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Baltimore County cracks down on nuisance road signs

2012-04-25 17:59:00

The signs shout advertisements from the sidewalks: $1 crabs, day care open until midnight, cherry wood furniture and fresh starts after bankruptcy. They cover telephone poles and sprout up in medians, sometimes getting swept away by wind. And they really...

Harford County Police Blotter

2012-04-19 16:39:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Alexa J. Felts, 21, of the 700 block of Cronin Drive, was arrested on a bench warrant Tuesday in a case in which she was charged with theft less than $100. Items were stolen...

Living large, in a studio apartment

2012-04-22 05:00:00

"You must be rich." A grandfather who asked where I lived told me this, straight out. We were at the B&O Railroad Museum playground in Baltimore with our preschoolers, mine a grandnephew. I had unwisely confessed to living in Manhattan. After leaving...

MICA vending machine aims to bring fine art to masses

2012-03-15 16:39:00

You usually head for a vending machine when you're craving a bag of chips or can of soda. But there's a one machine in Baltimore that dispenses objects such as a "Hankie Pankie," a heart-shaped engagement ring, a mini-Zombie or, for those in need of...

CA, disc jockey disagree over why teen dance was canceled

2012-02-21 14:41:00

What led to a teen dance being canceled at The Other Barn in the Oakland Mills Village Center depends, fittingly, on who's doing the spinning. The disc jockey hired for the event — scheduled Friday night, Feb. 17 at the 220-capacity venue —...

Arabic teacher makes difficult journey from Iraq to Baltimore classroom

2011-12-31 14:16:00

December 31, 2011 Eleven-year-old Sy'Keirra English strides confidently to the front of the classroom and greets her teacher in his native language — Arabic. Atheed Azzet could not be more pleased. It has been three months, and the kids are...

Got a gift card you don't use or want? Sell it

2011-12-11 00:00:00

We want gift cards and like to give them, but for some reason we don't always use them and wind up wasting billions of dollars. A recent poll by Consumer Reports, for instance, found that one-quarter of people who received a card as a holiday gift last...

From Sun Magazine: When architects build a marriage — and design a home

2012-02-09 04:08:00

Architects live and breathe design, blissfully losing themselves in details most people would never notice — the bevel of a trim, the way light falls across a room, squared legs or curved. So what happens, we wondered, when two such aesthetes...

Kickstarter isn't just for rock stars anymore

2012-01-13 21:11:00

Natasha Brown-Wainwright, 41, still calls it The Twitter. She doesn't upload photos to Facebook without her 16-year-old daughter's help. Her grasp of the Web is fuzzy. But last summer, she decided to get a clue and join the latest, buzziest social...

Ravens fans ready to make the trek to Foxborough

2012-01-16 17:43:00

Flushed with Sunday's victory and with many off work for Monday's holiday, Ravens fans have started planning their next offensive: Foxborough or bust. "The quest begins to find tickets," said Ryan Langhauser, 25, of Ellicott City, who hopes to follow the...

Better to wait

2012-01-10 12:23:52

Engaging, intelligent and well-versed in a variety of subjects, the proprietors of the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, subject of a reality show on the History Channel, have done more to improve the public perception of the pawn business than...

Md. man pleads guilty to selling fake Viagra on Craigslist

2011-09-30 13:59:00

A 34-year-old La Plata man pleaded guilty Friday to peddling phony Viagra on Craigslist, after the four-month scheme was discovered by an undercover investigator working for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Corp. Dwayne Alan Skiles faces up to five years in...

Sunny Lam hangs from the ceiling in a colorful hammock bought off Craigslist, while Colin McCarville stands next to one of two beds hidden under floor panels. When the panels are lifted up, they become a privacy screen.

2012-05-16 00:00:00

Some of the recovered racing bikes that police say were stolen from victims found through Facebook and Craigslist.

2012-05-09 08:14:00

Sheriff's investigators display some of the recovered racing bicycles that were stolen from victims found through Facebook and Craigslist .

2012-05-08 00:00:00