Patchy fog this morning will be your companion on your commute. Today will be mostly cloudy with morning and afternoon showers in the forecast. The high will be 48, with an overnight low of 40. There is a 60 percent chance of rain today with winds out of the south-southeast at 4 to 8 mph. Cheer up! Wednesday will be nice and sunny.
Get the latest on delays for this morning's commute from baltimoresun.com.
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The city has agreed to pay $2.86 million to buy the food court in historic Lexington Market, giving it full ownership of the entire market complex for the first time since the 1980s. A market has stood in this neighborhood since 1782.
With Marylanders throwing away more far more trash per person than the average American, the O'Malley administration released a long-range plan Monday to virtually eliminate placing waste in state landfills in the next 25 years.
Without discussion, the Baltimore County Council took the first step Monday toward creating a new zoning category for downtown Towson.
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Over the next 18 months, state revenue is expected to fall nearly $1.2 billion short of Maryland's expenses, which means the state must trim more than $420 million before the fiscal year ends in June, and an additional nearly $750 million out of the first budget Gov.-elect Larry Hogan will submit in 2015.
This weekend, Beth Am Congregation, the largest Conservative congregation in the city, marks its 40th anniversary.
Donte Jones, 19, has been charged with attempted murder in the Sunday night shooting of Baltimore Police officer Andrew Groman, 27, who is recovering from his wounds at Sinai Hospital.
FedEx is eyeing the former Sparrows Point steel mill in southeastern Baltimore County for a new distribution center.
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Hanukkah begins tonight. Check out local events here.
Titi Branch, co-founder of Miss Jessie's, a popular line of hair care products targeting women of color, died Dec. 4. The University of Maryland graduate was 45.