Ethics

John Richard 'Dick' Irwin, Sun 'police blotter' reporter, dies

2013-05-22 17:07:00

John Richard "Dick" Irwin, a tough, accurate veteran police reporter with a heart of gold whose signature Police Blotter became required reading for both crime aficionados and the just plain curious, died Wednesday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center of...

County councilman hasn't disclosed outside jobs for years

2013-05-19 08:18:00

A Baltimore County councilman did not disclose his outside employment over the past several years, including his work with a painting and drywall company that has a $3.1 million contract at a new high school being built in his district. Councilman...

Yale goalie Eric Natale living the dream against No. 1 Syracuse

2013-05-17 13:35:00

Yale goalie Eric Natale doesn't want his dream to become a nightmare. During most of his childhood days while playing for the Gamber recreation program in Westminster, he dreamed of playing in a NCAA Division I tournament game against one of the top...

Two from Columbia to run for open District 12 seats in House of Delegates

2013-05-03 14:55:03

With all three seats open in District 12 of the Maryland House of Delegates, candidates are starting to come forward for the 2014 election.� Del. Elizabeth Bobo, who represents Howard County in District 12B, announced her retirement in September 2012....

Niall Ferguson's blooper

2013-05-09 00:00:00

At an investment conference last week, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson created a huge mess for himself. He glibly speculated that maybe because economist John Maynard Keynes was a childless, "effete" homosexual, he embraced a doctrine that favored...

Mark D. Sokolik, corporate attorney, formerly of Hunt Valley

2013-04-28 13:10:08

Mark D. Sokolik, a corporate lawyer remembered as a fitness and music enthusiast, died last week after complications from a fall. He was 30. A former Hunt Valley resident who attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Mr. Sokolik went on to graduate from the...

Aberdeen mayor, council salaries could go up significantly

2013-04-24 11:20:31

The salary for any future mayors of Aberdeen would be more than doubled and the salary for city council members nearly doubled, if a bill introduced by the city council Monday night is approved. The mayor would get a salary of $24,000 instead of the...

President Obama awards Navy football team with Commander-In-Chief's Trophy

2013-04-12 15:05:00

President Barack Obama awarded Navy's football team with the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy on Thursday afternoon in the East Room at the White House. Here are the president's remarks: Hello, everybody.� (Applause.)� Hello.� Please, everybody have a seat.�...

Wrestling standout set standard for success

2013-04-08 11:09:21

In March, 2012, Cody Sharkey was nearing the pinnacle of his wrestling career. Then a junior at Winters Mill High School, Sharkey was just three wins from a wrestling state championship. But a torn meniscus in his left knee forced Sharkey to default in...

Leopold sentenced to jail, $100,000 fine

2013-03-14 18:58:00

Former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold was led out of a courtroom Thursday with his wrists handcuffed behind his back and his head lowered, bound for the county jail after being sentenced for his misconduct in office conviction and...

America's challenge in the Arab world

2013-04-04 06:49:00

When the "Arab Spring" erupted, the cry of demonstrators to their rulers was Irhal ("get out"). And now, in Cairo, Tunis and elsewhere, we again hear cry of Irhal, directed at the new leaders of what increasingly seem like the old systems,...

A sorry spectacle in the 45th District

2013-02-25 03:00:00

On Feb. 15, the Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee-45th District convened at the Oliver Community Center to select a candidate to assume the seat once held by Del. Hattie Harrison, a longtime political stalwart in East Baltimore who died...

Palm Beach County commissioners are considering changing county codes to change the makeup of the Ethics Commission.

2013-04-10 13:57:00

John R. Boatright has been named the founding director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility in the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago.

2013-03-06 10:16:00

iss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether attends the DKNY & Same Sky Ethical Shopping Event to celebrate International Women's Day at DKNY Store on March 6, 2013 in New York City.

2013-03-06 00:00:00