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Historical Society explores scandalous legacy of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte

2013-06-10 07:47:00

The small wooden trunk is covered with red leather, painted with an ocher floral embroidery and studded with brass nails — and it couldn't have announced its owner's intention more clearly. The 19-year-old Baltimore beauty who packed the trunk...

Ocean City fishing pier reopens after repairs

2013-05-24 12:40:00

Ocean City’s fishing pier officially opened Friday as the Maryland resort town signaled it is ready for summer visitors. During last fall’s storm, about 100 feet of the pier collapsed into the surging sea. The damage was featured...

NOAA predicts 'possibly extremely active' hurricane season

2013-05-23 13:57:00

U.S. government meteorologists predict a “possibly extremely active” hurricane season in 2013, the top National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official said Thursday, with as many as half a dozen major hurricanes. NOAA expects 13...

Conservationists decry shark finning loophole

2013-05-22 07:20:00

Conservationists are decrying a move by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to loosen what critics say is already a lax restriction on shark finning, the controversial practice of slicing the fins off and discarding the body at sea. At its...

World watches weapons in Israel, Syria; Americans prefer to watch them on the big screen

2013-05-06 04:33:00

Israel and Syria continue to fight, Robert Downey Jr. continues to� pretend to fight, and in sunny, pastoral northern Pennsylvania, a former judge is still getting international attention a week after his sentencing over what amounts to a human-...

Pay to play in Ocean City

2013-04-19 11:39:00

In the off-season, Ocean City often adds some new feature for tourists: a miniature golf course perhaps, a seafood restaurant or maybe a bar that caters to the beachgoing crowd. But here's a possible addition that might not be so welcome — parking...

Early forecast calls for above-average 2013 hurricane season

2013-04-10 10:33:00

An early 2013 hurricane season forecast is calling for a busy summer and fall, with a nearly 50 percent chance of a major storm striking the U.S. East Coast. Forecasters at Colorado State University on Wednesday predicted 18 named storms would form in...

Baltimore area readies for messy commute Monday morning

2013-03-24 18:28:00

Winter is not quite ready to leave Baltimore. Weather forecasters called for a wintry mix of rain and snow to start falling late Sunday and into Monday that was likely to complicate morning commutes. The forecast is for "a slushy inch" of accumulation...

Catholic students in Catonsville area react to news of new pope

2013-03-14 11:55:00

The reaction at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville to this week's announcement of a new pope in Italy rivaled that of the eager onlookers across the Atlantic Ocean, according to the principal of the all-girls Catholic high school on Academy Road....

Comfort leaves Baltimore for final time

2013-02-26 16:30:00

A maritime icon slipped out of Baltimore for the final time Tuesday morning, without speeches or hoopla, brass bands or balloons. Only a small band of well-wishers waved and took pictures as the Navy's 894-foot hospital ship Comfort left Pier 11 in...

Coast Guard suspends search for two lost fishermen off Assateague

2013-03-07 19:08:27

The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for two men missing in waters about 15 miles off the coast of Assateague Island after their fishing boat sank a day earlier. The broken-down fishing vessel was battling 20-foot waves and 50 mph wind gusts...

Warm air deflates likely last chance for winter weather

2013-03-06 16:32:00

It was supposed to be both winter's last blast and Baltimore's first significant snowfall in two years, but stubbornly warm air took the "snow" out of Wednesday's snow day for many Marylanders. While weather forecasts had the region preparing for the...

An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia.

2013-05-23 13:59:02

The Cape Cod Highland Lighthouse stands in fog not far from the Atlantic Ocean. The lighthouse, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in the town of Truro was moved away from the eroding bluffs in 1996. Michael McAndrews/The Hartford Courant ORG XMIT: 0009763A

2013-05-22 08:19:25

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 14, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is the first aircraft carrier to successfully catapult launch an unmanned aircraft from its flight deck.

2013-05-14 00:00:00