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Tinder: No choice but to close Towson Catholic In the week since the decision to close Towson Catholic High School was announced, students, parents and alumni have focused their anger on a single man.

$1 million lawsuit charges race, sex harassment An Annapolis municipal employee who oversees the city's minority and small business outreach has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the city alleging she is the victim of sexual harassment and racial discrimination at the hands of her supervisor.

Civil rights group picking site for 2012 meeting The president of the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP says it looks as if the city is a good bet to host the civil rights organization's national convention in 2012, which happens to be the 100th anniversary of the local branch.

Safety testing for first 3 is 'rigorous,' spokeswoman says When the first of 26 shiny new diesel locomotives for the MARC system was unveiled May 6, it arrived at Camden Yards with television cameras shooting, Gov. Martin O'Malley riding with the engineer and assurances that the $3.5 million powerhouse would be on the rails in four to six weeks.

Suspects are thought to have skimmed data at Annapolis bank Annapolis detectives are looking for two people who are believed to have installed a skimming device on an automated teller machine in June, a police spokesman said.

Baltimore County Police confirmed that there were two shootings in Essex.

A dog set on fire and left to die. A cat chained down while fireworks explode. These are just two recent incidents of animal abuse in Baltimore, incidents some are hoping to stop from happening.

Questions remain unanswered in the deaths of two teens hit by a light rail train. Now a new case has opened after a woman was hit by a train.

The widow of slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair says in court documents that her husband left no will and a judge in Nashville has ruled that she will oversee his estate.

It's a big week here at WJZ as a member of our family is marking a major milestone.

Members of three U.S. House committees agreed to a massive overhaul of the nation’s health care system in a bill unveiled June 15.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Thursday is expected to say he acted appropriately last December when Bank of America Corp. threatened to back out of a deal to buy Merrill Lynch & Co., according to a transcript of his prepared remarks. (BAC)

Sylvan Learning Inc. said it will expand its education franchise in the Middle East, with new centers to open in Bahrain this month and in Kuwait in August.

New Generation Biofuels Holdings Inc. has landed a large contract that will enable the company to drastically ramp up production of renewable fuel at its Baltimore facility. (NGBF)

The Baltimore Community Foundation has awarded $245,000 in grants to 21 local nonprofits focused on educational programs.

Baltimore city's new anti-animal abuse task force convened for the first time Wednesday night.

Baltimore County police are looking for a man who may have witnessed a light rail train that struck and killed two 17-year-old boys.

The woman found shot in Fells Point early Tuesday morning has died.

The WBAL TV 11 News I-Team has uncovered new information about the GPS monitoring system that is meant to keep better track of juvenile offenders.

A woman was hit by a light rail train in Baltimore Wednesday afternoon.

This month is the 40th anniversary of man's first-ever landing on the moon. How much do you know about our journey to the moon and those historic Apollo days?

Some Consider Tone of Hearings Condescending

Baltimore County Police are investigating two separate double shootings, one in Middle River and the other in Woodlawn.

Baltimore County Police are searching for a passenger on a Light Rail Train to help answer how two teens were struck and killed.

A jury in Hagerstown has convicted a 16-year-old girl of soliciting the murder of her father.

HAGERSTOWN — A jury in Hagerstown has convicted a 16-year-old girl of soliciting the murder of her late father. The panel deliberated about 90 minutes Wednesday before finding Danielle Black guilty of solicitation of first-degree murder.

Much ado about parking or an accident waiting to happen?

Maryland’s rural counties are still seeing a rise in home foreclosures, while in more densely populated areas, including Baltimore City, the trend is moving downward, according to a recent report.

With students and parents now turning to the courts to keep Towson Catholic High School open another year, the school’s alumni say its financial jam could have been avoided if they had been made aware of the budget crisis.

At least four Baltimore County jurors who awarded $150 million to plaintiffs in the Jacksonville Exxon station gasoline leak case attended Wednesday’s post-trial motions hearing.

DJ Sega spins "party music," aka Philadelphia's local variation of baltimore club music, at a 2008 mad decent block party.

An installation view of one of Dan steinhilber's untitled pieces at gallery four.

The official homicide tally of Baltimore City Police Department is 119. This column has recorded 120 murders so far this year. As of press time, police have failed to explain the discrepancy.

The most famous example of Wells Fargo Bank's allegedly predatory Baltimore lending practices stands at 2520 Shirley Ave., in the city's Greenspring neighborhood.

Kevin Beasley has been rapping under the name Ogun for nearly a decade, gradually building up his rep as one of the cornerstones of Baltimore hip-hop, one rhyme at a time.

It's a bean counter's dilemma: how to trim a payroll without laying people off. The state of Maryland has a solution. It's a program called "Work Share." Enrolled companies can trim workers hours by up to 50-percent. The state makes up some of the lost wages with unemployment benefits. WYPR's Cathy Duchamp has this profile of a Belcamp Maryland company using Work Share to ride out the recession.

Annapolis Chorale Music Director J. Ernest Green brings members of his group and special guests to our school for a concert on the lawn starting at 7:30 p.m.

Not to toot my own horn ... but ... TOOT!!! TOOT!!! Bowie native Amanda Amann --- she has since gone west to Los Angeles --- just text messaged me from the live taping of the ESPY Awards and though I am as jealous as jealous gets, I'm totally happy for Bowie's own little celebrity.

GLEN BURNIE - A man in his mid-20s was shot and killed this morning in the 7900 block of Summer Rain Court, authorities said. County police and ambulance crews were called to the area at about 7 a.m. and found the man dead outside the Rainbow View Apartments.

More than 1,000 people enjoyed jazz music, living history demonstrations and international food and wares at the 2009 Annapolis Music Festival at St. Anne's School of Annapolis on May 2.

April marked the beginning of the third year for the Praise Band at Eastport United Methodist Church, 926 Bay Ridge Ave. Courtesy photos Tom Eicher, Lavenia Calvin, Jim Wilcox, all of Annapolis, JoAnn Kulesza of Stevensville, Sherrie Little of Odenton, Barbara Krebs and Scott Hughes, both of Annapolis.

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 ...