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In an article published in the Times Online from London, Peter Butler, MD argues that a better quality life made possible through face transplantation outweighs the risks of failure and rejection and possible ...

Two men were injured and two others arrested following a shooting Wednesday morning in the 300 block of Pulaski Street and a vehicle stop just minutes later on the Crosstown Bridge of westbound Interstate 68.

Highland Bud, champion steeplechaser of 1989, was euthanized at age 23 on Tuesday at Sherry and Charles Fenwick Jr.'s farm in Butler, Maryland, due to a debilitating sinus condition.

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 21 May 2008 - 5:00 PDT Houston family physician Max C. Butler, MD, has spent nearly 50 years treating patients, but he would maintain that it is the ...

Buprenorphine arrests increase Police seizures of buprenorphine increased rapidly in Baltimore City and County in 2007, the same year that local and state government started spending millions to expand use of ... via Baltimore Sun

Friday, April 18, 2008 WBAL Radio and The Baltimore Examiner The Harford County State's Attorney's Office says the Elkton woman accused of killing a Maryland Transportation Authority Police officer on New ... via WBAL-AM Baltimore

An overturned tractor-trailer on the Baltimore Beltway's inner loop, past the Route 1/Southwestern Boulevard exit, blocked all lanes for about an hour this morning and is continuing to cause long backups that are spilling over onto Interstate 95.

The truck was carrying cell phones. Hazmat, Maryland State Police, EMS and fire crews are on the scene. A state police spokesman said the collision involved five passenger vehicles as well as the truck. He said two motorists were transported to St. Agnes Hospital with minor injuries, but the truck driver was unhurt. Read more

Coverage of rising gas prices in Maryland and across the U.S. The painful price to keep on truckin' For most Maryland drivers, the $4-a-gallon fill-up is still a dire prediction. via The Baltimore Sun

If you plan to use the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County this weekend, heads up. via WTOP-FM Washington

“Look in the drawer and give me a bank of one hundred dollar bills, and a band of fifty dollar bills. If you don't I will shoot everybody i here, and yes I have a gun. You have ten seconds. No dye packs, No dye packs.”

A 55-year-old man pleaded guilty today in federal court to robbing at gunpoint several bank branches, some more than once, during a two-year period that began in August 2005, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office.

Marvin Duckett faces a maximum 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on June. 9. Prosecutors said the robbery spree was from Aug. 23, 2005, through Sept. 7, 2007, with a nine-month break when the suspect was in prison in Baltimore County for stealing a car. Read more

“There really isn't a career-volunteer issue”

Firefighters from Maryland and Virginia came to the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on Monday for a meeting between the resort's elected officials and volunteer fire company, where they heard how other towns ... via Daily Times

A Baltimore police officer was shot at least once in the leg this afternoon at West Lanvale and Poplar Grove streets, police said.

One suspect is in custody, according to police on the scene. Another suspect is holed up in a nearby house, which is surrounded by a SWAT team, police said.

The wounded officer was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where the police commissioner was expected to speak at a news conference later this afternoon.

Two schools in the area were on lockdown: Alexander Hamilton Elementary School at 800 Poplar Grove St. and Calverton Elementary/Middle, at 1110 Whitmore Ave., a city schools spokeswoman said. Empowerment Academy, which is also in the area, had already dismissed by the time of the incident. Most students were picked up by their parents, but those who were walking were diverted away from the area of the shooting, said spokeswoman Edie House. Read more

Expect traffic backups, disrupted Metro service and protracted bus commutes on a scale not seen since the state funeral for former President Reagan four years ago. via WTOP

A little girl is dead and a young boy is critically injured after they were struck by a moving vehicle. via WJZ-TV Baltimore

“There's no secret that the last 18 months have been really tough”

Maryland's quaint capital city, which is on pace to surpass last year's record-high eight homicides, has named a new crime-fighting team that includes a former New York City police commissioner as an adviser, Mayor Ellen Moyer announced Friday.

Howard Safir, who served as fire commissioner and later police commissioner under former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, will work as a volunteer adviser to the new Capital City Safe Streets Task Force. Safir lives in Annapolis.

"I am volunteering my help and experience in an effort to assure that Annapolis remains a safe and vibrant city to live in and visit," Safir said in a statement. Read more

“What is for certain is that AFSCME's charge that these firings were premature has proven to be true and that the state had not fully conducted its investigation before firing these officers”

Friday, April 11, 2008 WBAL Radio and Associated Press Two state correctional officers who were among 25 recently fired in a brutality investigation have been reinstated because the allegations against them ... via WBAL-AM Baltimore

"My One and Only," a period romantic comedy starring Renee Zellweger, will start eight weeks of shooting in Maryland in May.

Zellweger stars as Ann Deveraux, a glamorous divorcee who embarks on a road trip in search of a wealthy husband.

Set in the 1950s, the movie is loosely based on the childhood memories of actor George Hamilton.

Richard Loncraine ("Wimbledon") will direct the film, which is expected to be shot almost entirely in the Baltimore area, state officials said.

Producer Aaron Ryder credited a state film-production incentive program for luring the movie to Maryland. Read more

“What does he want a statue of me for? I'm not unhappy. Who wants to look at that thing? I would have liked it. But nobody's dying because I didn't get a statue put up.”

A statue intended to honor the man whose motto is 'Do It Now' isn't likely to be done anytime soon.

Plans to erect a 9-foot-tall sculpture of William Donald Schaefer , the former Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor, on the Inner Harbor promenade have apparently collapsed - the result of a volatile combination of a colorful subject, a strong-willed benefactor and a new process for reviewing proposals for public art on city-owned land.

The man who proposed the sculpture for a prominent Inner Harbor parcel and offered to underwrite it as a tribute to Schaefer, First Mariner Bancorp Chairman and Chief Executive Edwin F. Hale Sr. , has decided not to pursue it any longer. Read more

“People are scared to go to Annapolis now”

A man's death last month was the result of a beating he suffered during an attempted robbery on West Street, Annapolis police said yesterday. via The Capital

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by Steve Fermier and Associated Press An Elkton woman considered a "person of interest" in a hit-and-run that killed a Maryland Transportation Authority Police ... via WBAL-AM Baltimore