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Edgewood family leads March for Babies walk Sunday

2013-04-17 00:00:00

The Pennel family of Edgewood, is serving as the 2013 Harford County March for Babies Ambassador Family to help raise awareness about the lifesaving research and support of the March of Dimes and their team, Two Tiny Blessings, will participate in the...

Baltimore family removed from United Airlines flight

2013-04-10 11:14:00

A Baltimore-bound United Airlines flight was diverted and a local family removed from the plane after the parents complained about the content of an in-flight movie. The February incident resulted in the passengers being escorted off the flight by...

As holiday nears, BWI moves to ease crunch on land, in air

2012-11-14 14:49:00

With the busiest travel period of the year just a few anxious days away, BWI Marshall Airport is in an all-out push to burnish its reputation as the "easy come, easy go" airport. Wednesday morning, federal security officials added BWI to a pre-...

Orioles fans recount night/morning watching win over Mariners

2012-09-19 09:45:00

We asked Orioles fans who stayed up for the 18-inning win over Seattle to share their experiences of watching the marathon game. Here are a selection of responses: For a Baltimorean living here in the Czech Republic, the game started at 4:00 AM.� So I...

Catonsville church honors victims of 9/11 with a day of service

2012-09-10 19:33:00

Armed with a small spade, 8-year-old Bradley Mills put all of his effort into digging up weeds outside the Children's Home in Catonsville. "Is this a weed, Mom?" he asked his mother, Michelle, as he prepared to drive the spade into the dirt on the...

As Afghanistan drawdown looms, concerns about Pakistan

2012-05-07 17:21:00

Back from a visit to Kabul, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger expressed confidence in relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan. It's Pakistan that concerns him. "A lot of terrorists are being trained and harbored in Pakistan," said Ruppersberger, the top...

Questions persist for Derby contender Union Rags, and for his handlers

2012-05-03 16:40:00

Michael Matz and his assistants are tired of the question — most trainers and riders are by this point in the week before the country's most talked-about horse race — and give mostly a perfunctory answer. "He's just a really nice horse,"...

Public may watch Guantanamo arraignments from Fort Meade

2012-05-02 07:15:30

Members of the public may watch the arraignment of self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other terror suspects Saturday at Fort Meade, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. Mohammed and his co-defendants are to be arraigned at...

BWI among airports to adopt prescreening program

2012-02-08 17:59:00

Before year's end, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will be part of a passenger prescreening program that allows low-risk travelers to keep their belts and shoes on and their laptops in their bags as they go through security...

Flying while pregnant hinges on due date

2011-12-02 13:55:00

Who wants to deliver a baby on an airplane? Answer: No one. Not the mother-to-be and not the flight attendants, pilots or passengers. That's why most airlines have fairly strict requirements for women who travel near the end of their pregnancies. Even...

Greater Loch Raven: Holiday dreams delivered in automobiles, airplanes

2011-12-29 16:01:00

Although the holidays are over, several events that took place close to Christmas certainly warrant mentioning. First, kudos to the staff at Bob Davidson Ford Lincoln on Joppa Road, who hosted two different toy drives to benefit area children. The...

AMR, American Airlines file for bankruptcy

2011-11-29 06:22:00

American Airlines and its parent company AMR Corp filed for bankruptcy Tuesday after failing to win a labor deal with pilots and suffering from mounting fuel costs. AMR had been the only major U.S. carrier to avoid bankruptcy in the past decade. Its...

Airline stewardesses pose in front of a United Air Lines' Boeing transport in San Francisco, Calif., in this May 15, 1930 file photo. Ellen Church, standing in the left side of the doorway, is considered the first stewardess after a Boeing executive created the job for her.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

A United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

2013-05-15 07:00:00

Tito's, a little-known vodka produced in Austin, Texas, will soon become the official vodka of the world's biggest airline.

2013-05-09 12:12:00