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Columbia native Alexis Ohanian opens up about his dreams of being an immigration lawyer before he founded Reddit.

Rules for The Baltimore Sun's contest celebrating and recognizing the annual best of the Baltimore Internet.

While law enforcement agencies are still determining where the "DaddyOFive" videos were filmed and whether the videos contain abuse or criminal activity, much of the internet and the YouTube community has already decided — and they are seeking justice. The uproar is one of several local cases in recent months in which an online community has investigated and drawn exposure to perceived wrongdoing.

The sad truth is that, for all its power to foster commerce and connect us socially, the Internet is also home to repulsive and menacing forms of intimidation directed at both sexes. Its shadowy corners are safe havens for misogynists and other vile people.

As of mid-December, here are the most viewed local stories on Baltimoresun.com.

The family of Adnan Syed speaks about experiencing the phenomenon of Serial podcasts.

Physicians, public health officials and mental health advocates hope the death of Robin Williams will bring new attention to suicide, the little-discussed and less-understood phenomenon that now ranks among the top 10 causes of death in the United States.

A man was jumped on Thursday night in Patterson Park by a group of teenagers, one of whom was filming the attack, according to a police report.

We were delighted to see a video that captured the Water Wheel in action during a recent storm quickly went viral. After just a few days more than a half-million people had watched the video, and it had reached nearly 850,000 views as of late May, just a few weeks after the Water Wheel was launched. For a time the video was the top-trending link on Reddit, a popular online bulletin board, and it has received thousands of positive comments from viewers all around the Internet.

Governor Martin O'Malley today participated in an Ask Me Anything thread on reddit. The potential 2016 presidential candidate faced some tough questions. Here's a sampling of what O¿Malley responded to:

On May 15, the Federal Communications Commission is set to propose new rules requiring Internet service providers to disclose how they manage and prioritize web traffic while allowing them to strike "commercially reasonable" deals to juggle demand for bandwidth.

The FBI is investigating a former University of Maryland contract worker who said he took College Park administrators' personal information from the campus network and posted online about the stunt to draw attention to major security flaws.

Former owner of Senator theater said he was not responsible for the 'Curb Alert' ad posted under his name on Craig's Lsit

Maryland Championship Wrestling is holding its "Tag Wars" Event this coming Saturday, featuring Colt Cabana, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and others.

Inside a drab computer lab at the Johns Hopkins University, a team of researchers is trying to build something that has never existed before: a digital currency that changes hands completely in secret. Its name is Zerocoin.

Inspector finds 'nothing critical' at Columbia restaurant

Alexis Ohanian rose from Howard High School to build reddit, a top-50 website, and is now paving the way for other web entrepreneurs with his book "Without Their Permission".

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.

Leaders around the world are speaking directly and clearly, but not here.

Howard County libraries celebrate Valentine's Day with setting up blind book dates for their patrons