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After nearly 3,000 miles, record-breaking bike ride ends in Annapolis

After nearly 3,000 miles, record-breaking bike ride ends in Annapolis

Somewhere on a lonely road in Kansas, about halfway through his 2,989.5-mile bicycle trek across the United States, Christoph Strasser, a 30-year-old former bike messenger, made a decision. He wouldn't simply win the Race Across America, the famously grueling coast-to-coast ultra-marathon cycling competition now in its 32nd year. He would break its long-standing record for speed.

Hopkins epidemiologist joins research to trace outbreak of SARS-like disease

Hopkins epidemiologist tracing outbreak of SARS-like disease

Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Dr. Trish Perl traveled halfway around the world last month to trace the outbreak of a deadly SARS-like disease in Saudi Arabia that's spreading.

Baltimore County and the developer Caves Valley Partners announced Wednesday a $300 million mixed-use development that will comprise nearly an entire block of downtown Towson.

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Dan Rodricks

Dan Rodricks

If Harbor Point is so hot, why the need for city investment? - June 19, 2013 - The mayor of Baltimore does not want to be on the wrong side of history this time, so she fully supports $107 million in tax increment...

Jacques Kelly

Jacques Kelly

Colorful screened windows go up in the city - June 14, 2013 - It sounded like a Baltimore-themed idea that made sense. To celebrate a century of screen painting, 100 new, colorful window screens would...