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Disgraced collector pleads guilty to stealing historical documents

Disgraced collector pleads guilty to stealing historical documents

Barry Landau spent years building a public persona around his collection of nationally and culturally significant documents. The now-disgraced collector pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing historic papers from archives and libraries stretching from Baltimore to Vermont. Investigators say 4,000 of the 10,000 "objects of cultural heritage" found during searches of Landau's Manhattan apartment were stolen.

Exelon lays out plans for headquarters

Exelon lays out plans for new Baltimore headquarters

The old McCormick site and Baltimore City Community College's Bard Building were among the top spots considered for Exelon Corp.'s planned new Baltimore headquarters, Exelon officials revealed Wednesday.

State workers to get new pharmacy plan

Board of Public Works awards contested $2.4 billion contract

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In a Word

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Kevin Bacon and 'Do Good' challenge

Kevin Bacon at Univ. of Md.

The actor will be on campus April 18 to pick a winner for his 'Do Good' challenge for social good.

Reader SunShots: Love

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Send us your best photos on the subject "love" through Feb. 12.
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Margaret M. Ekin, homemaker

Margaret Miller Ekin, a homemaker and bookkeeper who had lived in Catonsville, died Feb. 2 of heart failure at Austell Presbyterian...

John B. 'Jack' Owens, boat builder

John B. 'Jack' Owens, boat builder

John B. "Jack" Owens, who had been a principal in the family-owned Owens Yacht Co., the legendary Annapolis boat builder, and later...

Helen Cruse, nurse

Helen Cruse, nurse

Helen Cruse, a retired nurse, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Jan. 31 at the Summit Park Nursing Home. The Gwynn Oak resident...

Maryland Historical Society Reports Thefts

In an interview on February 7, 2012, David Angerhofer, staff member of the Maryl...

In an interview on February 7, 2012, David Angerhofer, staff member of the Maryland Historical Society, recounts the theft of valuable historical documents by collector Barry Landau and Jason Savedoff. [Video: Karl Ferron/Production: Ela Locke]

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Dan Rodricks

Dan Rodricks

Catholics, contraception and the heretic faithful - February 8, 2012 - One of my most conservative friends is Catholic, but he is not a "conservative Catholic." In my book, he'd only be a conservative Catholic...

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Taxing Baltimore

Taxing Baltimore

The Homestead Property Tax Credit, created with tax relief in mind, has had profound effects in Baltimore for years.

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.

Census 2010 coverage

Census 2010 for Maryland

Over past decade, population grew far more diverse, while growth dramatically slowed in once-booming counties

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Harbor pollution

Harbor pollution

A movement is under way to purge the 300 years of trash, bacteria and toxic pollution that have long infected the city's heart

Unfounded rapes

Rape investigations questioned

Baltimore has recorded the highest percentage of rape cases that officers conclude are false or baseless of any city in the country

William Donald Schaefer

William Donald Schaefer

Coverage of the former Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor's life, death and funeral services

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Archdiocese of Baltimore defies health rule on birth control

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Large number of city teachers receive unsatisfactory ratings

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O.C. approves horseback-riding proposal, effective immediately

Make a reservation today and you could be horseback riding on Ocean City's beachfront by...

Sinclair's quarterly income falls 31%, earnings miss estimates

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Davidsonville man sentenced to prison in $2.8 million mortgage fraud scheme

A Davidsonville man was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Tuesday for wire fraud...

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Annapolis Alderman Kirby to appear in election board inquiry

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Man charged in thefts of top shelf liquor from Harford stores

A 31-year-old Anne Arundel County man was arrested last week and charged in connection with what...

Actor Kevin Bacon promoting social good at College Park

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County drops plan to sell downtown Annapolis park

Anne Arundel County officials have scuttled a plan to sell a downtown Annapolis park for possible...