The coats -- one fashioned from lustrous mink, the other from whorls of sable-colored Persian lamb -- rest on hangers from a high-end furrier. A tag is looped around each fur, marked with the name of the woman who once owned them, and, in bold, black letters: "EVIDENCE."
Full story...Biologists have found what they believe is the first evidence that Maryland bats are now infected with white nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease that has killed more than a million hibernating bats since 2006, devastating colonies from New England to Virginia.
Full story...More than a year after his stint as an Orioles executive ended, Mike Flanagan will return to the organization as a color analyst for the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network.
Full story...Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced Wednesday that he will donate $2,000 to all 12 county high schools' post-prom party efforts. The $24,000 will come from money seized during drug-related crimes.
Full story...The board of Black & Decker Corp. should have considered a real estate partnership between chief executive Nolan D. Archibald and a company board member to determine the director's independence in voting on a pending merger with The Stanley Works, The New York Stock Exchange has advised.
Full story...The water main break that left tens of thousands of Northwest Baltimore County residents without water for days has been repaired and is back in service, according to Baltimore's director of public works.
Full story...Maryland's unemployment rate rose to 7.5 percent in January as job cuts continued unabated, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
Full story...The hospital ship USNS Comfort will arrive at its Baltimore home five days later than originally planned, Navy officials said Wednesday.
Full story...Howard County police have issued an arrest warrant for a 41-year-old Baltimore man who they believe attacked a shopping mall security guard with a box cutter last month after being suspected of shoplifting.
Full story...A 33-year-old Carroll County man accused of beating his doctor wife with a hammer has been extradited from Georgia and now faces attempted first-degree murder charges, according to state police.
Full story...Four members of an assisted suicide group, including two Baltimore men, were indicted Tuesday on charges of helping a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself, more than a year after they were arrested in the Georgia case.
Full story...Home sales in the Baltimore metro area continued to rise last month -- and prices continued to drop.
Full story...Baltimore County police are investigating a homicide in Cockeysville that took place early Wednesday.
Full story...A 34-year-old man was shot in East Baltimore late Tuesday night, according to Baltimore Police.
Full story...St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, facing lawsuits and a pair of federal investigations related to its cardiac care business, has informed another 169 heart patients that they received expensive and potentially dangerous treatments they might not have needed.
Full story...The Archdiocese of Baltimore is discouraging talk of turning the Cardinal Gibbons School over to supporters to run as an independent school, but the Gibbons community is not giving up hope.
Full story...The governor's bid to expand a popular tax credit for rehabilitating old buildings faces resistance from key House leaders, who worry that a broader program would be too costly during tough fiscal times.
Full story...A 24-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of a Bank of America security guard in downtown Baltimore last month, police said.
Full story...After reporting a projected $8 million revenue shortfall in late January, when he announced an early retirement incentive program for county workers, Harford County Executive David Craig said Tuesday that he doesn't expect further drastic action during the fiscal year - despite $3 million in snow-removal costs and a $1.3 million decline in state income tax payments in February. "We've been pragmatic," he said, by leaving nearly 300 open county jobs vacant and attracting nearly 50 older county workers to the early retirement program. "We anticipated the second drop in income tax revenues," Craig said, and the extra snow-clearance costs can be offset by surplus funds without touching the county's $25 million rainy-day fund.
Full story...Baltimore Deputy Mayor Andrew B. Frank, one of the highest-ranking officials from the Sheila Dixon administration retained by Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, announced his resignation Tuesday.
Full story...Black & Decker Corp. defended Tuesday a real estate partnership between chief executive Nolan D. Archibald and a company board member who approved the toolmaker's pending acquisition by the Stanley Works and a lucrative compensation package for Archibald.
Full story...Public works officials pledged to have all water service restored in northwestern Baltimore County by Thursday morning, five days after a water main break disrupted the lives of about 100,000 residents and businesses.
