Judge weighs same-day access to Manning docs
Media organizations Monday urged a federal judge to order the same-day public release of potential-witness lists and documents related to the ongoing court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning on charges of leaking classified U.S. diplomatic cables to the WikiLeaks website.
Medical research grants harder to come by
Margaret McCarthy’s laboratory is like a small business.
Dundalk shopping center sells for $8.6 million
Merritt Manor, a community shopping center in Dundalk, was sold this week for $8.6 million to Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp.
BCSB Bancorp agrees to be acquired
F.N.B. Corp., of Hermitage, Pa., a regional financial services company with 250 offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland, and BCSB Bancorp Inc., of Towson, the parent company of Baltimore County Savings Bank, jointly announced an agreement for F.N.B. to acquire BCSB Bancorp in an all-stock transaction valued at $79 million.
Irene Pollin gives $10M to Hopkins cardiac center
Irene Pollin, the widow of the late Washington sports team owner Abe Pollin, has donated $10 million to a Johns Hopkins University center for the prevention of heart disease. Hopkins […]
C. Fraser Smith: Goodbye to one of last of Goon Squad
He fancied sharp clothes — good suits, elegant hats, two-toned wingtip shoes, all of which made an even greater stylistic statement since he was well over 6 feet tall.
Jack L.B. Gohn: Two lawyers named Thomas
King Henry VIII of England and his intimates have recently been brought to televised life in The Tudors and revivified in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy of historical novels, now two-thirds complete, about Lord Chamberlain Thomas Cromwell. The books and the television show run us through all the same events and from a surprisingly similar perspective. A picture emerges.
Study: Universal coverage could lead to fewer grads
There’s plenty of fog surrounding the consequences of health care reform: What will happen to insurance premiums? What about Medicaid eligibility? Will hospital expenses ultimately increase or decrease?
Council committee OKs ‘rain tax’ break for port firms
A Baltimore City Council committee on Tuesday amended the city’s proposed stormwater remediation fee to give port and harbor area industries an 85 percent break.
High court Chief Judge Bell hears final oral arguments
Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert M. Bell, his coming July 6 retirement constitutionally mandated, presided over his final oral argument session Tuesday as head of the Maryland Judiciary and its top tribunal.
Critics take issue with Medicare bid program
Economists and trade groups are shifting into high gear in their years-long fight against a controversial Medicare bidding process that they say is overrun with operational problems but that federal officials adamantly argue is effective.
Zimmerman judge considers allowing voice experts
SANFORD, Fla. — An expert hired by an Orlando newspaper testified Friday that screams for help on 911 calls don’t match neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman’s voice. Tom Owen testified […]










