richard "Dick" Irwin, a veteran police reporter whose career at the News American, The Evening Sun and The Baltimore Sun spanned 44 years, died early this morning at Greater Baltimore Medical Center from complications of diabetes.

Five Baltimore men killed, others injured in Ill. crash | VIDEO

By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:27:00 EDT

Group was returning from trip to Canada, coroner says

The long white van veered out of control before buckling, shattering its windows, flipping four times and ejecting nine of its 11 passengers along a grass-lined interstate in Illinois on Monday morning ¿ leaving five Baltimore men dead and several others badly injured.

Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2013 will return to Merriweather

By Wesley Case , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:38:00 EDT

The Virgin Mobile FreeFest — the annual, all-day music festival that brought Jack White, Skrillex, Alabama Shakes and more to the area last October — will return to Columbia's Merriweather Post Pavilion this year, spokeswoman Audrey Fix Schaefer confirmed on Tuesday night.

Man hacked to death in London in suspected militant attack | VIDEO

Li-mei Hoang — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:00 EDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency security meeting on Wednesday after a man was killed near an army barracks in London, and two men were shot and wounded by police.