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Multi-state manhunt ends as missing Maryland girl is found safe in S.C

— The Dundalk father and daughter sought in a multi-state search were found a day after they inconspicuously checked in at a small South Carolina motel more than 400 miles from where their journey began. Timothy Virts handed over $36 in cash for a...

Orioles right-hander Bud Norris knows the score amid pitching rumors

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Orioles right-hander Bud Norris knows what's going on around him. He knows that the club has been in talks with free-agent pitcher Ervin Santana. And he already knew what it was like to pitch with trade speculation swirling around him....

Arthur Jones drawing interest from Packers, Titans, Redskins and others, sources say

Ravens veteran free-agent defensive tackle Arthur Jones is off to a fast start leading up to the signing period that starts Tuesday. Under NFL rules, teams are allowed to talk with players' agents in advance of Tuesday and may discuss contract...

Open Space falls short [Editorial]

When it comes to preserving land and creating public parks, few government programs have succeeded like Maryland's Program Open Space. It has been one of the state's most effective weapons in the cause of protecting the environment and off-setting the...

Terps upset No. 5 Virginia in OT, 75-69, in final ACC regular-season game

COLLEGE PARK -- A frustrating season filled with close losses to nationally ranked teams ended Sunday for Maryland at Comcast Center. A 61-year history of Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season games ended, too. After collapsing in the final minute of...

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...

Teen on motorcycle killed after crash on Route 198 in Maryland City

A 17-year-old riding a stolen motorcycle was killed Saturday night and the driver of an automobile was seriously injured in a crash on state Rt. 198 in Anne Arundel County. A rider on a second motorcycle fled the scene. According to county police, Ira...

Dan Duquette talks about the rumors involving Ervin Santana and the Orioles

SARASOTA, Fla. – Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette gave few clues Sunday morning on how involved the club is in acquiring free-agent starting pitcher Ervin Santana, but indicated that the team’s priority now is looking at its...

BWI hits 4 degrees, coldest-ever reading for March

Tuesday morning was Baltimore's coldest for the month of March since record-keeping began in the 1870s, with a low of 4 degrees reported at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport by 6 a.m. The National Weather Service confirmed the...