The life of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II, who died yesterday at the age of 84, was a proud son of Poland who helped break communism's hold on Eastern Europe as he kept a...
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Swooning globally for swimmer
We know him as the boy next door from Rodgers Forge, the lean amphibian who will soon bring home a slew of Olympic hardware. But in the global community that...
Mother upset about conditions at Hickey
Yesterday was supposed to have been the day that Sabrina Galante's 18-year-old son got to meet and shake hands with Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., on the grounds of the...
‘He was real bad news for her’
Sierra Swann well knows of the various addictions that play out in the neighborhood near the corner of Boone Street and East 20th, a grim place where heroin and cocaine...
Soldiers’ story shifts from pride to shame
When the American military took over Saddam Hussein's prisons a year ago, they inherited a system in shambles, haunted by a legacy of torture, abuse and murder. But by last...
U.S. berates Md. for flaws of youth jails
With blistering language but only a mild threat of further legal action, the U.S. Justice Department has concluded that the violent conditions and substandard care at two Maryland juvenile detention...
Juvenile justice reforms approved
The General Assembly approved an extensive but slow makeover of Maryland's juvenile justice system yesterday, in hopes of emulating a lengthy reform effort in Missouri that has lowered recidivism even...
Report is critical of juvenile centers
The latest report card for Maryland's juvenile justice system offers another portrait of violence, mismanagement and dangerous conditions at the state's largest detention centers for troubled youths. The quarterly report,...
Hickey turns a violent page
The description reads like a riot scene from a prison movie: inmates on a rampage, attacking each other with chairs and mop handles. A guard fuels the chaos by opening...
Wind, waves, twists of fate bring death
Everyone wanted to get on the boat. That was the dockside consensus at Fort McHenry as Seaport Taxi's Lady D approached from across the harbor. A darkening sky threatened rain,...