Read more Baltimore stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6769/baltimore.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:44:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70138/acorn-sues-creators-of-sting-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagACORN is suing the makers of a hidden-camera video that showed employees of its Baltimore office giving tax advice to a man and woman posing as a pimp and prostitute. The liberal group contends that the audio portion of the video was obtained illegally because Maryland requires two-party consent to...http://www.newser.com/story/70138/acorn-sues-creators-of-sting-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 18:21:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69468/johns-hopkins-student-kills-burglar-with-samurai-sword.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor those thinking of burglarizing hapless eggheads, think again: A would-be burglar met his end at the hands of a Johns Hopkins student armed with a samurai sword early today, the Baltimore Sun reports. The student, who lives off-campus, told cops he heard a sound and went downstairs, to find...http://www.newser.com/story/69468/johns-hopkins-student-kills-burglar-with-samurai-sword.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69219/us-census-bureau-axes-community-group-acorn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Census Bureau will not allow community-organizing group ACORN to participate in next year’s national census, the Wall Street Journal reports tonight. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is a “distraction,” Census director Robert Groves writes, after members of its Baltimore and Washington offices were caught on...http://www.newser.com/story/69219/us-census-bureau-axes-community-group-acorn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 21:55:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69187/acorn-fires-staffers-over-prostitute-sting-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Baltimore office of ACORN has fired two staff members who were caught on tape giving advice to a man and a woman posing as a prostitute and a pimp, the Baltimore Sun reports. The video shows the staffers explaining how to evade tax laws, set up a brothel, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69187/acorn-fires-staffers-over-prostitute-sting-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 12:04:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66971/other-driver-blamed-for-phelps-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice don't believe Michael Phelps was to blame for his car accident in Baltimore Thursday night but the swimmer will have to go to court for producing an invalid Michigan driver's license after the crash, the Baltimore Sun reports. The other driver, a 28-year-old woman who was slightly injured when...http://www.newser.com/story/66971/other-driver-blamed-for-phelps-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 6:11:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66877/phelps-unhurt-in-car-crash-other-driver-shaken-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Phelps was uninjured after the car he was driving collided with another vehicle in Baltimore tonight. The female driver of a Honda Accord was "shaken up" and taken to a hospital as a precaution. Two passengers in Phelps' Cadillac Escalade were unhurt. A police spokesman says Phelps has been...http://www.newser.com/story/66877/phelps-unhurt-in-car-crash-other-driver-shaken-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 23:31:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66096/places-the-obamas-should-visit-instead-of-the-vineyard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough he grants that the president may just want some peace and quiet from his upcoming vacation to Martha’s Vineyard, Max Linsky is disappointed by the choice “for a president keenly aware of symbolism,” he writes for the Stimulist. He suggests alternatives: California. The state’s budget debacle just forced it...http://www.newser.com/story/66096/places-the-obamas-should-visit-instead-of-the-vineyard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 19:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65140/swine-flu-vaccine-trials-to-hit-8-cities-in-aug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe National Institutes of Health will supervise a nationwide test of a swine flu vaccine in eight cities starting in August, the Seattle Times reports. Test subjects will be drawn from Seattle, Baltimore, Iowa City, St. Louis, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, and Nashville. Thousands will receive “a vaccine you can't otherwise...http://www.newser.com/story/65140/swine-flu-vaccine-trials-to-hit-8-cities-in-aug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 12:53:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59133/triple-crown-bid-means-millions-for-belmont.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe New York Racing Association has a lot riding on the outcome of tomorrow’s Preakness, Bloomberg reports. If Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird prevails, the resulting Triple Crown shot at Belmont could bring the association, which operates New York's three thoroughbred tracks, an extra $3 million in ticket, betting,...http://www.newser.com/story/59133/triple-crown-bid-means-millions-for-belmont.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 14:00:01 CDT