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Banned Md. vanity plates include HEROIN; SUX2BU allowed

PL8REJEX: Banned Md. vanity tags

Want to express yourself on a license plate? Go ahead. The state will gladly take your $50 per year. You can't say any old thing, though. The Motor Vehicle Administration has cataloged more than 4,000 words, phrases and letter-number combinations it won't put on a tag. HEROIN is banned, along with many other unmentionables, but SUX2BU is allowed.

Maryland braces for Memorial Day travelers

State transportation officials hope you'll do a lot of sightseeing this Memorial Day weekend. Just not on the Bay Bridge. Travelers headed to the Eastern Shore for the first time since last summer might be surprised. For one thing, the toll has risen to $4 from $2.50. For another, the westbound span is being painted for the first time since it opened in 1973, and scaffolding is likely to be a distraction -- and potential hot spot for fender-benders.

Sparrows Point owner considers selling plant

The struggling Sparrows Point steel mill could be sold within the next six months, mill owner RG Steel said Monday.

Reader SunShots: A Trip to the Zoo

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Mary Charlotte Sneeringer, Army intelligence worker

Mary Charlotte Sneeringer, Army intelligence worker

Mary Charlotte Sneeringer, a retired Army intelligence worker, died of respiratory failure May 20 at her Mayfield home. She was 95.

Millard R. Hart Sr., master expert woodworker

Millard R. Hart Sr., master expert woodworker

Millard R. Hart Sr., a retired master woodworker and lifelong tugboat enthusiast, died May 11 of congestive heart failure at the Maples, a...

Rev. Marion Bascom, civil rights activist and pastor, dies

Rev. Marion Bascom, civil rights activist and pastor, dies

The Rev. Marion C. Bascom, a leading Baltimore civil rights activist remembered for his lifetime quest for social justice, died of a heart...

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VIDEO: McDonough defends his comments

Del. Patrick McDonough (R - Dist. 7) defends his recent comments about 'black yo...

Del. Patrick McDonough (R - Dist. 7) defends his recent comments about 'black youth mobs' causing chaos in downtown Baltimore. (Yvonne Wenger/Baltimore Sun)

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What downtown needs: More cops, fewer knuckleheads - May 18, 2012 - During a stroll Thursday night from Little Italy to Harborplace, I bought jelly beans in The Best of Luck candy store, listened to a...

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Woodwards raised Triple Crown champions at their Bowie farm - May 18, 2012 - My earliest recollection of the television that arrived in my family's Guilford Avenue home was the broadcast of the 1955 Preakness. We...

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St. Patrick's Day violence exceeded initial reports, police dispatch tapes show

St. Patrick's Day violence

Records describe teens fighting all over downtown and the Inner Harbor on the evening of March 17.

Baltimore County high schools see class sizes grow

Balto. Co. class sizes

The decision to cut nearly 200 teaching jobs has eliminated classes, leaving many more students packed into classrooms.

Some pet owners fight poor treatment by vets

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Several veterinarians were found to have provided inadequate care, failed to conduct proper tests or kept poor records.

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Sun investigation: Taxing Baltimore

Taxing Baltimore

Taxing Baltimore is a series of occasional articles examining Baltimore's highest-in-the-state property tax rate.

Select Lounge shooting

Select Lounge shooting

A Baltimore officer shot a patron outside a club during an altercation, and police fatally shot him before realizing he was an officer.

City schools pay $14 million overtime in four years

City schools overtime

Cash-strapped Baltimore schools paid $14M overtime over 4 years; CEO Andres Alonso's driver was the system's top earner.

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Third person arrested in Lutherville clinic investigation

A third person has been arrested by Baltimore County police as part of an investigation into the...

Man, 43, stabbed by stepson, 16, dies of injuries

A 43-year-old man who police say was stabbed more than 20 times last month by his stepson...

Notable graduates at Baltimore-area colleges and universities

Baltimore-area colleges and universities will hand diplomas to thousands of students in ceremonies...

Man seriously injured in city house fire

An early morning house fire Monday in the city's Hamilton Hills neighborhood left one man...

Grand jury indicts woman for attempted murder in baby stabbing

A Baltimore grand jury indicted a 29-year-old woman Monday on attempted murder and seven other...

Baltimore man guilty in high school reunion stabbing

A 29-year-old Baltimore man was convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing another man to...

Hawkins Point boating accident sends three to hospital

A water rescue of four people from a boat offshore from Hawkins Point in Baltimore late Sunday night...

Civic group targets accidents involving pedestrians

As traffic officer Bobby Brown began his weekday afternoon shift at Pratt and Light streets, he...

From Cuban cell, Gross thanks Jewish community for support

Alan Gross, the Potomac man serving 15 years in Cuba after carrying communications equipment into...

Arundel parent who helped bridge cultures wins involvement award

An Anne Arundel County parent whose gentle spirit is said to have built bridges between cultures...

GreenMount problem-solving team to compete in Tennessee

Seven students from the private GreenMount School in Charles Village will travel Tuesday to...

4 boaters rescued after vessel hits piling near Key Bridge

Four people were rescued from a boat Sunday near the Francis Scott Key Bridge after an eyewitness...

Judge denies contractor claim against Balto. Co.

A Circuit Court judge has ruled against a contractor who claimed Baltimore County owed the company...

Red Line funding uncertain with failure of Maryland gas tax hike

Gov. Martin O'Malley has long promised that Baltimore and the Washington suburbs would each get a...

Man, woman killed after 2-vehicle crash on BW Parkway

A District of Columbia woman and a Pennsylvania man have been killed in a crash on the Baltimore-...

Grade level of congressional speech falls

A study suggesting that the sophistication of congressional floor speeches has declined by a full...

Police investigate deaths of Silver Spring couple

Montgomery County police are investigating the deaths of a husband and wife in Silver Spring as a...

More homes added on new Howard County flood maps

County officials are urging residents to purchase insurance policies if their homes have recently...

Harford juvenile charged with arson, illegal firearms use

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with arson and illegal firearms use in connection with damage...

Residents split on proposed dog park in Oakland Mills

A proposal to bring a dog park to the new Blandair Park, which would be Columbia's first such...

Havre de Grace man killed in Route 40 crash Sunday

A Havre de Grace man was killed and four other people were injured in a two-vehicle collision on...

Z on TV: McDonough sticks by his 'black youth mobs' talk

State Del. Pat McDonough told the Sun last week that he wasn't going to back down from claims made...