Phelps gives Shaq swim tips on eve of race
Michael Phelps is wading through the baby pool in a colorful Speedo, his famous Olympic rings tattoo peeking suggestively out from his bathing suit. And he's surrounded by kids who...
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Deep in grief, Amish strive to understand and move on
Along the miles of twisting country roads that divide and unite this community, people went about their business yesterday, tending acres of corn and pumpkins, ordering meatloaf lunch specials at...
Gas station is low-tech but full-service
When cars roll into Charlie's Service Station and over one of the strategically positioned hoses, a bell inside the shop clanks. It's not a melodious jingle, not an electronic buzz....
Council votes to finance hotel in city
After months of intense debate about the city's building and owning a convention center hotel, a wide-ranging dispute over everything from the project's complex financing to its effect on the...
Mixed reviews on city-owned hotels
One morning last spring, not long before Baltimore would find itself neck-deep in divisive arguments about building a public hotel, Myrtle Beach, S.C., readers unfolding their hometown newspaper probably rubbed...
City hotel proposal gains late support
With only hours left before the first key vote on Baltimore's proposed publicly financed convention center hotel, a whirlwind weekend of dealing and strategizing appeared late yesterday to have built...
Hotel plan support, aid funds seem tied
The City Council's support for the convention center hotel plan seems increasingly linked to the willingness of Mayor Martin O'Malley's administration to open its wallet to assist struggling neighborhoods. With...
Lacking votes, council delays hotel decision
They are not convinced. Despite more than 10 hours of public hearings, private tutoring sessions, reams of tedious documents, endorsements from the mayor and cajoling phone calls from union leaders,...
Duncan questions plan for public to pay for city hotel
Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan questioned yesterday the public financing of Baltimore's proposed convention center hotel, directly challenging a project of his likely chief Democratic rival in next year's...
Council president attacked on city hotel plans
Angry religious leaders descended on City Hall yesterday to demand that Baltimore leaders spend city dollars to end blight, not on a $305 million convention center hotel. At a public...