An African Safari in Baltimore

With the economy in turmoil, now is a good time to get out and enjoy a cost saving adventure.   All you need is a little creativity and a trip to your local zoo.  You will undoubtedly learn more about...

NFL Week 5 Highlights and Scores

" The Giants are showing no signs of a letdown following their Super Bowl season. The defending champions improved to 4-and-0 with a 44-6 thrashing of visiting Seattle. It's the team's best start since 1990, when they went 13-and-3 and won the NFL title. Eli Manning threw...

Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

Ballmer Sees Global Crisis Hitting Microsoft

" Ballmer Sees Global Crisis Hitting Microsoft Topics:Technology | Information Technology Sectors:Software and Computer Services | Software | Technology Microsoft [MSFT  26.14    1.13  (+4.52%)   ] Chief Executive Steve...

Last Game at Yankee Stadium

Tonight's game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles will be the final one played at the original Yankee Stadium, a baseball field which is rife with nostalgic sentiment and fond memories of one of...

Former City Councilman Killed in Northeast Baltimore

UPDDATE: Baltimore City Police reveal the mask worn by a suspect in the death of former Councilman Kenneth Harris.Police will not discuss specifics but say one of the suspects discarded this mask when...

Houston Update: JP Morgan Windows Blown Out; 4 Million Without Power

"'>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/newspid=20601087&sid=aK8N3EGythvQ&refer=home"] Houston's 75-story JPMorgan Chase Tower had windows on its west side smashed out, according to the local CBS affiliate, KHOU-TV....

MLB reaches 250,000 home runs hit, Tiger's Gary Sheffield makes the record

Baseball's Gary Sheffield made league history in Monday's game against the Oakland A's by hitting home run number 250,000. Sheffield is the designated hitter for the Detroit Tigers and is expected to reach his own...

Philadelphia and Baltimore square off -- over Edgar Allen Poe

A tussle over the legacy -- and the body -- of Edgar Allen Poe pits Philadelphia against Baltimore.This is the kind of fight I like. I'm pulling for Bal'mer.According to an article in the New York Times this weekend, two scholars have gotten into a clash over which city --...

Shame of Foreclosure Keeps Troubled Borrowers from Seeking Help

In Howard County, Baltimore, the growing number of foreclosure filings has certainly started affecting the local economy. In an effort to address the problems brought about by the foreclosure crisis, the local government along with several non-profit groups has decided to...

Rogers Centre awarded sausage tiara

Have you seen the New York Times culinary scorecard for all thirty Major League Baseball stadiums? The brain child of Michael Lindsay, Jon Huang and Miki Meek features a point and click map that details the good, the...

Michael Phelps Has One Million Facebook Fans

Michael Phelps iz popular on teh internets. Second only to Obama on Facebook? That's quite the meme-like social media accomplishment. Who cares about gold medals when you're the longest running "trending topic" on...

Refusing to be silenced

"On July 24, about 100 people gathered in Baltimore for a forum to stand up against a long-term spying operation conducted by the Maryland State Police against anti-death penalty and antiwar activists. The...

ROCKEFELLER Formally Identified by FBI as German National

The FBI have formally identified grifter Clark Rockefeller as German national, Christian Karl Gerhartstreiter, 47, by matching Gerhartstreiter's finerprints to those found on a wineglass, in what is being called "one...

Indebted Ever After

Scared by National Deficit? You Should Be, Filmmakers Say.–For anyone with a serious interest in understanding the causes, there is no better place to start than Fred Harrison's website: http://www.renegadeeconomist.com –"By Frank AhrensWashington Post Staff...

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