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Inner Harbor smell demonstrates bay woes to holiday visitors

Inner Harbor smell demonstrates bay woes to holiday visitors

A powerful stench was in the air Saturday at the Inner Harbor as 12-year-olds Alison Chase and Marissa Westerbeke hunched over the water's...

Top 10 new species of 2011 named by conservation group

Top 10 new species of 2011 named by conservation group

Top 10 lists are standard fodder for media: the 10 best dressed, the 10 best-looking, the 10 most wanted, etc. But the International...

Fish kills grow in algae-tainted waters

Fish kills grow in algae-tainted waters

Something's rotten on the Baltimore area waterfront. Fish are washing ashore by the thousands in a mass die-off that officials say appears...

Obama urges Congress to extend clean-energy tax credits

Obama urges Congress to extend clean-energy tax credits

NEWTON, Iowa — From a wind-power factory in this battleground state, President Obama urged Congress to extend tax credits he said...

Trees linked to less crime, research finds

Trees linked to less crime, research finds

Who doesn't love a tree? Apparently, criminals. Researchers have found that leafier places in Baltimore tend to have lower crime rates...

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