Dixon theft trial opens with plea of not guilty

Dixon trial opens with plea of not guilty

Mayor Sheila Dixon arrives at Courthouse East on Tuesday morning for the second day of her criminal theft trial. She is charged with using retail gift cards donated to her office for charity events. If convicted, she would have to step down as mayor and could face a fine or jail time.

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BRAC fuels building boom

Crews are busy in Harford County, as developers rush to keep up with demand for office space.

Salute honors French soldiers

An annual memorial service in Baltimore remembers four veterans who died more than 90 years ago.

White squirrels turning heads

Two of the critters were spotted scampering near the Holly Hall Mansion and the Big Elk Mall in Elkton.

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Unidentified boy fatally stabbed in East Baltimore, police say

An unidentified boy was fatally stabbed about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 2400 block of Llewelyn Ave. in East Baltimore, according to police.

City health officials to confiscate 19 horses from arabbers

Baltimore health officials plan to confiscate 19 horses from arabbers, street vendors who sell produce from horse-drawn carts in the city.

CRIME: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
In London, Baltimore becomes a punching bag

London's mayor weighed in yesterday on months-old comments from a politician that parts of Britain were becoming like the Baltimore depicted in "The Wire."

Man, 20, hospitalized after shooting in West Baltimore

A 20-year-old man walked into Bon Secours Hospital after he was shot Monday night in West Baltimore, a city police spokesman said.

SUN FOLLOW-UP
Baltimore ethics board to provide 'guidance' on gifts

The Baltimore Board of Ethics agreed on Monday to provide "guidance" to city employees on proper protocols for soliciting money and gifts, but deferred a decision on whether to investigate possible employee ethics violations in soliciting money for the Baltimore City Foundation.

Graduate's death at VMI stuns Mount St. Joseph community

The Mount St. Joseph High School community was in shock Monday after learning that a 2009 graduate of the Irvington campus died Saturday following a 10-mile road march at the Virginia Military Institute.

Charges dropped against accused brothel operator

Prosecutors dropped human trafficking and prostitution charges Monday against Carlos Silot, who was accused last year of running a brothel that catered to Hispanic men from a rented rowhome in the Patterson Park area.

Two Baltimore teens indicted in theft of car used by Va. runaway

A year after 16-year-old Annie McCann's body was found next to a trash bin at a public housing complex in Upper Fells Point, police have arrested two teenage boys in connection with the theft of her parents' white Volvo, which McCann drove when she ran away to Baltimore from her Alexandria, Va.,...

Thousands more could get help with energy bills, BGE says

More than 130,000 households in the Baltimore area are eligible for assistance with energy bills but are not currently receiving help, a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. representative told members of a City Hall committee Monday.

CRIME: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Quitting 'Gunchester' gang hard to do

The headquarters of the Greater Manchester police force's Xcalibre squad could pass for any Baltimore police district station. The second-floor office in the center of the city's highest crime area, Moss Side, is wallpapered with dozens and dozens of young men...