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Man threatens SECU teller in Towson [Crime Log]

2013-02-06 13:54:00

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. A man walked into the SECU building in the 8600 block of...

'Top Chef Seattle' recap, Team Tom vs. Team Emeril

2012-11-22 07:09:00

It's a "Top Chef"�Thanksgiving! (Even though this was probably filmed in August.) The guest judge for this week is Editor-In-Chief of�Food & Wine, Dana Cowin.� Padma shows the contestants a map of the world and points out that there are 17 countries...

HdG's Duck Dunk to return for second year

2013-01-17 14:07:38

The cold waters of the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay will again be filled with some Havre de Grace "dunkers" Saturday. The city's version of the Maryland Polar Bear Plunge is back again this weekend. The Susquehanna Hose Company hopes it will...

'Top Chef Seattle' recap, Past suppers

2013-01-03 06:32:00

[Pre-recap recap: Last week, the chefs dug up their own oysters, Micah won the Quickfire, the Rat City Roller Girls had a "Top Chef"-catered skating party, Padma wowed us with her roller disco moves, Josie got on everyone’s last nerve, team Brooke/...

Happy birthday, Kindle

2012-11-19 13:04:00

Today marks the fifth birthday of the Amazon Kindle -- the biggest change in the way we read since Penguin started selling paperbacks for the cost of a pack of smokes. I was a slow convert to e-books, but that's mainly an outgrowth of being able to...

Anticipated iPad mini debut to kick off big week of gadget news

2012-10-22 06:25:00

Has Apple gotten lousy at keeping secrets these days? The tech press is abuzz with speculation that the company which birthed the iPhone and the iPad will be coming out with an in-between device, an iPad mini. The mini is expected to be smaller than...

Wild with speculation: Apple preparing an "iPad mini"

2012-09-18 09:20:00

Just when you thought Apple had done enough damage to your wallet, the maker of the hit iPhone and iPad mobile devices may soon be releasing what I'm gonna call a "tweener" -- a mini iPad that's smaller than the original one, but bigger than the new...

Quilt of many colors helps Towson Library promote summer reading club

2012-06-01 07:16:00

A quilt that features T-shirts from the last two decades of the Baltimore County Public Library Summer Reading Club was hung in the Towson Library in advance of this year's edition of the club, which begins June 11. The quilt, which was created by...

Summer reading programs at Arbutus and Lansdowne libraries starts June 11

2012-06-05 11:36:00

Last year's Summer Reading Club at libraries across Baltimore County was a real page turner and the Lansdowne and Arbutus libraries are hoping that momentum continues June 11. Nearly 46,000 readers in Baltimore County took part in the club last year, a...

Summer Reading Club open for all ages

2012-06-05 11:36:00

After a record number of registrants for the third consecutive year in 2011, the Baltimore County Public Library's annual Summer Reading Club welcomes participants young and old on Monday, June 11. Last year's total of 45,971 participants shattered the...

Laurel Library unveils new e-Book system

2012-05-09 08:08:00

The sale of e-Books — digital files read on tablets like the iPad, Kindle or Nook — more than tripled from 2009 to 2010, when the sale of the new technology made for 5 percent of all books sold that year. In February 2012, the Pew Research...

North Baltimore city crime log: Pedestrian robbed of wallet, cell phone

2012-05-01 11:54:00

West Belvedere Avenue 2500 block, between 9 and 9:30 a.m. April 26. Wallet with ID and cash stolen from Blue Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Man left wallet in sweatshirt pocket in his room while he went to bathroom and returned to find wallet...

A tablet is the ideal gift for the Mom who loves to read.

2013-05-10 08:44:00

Marilyn Thorson, right, talks to Jerry Erdmann about the Kindle Fire during the inaugural meeting of the Technology Club at the Aberdeen Area Senior Center. Both came to see what they could learn about the device.

2013-04-15 22:15:00

Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet

2013-03-12 12:29:43