http://www.mail.com/locations/12706-baltimore.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/12706-baltimore.html http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099244-yankees-hit-4-hrs-beat-orioles-6-4-10-innings.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Vernon Wells doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees hit four solo homers in a 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Monday night, extending Baltimore's losing streak to six games. New York trailed 4-3 in the ninth before Travis Hafner homered with one out on a 3-1 pitch from Jim Johnson, who has blown three s... Tue, 21 May 2013 03:13:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2099244-yankees-hit-4-hrs-beat-orioles-6-4-10-innings.html 2013-05-21T03:13:11Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2096700-rays-hit-2-hrs-beat-orioles-3-1-3-game-sweep.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Matt Moore pitched seven innings of five-hit ball to stay unbeaten, Luke Scott and Matt Joyce homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep. Moore (8-0) gave up one run, struck out three and walked one. The left-hander has won nine straight decisions, breaking the franchise record of eight set... Sun, 19 May 2013 21:41:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2096700-rays-hit-2-hrs-beat-orioles-3-1-3-game-sweep.html 2013-05-19T21:41:33Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2095728-derby-winner-orb-disappoints-preakness.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Orb came up short in the Preakness, frustrating everyone who made the Kentucky Derby winner a 3-5 favorite — no one more than trainer Shug McGaughey. "I'm disappointed," McGaughey said after Orb finished fourth and Oxbow pulled off the upset Saturday. "I'll be more disappointed tomorrow than I am right now. I know the game. It is highs an... Sun, 19 May 2013 01:29:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2095728-derby-winner-orb-disappoints-preakness.html 2013-05-19T01:29:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2095564-triple-crown-oxbow-upsets-orb-preakness.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes. Thanks to Oxbow's wire-to-wire win Saturday over Kentucky Derby winner Orb, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jock... Sun, 19 May 2013 01:12:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2095564-triple-crown-oxbow-upsets-orb-preakness.html 2013-05-19T01:12:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2095414-pimlico-infield-safe-sound-preakness.html BALTIMORE (AP) — In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line. On the other side of the expansive infield at Pimlico Race Course, 42-year-old Sharon Zahn and her 18-year-old daughter were waiting for rapper Macklemore to begin. Pitbull was also set to entertain the mas... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:56:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2095414-pimlico-infield-safe-sound-preakness.html 2013-05-18T19:56:45Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2093566-orb-favored-to-take-preakness-set-up-triple-try.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Orb is ready for his whirl at history. The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course. "I couldn't be more pleased with the way he's doing," trainer Shug McGaughey said at his final pre-Preakness media briefing F... Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2093566-orb-favored-to-take-preakness-set-up-triple-try.html 2013-05-18T07:13:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092650-jobs-trip-obama-tries-to-leave-problems.html BALTIMORE (AP) — President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should work on creating more middle-class jobs in the slowly growing economy. "Our work is not done, and our focus cannot drift," Obama said. Obama's jobs tour took him to Baltimore after riding thro... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092650-jobs-trip-obama-tries-to-leave-problems.html 2013-05-17T20:05:46Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2092628-lukas-seeks-3-times-fun-preakness.html BALTIMORE (AP) — After being on this earth for 77 years, winning 13 Triple Crown races and totaling more than $100 million in purse money, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has earned the right to sit in an office and let his assistants do the grunt work in the stables. That's not going to happen anytime soon. With three entrants in Saturday's Preakness... Fri, 17 May 2013 07:57:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2092628-lukas-seeks-3-times-fun-preakness.html 2013-05-17T07:57:04Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2091148-orb-ordinary-to-extraordinary.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Growing up, Kentucky Derby winner Orb was just another horse who fit in with the crowd. Never caused problems. Never raised a ruckus. Never got sick or hurt while frolicking in the fields of Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., with his pals, or when he was learning how to be a racehorse at Niall Brennan's farm in Ocala, Fla. Did everything aske... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:11:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2091148-orb-ordinary-to-extraordinary.html 2013-05-16T18:11:37Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2090858-fillies-take-center-stage-black-eyed-susan.html BALTIMORE (AP) — A Hall of Fame trainer and the winning jockey in the Kentucky Derby will join forces Friday in the Black-Eyed Susan, a Grade 2 race for 3-year-old fillies at Pimlico Race Course. Bob Baffert will saddle Fiftyshadesofhay, who's lost two straight Grade 1 races since capturing the Grade 3 Santa Ysabel in January. Baffert, who will enter Gove... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:45:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2090858-fillies-take-center-stage-black-eyed-susan.html 2013-05-16T16:45:05Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2088608-ravens-lb-mcclain-retires-playing-with-team.html OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Linebacker Rolando McClain has told the Baltimore Ravens that he's retiring from the NFL. The 23-year-old McClain played three seasons with the Oakland Raiders before signing a one-year contract with Baltimore as a free agent on April 12. "Rolando let me know that he plans to retire from the NFL," Ravens general manager Ozzie News... