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Amy Schumer talks about her journey from Towson to TV and concert stardom

2013-05-28 09:10:00

Amy Schumer can tell a story. Knowing how to craft a short narrative and make it pay off with a laugh has, after all, helped make her one of the hottest comedians on TV and the concert circuit these days. So, let the star of Comedy Central’s...

Start snitching: the public's role in fighting terrorism

2013-05-05 05:00:00

The arrest of three friends of the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing reminds us of the consequences of withholding information from investigators, lying or being an accessory after the fact for a friend or loved one. In other words, if...

Digest: Ex-Raven Testaverde chosen for College Football HOF

2013-05-06 21:46:00

Colleges Ex-Raven Testaverde chosen for football HOF The National Football Foundation announced that former Ravens quarterback Vinny Testaverde will be a member of the 2013 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Testaverde starred at Miami from 1982...

'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'

2013-04-25 00:00:00

"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...

If not firearms, how about fireworks control?

2013-04-24 11:30:00

Let us beat the gun-rights crowd to the punch and agree with them right here and now that firearms aren't the only dangerous devices out there in dire need of greater regulation. It seems that certain types of fireworks may need to be added to that list,...

'Mad Men' recap, 'To Have and to Hold'

2013-04-22 05:16:00

"The only thing worse than not getting what you want is someone else getting it," Roger said in season five. In "To Have And To Hold," Don not only loses what he wants to someone else, but he also watches the defeat unfold right in front of him....

Harford's first vigil for child abuse held in Bel Air

2013-04-19 08:13:00

Instead of flowers, neat rows of blue, foil pinwheels stood "planted" Wednesday on the front lawn of the Harford County Circuit Courthouse. Each one represented one of the roughly 240 Harford children who suffer from abuse and neglect each year. The...

Despite the Boston bombings, we're safer than we think

2013-04-18 08:56:00

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the most frequently heard forecast was: "This changes everything." Americans would live in constant fear of the next attack, many pundits predicted. The desire for safety would spawn a security state that...

Ed Hale files $5M suit against 1st Mariner Arena operator

2013-03-12 07:57:41

Edwin F. Hale Sr., the Baltimore developer and former CEO of First Mariner Bancorp, filed a $5 million lawsuit Monday against the operators of 1st Mariner Arena, alleging they are improperly using billboards that belong to him. Filed in Baltimore...

U.S. hiding behind tortured definitions

2013-02-17 04:00:00

If it is true, as the writer Samuel Johnson once said, that "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel," then the dictionary must be the first. Consider how readily our leaders, in justifying what cannot be justified, parse definitions down to...

A New Yorker, smitten by the Ravens

2013-02-15 06:45:00

Although I've lived all my life within 30 miles of Times Square, I've never been much of a Giants or Jets fan (when people ask my favorite team, I usually say the Buffalo Bills, because unlike the players for the Jets or Giants, the Bills' high salaries...

Scenes from Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl victory celebration

2013-02-05 11:41:00

Baltimore Sun reporters are stationed along the parade route, from City Hall to M&T Bank Stadium. See their observations, fan interviews and other updates here. #52 Ray Lewis smiled wide to the crowd and yelled "Baltimore!" as he approached the...

The TKTS booth in Times Square.

2013-06-13 17:22:05

Colombian Emmy-nominated actress and model Sofia Vergara poses with one of her Madame Tussauds wax figures in Times Square in New York.

2013-06-04 00:00:00

The world's largest Lego model, a life-size replica of an X-wing Starfighter from "Star Wars," is on display in New York City's Times Square on May 23, 2013. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images)

2013-05-23 18:04:00