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Orioles bats stay hot in a 6-5 win against the Toronto Blue Jays

By Eduardo A. Encina, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:55:00 EDT

Designated hitter Danny Valencia (above) hit a two-run homer to boost the Orioles early in Saturday's 6-5 win against the Blue Jays. Orioles closer Jim Johnson came away with the save.

With rise of races like Tough Mudder, extreme fun comes with serious risk

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:56:00 EDT

As adrenaline-fueled races have exploded in popularity in a recent years, creating an industry with tens of millions of dollars in revenue, some racers have paid a high price.

With traffic growing, state begins another study of Bay Bridge capacity

By Candy Thomson, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:25:47 EDT

Two-year analysis will determine when a new crossing should be built

Another summer, another agonizing season of Bay Bridge traffic.

Arrest made in fatal shooting of 1-year-old in Cherry Hill

By Mary Carole McCauley and Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:57:02 EDT

A man and his infant son were shot at 7 p.m. Friday in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood, police say

A 1-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday evening in south Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood and his father was injured when at least one gunman shot at the car in which the victims were riding, in what police said was a targeted attack.

Police-involved shooting in Pigtown

By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:16:00 EDT

Police officers were involved in a shooting in the 300 block of S. Poppleton St. in the Pigtown neighbrohood, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

Suspicious package leads to evacuation of Towson library

By Chris Kaltenbach , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:35:00 EDT

Bag contained clothes left behind for the homeless, police say

A suspicious package left under a bench outside the Towson public library that led to the building's evacuation Saturday morning turned out to be harmless, county police reported.

Motorcyclist dies after hitting tree in Perry Hall

By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:18:00 EDT

A Perry Hall man died after his motorcycle veered off the road and struck a tree, Baltimore County Police said.

From 'Middle East' to 'Eager Park,' a community is rebranded

By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:48:00 EDT

Current, former residents fear community's history will be lost

Hundreds of residents have been relocated and dozens of homes cleared from Baltimore's Middle East neighborhood in recent years. Now the area just north of Johns Hopkins Hospital may be losing something more: its name.

Windy, cool Memorial Day weekend forecast for Ocean City

By Scott Dance , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:50:00 EDT

The National Weather Service forecasts a sunny-but-not-too-warm weekend at Ocean City, with highs of 65 degrees on Saturday and winds at 25 mph. For those back home in Baltimore it should be a bit warmer, with a high of 69 degrees forecast.

Shooting, stabbing reported in Baltimore County

By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:21:00 EDT

Man opens fire after being kicked out of bar

A man was stabbed in Dundalk Friday and another man was shot in Halethorpe early Saturday, Baltimore County Police said.