Small tornado touched down in Harford

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:44:00 -0400
Weather service notes 'rotations;' high winds, hail, rain cause damage

The National Weather Service has ruled that a storm cell that tore through Harford County yesterday was a small tornado.

Sacrificing all

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:19:33 -0400
War in Iraq, Afghanistan has claimed ex-athletes

Some starred on their high school athletic teams. Some barely received any playing time. But each served his country and died in Iraq or Afghanistan.

A tight contest for front-runner

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400
Rawlings-Blake, Sarbanes are nearly tied in primary race

Incumbent Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake and Michael Sarbanes, a longtime civic activist, are in a dead heat in this year's Democratic primary campaign for City Council president, with the bulk of voters undecided, according to the results of a poll conducted for The Sun.

Items missing in rape case

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400
Defense seeks to exclude DNA in trial for officer accused of assault

Crucial evidence in the rape case of a city police officer accused of assaulting a teenager last year is missing from the Baltimore Police Department's evidence control unit.

Taney's tainted legacy

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400
Some in Frederick want to remove a bust from City Hall because of racist 'Dred Scott' decision

A bronze bust of Roger Brooke Taney stares sternly ahead, as if he were watching the two cherubs frolicking in the fountain in front of City Hall. Author of the inflammatory Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, Taney has been immortalized here for 75 years, largely ignored by passers-by.

Hopkins scientist wins top cosmology prize

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0400
Adam Riess, colleagues win Gruber award for discovery of 'dark energy'

Adam Riess, the Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist who discovered that the universe is flying apart at an accelerating rate in response to a still-mysterious force dubbed "dark energy," has won yet another top prize for his discovery.

Ripken urged to renegotiate stadium pacts

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400
State lawmakers seek relief for Aberdeen as it struggles to pay debts from complex

Several state lawmakers urged Ripken Baseball yesterday to renegotiate deals with the city of Aberdeen and help the small community as it struggles with debts it took on to build a minor league baseball complex.

Dining@Large: Top 10 Tuesday - Not Your Parents' Restaurants

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:41:51 -0400

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