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• Opinion

Child support forcing poor families further into poverty

The state's child support system needs to be fixed so that parents aren't punished when they can't afford child support.

• Features

Here's how late you can mail packages and still be sure they'll arrive by Christmas

Find the holiday shipping deadlines for the U.S. Postal Service, Amazon, FedEx and UPS.

By Christina Tkacik

Dec 13, 2018

• Features

This Day in History: Aug. 4

In 1996, the Orioles’ former manager Earl Weaver, above, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During his 17 years managing the team, Weaver led the team

• Education

NFL linebacker-turned-educator Aaron Maybin draws attention to cold Baltimore schools, preaches activism

Former NFL linebacker Aaron Maybin tweeted a video from a Baltimore school building and became a prominent figure in the drama over heating malfunctions and other poor conditions at many city schools.

By Jeff Barker

Jan 12, 2018

• Hospitals and Clinics

Top Maryland employers

From agriculture and manufacturing to military contracting and natural gas production, Maryland's economy is diverse.

• Business

Walmart trains employees for holidays using virtual reality

Walmart trains employees for holidays using virtual reality

By Lorraine Mirabella

Nov 30, 2017

• Maryland

Former Orioles Tippy Martinez and Ross Grimsley have stayed local to build lives after baseball

Former Orioles Ross Grimsley and Tippy Martinez stayed in the Baltimore area after their professional baseball playing days ended three decades ago to build lives beyond baseball

• Maryland

How to make sure your mail reaches its destination by the holidays

We've got the round-up of all of the send-by dates to get your mail out by the holidays.

• Opinion

Stamp of approval

Latest Forever Stamp is a reminder that Congress has failed to give U.S. Postal Service a chance to succeed

• Maryland

Behind the scenes with local Heavy Seas employees

Heavy Seas brewery employs 45 people and about a half-dozen of them are from the Catonsville, Arbutus or Halethorpe areas. Three of them -- the brewing team chief, the warehouse manager, and the production manager -- discuss their jobs at the brewery.

By Rachael Pacella

Mar 2, 2016

• Laurel Leader

Dottie's Trophies builds Laurel business from bowling leagues to White House

In 1968, when President Lyndon Johnson ordered a halt to bombing North Vietnam and a new house averaged $15,000, Laurel had a lot of things going for it. However, the town lacked a place where people could get trophies and plaques built and engraved to honor individual and group efforts. That same year, the husband and wife team of Don and Dottie Ault set out to change all that when they opened Dottie's Trophies.

• UPS

FedEx, UPS home deliveries slowed by bad weather, data shows

Though FedEx and UPS started strong the week before Christmas, bad weather in parts of the U.S. slowed delivery through the networks, according to data released this week by ShipMatrix Inc.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Dec 31, 2015

• UPS

Rush to deliver Christmas cards and packages is on as post offices add Sunday hours

Some post offices opened for four hours Sunday as the U.S. Postal Service readies for the holiday rush — it predicts Monday will be its busiest day of the season.

By Scott Dance

Dec 13, 2015

• U.S. Postal Service

Former government reinventor calls for breakup of U.S. Postal Service

The former manager of the Clinton administration's effort to reinvent government is calling on Congress to break up the U.S. Postal Service into two separate organizations — one public and one private.

By Michael Dresser

Oct 3, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Remembering Mike Beresh of the Country Devils

• Baltimore County

Bagpipe player part of St. Patrick's Day tradition at Baltimore Highlands pub

Most people go the St. Patrick's Day celebration at Shannon's Pub and Grille in Baltimore Highlands for the food, drinks and people, but there is one main attraction each year: the bagpipe player.

• Maryland

Crowds pack into post office on busiest mailing day

• UPS

Online sales lead to the busiest shipping day of the season for carriers

Online holiday sales were expected to boost shipments to peak levels Monday for both FedEx Corp. and U.S. Postal Service, while UPS is looking for record-breaking business the Monday before Christmas.

• Courts and the Judiciary

Court weighs how companies must accommodate pregnant women

In a case that could have a profound impact on the rights of pregnant employees, the Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled over whether a Maryland UPS driver faced discrimination when she was asked to leave her job because her pregnancy prevented her from lifting heavy packages.

• Opinion

Pregnancy: a fireable offense?

