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

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:37:00 EDT

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

By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:57:14 EDT

Study finds Middle East Respiratory Syndrome spread rapidly through hospitals; U.S. braces for cases

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 announces $300M Towson Row development

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:02:00 EDT

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.

Baltimore police cruiser crash sends 4 to hospitals

By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:56:00 EDT

Officer, three others injured at intersection of North and Charles

Officer, three others injured at intersection of North and Charles

'Everything ... went wrong' as two Navy divers died | VIDEO

By Matthew Hay Brown , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:29:08 EDT

Two senior enlisted leaders face charges in deaths of two elite Navy divers

— The dive that claimed the lives of two members of an elite Navy team wasn't the only thing that went wrong that February day at Aberdeen Proving Ground's Super Pond, witnesses testified during a military hearing Wednesday.

Pressure on neck killed Randallstown teen, witness says

By Jessica Anderson , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:08:50 EDT

James Laboard's defense suggests chest compressions as cause

An off-duty Baltimore County police officer killed 17-year-old Christopher Brown by putting pressure on his neck, an assistant medical examiner said Wednesday as the state wrapped up its manslaughter case against James D. Laboard.

Three midshipmen charged with rape, false statements

By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:17:43 EDT

Case will go forward to Article 32 hearing

Three male midshipmen at the Naval Academy have been charged with raping a female midshipman and giving false official statements, the academy said Wednesday.

Rosedale train derailment leads to suit against truck driver

By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:53:23 EDT

CSX alleges that John Jacob Alban failed to slow his truck and look for trains

The rail transport company CSX is suing the truck driver involved in last month's Rosedale train crash, arguing that he did not take proper care when crossing the railroad tracks.

Person critically injured in eastern Balto. Co. car crash

By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:58:00 EDT

A person was critically injured in a car crash near Gunpowder Falls State Park and was being taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Wednesday evening, the Baltimore County Fire Department said.

Smaller Chesapeake 'dead zone' forecast

Tim Wheeler — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:00 EDT

Dry spring washes fewer pollutants into bay, but scientist says cleanup efforts helping

Dry spring washes fewer pollutants into bay, but scientist says cleanup efforts helping