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Baltimore County school board to consider $205 million technology contract

Baltimore County Superintendent Dallas Dance will ask the school board to vote Tuesday night on a $205 million contract to supply laptops to the system's 150,000 students and teachers over the next seven years. Under the contract, the school system...

Justice department targeting price-fixing conspiracy on port automobile shipments

The U.S. Department of Justice has identified and begun targeting a broad conspiracy to fix prices on automobile shipments in and out of Baltimore and other U.S. ports, with a Chilean company recently pleading guilty to violating federal antitrust laws in...

Cal Ripken visits Abingdon library to talk about his latest book

Toddlers to more mature fans sporting more-salt-than-pepper hair waited patiently in the Abingdon library Monday night for a visit with Harford County's own "Iron Man," former Oriole and Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. Ripken, alongside his co-...

Owen Daniels' release creates interesting opportunity for Ravens

The Houston Texans surprisingly cut veteran tight end Owen Daniels today, a transaction resulting largely because of his scheduled $6.25 million salary-cap figure and $4.5 million base salary for this year. The development creates a potential...

Orioles haven't budged from initial one-year deal as Ervin Santana decision looms

SARASOTA, FLA. – The race for free-agent right-hander Ervin Santana appears to be nearing an end, and the Orioles remain in the fold for the top free-agent starting pitcher still available. The Orioles are still in contact with Santana’s...

Terp running back told police he drove car involved in drive-by shooting

When University of Maryland football player Wes Brown was suspended last year, officials released few details to explain the action other than to tie it to an alleged confrontation with a police officer who wanted to question him in a shooting...

Missing Dundalk girl reunited with twin sister in Maryland, family says

The 11-year-old Dundalk girl found after a frantic, multistate search has been reunited with her twin sister, family members said Sunday. Caitlyn Virts and her twin sister, Cayla, were back together in the care of Baltimore County social services...

BWI fire chief to challenge his termination

Gregory Lawrence said Monday he plans to appeal the Maryland Aviation Administration's decision last week to terminate him from his job as BWI Airport's acting fire chief. Lawrence, the first African-American to lead the airport fire department,...

Release of Black Panther leader renews decades-old debate

Arthur Turco had defended members of the Black Panther Party across the country, but it was in Baltimore that he would be arrested and jailed — on charges that he and members of the militant group had killed a suspected police informant within their...