Baltimore Sun

baltimoresun.com — Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts made his first competitive appearance on a baseball field in more than a year at Prince George's Stadium on Wednesday night and enjoyed every relatively uneventful minute of it. "It was exciting...fun," he said.

baltimoresun.com — A crowd of "unruly" school kids rushed into a downtown 7-Eleven store at about 2 p.m. Wednesday for a free Slurpee promotion, and didn't leave until they'd caused a commotion - allegedly shoplifting and getting into a physical altercation with the store owner, according to police.

darkroom.baltimoresun.com — Sun photographer Karl Merton Ferron always wanted to shoot the view from the Pimlico Starting Gate. Here's how he did it. After three years of contemplating a short video documenting the starting gate on Preakness Day, I finally had the opportunity to shoot and produce a piece this past weekend at Preakness 2012.

weblogs.baltimoresun.com — First, the disclosure. I have been a correspondent for Opera News for something like 25 years -- a length of time I would not ordinarily acknowledge, since it raises hideous suggestions about my age; but with Internet searches so easy, no point in hiding the fact.

findlocal.baltimoresun.com — Sample wine and cuisine from Chesapeake Wine Company, DiPasquale's, Bistro Rx, V-NO and Todd Conner's. Event held around the historic Marble Fountain and Pagoda. It benefits the Friends of Patterson Park.

baltimoresun.com — The Baltimore police officer who was thrown 20 feet over the side of Interstate 83 after a car crashed into her vehicle as she helped a stranded motorist has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the driver and the owner of the vehicle. The driver, 23-year-old Robert R.

darkroom.baltimoresun.com — The western region of the United States and other countries along the Pacific rim caught a glimpse of the first solar eclipse of the year on Sunday. While, 2011 saw a handful of partial solar eclipses, spectators got to see what's called an annular eclipse, or a so-called "ring of fire."

baltimoresun.com — As traffic officer Bobby Brown began his weekday afternoon shift at Pratt and Light streets, he was quickly drawn into the dangerous dance involving pedestrians and motorists. A motorist didn't see three pedestrians as he made a sharp left-hand turn, but stopped just in time.

articles.baltimoresun.com — Leafy blocks in city, county had fewer break-ins, shootings Who doesn't love a tree? Apparently, criminals. Researchers have found that leafier places in Baltimore tend to have lower crime rates than those with few or no trees.