247 days ago- Annapolis Alderman Sam Shropshire, D-Ward 8, says he will not give up on trying to ban plastic shopping bags in his city, contending “Nobody here can deny that a plastic bag in the Chesapeake Bay is not environmentally safe.
249 days ago- Was it a cruel twist of fate? Just when the Baltimore Ravens thought the ball finally had bounced their way, the refs had something else in mind. One minute, the Ravens thought they had escaped with a victory over the Cleveland Browns thanks to an apparent missed field goal by Cleveland kicker Phil Dawson with no time left in regulation. The next minute, they were told that Dawson’s kick hit the center support behind the crossbar before deflecting onto the field. The result was a successful 51-yard kick by Dawson and an overtime session the emotionally deflated Ravens were not ready to endure.
253 days ago- Ravens backup quarterback Kyle Boller will start under center on Sunday against Cleveland while starter Steve McNair takes the bench to nurse an injured non-throwing arm.
254 days ago- Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the group's annual fall meeting in Baltimore, wrote letters to parents of priest sexual abuse victims saying it was "irresponsible" to suspend statutes of limitation so victims could expose their predators in court and that such efforts are "not about safety of children but about money.
255 days ago- More than two dozens girls were arrested this past weekend after a brawl broke out at M&T Bank Stadium following a high school football game, and school officials apparently knew that trouble was brewing.
256 days ago- On a day when many banners are declaring, “Support Our Troops,” some military veterans are saying that phrase has lost its meaning. “We’ve become pawns in the political chaos, and that phrase means what politicians want it to mean,” said Thom Unkle, chairman of the United Veterans of Anne Arundel County, during a Veterans Day ceremony Sunday at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Crownsville.
259 days ago- A teenager was arrested, and later released, for performing a gang-related "Crip Walk" dance at a bus stop while a police officer was trying to question another person.
260 days ago- Anne Arundel County officials are asking why it has taken more than a year to investigate District Court Judge Askew Gatewood Jr. who illegally dumped cinder blocks and rebar into the Patapsco River at his Pasadena property.
262 days ago- The Ravens melt in the rain in Pittsburgh before a national audience on Monday Night Football, losing 38-7 and falling to 4-4 on the season.