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White squirrels are turning heads in Maryland, elsewhere

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Pale rodents are a hit as some folks cash in on the oddities

A white squirrel hangs on a tree at the Holly Hall Mansion in Elkton. The town's white squirrels are attracting gawkers, and other Marylanders report similar sightings.

DNR offers free bear tutorial on wheels

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Kits contain animal hide, rubber paw print, lesson plan and more

Kits contain animal hide, rubber paw print, lesson plan and more

Head of parking authority under fire

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Council members, employees criticize way Peter Little runs agency

Council members, employees criticize way Peter Little runs agency

After nearly 4-year probe, Baltimore mayor to get day in court

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dixon to face charges she stole and spent gift cards for the needy

I t was a day packed with official events for Mayor Sheila Dixon: approving millions of dollars in contracts at a Board of Estimates meeting, holding a news conference to urge parents to vaccinate their children against swine flu , pushing health care reform at a town hall meeting, surprising a Baltimore school with a visit, even playing bingo at a senior center that she had fought to keep open.

Havre de Grace woman one of Fort Hood victims

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Army Lt. Col. Juanita Warman was a physician's assistant

Among the 13 people killed in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood was an Army Reserve officer who had worked in a Maryland National Guard program helping soldiers returning from war adjust to life back home.

Reading between the lines of the Dixon indictment

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

D ec. 21, 2006, was a long and busy day for then-City Council President Sheila Dixon.

Backstory: Whether fable or fact, steam locomotive story rolls on

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Twenty-nine Novembers ago, I wrote a story for The Sun about New York tinkerer Peter Cooper and the circumstances surrounding his building of the Tom Thumb, the nation's first steam locomotive, which rolled over the rails of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the nation's first common carrier railroad founded in Baltimore in 1827.

Equipment stalling traffic is part of tricky storm drain job

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Watchdog

The problem: A construction site on Clipper Mill Road sits idle for months, detouring drivers.

Nobody admits fault and a suspect goes free

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Officer misses court amid bureaucratic blunders — and citizens feel betrayed

T he State of Maryland v. Walter Grant commenced on time and on schedule at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 28 in Room 3 of the District Courthouse on East North Avenue. Grant faced charges of taking a blue Honda Civic with keys stolen during a burglary of a home in Carney in August.

Two men and youth shot in separate city incidents

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An unidentified man was shot in the head about 3 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of Mason Court in East Baltimore, city police said. Homicide detectives were called to the scene. About 30 minutes earlier, a man was shot in the 2300 block of Robb St. in East Baltimore. The man was hospitalized with a stomach wound that was not considered life-threatening, police said. About 10:30 p.m. Friday, a boy was shot in the arm in the 3500 block of Liberty Heights Ave. in Northwest Baltimore. The boy, who was not identified, suffered a wound that was not considered life-threatening. Police have made no arrests in the cases.