"It was the only thing I could think," he recalled.

A year ago today, at about 1:30 in the morning, Ravenscroft was stabbed in the stomach as he stood outside O'Brien's on Main Street, where he'd been drinking. It was an apparently random attack.

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That's the message the County Council's Republican majority has sent the past few weeks.

A new bill to make English the "official" language of Anne Arundel County would accomplish virtually nothing, by its sponsors' admission, beyond sending a message. It joins an anti-union bill passed last month in making a statement on a hot-button national issue to little or ...

As in every courtroom at the Circuit Court in downtown Annapolis, the day begins with the judge knocking as he enters.

A clerk stands and calls out: "All rise. Oyez, oyez, oyez. All manner of persons having business before the honorable judge of the Circuit Court for the state of Maryland, now sitting in Anne Arun...

The email is supposedly from Verizon.

And it ...

In response to Ledoux's formal public-records request, the city gave him many documents, but withheld about 10.

It has resisted turning them over, even after Ledoux sued the city in March.

Ledoux, who lives in Eastport a few blocks away from the controversial eight-foot fence, said there must be somethi...

The day before his State of the State address, Gov. Martin O'Malley had his staff send out 25 emails in 12 hours.

The first 24, one targeted at each county and Baltimore City, touted "real projects and real jobs," mostly road and transit improvements.

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There are no more 10-54s for Maryland State Police. No 10-89s, either.

From now on, it'll just be "Uh, there's a cow in the road" or "We have a bomb threat."

It says something about the nature of bureaucracy that a police agency deciding to speak in plain English was news worthy of a press relea...

A: Although kidney disease and hyperthyroidism are more common in cats, liver disease is something we do see.

The liver is an organ with many jobs, including the breakdown of fats, carbohydrates and prot...

"It was my girls!" she said happily.

"That is so cool the way your foster kids stay in touch."

"They've stayed in touch with me since the day they left. They're grown up now and I'm amazed at all the memories they have from that one year we had together. Hardest and best year of my life," Donna reflected.

"Awww. You were...

It will be held at the Health Sciences Pavilion, 2000 Medical Parkway.

The goal is to increase the knowledge and exposure of the general public to CPR and public access defibrillation.

This ongoing educational outreach is one of the reasons credited ...

After a Queen Anne's County detective complained about sexual advances by her supervisor, Sgt. John D. Hofmann, he was investigated and demoted to corporal.

Later, Hofmann pleaded guilty to a criminal assault charge for fondling the woman in a car as they drove back from a court appearance in Cecil County.

Followin...

Usually, emails from the local Better Business Bure...

As you might have heard, I'll be out of the office for a few months.

"Federal Correctional Institution" sounds so impersonal - I prefer to think of it as an all-inclusive resort with a price that can't be beat.

The wife and I had a great time at a resort in Jamaica a few years ago. (Top-shelf liquor was extra, but hey, you can't have everything.) From what I've heard, my new accomm...

"Contact…Joy stick back

Sailing through the blue.

Loyal sons of the 99th

Brave, Tried and True.

For we are the hero's of the night.

To Hell with the Axis might.

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Fighting 99th!

- Tuskegee Airmen

Fight Song

It was April 5, 1945 w...

Yes, it is normal for puppies to lose their baby teeth, just like children lose theirs. Pups have 28 sharp little puppy (deciduous) teeth that begin to erupt at about a month old and are all present by two months.

By 4 months, the roots of the deciduous teeth begin to resorb (dissolve)....

"By my calculations, it's been 48 minutes and holding. Pun intended," Donna remarked.

I heard a click and my heart pounded with anticipation. Then I groaned as an automated voice commanded, "Enter your date of birth, mother's maiden n...