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- With a 10-game homestand beginning Friday, the Orioles are in the driver's seat to clinch the American League East title at Camden Yards for the first time in the ballpark's history. The club plays the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays in the first two series of the homestand.
- Guy Fieri, John Besh and Aaron Sanchez set up shop in Baltimore at Horseshoe Casino
- Restaurant chain Eggspectation plans to open early next year at Metro Centre at Owings Mills, the transit-oriented project at the Owings Mills Metro Station.
- Since Baltimore's most distinctive bus stop was unveiled late last month on the side of the Creative Alliance in Highlandtown, the trio of giant letters has become a favorite spot for residents to lounge or pose for pictures.
- Baltimore native Danny Barnycz creates memorable designs around the world and at home.
- Consumers will likely see unfamiliar store brands cropping up in the Baltimore area as a handful of retailers eye the market for expansion
- This wedding featured a pop of peacock and a little 'Disco Inferno'
- In 'X-Men: Days of Future Past,' Wolverine, Storm, Magneto and the rest of the gang returns in director Bryan Singer's time-tripping sequel. 3 stars.
- A recap of the April 1 episode of "Glee," as the grads try to out their problems in the Big Apple
- Social-media star and 'Star Trek' alum George Takei will bring some sci-fi to BSO.
- Baltimore celebrates New Year's Eve at Inner Harbor and welcomes in 2014
- Lamenting about "civilian deaths" is an oversimplified argument for a Pakistani, just as "hunting down terrorists" is for an American. This oversimplified narrative is a gift of politicians from both countries, who seem to have taken an oath to tell the half-truth.
- As the 16 jump rope athletes headed into their 12th lap around the quarter-mile track at Howard High School — their ropes twirling, whirring and slapping in rhythm — the head coach of the Kangaroo Kids was ecstatic
- French tourists are warned that Baltimore is a dangerous place, and other U.S. cities don't fare much better
- The members of the Havre de Grace High School marching band have performed at high-profile events in prior years, but they performed on what their director called "the biggest stage we've ever been on" Monday when they took part in the Veterans Day parade in New York City.
- The Havre de Grace High School Warrior Pride Marching Band will be participating in the New York City Veterans Day Parade this Monday, Nov. 11.
- The promotional efforts have been met with predictable reactions from Denver residents and Broncos fans.
- Emile Griffith's remarkable life ended last week with the boxer's death at age 75, but I hope his story of strength, triumph, tragedy and redemption should never leave us.
- Amy Schumer can tell a story. Knowing how to craft a short narrative and make it pay off with a laugh has, after all, helped make her one of the hottest comedians on TV and the concert circuit these days.
- Ordinary citizens play a key role in preventing attacks, but many of us have slipped into complacency
- Jonah Goldberg writes that the decades-long association of conservatives with violence is unjustified.
- Whether the Boston bombers used mortar-style fireworks to create their bombs is notable but safety concerns alone may justify stricter controls on pyrotechnics
- Don not only loses what he wants to someone else, but also watches the defeat unfold right in front of him.
- The pinwheel garden was part of the first annual candlelight vigil organized by CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Harford County in an effort to raise awareness of children's need for healthy environments, in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month.
- Doyle McManus: Terrorism did not increase after 9/11, despite predictions
- Ed Hale, the Baltimore developer and former CEO of First Mariner Bancorp, on Monday filed a $5 million lawsuit against the operators of 1st Mariner Arena, alleging the company is illegally using billboards that belong to him.
- Leonard Pitts says the Obama administration is abusing the English language to justify an unreasonable policy.
- A New Yorker explains why he's become smitten with the Baltimore Ravens.
- Baltimore Ravens fans along the Super Bowl victory parade route share their memories of the team.
- Thousands of people packed into Baltimore's Inner Harbor on New Year's Eve night to welcome 2013 with a bang of fireworks expected at midnight — a tradition for some and a new experience for others — as police scanned the crowds for threats.
- Once again, Maryland's state parks are offering free, guided "First Day" hikes as part of the nationwide New Years celebration organized by the park systems in all 50 states.
- Whether you choose to duck into the new year in Havre de Grace this year, or you have some other plans in mind, have a save celebration, and a happy start to 2013.
- Caroline Shea studied for months before performing in local productions of shows such as "Oliver," "Phantom of the Opera" and "Babes in Toyland," but her performance before her largest audience yet — more than 50 million — came with just three days of prep time.
- 'It's Guy's world,' Bourdain said. "I'm just living in it."
- When CNN and NBC News called the election for Barack Obama Tuesday, viewers were offered as clear a snapshot as I have seen of the difference between a news gathering operation like CNN and an propaganda machine like MSNBC.
- Jonah Goldberg says the Libya crisis is just the latest flashpoint in the administration's failures abroad
- Towson University formally unveiled its Institute of Well Being, which comprises four schools within the College of Health Professions and gives a dedicated, modern space within Towson City Center to some of the academic disciplines which needed it most.
- They were thinking a small, simple wedding but then they shot a video to enter a contest and now they're getting the wedding of their dreams.
- High Line, New York City's abandoned elevated rail line that's now a park, lets visitors commune with nature in the city
- Police, city officials and business leaders react to the violence on St. Patrick's Day, which they call an isolated incident that gives people the wrong perception that crime is out of control. Meanwhile, some residents feel city tried to cover up how bad it really was.
- A hundred days from Wednesday, the Summer Games will open, but the event is also the beginning of the end of one of the greatest Olympic careers ever. The demands both in and out of the pool are greater than ever for 26-year-old Michael Phelps, but he says he is both excited and at ease heading into his fourth and final Olympics.
- Twenty-one hundred gallons of mash, dozens of empty 100-pound sugar bags and an undisclosed amount of moonshine whiskey were confiscated by officials in a raid on a farm near Abingdon