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Comfort leaving Haiti against doctors' wishes

USNS Comfort leaving Haiti

The hospital ship USNS Comfort left Port-au-Prince harbor Tuesday night to begin a five-day sail back to Baltimore, its Navy commanders having determined — against the advice of some civilian doctors on the ground — that the floating medical center is no longer needed in earthquake-damaged Haiti.

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    What's in, what's out

    For the City Hall vegetable garden, collards are hot, Kohlrabi's not; ornamental's drab and modern's fab.

  • Dreams come true

    Dreams come true

    A nonprofit helps teens look their best for prom by offering free dresses to local girls.

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    Pricey neighborhoods

    The most expensive neighborhoods by 2009 average home sale price, according to a Sun analysis.

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Two Baltimore men, two others indicted in Ga. suicide case

Four members of an assisted suicide group, including two Baltimore men, were indicted Tuesday on...

CRIME SCENES
Case of 8-year-old, gun exposes mistrust among police officers

The Baltimore City School Police Force wants to protect students.

Twin 18-year-olds charged in burglaries

Twin teenage brothers were charged Tuesday in a series of daytime burglaries in the East Baltimore-...

Two victims of fatal shootings in city last week identified

City police have identified two recent homicide victims. Police said Alvin McMiller, 23, was the man...

Board votes to close 5 city middle schools

The Baltimore City school board voted Tuesday night to close five middle schools and to revoke the...

Baltimore Technology Park data center expanding

The Baltimore Technology Park is building a $5 million expansion that will provide 7,000 square feet...

Man found stabbed in critical condition

A 20-year-old man was in critical condition after he was stabbed in West Baltimore on Monday night,...

City police charge suspect in killing of bank security guard

Father of 2 fatally shot after trying to quell dispute over woman

USNS Comfort to leave Haiti Wednesday, head back to Md.

The USNS Comfort, the Baltimore-based hospital ship that has been treating quake victims in Haiti,...

City police arrest twin brothers in connection with burglaries

Man found stabbed in West Baltimore, in critical condition

A 20-year-old man remains in critical condition after he was stabbed in West Baltimore Monday night,...

Baltimore archdiocese questioned over Catholic school closures

An overflow crowd gathered Monday night at Cardinal Gibbons School for the first meeting between...

CRIME SCENES
Delay in case of 8-year-old with gun angers Baltimore police

School police who arrested an 8-year-old boy Thursday and charged him with bringing a loaded handgun...

Prosecutor sells Dixon's Xbox on eBay, to YouthWorks' benefit

Attention political junkies and video game enthusiasts: There's an item for sale online that might...

Judge to end oversight of city schools

The often-contentious 26-year-old lawsuit that attempted to provide equality for Baltimore's...

Census Bureau struggles to fill positions for local workers

As the Census Bureau struggles to find local workers for thousands of temporary positions, set...

Sponsor pulls bill requiring preference for unions

A bill that would require contractors doing business with the city to give preference to local union...

Local governments face more cuts as income tax pay falls

The latest state income tax payments to local governments fell $61.8 million year over year,...

Baltimore man charged in 2009 Glen Burnie shooting

A 30-year-old Baltimore man was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree murder for his role in...

Carl Stokes picked to fill Jack Young's vacant council seat

Carl Stokes, a founder of a Baltimore charter school, was elected unanimously by the City Council to...

Proposals sought to rehab downtown Baltimore building

Now that Health Care for the Homeless has moved to a new headquarters on the east side of downtown...

Dr. William D. Lynn

Dr. William Dawson Lynn, a retired Baltimore surgeon and medical school professor who was an avid...

Antonios Nicolaidis, graduate student, dies at 29

Ántonios Nicolaidis, a doctoral student at the University of Athens who was active in...

Dixon's Xbox up for sale on eBay

Attention political junkies and video game enthusiasts — there's an item for sale online...

BDC seeks plans for former Health Care for Homeless office

Now that Health Care for the Homeless has moved to a new headquarters on the east side of downtown...

GETTING THERE
Panel chair disrespects police chief

Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III is a man of considerable accomplishments....

Bill would let city rent closed schools

Councilman suggests tshuttered Catholic sites could be used for charter schools

Union laborers would be first in line for city projects under bill

Baltimore would require contractors doing business with the city to give preference to local union...

MICA helped Oscar winner 'Prudence' get to big screen

"Music by Prudence," made partly with the financial and creative support of the Maryland Institute...

Priceless Gown Project lets teens' prom dreams come true

Ashley Ingram and three of her girlfriends stayed up all night, giggling and talking and dreaming...

Gregory Schummers, former industrial arts teacher, dies at 62

Gregory William Schummers, a former high school industrial arts teacher who later became a noted...

One dead after Friday night shooting in West Baltimore

City police are investigating the death of a man after a shooting in the city Friday night.

Loaded handgun found in backpack of student, 8

Authorities were trying to determine Friday how an 8-year-old boy obtained a loaded handgun that was...

New plan puts garage near Old St. Paul's Rectory mostly below ground

After encountering strong opposition to a plan to build an 80-foot-high parking garage next to Old...

Man gets life plus 93 years in Tuxedo Park rape, robbery

A Baltimore man convicted of raping a 59-year-old woman at gunpoint in 2007 in her Tuxedo Park home,...

Man gets life plus 93 years in Roland Park rape, robbery

A Baltimore man convicted of assaulting and raping a 59-year-old woman at gunpoint in 2007 in her...

8 prison employees disciplined after inmate released

One worker fired, another to retire; others reprimanded or suspended without pay

St. Agnes not interested in Cardinal Gibbons property

St. Agnes Hospital said Friday that it has no plans to acquire the property of the neighboring...

Investigators identify cause of W. Baltimore fire that killed 3

Baltimore fire investigators said several overheated extension cords caused a West Baltimore...

Report: 8-year-old arrested for bringing loaded gun to school