Full story...Carrying signs with slogans like "No awards for dog killers" and "Cowards abuse animals," Tuesday evening about 100 protesters picketed the award ceremony at which convicted dogfighter Michael Vick received an award for his courage and sportsmanship.
Full story...The Maryland Senate this morning unanimously approved a plan to change unemployment benefits as a way to tap into nearly $127 million in federal stimulus money.
Full story...A 24-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of a Bank of America security guard in downtown Baltimore last month, police said.
Full story...The nation's largest provider of voting equipment will forgo its acquisition of a rival company as part of an antitrust settlement reached with nine states, including Maryland, according to the Department of Justice.
Full story...Public works officials pledged to have all water service restored in northwestern Baltimore County by Thursday morning, five days after a water main break disrupted the lives of about 100,000 residents and businesses.
Full story...Students in Anne Arundel County won't go to school for 180 days this year, thanks to last month's record-breaking snowstorms.
Full story...The USNS Comfort, the Baltimore-based hospital ship that has been treating quake victims in Haiti, is coming home.
Full story...Gary Williams and Greivis Vasquez have long been each other's most passionate advocates.
Full story...Montgomery County Police are trying to identify a woman whose remains were found in a shallow grave in Patuxent River State Park near Damascus.
Full story...Howard County's budget shortfall is growing instead of shrinking as the fiscal year enters its final quarter before ending June 30.
Full story...Philip Kirsch of Wilde Lake intends to run for a fifth one-year term on the Columbia Association Board of Directors in next month's elections, he said Monday, and Owen Brown's veteran board member Pearl Atkinson-Stewart says she expects to run for a new two-year term.
Full story...Just days after announcing that almost three dozen city workers would be laid off amid a record budget deficit, Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen unveiled Monday night an $82.3 million operating budget that restructures key city departments by eliminating managerial positions, cuts some city services and reduces overall spending.
Full story...A 20-year-old man remains in critical condition after he was stabbed Monday night in West Baltimore, according to police.
Full story...At her husband's viewing Friday, Karla Porter, the grieving widow, shook hands and received words of consolation from the mourners. She passed out bookmarks with a wildflower to plant in William "Ray" Porter's memory, and a letter, signed in his name, urging that all of his organs be donated to help others.
Full story...School police who arrested an 8-year-old boy Thursday and charged him with bringing a loaded handgun to a South Baltimore elementary school purposely did not notify the Baltimore Police Department until the next day, which city police say impeded efforts to find out how the child got the weapon and whether any adults should be held responsible.
Full story...Facing a sea of red Monday night in the auditorium of the Cardinal Gibbons School, Bishop Denis J. Madden offered a glimmer of hope to students, parents and alumni distraught about plans to shut the high school down at the end of the academic year.
Full story...Builders, environmentalists and government officials have reached a compromise in a looming legislative fight that threatened to weaken Maryland's new storm-water pollution rules, they said Monday.
Full story...Carl Stokes, a founder of a Baltimore charter school, was elected unanimously by the City Council to fill a vacant seat in the 12th District, returning him to the body on which he served for eight years.
Full story...As the Census Bureau struggles to find local workers for thousands of temporary positions, set back by twin snowstorms and a lower-than-expected passing rate for applicants, a newly released study shows that Maryland has received the lowest percentage of federal money based on Census statistics.
Full story...The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide on the outer limits of free-speech protection for public protests and to rule on whether the family of a dead Maryland Marine can sue religious protesters who picketed near his funeral with signs that said, "Thank God for dead soldiers."
Full story...A key Senate panel voted Monday evening to approve the appointment of Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's son as an Anne Arundel County District Court judge, a nomination that was first put forward two years ago and prompted three members of the county's judicial nominating commission to resign in protest.
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Full story...A key Senate panel voted Monday evening to approve the appointment of Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's son as an Anne Arundel County District Court judge, a nomination that was first put forward two years ago and prompted three members of the county's judicial nominating commission to resign in protest.
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