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Mental health and addiction treatment center Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection because it owes more than $5.5 million to creditors and estimates its assets are less than $500,000, according to federal court filings.

Ten months after the national mortgage settlement was hailed as a major step in reforming a broken system, some homeowners are getting aid — but some housing advocates say the overall results are not what they'd hoped.

Despite deal reached with banks, too many Maryland families are still losing their homes

Several developers have announced plans in the last few days to convert downtown commercial buildings into market-rate apartments, giving new life to buildings that were being underutilized.

Christmas is arriving early this year for The Aegis Empty Stocking Fund's many recipients and the charity has just reached the halfway mark toward its goal of raising $80,000 to help Harford County children and families in need this holiday season.

Christmas season comes early for The Aegis Empty Stocking Fund, and the elves are busy working to get toys packed for the 831 Harford County children who will receive gifts of toys this holiday season.

Cocaine secreted in strawberries and a hefty take for the feds

Ten Maryland banks remain in TARP while Treasury begins to wind down the program

Gilman School fifth-graders participate in "JA BizTown," a miniature city created by Junior Achievement of Central Maryland, created to teach 7,000 area middle-schoolers about business and free enterprise system. This city has little stores, a bank, a post office, a newspaper and radio station, street signs and more. Students "work" in the businesses.

Baltimore's political and business leaders praised the New York-based real estate investment firm purchasing Harborplace as a potential savior for the Inner Harbor mall that has struggled to find the right mix of tenants to appeal to both tourists and locals.

Dunbar Armored has been in the armored car business for nearly 90 years. But the Hunt Valley-based company is now branching into a new way to protect banks' and businesses' money and valuables: cybersecurity.

A 41-year-old Washington woman was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison for her role in conspiring to steal $1.4 million from the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, prosecutors said.

Aberdeen Room's 25th anniversary continues

The five victims of the fire that destroyed a northeast Baltimore rowhome Thursday will be memorialized together in a service Thursday.

On Tuesday, five of the nation¿s largest mortgage servicers became obligated to follow 304 ¿servicing standards¿ laid out in a national mortgage settlement earlier this year.

KEYW completes Poole acquisition

Baltimore Book Festival offers author talks, book signings, readings, panel discussions

Anne Arundel County datebook

KEYW Holding Corp., a Hanover-based defense contractor that works with U.S. intelligence agencies, on Tuesday intends to sell 7.4 million shares at a public offering of $11.75 per share in an effort to raise money to pay down debt and to fund a recent corporate acquisition.

Q&A with Baltimore lawyer Joel Sher, who is pursuing major mortgage-related actions against banks.

Bank of America said Wednesday that an executive with 31 years at the company will step up as president of the institution's Baltimore and Maryland markets.

Bank of America patents augmented reality

Chick-lit phenom chats about books, Baltimore and whether women can truly have it all.

Credit card issuers market additional services that consumers don't need

Nearly 3,000 Maryland homeowners received almost $225 million in relief between the beginning of March until the end of June from the national settlement with five mortgage servicers, the state's attorney general announced Wednesday.

Calvert Center, a 17-story office building between Mercy Medical Center and Baltimore Circuit Court, is going to auction in October, the auctioneer has announced.

Baltimore's top leadership called on the school system Monday to tighten oversight of its expenditures after a Baltimore Sun investigation found central office staff made at least $5,000 in inappropriate expenses on district-issued credit cards during the past year and a half.

Tropical storm threatens to deny voters an opportunity to hear Mitt Romney's pitch

As part of a little-known effort, congressional staffers across the country have been calling banks relentlessly to bargain for help for homeowners.

Baltimore City schools, despite tightening budgets and a perpetual rallying cry for more funding, administrators spent roughly $500,000 over the last year and half on expenses such as a $7,300 office retreat at a downtown hotel.

Hampdenfest 2012 ready to rock Sept. 8 with lots of bands, mac 'n' cheese cookoff and toilet races

As Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold awaits trial on criminal allegations that he misused his police detail for personal and political gain, some police officers offered a glimpse into what it's like to work for him.

A Georgia couple is charged with stealing more than $800,000 from a family member, who is a Bel Air resident.

The fast-food chain set off a social media show-down as activists took to the streets of cyberspace to protest.

What if Baltimore-Washington area had landed the 2012 Summer Games?

Two armed burglaries of people robbed by a man dressed in black with a gun at Catonsville ATMs this past weekend may be related to two similar burglaries in June, according to Baltimore County police.

Bank of America warned state regulators Friday that it expects to lay off 55 employees in Baltimore County.

Man and woman released on bail after trying to use fake credit cards to make Wawa purchases

The city's effort to recover hundreds of millions in losses stemming from a rate-rigging scheme by the world's largest banks is a first step toward restoring confidence in the financial markets

Rotunda mall redevelopers to present plans to the Baltimore's Urban Design and Architectural Review Panel, aka UDARP, on Thursday, July 19.

Settlement vindicates Baltimore's effort to recover losses caused by Wells Fargo's mortgage discrimination

Last week two lawsuits led by the city against banks — one that came to an end, another that's gaining speed — raised City Hall's global profile as an aggressive watchdog for financial companies' misdeeds.

Under a landmark $175 million deal, Wells Fargo Bank will provide $7.5 million to the city of Baltimore to settle claims it engaged in price discrimination in its subprime mortgage lending practices.