Baltimore Sun

An unidentified boy was fatally stabbed about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 2400 block of Llewelyn Ave. in East Baltimore, according to police. Full Story »

Baltimore officials confiscated 19 horses Tuesday owned by arabbers, the street vendors who sell produce from horse-drawn carts in the city, saying their animals were living in "unsafe and inhumane" conditions in tents under the Monroe Street bridge. Full Story »

Opening statements could come as soon as Thursday; mayor has pleaded innocent Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon arrives at Courthouse East on Tuesday for the second day of her criminal theft trial. She is charged with using retail gift cards donated to her office for charity events. A jury will likely be seated this afternoon, according to the judge in the case, meaning opening statements could come ... Full Story »

British detective likens it to being born into a family T he headquarters of the Greater Manchester police force's Xcalibre squad could pass for any Baltimore police district station. The second-floor office in the center of the city's highest crime area, Moss Side, is wallpapered with dozens and dozens of young men identified as gang members, with names like "Tree Frog," "Baby Soldier ... Full Story »

Senate votes 72-16 to elevate Baltimorean nominated by Clinton Baltimore native Andre Maurice Davis won confirmation Monday as a judge on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, nine years after his first nomination to the job. Full Story »

'He deserves it,' Duncan says of Muhammad's scheduled execution in Va. Over three terrifying weeks in October 2002, John Allen Muhammad, the so-called Beltway Sniper, fatally shot 10 people in the Washington region, ratcheting up anxiety levels all the way from Baltimore to Richmond. Relief came only after police arrested Muhammad, above right, and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, above ... Full Story »

Marylanders on both sides of the abortion divide are steeling themselves for a historic clash over the procedure, after lawmakers voted to prohibit federal subsidies for insurance that covers it. Full Story »

Freshman from Howard collapsed in room after 10-mile march The Mount St. Joseph High School community was in shock Monday after learning that a 2009 graduate of the Irvington campus died Saturday following a 10-mile road march at the Virginia Military Institute. Full Story »

Evidence insufficient, state says; 2 alleged prostitutes wouldn't testify Prosecutors dropped human trafficking and prostitution charges Monday against Carlos Silot, who was accused last year of running a brothel that catered to Hispanic men from a rented rowhome in the Patterson Park area. Full Story »

A year after 16-year-old Annie McCann's body was found next to a trash bin at a public housing complex in Upper Fells Point, police have arrested two teenage boys in connection with the theft of her parents' white Volvo, which McCann drove when she ran away to Baltimore from her Alexandria, Va., home Oct. 31, 2008. Full Story »

City Hall panel to vote on energy assistance proposals More than 130,000 households in the Baltimore area are eligible for assistance with energy bills but are not currently receiving help, a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. representative told members of a City Hall committee Monday. Full Story »

'He deserves it,' Duncan says of Muhammad's scheduled execution in Va. 'He deserves it,' Duncan says of Muhammad's scheduled execution in Va. Full Story »

Jury selection occupies long first day and will continue this morning; judge calls process 'a real challenge for everyone' Mayor Sheila Dixon arrives at Courthouse East, where she pleaded not guilty to all seven counts against her. She is charged with using retail gift cards donated to her office for charity events. If convicted, she would have to step down as mayor and could face a fine or jail ... Full Story »

No decision yet on whether to investigate Baltimore City Foundation The Baltimore Board of Ethics agreed on Monday to provide "guidance" to city employees on proper protocols for soliciting money and gifts, but deferred a decision on whether to investigate possible employee ethics violations in soliciting money for the Baltimore City Foundation. Full Story »

Plan pushes for stiffer controls on farm, urban runoff, partnership with states The Obama administration unveiled a new strategy Monday for restoring the Chesapeake Bay that calls for stiffer controls on farm and urban runoff, but Republicans in Washington criticized legislation that would give the federal government more regulatory authority to clamp down on pollution in the nation's largest ... Full Story »

State shortchanges walkers, bicyclists, study contends Maryland, with a pedestrian death rate that is significantly higher than the national average, ranks second from the bottom nationally in its spending of federal transportation funds on resources for walkers and bicyclists, according to a study released Monday. Full Story »

A police dog shot by a city officer during a foot pursuit of a motorist who authorities say drove through a speed checkpoint was expected to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery Monday, according to staff at the Baltimore animal hospital where the German shepherd was being treated. Full Story »

Kids at Johnnycake Elementary show up for school a half-hour early to learn folk dance traditions from around the world Sara Hampt, the vocal music teacher at Johnnycake Elementary School, leads the folk-dance group including Kahlil Hardy, 10, center, and Karimahe Parham, 9, to his left, in the hand jive. The fourth- and fifth-graders get together to dance before school starts on Fridays. Full Story »

Maryland, with a pedestrian death rate that is significantly higher than the national average, ranks second from the bottom nationally in its spending of federal transportation funds on resources for walkers and bicyclists, according to a study released Monday. Full Story »

Baltimore County police have charged a second man in the stabbing of an off-duty Baltimore police officer last week at a strip club in the Dundalk area. Full Story »

A woman who was found dead after an apartment fire Saturday in Reisterstown has been identified as Rose Lea Salzman, 67. Full Story »

A 25-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday in Baltimore's Charles North neighborhood, one of two weekend homicides reported by police. Full Story »

Selection process exhausts jury pool; Dixon, lawyers pore over hundreds of questionnaires Dixon pleads not guilty to theft charges as trial opens; mayor, lawyers pore over hundreds of questionnaires Full Story »

One inmate was fatally stabbed and another was injured Sunday night at Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County, according to authorities. Full Story »

Yesterday, as suggested, I attended one of Mayor Sheila Dixon's public events. It was a tree-planting ceremony at Dewees park, in the north of the city. It did not go well. Full Story »