The Baltimore Sun

Many a night on Natalie Merchant's summer tour this year, she has found herself gazing out the window of yet another generic chain hotel, contemplating the concrete jungle that has...

When psychotherapist Judy Landon suddenly developed joint pains six years ago, she explored an unconventional remedy. Landon, 51, had long favored salads and fish and never ate much red meat,...

Confectioners' sugar ices the valley rim. Fog hugs the pine-scented air, like steam from a sizzling meat platter. Half Dome's peak rises in the distance, a huge, half-eaten scoop of...

Walter Lord, the author whose book "A Night to Remember" is credited with starting the world's enduring obsession with the sinking of the Titanic, died Sunday in his New York...

Spring onions are in the produce aisles ready to flavor a variety of salads and lightly cooked dishes. The Vidalia Sweets are among the most famous of this kind of...

Even for the security conscious city of Jerusalem, the police deployments Monday were remarkable. Police dressed in blue, police dressed in army khaki, police on horses and police in cars...

It's one thing if a company does a little belt-tightening in tough times. But workers at some companies have bigger concerns: the fate of retirement plans and benefits once their...

Let's talk jerky. No, not the Jim Carrey, Jerry Lewis jerky. Jerky, as in dried dead animal. Doesn't sound too inviting that way, does it? It doesn't look very inviting,...

Let's talk jerky. Jerky, as in dried dead animal. Doesn't sound too inviting that way, does it? It doesn't look very inviting, either. But looks aren't everything. Jerky is a...

Capt. Lawrence D. Getzfred. Capt. Lawrence D. Getzfred, 57, lived in Silver Spring, Md., with his family. He was on his second stint at the Pentagon, where he worked in...