http://www.mail.com/locations/12708-maryland.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/12708-maryland.html 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/scitech/health/2075864-surgeon-stonewall-jackson-death-pneumonia.html Historians and doctors have debated for decades what medical complications caused the death of legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, felled by friendly fire from his troops during the Civil War. Shot three times while returning from scouting enemy lines in the Virginia wilderness, Jackson was badly wounded in the left arm by one of ... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:19:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2075864-surgeon-stonewall-jackson-death-pneumonia.html 2013-05-10T20:19:51Z 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/us/2058796-governor-signs-repeal-death-penalty-md.html ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Opponents of capital punishment marked a milestone Thursday as Maryland became the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish the death penalty in nearly 50 years, joining only West Virginia. The passage was a significant victory for Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Roman Catholic who opposes capital punishment and is con... Thu, 02 May 2013 23:23:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2058796-governor-signs-repeal-death-penalty-md.html 2013-05-02T23:23:04Z 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/news/2046184-military-grooms-officers-war-cyberspace.html AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation's military and civilian computer networks that control everything from electrical power grids to the banking system. Students at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies are taking more co... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:42:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046184-military-grooms-officers-war-cyberspace.html 2013-04-26T08:42:07Z 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/news/politics/2041204-maryland-governor-considering-white-house.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a rising star in Democratic politics, said Wednesday that he is considering making a run for the White House in 2016 and will likely make a decision later this year. O'Malley, in Jerusalem on a Mideast tour, said he was still undecided but intends to dedicate "reflection time" on whether to seek the Democrat... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:10:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041204-maryland-governor-considering-white-house.html 2013-04-24T12:10:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040200-trial-md-man-iran-satellite-case.html GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — The case against an Iranian-American man accused of helping Iran launch its first satellite may sound like a James Bond movie but it's a real life drama, a prosecutor said Tuesday as trial opened. Nader Modanlo, 52, is accused of brokering a deal to help Iran launch the earth observation satellite from Russia. Prosecutors say the Mar... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:47:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2040200-trial-md-man-iran-satellite-case.html 2013-04-23T22:47:47Z 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/news/politics/2024310-letter-to-miss-senator-tests-ricin.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, authorities said, heightening concerns about terrorism a day after a bombing killed three and left more than 170 injured at the Boston Marathon. One senator, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, said authorities have a suspec... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:18:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024310-letter-to-miss-senator-tests-ricin.html 2013-04-17T04:18:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2013744-lady-to-address-graduates-ky-md-tenn.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama's commencement speaking schedule is taking her to Kentucky, Maryland and Tennessee. The White House announced Thursday that Mrs. Obama will address graduates at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond on May 11 and at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., on May 17. She's also speaking to graduating high school seniors at ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:05:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2013744-lady-to-address-graduates-ky-md-tenn.html 2013-04-11T20:05:23Z 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/basketball/1988750-uconn-women-maryland-76-50.html BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's youngest players have the Huskies back in an old and familiar spot. Freshmen Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck combined for 35 points as UConn (32-4) advanced to their eighth straight regional final with a 76-50 blowout over Maryland on Saturday. "I think we were 16 for 28 from the floor, our freshmen... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:05:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1988750-uconn-women-maryland-76-50.html 2013-03-30T23:05:38Z