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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has signed its first syndication deal for its Ring of Honor Wrestling program, the Hunt Valley-based broadcaster announced late Tuesday.

Uber has pulled off what few others can these days: The beloved car service has united politicians of all persuasions. Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians are all vying to outdo each other in portraying the popular ride-sharing company and its political struggles to avoid regulatory strangulation as a poignant validation of their individual world views.

September is Hunger Action Month, and some agencies are taking aim at hunger

As the nation's eyes turn to Baltimore for commemoration of the War of 1812 bicentennial next week, businesses leaders are capitalizing on what one official called "the largest tourism event in our city's history" and on the chance to showcase the city in three live national television broadcasts.

CBS is partnering with the NFL Network to do 16 games on Thursday nights, but the first eight on CBS are the game changers. Getting the rights to the Thursday night games didn't change everything for the network's sports division.

I hope those who know Joan Rivers only from her work the last couple of decades on shows like ¿Fashion Police¿ will take the time to read some of the appreciations that talk about who she used to be.

Guy Fieri, John Besh and Aaron Sanchez set up shop in Baltimore at Horseshoe Casino

After playing at being a TV correspondent and doing some of the worst on-air network reporting I have seen in 30 years of writing about media, Chelsea Clinton is declaring victory and moving on, she told People magazine.

I took a deep dive last week into Baltimore's drug scene. And when I finally came up for air, I had a newfound clarity on the city¿s troubled TV image and the line between responsible documentary filmmaking and exploitative reality television.

Anne Arundel County Briefs

Ballet Theatre of Maryland artistic director of Dianna Cuatto has a lot to celebrate with the upcoming start of the company's 36th season in October.

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Scott Robinson, of Columbia, was already a member of the Mid-Atlantic Paranormal Research Team when he claimed to have seen an apparition while driving through Sykesville Main Street in January. A ghostly image of a middle-aged, well-dressed man garbed in Victorian style clothing passed in front of his car then disappeared. He dubbed him the dandy.

Ridgely Manor Park opens Aug. 30. The park was built after homes on Yakona Road were torn down due to a gasoline leak coming from a nearby Hess station contaminated the block where the homes were.

I love "Breaking Bad," and even I didn't think it would win as big as it did Monday night at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards.

McDaniel College has prepared a program of events for the fall semester that includes a mixture of musical performances, a variety of cultural experiences and several art exhibits. The first event on the list, an art exhibit by Baltimore artist, Rene Trevino, is set to begin Aug. 28.

Baltimore's long and at times fraught efforts to bring gambling to the city finally succeed with the Horseshoe Casino opening on Tuesday. Observers will watch how it does in an increasingly saturated casino marketplace.

Why viewers can't trust Al Jazeera's coverage of the war in Gaza

A simmering feud over who controls a Baltimore County farm — its new CEO owner or its longtime tenant — boiled over when the CEO recently had the farmer's corn crop plowed under in an effort to remediate the land.

Democrat Anthony G. Brown plans to air the general election's first television ad, which swipes at his opponent.

Tana Hicken, a Baltimore actress and teacher who deftly portrayed a wide variety of characters during a professional career that spanned more than four decades, died Aug. 17 at her Sparks home of myositis, an autoimmune disorder. She was 70.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to create original television programs to air in prime time and on weekend afternoons on the broadcaster's MyNet and CW stations.

David Zurawik: It's time for the Emmy Awards again, and I am excited and angry.

Laurel city government has hired Joyce Jackson, a former TV journalist with WUSA 9 in Washington, to be the full-time media coordinator for the newly formed department of communications.

Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to swap four television stations with Media General in a move designed to expand the broadcaster's geographic reach, the Baltimore-based company said.

Building Blocks for Fun brought providers together to share ideas on nutrition and keeping kids active

A judge could rule Monday whether Major League Baseball can compel an Orioles-controlled TV network to pay tens of millions of dollars a year more to the Washington Nationals for the rights to show their games.

Just as a decade ago when the club fought a team's move to Washington, the Orioles are challenging Major League Baseball like an unapologetic whistleblower.

A lawyer for the Orioles-controlled Mid-Atlantic Sports Network told a judge the network's cash reserves would be almost eliminated and its operating margin dangerously thin if a June 30 decision by a league committee is permitted to stand, according to court documents.

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New program for adults with autism in Carroll County

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Tuesday that the Orioles' All-Star bid and the current dispute over Mid-Atlantic Sports Network television rights are not connected — that there is no consideration in holding the All-Star Game hostage from either franchise if the MASN issue continues.

George W. Hilton, a retired college professor who specialized in transportation economics whose definitive books on railroads and shipping also included the seminal history of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad, died Aug. 4 at Lorien Health Park in Columbia. He was 89.

After three successful seasons, the Annapolis Shakespeare Company is completing its final production as a resident theater company at Bowie Playhouse with a fine production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," continuing weekends through Aug. 17.

When McDaniel College professor of education and professional studies Francis "Skip" Fennell's office phone rings, it could mean an opportunity to work on a project that could land him next to an Emmy award.

The Washington Nationals sought television rights fees nearly three times what the team receives now from the Baltimore Orioles-controlled Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, according to documents unsealed by a New York court last week.

A New York court — acting in a television rights fee dispute between the Orioles and Washington Nationals — has temporarily blocked Major League Baseball from proceeding with a recent decision that would divert tens of millions of dollars in profits from the regional network that primarily benefit the Baltimore team.

The city of Laurel publicly rebooted its public access cable network, now called Laurel TV, at a launch party and event held Wednesday inside the Laurel Municipal Center.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. turned in a better-than-expected second quarter Wednesday, thanks to strong advertising sales and lower expenses to operate its television stations.