Arlington (Staten Island, New York)

Baltimore percentage of same-sex couples raising kids among highest in nation

2013-05-21 06:31:00

Same-sex couples in the Baltimore area are raising children at a higher rate than in most large metropolitan regions in the nation, according to a new study released by a think tank at the UCLA School of Law. The study, released this week by the...

Dr. Lorenz E. and Anastasia U. Zimmerman

2013-03-30 11:38:00

Dr. Lorenz E. Zimmerman, the founder of modern ophthalmic pathology, who spent his nearly 60-year career studying diseases of the eye, died March 16 of complications from an infection at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 92. His wife...

A quarter-century of nurturing Baltimore's leaders

2013-01-17 11:18:00

Jan Houbolt may be the most influential Baltimorean you've never heard of. As head of the Greater Baltimore Committee's Leadership Program since 1989, he has helped groom some of the state's up-and-coming leaders through a 10-month-long series of site...

Helen M. Belz, homemaker

2013-03-11 11:39:48

Helen M. Belz, a homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at her Lutherville home. She was 106. Born Helen Mary Rosendale in Baltimore, she lived on Hollins Street and was a graduate of St. Martin's Academy. She was the great-granddaughter of Henry...

James E. Johnston, Navy Department worker

2013-03-01 13:52:42

James E. Johnston, a retired Navy Department worker who also maintained a home-improvement business, died Sunday of cancer at FutureCare Lochearn. The longtime Northwest Baltimore resident was 88. Born and raised in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., James Eugene...

Martha Sarah McClintock, opera volunteer

2013-01-15 15:13:07

Martha Sarah McClintock, a longtime Lyric Opera volunteer and a former model and author, died Sunday from complications after hip surgery at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Mount Washington resident was 67. The daughter of a career Air Force...

Creatures are stirring at BWI as mice move inside for winter

2012-12-10 16:01:51

Apparently it's not just humans who enjoy BWI Marshall Airport's "easy come, easy go" atmosphere. Mice, enticed by indoor warmth and crumbs from strangers, have made themselves at home in the cavernous interior of the region's busiest airport. Last...

Sports on TV

2012-11-16 00:00:00

FRIDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || NASCAR || N'wide Ford EcoBoost 300: final prac. || ESPN23 || || Sprint Cup Ford EcoBoost 400: qual. || SPEED6 || || Camping World Truck Ford 200 || SPEED8 || || M. bask. || Puerto Rico Tip-Off: Ok....

Head of the Class: Local students earn honors and accolades

2012-06-27 00:00:00

The following students have earned accolades, degrees and honors at colleges and universities: Alex Vanko, of Towson, graduated magnum cum laude from the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts in biology and a minor in philosophy....

Baltimore one of the best cities to find work in U.S.

2012-05-10 17:16:23

Baltimore was ranked as the ninth-best city in which to find work in the United States, according to a new Top 10 list compiled by Adecco Staffing US. The staffing firm considered the local employment rate, job opportunities based on volume of job...

'9/11' exhibit intermingles patriotism and pain

2011-09-21 13:37:00

The artists in the "9/11 Commemoration Invitational Exhibition" at the Columbia Art Center visually meditate about what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. Most of them do not directly depict the plane crashes, but patriotic themes do resonate throughout the...

James Monroe Cannon III

2011-09-26 00:00:00

James Monroe Cannon III, former reporter and foreign correspondent for The Sun who later became a top Newsweek correspondent and an aide to New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and President Gerald R. Ford, died Sept. 15 from complications of a stroke at...

Miles Austin #19 of the Dallas Cowboys fails to pull in a game ending pass in the end zone against Corey Webster #23 of the New York Giants in the last play of the game at Cowboys Stadium on October 28, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. The New York Giants beat the Dallas Cowboys 29-24.

2012-10-29 00:00:00

A woman cries at the 9/11 memorial during ceremonies for the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan at the World Trade Center site September 11, 2012 in New York City.

2012-09-11 00:00:00

Actor Owen Wilson throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the start of the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers game in Arlington, Texas, July 18, 2005.

2012-08-21 21:33:27