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Path to a cleaner harbor

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Trash collector grabs debris before it floats past tourists

John Kellett (left) and Daniel Chase, who operate a trash interceptor, remove a log that was blocking the trash from entering the collection chute. The interceptor is one of the devices the city is testing to capture floating trash before most Inner Harbor tourists see it.

Two men left wounded after separate city shootings

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:18:00 -0400

Two men were wounded last night in separate shootings in different parts of Baltimore and police were seeking the people who shot them, authorities said.

City youth football coach gets 6 1/2 years for gun at game

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Aaron McCown, a youth football coach embraced by his team despite a criminal past, was sentenced yesterday to 6 1/2 years in prison for using a loaded pistol to intimidate a referee.

Prisoners testify on inmate's behavior before killing on bus

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Fellow prisoners testify on behavior before killing on bus

Two inmates who have been housed in the same prison tier as twice-convicted killer Kevin G. Johns Jr. testified yesterday that he acted strangely in the months before authorities say he strangled another prisoner on a bus traveling from Hagerstown to a maximum-security prison in Baltimore.

Stray bullet may have hit infant

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

One of several shots fired penetrates wall of rowhouse

City police were trying to determine whether a 2-month-old baby boy was shot in the head yesterday evening by a stray bullet fired from outside his O'Donnell Heights home.

Widow's friends plead for help

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Newborn's father was fatally stabbed in Catonsville

Carlos Santay was smiling while paying a gas station attendant as he prepared to return home to drive his wife to the hospital to give birth to their first child.

Finding strength amid the despair

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

W e hate talking about it. We fear saying something awkward or intrusive. We think we'll only make it worse by acknowledging it, so we fall silent.

Men suspected of series of robberies

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Baltimore police say they think three suspects who were arrested in Baltimore County last week were responsible for a series of city crimes, including an armed robbery on Schenley Road about 11:30 p.m. April 30.

Man admits trafficking heroin

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing heroin in a case that began with a February traffic stop on Interstate 95 and was the largest bust of its kind in state history, Maryland State Police said.

Watchdog: Parking minders stop where they please

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

THE PROBLEM // Some Baltimore parking enforcement vehicles routinely park in a "no-stopping" area.