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Million-dollar mistake to end in swap

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

City deal to settle fate of house built in wrong place

The $1.3 million house near the Loch Raven Reservoir was built with an eye toward details — handcrafted ceilings, a wood-paneled library — but missed a critical one: It sits on land owned not by the homeowner but the City of Baltimore. After years of negotiation and pending final approval, the city and the homeowner, Todd B. Garliss Jr., will swap their adjacent parcels of land: Garliss will give the city his four-acre property and the city will give him the three acres on which his house and private road sits. He'll also pay the city back rent.

O'Malley, staffers discuss budget cuts

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Largest public union warns against cutbacks

Largest public union warns against reductions

Marking NAACP centennial, Obama urges wider equality

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

President points to history, urges goal of wider equality

In his first address to the nation's civil rights leaders since his election, President Barack Obama marked the centennial anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by paying tribute Thursday to its history and calling on activists to tackle modern-day problems.

Billie Holiday statue in Baltimore finally gets finishing touches

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Graphic panels in the base add elements of black history

When Baltimore sculptor James Earl Reid created the city's first memorial to the stunningly gifted jazz singer Billie Holiday in 1985, something was missing. Gone were the panels containing references to the Jim Crow era and the lynching that Holiday so chillingly recounted in the ballad "Strange Fruit."

Explosions at Ritz, Marriott in Indonesia kill 8, wound 50

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:04:00 -0400

At least 18 foreigners among casualties in 'terrorist' act

Explosions ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta on Friday, killing eight and wounding at least 50 more, ending a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. At least 18 foreigners were among the dead and wounded.

Police seek two in fatal shooting at liquor store in Baltimore Co.

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Baltimore County police are seeking two men in the fatal shooting of a man inside a Fullerton liquor store Thursday night.

Arundel police overreacted, says wife of man they shot, wounded

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Arundel officer's conduct called 'outrageous'

An Anne Arundel County woman and her attorneys say police overreacted when officers' efforts to check on her - at the request of hospital staff - led to her husband's shooting.

Economy has men looking at once-'female' jobs

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Economy has more men looking at traditionally female jobs

N icholas Martin majored in economics and thought about getting a master's in business administration but chose nursing instead.

Trembley fights idea he'll be cast aside once O's are contenders

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:23:52 -0400