On Dec. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Young v. United Parcel Service, a case in which an employer was permitted to suspend without pay or insurance a pregnant employee because she could not lift more that 20 pounds. Ms. Young's job for UPS was collecting and delivering letters and packages sent by air. Her typical route covered Annapolis, Davidsonville and Calvert County. In suspending her, UPS explained that company policy required all employees to be able to lift 70 pounds unless they

• The Salvation Army

Junk-hauling firm plans move into franchising

Three-year-old junk-hauling company in Baltimore County plans to venture out into franchising.

• Howard County

Three new stores coming to Turf Valley

Three new stores are coming to Ellicott City's Turf Valley Towne Square, developer Greenberg Gibbons announced Friday.

• Obituaries

Alaric I. "Al" Phillips, counselor

Alaric I. "Al" Phillips, a counselor who was an outreach and volunteer coordinator for a Baltimore men's shelter, died Sept. 2 at his West Ostend Street home of a heart attack. He was 52.

• Opinion

Rotten apples among Baltimore's finest [Letter]

The rotten apples among Baltimore's finest

• Opinion

Rotten apples among Baltimore's finest [Letter]

• Google Glass

Google Glass eyed for new assembly facility

VSPOne expects growth at its new eyeglass manufacturing facility in Halethorpe — including orders related to Google Glass. The company anticipates that the local site will make prescription lenses for the product after it launches sometime this year.

• Features

Lockheed Martin ends support of Boy Scouts over ban on gay leaders

The Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay leaders is losing the organization more money -- this time from Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin.

• Maryland

Editorial: Keep Grinch away

• Opinion

Coming to grips with the rise of the machines

• E-Commerce Industry

Amazon's Sunday delivery to spread next year

Online retailer Amazon has partnered with the U.S. Postal Service to provide Sunday package delivery at no extra cost in two key cities, and plans to expand the program dramatically in the next year.

• Maryland

Local experts advise on how to avoid malware

• Opinion

Baltimore voters taken for granted because they can be

As long as Baltimore only supports Democrats, politicians have little incentive to cater to the city

• Opinion

Baltimore voters taken for granted because they can be

• Maryland

Key consumer questions about the health reforms

• Harford

Harford girl visits Oklahoma tornado victims who received thousands of books she collected

The family of a detective sergeant at the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack went to Oklahoma this past weekend to deliver some 50,000 books that 8-year-old Lauren DeCourcey helped collect for victims of the May tornado.

• Harford

Thousands of books donated in Harford for Oklahoma tornado victims

Thousands of books have been donated over the past several weeks at the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack that will be given to school libraries in Moore, Okla., that was devastated by a tornado last spring.

• Baltimore County

Derailment reaction: 'I thought it was a missile, that we were under attack'

• Baltimore City Paper

Accused "spice" distributor foiled by fake Newport packaging, but charges dropped.

• News

Postal inspectors intercept mailed drugs

James A. Buck gladly accepted the package at his Parkville office from the delivery man wearing a UPS uniform. But minutes later, police swooped in to arrest Buck, 57, and seized the parcel, which had contained three pounds of marijuana he sent to himself from California, according to court records.

• UPS

Fire-Rescue Log: Carbon monoxide alarm in Arbutus proves false

Alarm malfunction

• News

Postal inspectors intercept mailed drugs

• Baltimore County

Fire-Rescue Log: Carbon monoxide alarm in Arbutus proves false

• Baltimore County

GPS technology navigating to savings, or a waste of money?

• Obituaries

Karen M. Liss Levin, engineer

Karen M. Liss Levin, a senior engineer for United Parcel Service who was also an accomplished pianist, died July 3 of cancer at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 54.

• Maryland

Coupon Corner: A good travel alarm clock is hard to find

• Anne Arundel

Truck pull at AACC highlights transportation and logistics program

• Maryland

UPS honors Hampstead resident for for safe driving

• Obituaries

Donna Bethea, health care analyst

Donna Bethea, a health care analyst and longtime Northwest Baltimore resident, died Tuesday of leukemia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 44.

• Opinion

The Postal Service should focus on delivering mail, not packages

• Cooking

Pork N' Pine delivers Christmas trees with a side of barbecue

Last month, Jason Toraldo started Pork N' Pine, a combination of Christmas trees and sliced meat that taps into a niche market Baltimore never knew it had.