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Competition has spawned half a dozen lawsuits in recent years and an "advertising war" between Ameritox and Millennium Laboratories, accusing each other of false advertising, patent infringement and kickbacks to physicians.

The promotional efforts have been met with predictable reactions from Denver residents and Broncos fans.

Miri Marshall, a weathercaster at KCEN-TV in central Texas, will join WBAL-TV Aug. 22, as part of the station's weather team, general manager Dan Joerres said Tuesday.

Residents of Morse Road in Western Harford County filed suit in Circuit Court against the Colonial Oil Company and the County Board of Zoning Appeals to stop construction of an oil storage tank farm. The court action followed an Appeals Board decision to permit construction on a 300-acre farm. The oil company qualified as a public utility and would construct a 30-by-60-foot building and five oil storage tanks which would be confined to a 25-acre space.

Dennis S. Hill, a former Baltimore City Police Department spokesman known for his mellow voice, authoritative presence and accessibility to the media, died of heart disease Saturday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Forest Hill resident was 71.

At the All-Star media availability, Adam Jones was asked if he were an animal, which animal would he be? Chris Davis was asked about his nutrition.

Merle W. Unger Jr., 64, is at the center of a contentious Court of Appeals ruling that has led to the release of 13 convicted murderers in Baltimore — and could affect 200 cases statewide. Unger also won the right to possible release, based on the court's ruling that jury instruction in his case and many others resulted in unfair trials.

One week after boosting its broadcasting holdings with the announcement of a deal to purchase 19 television stations, Tribune Co. said Wednesday morning it intends to spin off its publishing business into a separate company.

The radio system that serves Carroll County fire, rescue, and emergency medical services as well as law enforcement agencies is not in danger of suddenly failing, but the availability of parts to repair equipment could soon become scarce.

Harford County is looking for residents with financial know-how to sit on a new audit advisory board, approved by the County Council at its Tuesday meeting.

Coaching and being heavily involved with the United States Paralympic team has given Andrew Barranco the opportunity to travel to a dozen countries all over the world.

The five finalists on 'The Voice' vie for America's votes

Gov. Tawes appointed Harry E. Dyer Jr. a Havre de Grace attorney, as Harford County's new second Circuit Court Judge. Dyer was twice elected States Attorney from 1955 to 1963 and was also a member of the Democratic State Central Committee. Dyer was to be sworn in on July 1

Second Street Car Wash, located on Route 1 at Laurel Avenue, is a finalist in radio and television personality Steve Harvey's Neighborhood Awards, formerly known as the Hoodie Awards. In one day of online voting May 16 at Harvey's website steveharvey.com Second Street Car Wash garnered enough votes to land in the top four in the category nationwide. Final voting in the category will be on June 6, and the winner will be announced in July.

Slaying of Marylander William Lewis Moore in 1963 still unsolved

Joy Umansky, chief baker at the Dorothea's Breads business she co-owned for a decade, died May 11 at Gilchrist Hospice Care from complications of a fractured hip. She was 85 and lived in Pikesville.

Blogger shares her expat adventures

Manuel M. Nicolaides, an attorney who sat for many years on the Baltimore County property tax appeals board, died of congestive heart failure Monday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Timonium resident was 92.

Anne Arundel religion briefs

Frank James MacArthur will request another bail hearing, lawyer says

No. 1-ranked and undefeated Maryland had six student-athletes selected to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-Region Team, announced Tuesday.

Ravens purple greeted Baltimoreans in 'Spring for Music' program

One of the longest condemnation cases ever heard in the Harford County Circuit Court was settled

Organizers of the Towsontown Spring Festival believe a set of wholesale changes to the 46th annual festival can provide entertainment to its regular crowd and also bring in younger patrons.

LaFontaine Oliver, general manager at Morgan State's WEAA-FM since 2007, is leaving to run public radio station WMFE-FM in Orlando, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

WTMD's First Thursdays concert series kicks off this week with The Lone Bellow, The Great American Canyon Band and Bobby Long.

More than 2,000 vision-impaired residents get information and company through broadcasts

The mistakes made by social media and cable TV after the Boston Marathon bombings have continued reverberating with the discovery last week of the body of a young man falsely accused of being a suspect. We saw similar patterns after the Newtown shooting, and we need to look at this trend before the media get any further out of control.

Opponents of Maryland's tough new gun-control law said Wednesday that they will not petition it to referendum and instead will back a lawsuit planned by the National Rifle Association.

After recently releasing her first mixtape, the 92Q DJ is about to launch a motivational tour in city schools

The last time Johns Hopkins freshman Gracie Golden rode in a shopping cart before Saturday was during her toddler years in a grocery store – and those carts weren't covered in duct tape or pushed at breakneck speed while she held on for dear life.

Owner Susan Weis-Bohlen says all the food will have at least one of five features: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, raw or Ayurvedic.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is continuing a push into new markets across the U.S. with an announcement Thursday that it plans to acquire Fisher Communications Inc. in a $373.3 million deal.

Leonard Pitts writes that Rick Ross' misogynistic lyrics show how new generations have to relearn old lessons

Bernard Pollard has a new team in the Tennessee Titans, but he is still talking about his exit from the Ravens.

Paul Umansky, an opera lover, occasional actor and, for more than two decades, the public voice of Sinai Hospital, died March 27 at the Gilchrest Center.

Meghan Daum writes that the best antidote for anti-gay bigotry remains real families, as Sen. Rob Portman's turnaround showed.

Four designated public shelters were stocked with a two-week supply of survival items supplied by the civil defense director. Employees of Harford Memorial Hospital along with the county highway department and assisted by high school boys, loaded more than 6,000 pounds of food, water drums, medical and sanitation kits to the following shelters: Aberdeen High School, Harford Memorial Hospital, the County Health Department and Slate Ridge Elementary School.

Terrell Suggs has repeatedly taken jabs at star quarterback Tom Brady and characterized the AFC East franchise as "arrogant" following the AFC championship game this year.

49ers offensive tackle Anthony Davis called Terrell Suggs a '[expletive] loser' on his Twitter feed today after he took offense to comments made by the Ravens linebacker on a San Francisco-based radio show.

The Baltimore City Council is poised to carve out an exception to its long-standing anti-scalping law to make clear that Ticketmaster can continue to charge user fees that irritate many customers.

Lawyers for poultry producer Perdue and an Eastern Shore farmer are asking a federal judge to award them more than $3 million in attorneys' fees and expenses from the Waterkeeper Alliance.

The biggest, best love story in the country was on TV today. It's between the Baltimore Ravens, the city and the fans.