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:29:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2088608-ravens-lb-mcclain-retires-playing-with-team.html 2013-05-15T21:29:59Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2087682-derby-winner-orb-faces-friend-preakness.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Illinois Derby champion Departing played together as foals in the lush pastures of Claiborne Farm in central Kentucky. It will be all business on Saturday, though, when the horses meet for the first time on the racetrack in the $1 million Preakness Stakes. Orb is aiming for the second jewel of the Triple Crow... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:32:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2087682-derby-winner-orb-faces-friend-preakness.html 2013-05-15T17:32:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2085636-stolen-us-historical-documents-returned-to-owners.html BALTIMORE (AP) — At a table in the library of the Maryland Historical Society, an investigator with the National Archives pulls file folder after file folder from a cardboard box and hands them to library director Patricia Dockman Anderson. An FBI agent sits nearby. Item No. 451: an invitation to meet Vice President Hubert Humphrey in Hawaii in 1966. Item... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:45:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2085636-stolen-us-historical-documents-returned-to-owners.html 2013-05-14T21:45:41Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2083660-oneill-hopes-goldencents-finishes-money.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Just like last year, Doug O'Neill was the first trainer to bring his Kentucky Derby entrant to Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness. The similarity ends there. During the third week of May in 2012, O'Neill was the talk of the horse racing world. He was in charge of I'll Have Another, who stormed to victory in the Kentucky Derby and was p... Tue, 14 May 2013 07:16:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2083660-oneill-hopes-goldencents-finishes-money.html 2013-05-14T07:16:06Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2082978-derby-winner-orb-arrives-pimlico-preakness.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Orb has settled into the place reserved for royalty at Pimlico Race Course — stall 40. The Triple Crown hopeful arrived at Pimlico on Monday afternoon, five days before the Preakness. He was immediately taken to stall 40 at the Stakes Barn, which traditionally serves as home to the Kentucky Derby winner. Some of the gr... Tue, 14 May 2013 01:15:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2082978-derby-winner-orb-arrives-pimlico-preakness.html 2013-05-14T01:15:45Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2081520-derby-winner-orb-impresses-with-workout-belmont.html NEW YORK (AP) — Orb is ready. The Kentucky Derby winner put in his final workout before the Preakness, breezing four furlongs in 47.18 seconds, galloping out five furlongs in 59.54 and delighting trainer Shug McGaughey. "I thought it was breathtaking," McGaughey said Monday morning. With exercise rider Jennifer Patte... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:07:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2081520-derby-winner-orb-impresses-with-workout-belmont.html 2013-05-13T15:07:04Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2074116-ravens-shipley-colts-draft-pick.html OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens acquired center A.Q. Shipley from the Indianapolis Colts for a conditional 2014 draft pick. The trade, announced Thursday by the Ravens, will be finalized after Shipley passes a physical. Shipley played in 14 games last season with the Colts, getting five starts. He played a key role on an offensive line that ... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:27:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2074116-ravens-shipley-colts-draft-pick.html 2013-05-09T15:27:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2062850-derby-live-orb-wins-surging-bettors.html LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs had a field of 19 horses, with Orb topping the field in just over two minutes. He's the newest contender for a Triple Crown in thoroughbred racing. The Preakness follows in two weeks and the Belmont Stakes is June 8. The last horse to sweep all three races was Affirmed in 19... Sun, 05 May 2013 00:02:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2062850-derby-live-orb-wins-surging-bettors.html 2013-05-05T00:02:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057298-navy-charges-2-deaths-2-divers-md-pond.html HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Two members of a Virginia-based Navy dive unit face military criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter and dereliction of duty in the February drowning deaths of two divers at an Army facility test pond near Baltimore, officials said Wednesday. Navy officials said the two defendants, whom they haven't identified, are a chief warr... Thu, 02 May 2013 01:13:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057298-navy-charges-2-deaths-2-divers-md-pond.html 2013-05-02T01:13:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2054638-omalley-notes-improvements-jail.html ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's governor said Tuesday that changes are needed at a Baltimore jail, including a revamped process for hiring corrections officers, after 13 female officers were among 25 people indicted in an alleged contraband-smuggling conspiracy. Gov. Martin O'Malley called the allegations arising from last week's federal indictment ugly ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:55:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2054638-omalley-notes-improvements-jail.html 2013-04-30T20:55:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2053858-preakness-beefs-up-security-bans-backpacks.