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Md. commission rules Uber is 'common carrier,' will face regulations 

The ridesharing company Uber Technologies is subject to the same regulations imposed on other passenger-for-hire services in the state, the Maryland PSC ruled.

  • Uber, Lyft challenged by another Maryland agency 

Focus now on drugs in EDM scene 

Does the electronic dance music scene have a drug problem? The question is being raised again in the wake of the two deaths last weekend in Columbia.

  • WJZ VIDEO: 911 calls from Merriweather Post overdoses

Looking at the Ravens' position battles 

With the Ravens preparing to play their preseason opener Thursday night, it's a good time to look at the primary position competitions.

  •   Ravens training camp [Pictures]
  •   5 Ravens who have impressed ... and 5 who haven't

Amid controversy, Brown, Hogan schedule debate 

Man kills himself inside Baltimore police station | VIDEO 

Body recovered from the Inner Harbor

General killed in Afghanistan was 'source of inspiration' while at APG | VIDEO

Serious crash on Westminster Pike near Carroll-Baltimore county line

Lacrosse player Devin Cook remembered as motivated and popular

Rawlings-Blake drafts plan to improve view of Baltimore by rail 

Baltimore man, 21, charged in second murder in five years 

August 1936: Hindenburg circles Baltimore

Michael Phelps' return to the pool

The best costumes of Otakon through the years 

ORIOLES

Chris Davis returns to No. 5 spot in lineup Wednesday against Toronto Blue Jays 

First baseman Chris Davis returns to the No. 5 spot in the Orioles lineup tonight against the Toronto Blue Jays. David Lough will start in left field, and Nelson Cruz will be the designated hitter.

Buck Showalter's tweak to Orioles' lineup pays off against the Blue Jays 

Orioles strike first, cruise to 9-3 win over Toronto Blue Jays in series opener 

Peter Schmuck: Orioles still feel at home on the road 

MARYLAND

Farming the 'king of the ocean' 

The dark specks swirling around in big water-filled tanks at the Columbus Center hardly look like fish, much less the kings of the ocean.

Groundbreaking for 4-star College Park hotel set for next spring

Police round up 19 drug suspects in West Baltimore

Tropical Storm Bertha causing spike in surf injuries in Ocean City

BUSINESS

Amazon expands same day delivery in Baltimore

Amazon is expanding same-day delivery service in the Baltimore area and five other metropolitan areas, the online retailer said Wednesday.

Judge orders insurance executive held due to flight risk

Strong advertising sales lead to earnings boost for Sinclair 

Klein, Dolben partner on Pasadena apartments

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LIFESTYLES

100 things to do in Ocean City [Pictures]

To make the most of those oh-so-fleeting summer days (and nights), we've assembled a list of 100 things to do in Ocean City.

Top Baltimore Farmers' Market eats [Pictures] 

It's all fans on deck (or dock) for sailing races in Annapolis 

Orioles to sign pet calendars at BARCS

ENTERTAINMENT

Top 10 Restaurant Week menus [Pictures] 

Here are 10 Restaurant Week menus you should jump all over. Some of them are plain great deals, others are too delicious to pass up.

Top things to do this weekend [Pictures]

A 'Gutsy' Feminist Art Project show at Gallery CA 

Olivia Wilde makes breast-feeding look easy -- and oh so gorgeous

SPORTS

Phelps third in 100-meter freestyle qualifying after 'terrible' start 

IRVINE, Calif. -- Despite a start he described as "pretty terrible," Michael Phelps finished third in morning qualifying for the 100-meter freestyle at the Phillips 66 National Championships, the most important meet to date of his comeback.

Terps coach Randy Edsall disappointed in play of WR Deon Long

Q&A with Maryland lacrosse coach John Tillman -- Part 2 

Entering pivotal season, Ray Rice has 'looked really good' in practice 

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Laurel's National Night Out [Pictures]

People gather for National Night Out at Granville Gude Park on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014.

Columbia's National Night Out [Pictures]

TACOP leads National Night Out procession through Towson

Tuesday at the Howard County Fair [Pictures]

EVENTS

Aug. 8-10: Otakon at Baltimore Convention Center

Aug. 9-10: Moonrise Festival at Pimlico Race Course

Just announced: Fitz and the Tantrums to play free show at Ravens' Countdown to Kickoff

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OPINION

Walgreens: The exception that proves the rule [Editorial] 

Today's announcement by Walgreens that it would not seek to move its corporate headquarters (for tax purposes, anyway) out of the United States may well be the exception that proves the rule of an inexorable trend toward so-called "corporate...

O'Malley takes on another 'pop' issue [Commentary] 

Smallpox virus stocks are dangerous [Commentary] 

Where was the beef? [Commentary] 

HEALTH

Examining milk alternatives 

Gone are the days when milk came only from cows. Now you can make "milk" out of just about anything, from nuts to rice, even hemp.

State works to reduce preventable hospitalizations

Study finds a gene mutation increases breast cancer risk to 1 in 3

Ebola death toll hits 932 in West Africa

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

Zurawik on the Dorothea Lange documentary on PBS's 'American Masters' [Video]

Monster trucks bring smashing fun to Howard County Fair [Video]

Ocean City lifeguards warn swimmers of shorebreak and riptides [Video]

B THE SITE

The many faces of Otakon in Baltimore 

Baltimore cocktails [Pictures]

Like/Dislike with John Gluth of Otakon

The Darkroom

A remote desert where people go looking for work

Athens' Olympic venues in ruins ten years after the games

The life of a rodeo cowboy

READERS RESPOND

Thanks from a musician's mom [Letter]

I just read Susan Reimer's wonderful column in The Baltimore Sun and it took me back...

Cardin must drop support for more Iran sanctions [Letter]

Harris an embarrassment to Md. [Letter]

Thank you for your recent editorial and column by Dan Rodricks drawing attention to our gem...

O'Malley may have helped Beretta make up its mind to leave Md. [Letter]

It seems there is no love lost between Gov. Martin O'Malley and the munitions manufacturer Beretta, which is relocating its manufacturing...

BALTIMORE AREA BLOGS: FEATURED POSTS

  • Still think the 'rain tax' is unnecessary? [HoCo Connect]

  • Hopkins student wins top prize in Google app contest [Technical.ly Baltimore]

  • Caleb Joseph quietly becoming an All-Star-level catcher [Camden Depot]

  • Being 'average' is now the 'in thing' [Baltimore Post Examiner]

  • Davidsonville's Peach Festival is This Saturday [South River Source]

PHOTO GALLERIES

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Md. universities ranked by Princeton Review 

Stars who should jump from TV to movies

Top Baltimore Farmers' Market eats 

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SUN COLUMNISTS

Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

Liberals continue to mess up the country  - August 3, 2014

Susan Reimer

My friends, the bugs in the garden [Commentary]  - July 27, 2014

Dan Rodricks

For immigrants, legal advice, English class and hope  - August 2, 2014

Thomas F. Schaller

The GOP chamber puzzle [Commentary]  - August 5, 2014

YOUR OPINION

Train crashes into second truck [Poll]

A train rammed into a truck crossing its tracks in Rosedale this week -- the second such crash in 15 months. Should flashing lights and crossing gates have been installed at the location after the first incident?

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