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University of Baltimore launches recycling campaign

By Edward Gunts , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:52:00 EST

Initiative asks Baltimoreans to vote for favorite sports legend

Most elections limit how often people can vote, but a new campaign at the University of Baltimore encourages people to do so again and again — to promote recycling. University officials are inviting Baltimoreans to choose their favorite Baltimore sports figure by recycling trash in one of four see-through bins on campus.

State, local officials prep for new BRAC

By Matthew Hay Brown , The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:12:00 EST

Taking nothing for granted as Pentagon seeks more base realignment in 2013

The state and local leaders who helped make Maryland a winner the last time Congress reorganized the nation's military bases say a new round of realignment would likely have little impact here — but they're taking nothing for granted.

Baltimore police trainer draws scrutiny over expenses

By Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:25:00 EST

One foundation reported nearly 40 percent of expenses went to entertainment, meals and travel

Nearly 40 percent of expenses went to entertainment, meals, travel

Large turnout expected on Balto. Co. transgender bill

By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:07:00 EST

A big crowd is expected to attend a Baltimore County Council work session this afternoon, at which members are set to discuss a bill meant to protect transgender people from discrimination.

Valentine's Day busiest of year for marriages at region's courts

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:25:00 EST

Couples wearing wedding finery to gorilla suits choose clerk's office over chapel

Valentine's Day, the most love-infused day of the year, is also the busiest for brides and grooms at area courthouses.

Utilities out in Millhill neighborhood, possibly for days

By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:33:44 EST

Piece of asphalt dislodged during water main repair, breaking gas main, city officials said

A swath of the Millhill neighborhood of southwest Baltimore has been without natural gas and water service since early Tuesday — and gas outages may continue for several days, according to the utility operators.

Mayor questions Alonso's school-construction plan | VIDEO

By Julie Scharper , The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:05:00 EST

Rawlings-Blake pushes her own plan in State of the City address

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake expressed concerns about her schools chief's proposal to borrow $1.2 billion to fix Baltimore's crumbling school buildings, touting her own more modest plan as realistic in her State of the City address Monday.

Valentine's Day vote planned on same-sex marriage bill

by Annie Linskey — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:00 EST

The House Judiciary Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee will meet jointly at 4:30 p.m. this evening to vote on Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland.

Obama budget cuts would hit Maryland

By John Fritze and Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:17:00 EST

$3.8 trillion plan would affect federal workers, NIH, Chesapeake Bay

$3.8 trillion plan would affect federal workers, NIH, Chesapeake Bay

Medical testimony continues in Huguely trial | VIDEO

Tricia Bishop , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:45:00 EST

Former boyfriend charged with murder in U.Va. student's death

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va .— The prosecution continued laying out its case Tuesday in the fifth day of testimony in the murder trial of George Huguely V, who's accused of beating his 22-year-old girlfriend to death in a drunken rage shortly before their graduation from the University of Virginia.