People pack Federal Hill to celebrate Ravens’ victory
Shortly after it was clear the Ravens were headed for the Super Bowl, the massive crowds that had made it to Federal Hill bars poured into the street to celebrate....
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Orioles fans are buying in to playoff hopes
It's early fall in Baltimore, that time of year when purple banners, car flags and sweatshirts normally dominate the landscape, as surely as the colors are soon to hit the...
Hopkins clinician mixes art, science in facial prosthetics
She enters the clinic on a walker, slow yet remarkably steady, and as Pauline Wood hails her host for the day, she gives him a bag of lemon tarts she...
Polar Bear plungers raise record amount for charity
A man dressed in a head-to-toe Dalmatian suit, complete with fireman's hat and boots. A shirtless middle-aged fellow in swim trunks, with a lime-green fedora on his head, gyrating to...
Caregivers feel love’s anguish
Life can be so unfair. That was exactly what John Farley thought Tuesday when he heard about Dana Reeve's death. He didn't know the widow of Christopher Reeve, but in...
Bush vows ‘huge’ aid effort in 2nd Gulf Coast visit
NEW ORLEANS - As rescuers intensified their search yesterday for survivors and bodies in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast, President Bush returned to the stricken area to thank...
A shade cooler in oasis
All of us have places that mean summer to us. A special stretch of beach, a favorite crab house, a softball field glowing beneath hazy lights, a hammock under a...
A day of triumph and tears
Last of five chapters Sixty years ago this morning, just a half-mile off the coast of Normandy, high winds tossed the flimsy landing craft in which Charles "Harry" Heinlein was...
Making it through, making it home
Fourth of five chapters Pistol in hand, 70 pounds of gear on his back, eyes wide open, the Army private from Baltimore never lost his focus. Hard to believe, given...
Into the water, across the sand, under fire
Third of five chapters In his bunk aboard HMS Empire Javelin, Pvt. Charles "Harry" Heinlein felt gentle rocking as the vessel, packed with more than 1,200 American soldiers, awaited orders...