Fighting back — with force

Baltimore police officers investigate at the house where a college junior killed an intruder. [AP Photo/The Baltimore Sun, Lloyd Fox] Because of TV series like The... More

Baltimore police video surveillance expands

Mayor Sheila Dixon, left, and City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. [Photo: www.SheilaDixon.com]Mayor Sheila Dixon and City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake have strongly supported the Baltimore Police Department’s... More

Is this the face of a traitorous terrorist?

Since kindergarten, Charlie, the son of journalist Mary Jacoby, has been detained – sometimes for hours – at airport security checkpoints because his name was on the FBI’s terrorist list. More  Read More →

Legal tips about Facebook

Facebook has been a top Web site for college students for the past 4 years. It’s used to send messages, create events and to publish pictures for family and friends. More  Read More →

Trick or Treat! Do you have a lawyer?

What is the color of albumin? If your house has ever been egged on Halloween (or its evil twin, Mischief Night), you would know. It’s a slimy shade of egg white that inevitably becomes mixed with yellow streaks of egg yolk and a mosaic of eggshell shards. And it’s often impossible to remove. Get out the power washer, hire a painter, get really angry; but think twice about taking the brats who did it to court. The Halloween season of pranks and misdemeanors is upon us, and Baltimore attorney T.... More

Flawed evidence puts legal process on trial

Roland Walker has been practicing law since 1952. You’d think he’d seen it all, but he said his faith in the system was rattled to an unusual degree recently. More  Read More →

Watch it! Your boss might be a high-tech spy

For employers, technology has made snooping on employees as cheap and easy as pumping self-service gas used to be. Want examples? Employees accustomed to bosses monitoring their office phone conversations and e-mail now face the possibility of their instant messages coming under surveillance. Computers are making it possible for companies to... More

Immigration raids ignite hard feelings

By 6 a.m. most days, immigrants looking for daywork gather at the Baltimore Workers Employment Center on East Fayette Street near Fells Point. Hours later, they fan out across the area, painting buildings, constructing sidewalks, cleaning houses and landscaping yards for hourly, cash wages. More  Read More →

It’s midnight. Do you know where your children are?

It’s almost 2 a.m. on a humid Saturday in August when a middle-aged woman in slippers strides into Baltimore’s Dallas F. Nichols Sr. Elementary School, her elbows and fists swinging. Her T-shirt proclaims “This Mom Kicks.” Judging by the angry look on her face, the garment speaks the truth. More  Read More →

UR BUSTED - Catching bad guys by txt msgs

Police in the 1970s urged citizens to “drop a dime” in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. In an increasing number of cities, tipsters are invited to use their thumbs to identify criminals — by sending text messages from their cell phones. Police hope teens and others who might not dial a Crime Stoppers hot line will share information with authorities by texting. “If somebody hears Johnny is going to bring a gun to school, hopefully they’ll text that in,” said Sgt. Brian Bernardi... More

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