Baltimore Sun

T he recent March rains are doing a job cleansing Baltimore of February's snows. But of all the weather I've experienced around here, nothing surpasses two March episodes of my youth.

Groundwater was contaminated by gas station leak in 2006

Aiming to cut down on the high number of premature births in Maryland and across the nation, a new program will offer words of advice for pregnant women and new mothers in a place that will be hard to miss:

Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes on the East Coast -- including a brief stint as a contractor at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Southern Maryland.

He refuses to concede that he attacked officers, saying 'police would have shot me'

The Maryland Senate has confirmed judges appointed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, including Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's son.

Guard Greivis Vasquez shoots while Terps coach Gary Williams looks on during a practice before the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Maryland (23-7), which had a first-round bye, will play Georgia Tech (20-11) in the quarterfinals tonight.

Under Armour to assist effort to gain ultra-fast fiber-optic network

Boy, 16, is youngest so far this year in city to be charged with murder; suspect denies any involvement, mother says