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'Local' produce finds favor

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Under a cute farm-truck mural and the words "Home Grown," Wegmans in Hunt Valley offered eggplants grown so far away — the Netherlands — that their stickers were in French: "Aubergine." Also in that produce case: white asparagus from Peru, bell peppers from Canada — and, yes, some zucchini and yellow squash grown in the United States. No wonder shoppers are confused. Large grocery chains, eager to get a bite of the locavore movement, are promoting produce from nearby farms — even when they have little in stock.

Md. offers to buy back commercial crab licenses

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:04:00 -0400

State seeks to protect crustacean in the bay as it recovers from near-disastrous decline

MTA adopts no-tolerance policy on cell phone use by operators

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:42:00 -0400

Change comes soon after similar move by Washington Metro system

The Maryland Transit Administration has adopted a zero-tolerance policy under which any operator found to have been using a cell phone or text-messaging device on the job will be fired even if it is a first offense.

Prosecutors withdraw three subpoenas in case against Dixon

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:49:00 -0400

Prosecutors have withdrawn three subpoenas issued in an apparent bid to bolster their case against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon.

County police conduct raid at troubled Fells Point bar

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

County police made raid in city, aren't talking

Crime Scenes: Cheerleader's

Youth soccer coach charged with soliciting girl, 14, for sex

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:57:00 -0400

Middle River man accused of sending explicit pictures to cell phone of 14-year-old

A 32-year-old Baltimore County youth soccer coach faces sexual solicitation of a minor and child pornography charges after police say he sent explicit pictures of himself to the cell phone of a 14-year-old girl.

City police arrest drug suspect who fled into elementary school

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:14:41 -0400

Popular Pikesville restaurant picks up the pieces after fire

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:57:00 -0400

The matzoh ball soup orders will just have to wait, along with the abundant pastrami sandwiches, the house special "coddies" and the camaraderie that were all parts of the Suburban House Restaurant on Reisterstown Road. A fire there late Wednesday afternoon shut down the restaurant and with it a chunk of Pikesville's social life.

Four in 10 people see being laid off as a blessing in disguise

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:29:00 -0400

It's hard to see a silver lining when you're out of work.

Several Ravens to attend McNair's funeral in Mississippi

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:53:00 -0400

Newsome, Lewis, Reed and Rolle among team members headed to Hattiesburg for services

Six members of the Ravens organization will attend the funeral of former quarterback Steve McNair in Hattiesburg, Miss.