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Fans of Japanese animation converge on Baltimore Yes, that was a pack of Samurai strolling down Howard Street near the Baltimore Convention Center. But that giant marshmallow? That was actually "Happi Paper," a giant dancing roll of toilet paper "with a simple heart and a kind soul."

I t was a day in late spring 2005 when I first met George Tarburton.

Friends, relatives, strangers sign up as possible marrow donors Andres Zapata says that the lacrosse teams he and Jonathan Haupt played on at Goucher College more than a decade ago weren't very good. But Haupt was always one of the leaders in practice as well as games.

Man has history of domestic violence Police have identified a man who they say wounded two city officers in a shootout Saturday as Shawn Sinclair, a 34-year-old West Baltimore resident with a history of domestic assault accusations. Sinclair, who was also injured in the shootout, remained hospitalized Sunday but was expected to be charged with attempted murder and domestic violence-related ...

Spa raises funds for service canines, and an abandoned animal gets a lucky break Last week, Rocky was living in an abandoned Baltimore rowhouse, where Joan Bosmans' son had found the border collie after the tenants had moved out the previous week. Neighbors in the Patterson Park neighborhood told Bosmans, whose family owns the house, they had seen Rocky jump out of a second-floor window, hit the ...

UNION MILLS - The men portraying Union soldiers were outnumbered nearly 3 to 1 by the re-enactors from Confederate troops at the Union Mills Homestead. Video.

As pre-kindergartners are being held to higher academic standards, Carroll County Public Schools officials want to make sure their social and emotional skills don’t fall by the wayside.

Pine needles and overgrown weeds litter the front steps to the old East End School on Center Street. The fence closing off a patio along the Green Street side of the building is missing a post, and the parking lot is mostly vacant.

While 17-year-old Clare Yeager will be passing on her crown as Miss Carroll County Farm Bureau next week at the Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair, this summer she took on a new title as Carroll County Dairy Princess.

The Carroll County Agriculture Center was bustling with activity this weekend as volunteers and fair associates prepared for the county fair, which opens Saturday.

Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts will host the second concert in the Sachs Memorial Jazz Series on Wednesday, August 5 at 6:30 pm. The Ben Redwine Jazz Band will return to perform the beloved jazz music of New Orleans in this free, outdoor concert on Maryland Hall’s labyrinth.

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ANNAPOLIS - One of the summer's most contentious issues before the County Council is scheduled for a vote tomorrow night.

Eddie Scott, who became principal of Annapolis Middle School last month, has a motto for his new post: It's a good place to be. Joshua McKerrow — The Capital Eddie Scott is the new principal at Annapolis Middle School, arriving just as the school enters a year of major restructuring for failing to meet state testing standards.

A 21-year-old man with a penchant for making prank calls - one time even leading county police to believe there was a hostage crisis in Severna Park - will not serve any additional time behind bars, a county judge ruled Friday.

The bone marrow drives for Marylander Jonathan Haupt who suffers from leukemia continue as he searches for a donor to help save his life.

Baltimore City police say there was a deadly shooting at Kenwood and Madison Streets.

Anne Arundel County officials say a suspect fleeing an accident caused a two car accident sending nine to area hospitals.

Baltimore City firefighters battled a blaze at a vacant home in West Baltimore.

Baltimore police have released the names of two officers, and the suspect involved in a Saturday morning shoot out which the police commissioner called an "ambush" by a domestic violence suspect.

Market House in Annapolis reopens with some new vendors.

Family and friends of Liberian native Joseph Whoa-tee sing, pray and marched, calling for an end to violence in Baltimore City.

High levels of carbon monoxide are being blamed for making nine people sick.

Did you attend Artscape 2009 in Baltimore? Did you take any photos? If so, upload them to WBALTV.com! We'll post them online and may show them on air.

Two men are in state custody, accused of setting fire to a home in June.

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Leaders of the Maryland Republican Party have given a "no confidence" vote to state party chairman James Pelura. But the party stopped short Saturday of calling for a special convention,...

Baltimore police have released the names of two officers who were shot Saturday morning during what the police commissioner called an "ambush" by a domestic violence suspect.

Baltimore's mayor and top prosecutor are calling for changes in the way Maryland deals with juveniles accused of violent crimes.

Prosecutors say a state-funded intervention program for women accused of prostitution in Baltimore could begin later this year.

Ray Shaw, the chairman of American City Business Journals — the parent company of the Baltimore Business Journal — died Sunday morning due to complications from a bee sting. He was 75 years old.

The Maryland Technology Development Corp.’s Renée Winsky is stepping down as executive director next month.

Japanese steak house Ziki has carved out a spot for itself at Annapolis Towne Center at Parole, a $500 million development near Annapolis in Anne Arundel County.

The Montgomery County Planning Board approved the Gaithersburg West and White Flint master plans and its newest growth policy in a series of moves that will drastically affect the county’s future growth.

Johns Hopkins University is debuting a new master’s degree in health informatics this fall.

Lawyers who are also Maryland legislators get an annual three-month Annapolis-based education in state law. They have greater name recognition and the ability to influence the laws that will impact their practice areas in a very direct way.

A man with impaired vision who became almost totally blind after an accident at his job at the Social Security Administration has settled his lawsuit against the federal government for $300,000.

A Baltimore television station may make copies of redacted versions of John C. Gaumer’s “disturbingly graphic” recorded confessions to raping and murdering a woman he met on MySpace, a state appellate court has held.

Maryland’s liquor-pricing system violates the federal Sherman Antitrust Act, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held in the latest skirmish in a 10-year legal battle over the state’s liquor laws.

"Interesting fact about recessions ... they end." "Self worth is greater than net worth." "This will end long before those who caused it are paroled."

Girl remains seizure-free by Heather Perlberg After suffering from excessive seizures, 3-year-old Jailynn Lefevers had surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital to remove the right half of her brain on Feb. 5. The toddler is back to her old self, walking, learning new words and participating in educational videos, according to her mother, Holly Lefevers. The Marne Avenue family, featured in a previous ...

by Heather Perlberg The grand opening of the Dundalk Community Center on Trading Place is set for Monday, July 27, at 11 a.m. Young at Heart Senior Club moved its facilities into the building on June 29 and is operating out of the new space, as is the Family Crisis Center, which will have a separate entrance on Commerce Street.

Is charged with soliciting team member’s sister by Randy Leonard The coach of a girl’s club soccer team that practices at Battle Grove Elementary School was arrested last week on charges including sexual solicitation of a minor, according to Baltimore County Police Department and court records. After a father discovered “inappropriate” text messages on his 14-year-old daughter’s phone, a ...

Towson has itself a new Indian restaurant , Café Spice, right across from the library, located in the space occupied for years by Purim Oak. Patrons walk down a ramp from a vaguely disreputable entrance--it looks like porn might lie ahead--and find to their right one narrow and one wide paneled and carpeted dining room, spiffed up by small framed paintings and a remarkable fountain that ...

different album, different approach for wye oak's Andy Stack and jenn wasner. Wye Oak plays the Ottobar July 21.

Karl Ekdahl outside his workshop. It looks innocuous enough: a small console, about the size of a dictionary, with several knobs of different shapes and colors on the front, and a series of three thick, parallel springs on the top.

Edward Ericson Jr.'s feature on bed bugs ("Parasite City," Feature , July 1) fails to present the problem of bed bugs as another example of a resurgence of traditional public-health issues once thought eradicated.

323 Park Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201 Q: Where's the best Chinese food in Baltimore? A: In Rockville. Bada boom.