Law school course draws lessons from Snowden disclosure
Law professor Michael Greenberger’s new class started last week, but he can’t tell you what he’ll be teaching in a month.
FAA orders safety change at BWI
Concerned about potential collisions, the Federal Aviation Administration has amended the rules on airplane landings and take-offs at airports with converging runways — a change that will affect Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in April.
Tighter regulations sought on cash-for-phone kiosks
ANNAPOLIS — The premise seems simple: drop off an unwanted phone at a recycling kiosk, receive instant cash and keep precious metals out of landfills. Consumers and the environment both […]
Ex-Baltimore cop pleads guilty to running prostitution business
Former Baltimore police officer Lamin Manneh, 32, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to operating a prostitution business.
Ruppersberger bows out of gubernatorial race
The six-term Baltimore County Democrat, will forego a run for Maryland governor and instead seek a seventh term in Congress.
Chief judge testifies for bail reforms
Though the case is back before her court, Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera urged the General Assembly on Tuesday to pass the state judiciary’s recommendations for complying with the September decision that detainees have a constitutional right to counsel at initial bail proceedings.
For office rents, will this be the year of the landlord?
For some time now, Cushman & Wakefield’s quarterly survey marked the Baltimore market for commercial office space as “tenant favorable.” That may be about to change — in favor of the landlords.
A toast to Poe – on toast
A New England appliance manufacturer with the unlikely name of Vermont Novelty Toaster Corp. is producing a $29.95 toaster that honors Edgar Allan Poe by reproducing his image on toast.
New cancer analysis removes need for biopsies
Using gene-sequencing technology recently developed at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore-based Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc. has found a way to analyze cancerous tumors without having to perform costly and painful biopsies.
Perfect storm, for the plowers
Tom Eckert loves the snow. There’s nothing more tranquil, he said, than being out in the middle of the night amid a fresh powdering.
Jury awards $2.5M in wrongful death case
A Wicomico County jury has found a general surgeon liable for failing to diagnose the cancer that ultimately killed a 25-year-old Salisbury woman and has awarded $2.5 million in damages to her parents and her estate.
Md. author loses ‘Avatar’ copyright suit
A Maryland science fiction author has lost a copyright infringement battle against director James Cameron and the makers of the movie, “Avatar.”