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Backpacks and duffel bags will be prohibited at the Preakness this year, part of a new security policy at Pimlico Race Course influenced by the bombings at the Boston Marathon. For the first time, only clear coolers will be allowed in the building and the infield at the middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown. The new policy also forbids la... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:39:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2053858-preakness-beefs-up-security-bans-backpacks.html 2013-04-30T17:39:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2041166-drug-czar-pot-legalization-wont-change-mission.html BALTIMORE (AP) — The nation's drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won't change his office's mission of fighting the country's drug problem by focusing on addiction treatment that will be available under the federal health overhaul. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the National Drug Control Policy, released P... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:23:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2041166-drug-czar-pot-legalization-wont-change-mission.html 2013-04-24T21:23:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2034922-dodgers-rhp-billingsley-dl-recall-fife.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Right-hander Chad Billingsley has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Los Angeles Dodgers, who recalled Stephen Fife from Triple-A Albuquerque to start Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. Billingsley, who had been slated to start, has pain in his right elbow. He finished last season on the DL with right elbow pain and was on ... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:36:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2034922-dodgers-rhp-billingsley-dl-recall-fife.html 2013-04-21T16:36:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2030412-ball-fan-catches-2-homers-single-game.html NEW YORK (AP) — Zack Hample leads the majors in hogging home run balls. The 35-year-old New Yorker picked up Didi Gregorius' first big league homer when the Arizona Diamondbacks rookie lined a pitch into the third row of right-field seats in the third inning Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. Then he caught a tying drive by Francisco Ce... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:36:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2030412-ball-fan-catches-2-homers-single-game.html 2013-04-19T07:36:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2007078-maryland-lawmakers-pass-medical-marijuana-bill.html ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly on Monday approved a measure allowing medical marijuana programs at research centers that choose to participate. The state Senate approved the measure, 42-4. Ten of the Senate's 12 Republicans joined 32 Democrats, while two Democrats and two Republicans voted against it. The action sends the bill to Gov.... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:10:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2007078-maryland-lawmakers-pass-medical-marijuana-bill.html 2013-04-09T10:10:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2005676-joe-flacco-to-portray-johnny-unitas-movie.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe Flacco as Johnny Unitas. The Ravens' quarterback says he'll play the part of Baltimore's greatest quarterback, former Colts star Johnny Unitas, in an upcoming movie entitled "Unitas We Stand." The movie is being co-produced by Joe Unitas, the late quarterback's son. He tells WBAL-TV that Flacco w... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:28:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2005676-joe-flacco-to-portray-johnny-unitas-movie.html 2013-04-08T15:28:27Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2002062-ravens-lb-ayanbadejo-sees-gays-coming.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo says up to four NFL players may soon come out as gay, according to a published report. "I think it will happen sooner than you think," Ayanbadejo told The Baltimore Sun. "We're in talks with a handful of players who are considering it. There are up to four players being talked to right... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:18:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2002062-ravens-lb-ayanbadejo-sees-gays-coming.html 2013-04-06T02:18:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991952-help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul people out of poverty in this Maryland port city where one of four residents is considered poor by U.S. government standards. Hammond says he ended up in Baltimore three years... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:34:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991952-help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us.html 2013-04-02T06:34:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1947400-49ers-acquire-wr-boldin-ravens.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Here's a Super Bowl twist: A guy who helped Baltimore beat San Francisco for the NFL title is now poised to join the 49ers. San Francisco acquired wide receiver Anquan Boldin from the Ravens for a sixth-round draft pick Monday. Boldin, a star in Baltimore's run to the world championship last season, must pass a physical to complete the deal. Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:08:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1947400-49ers-acquire-wr-boldin-ravens.html 2013-03-12T00:08:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1937140-storm-strikes-mid-atlantic-250k-lose-power.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A winter storm marched into the Mid-Atlantic region Wednesday, dumping nearly two feet of snow in some places and knocking out power to about 250,000 homes and businesses. It largely spared the nation's capital, which was expecting much worse and had all but shut down. Officials in Washington didn't want a repeat of 2011, when a rush-hou... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:47:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1937140-storm-strikes-mid-atlantic-250k-lose-power.html 2013-03-07T03:47:40Z