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On Thursday, the day the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare, a 47-year-old Baltimore woman went to the drugstore, and pulled out her debit card to pay for a prescription refill. But she didn't have enough money in the account to cover the $425 charge. So she asked the pharmacist and staff for a favor. "I asked them to break up the prescription to give me one-third," says the woman, who would not allow her name to be published because she didn't want to disclose her medical conditions.

Two Arabian camels who spend their summers in Baltimore are taking on passengers for short daytime trips past their penguin and elephant neighbors at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore for the next few months. The one-humped animals, also known as dromedaries, arrived at the zoo last week from another facility in Missouri, where they spent the winter, the zoo said. Rides on "Pam" and "Mocha" for zoo visitors began Saturday. The rides, available daily between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. through Labor Day, cost $7, the zoo said.

When he was 16, Haymond Burton hit a man over the head twice with a bottle. He says it was in self defense, but prosecutors charged him with attempted murder, which meant he would be tried as an adult under state law. He was put in a Baltimore jail, in a separate wing for minor defendants, and waited more than a year for his trial, at which a jury acquitted him of all charges but second-degree assault — a crime that's usually dealt with...

It took almost 56 years, but I've finally mastered my table manners, and in the process learned something about the curious and controversial history of the fork. And all it took was two hours of bearing up under Carol Haislip's patrician gaze as she waved the silver instrument of torture with the twisted prong known as a "butter pick" through the air, perilously close to my throat. Possibly, the danger was all in my mind. It's true that I lack the higher, lower and intermediate social graces - I am a child of the lawless '70s, after all. And it's equally true that I had never fully grasped silverware's potential for inflicting bodily harm until I attended "Fish Forks and Finger Bowls," a seminar that teaches table manners to adults.

A 17-year-old Maryland girl has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting of an acquaintance. Prince George's County police said Friday that Charde Monet Walls has been charged as an adult in the death of 29-year-old Donta Jermaine Simmons. Police said Simmons walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound Thursday and died shortly afterward. Walls was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and use of a handgun in commission of a felony. Police said Simmons and Walls knew each other and that the shooting followed a dispute.

Detectives are investigating an overnight shooting in the 2500 block of Edgecombe Circle in the Parklane neighborhood of Baltimore, police said. An adult male was shot in the legs, according to authorities, and that he was in stable condition. ywenger@baltsun.com

Two children and one adult suffered serious injuries in a crash on Eastern Boulevard in Baltimore County on Saturday night, a Fire Department spokeswoman said. Eleven EMS and fire units were called to the accident, which occurred at about 6:30 p.m. to the 8300 block of Eastern Blvd. at Diamond Point Road, said spokeswoman Elise Armacost. It was unclear how many vehicles were involved in the crash, she said. The three victims were taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital for serious, but non life-threatening injuries, she said.

A 14-year-old has been charged as an adult in the death of his 7-month old sister, who was found unresponsive inside a White Oak apartment Friday, according to Montgomery County police. Police said Larissa Yanes was found unresponsive by her mother, who went to work Thursday night, leaving the infant with her bother, 14-year-old Jonathan Aguiluc. After Gloria Yanes left for work at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, police said Aguiluc beat his sister when she started to cry, and covered her mouth and nose with his hands until she stopped.

A prosecution expert testified Friday that violent behavior by the teen accused in the killing of a teacher at the Cheltenham youth facility had escalated, in spite of the treatment he was receiving. Because of the youth's history, he said, the youth needs more treatment than is available in the juvenile system. But a defense witness countered that despite past troubles, the youth could benefit from being treated with other adolescents, rather than being treated as an adult. The experts testified before Prince George's County Circuit Judge C. Philip Nichols, who will decide whether the youth will be tried as a juvenile or as an adult on charges of first-degree murder and sex offenses in the bludgeoning death 11 months ago of 65-year-old Hannah E. Wheeling of Bel Air. The youth was 13 at the time of the slaying, and was being held at Cheltenham on burglary charges.

Traffic Morning commute snarled by accidents, including two with injury Several accidents, including a fatal crash in Baltimore County, hampered Thursday morning's traffic, according to the state Department of Transportation. The morning commute became snarled at 5:41 a.m., due to a deadly accident involving three vehicles that closed all lanes and both shoulders of the Interstate 695 inner loop near Belair Road in the Overlea area of Baltimore County, DOT said. One adult was killed in the accident, and at least one adult and one child were injured and transported to area hospitals in critical condition, a Baltimore County Fire Department dispatcher confirmed.

A 16-year-old Belcamp boy has been arrested and charged as an adult in connection with a Craigslist robbery earlier this month. Rodney Parker Jr., 16, of the 1300 block of Liriope Court, is charged with armed robbery, robbery and theft. He was arrested near his home by detectives at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to a press release from the Harford County Sheriff's Office. On April 6 at 11:30 p.m., sheriff's deputies were sent to the 1300 block of Riverside Parkway and met with a Baltimore man who said that earlier in the day he had responded to a Craigslist advertisement in which he offered to buy a cell phone listed for sale, according to the release.

Lawyers for a Harford County teen accused of killing his father last year attempted to convince a judge Friday that it would be unconstitutional to try the 17-year-old as an adult. Robert C. Richardson III's attorneys also said the boy is suffering from the effects of isolation at the county jail, asking at a motions hearing for their client to be transferred to a facility for juveniles. They said he is being held in solitary confinement at the Harford County Detention Center. "The jail in Harford County does not have the capability to address the needs of juvenile offenders and juvenile inmates," lawyer Kay Beehler said at a hearing Friday in Harford County Circuit Court.

The word was tristeza. It's a disease of citrus trees, but more importantly, for Tobey Roland, it once scored 228 points for him in a game of Scrabble, he said. Roland, 52, of Mount Washington, loves Scrabble and estimates he has played in 120 tournaments, winning eight to 10, since he started playing competitively in 2005. "It's fun and challenging," said Roland, an independent financial investor. "It's really more about probabilities, using premium spots and letters and getting bonuses by using seven-letter words.

John Pittas' mother spent six months in a Pennsylvania facility recovering after an auto accident, then moved to Greece to be with her other children. Left behind: $93,000 in unpaid care bills. The facility sued to collect - from John Pittas. A court sided with the care facility last year and ordered the son, who runs a diner in Schnecksville, Pa., to pay up. The basis of the lawsuit is a so-called filial support law, which requires adult children to be responsible for the care of indigent parents.

A Laurel teenager is being charged as an adult with first-degree assault in the shooting of a police vehicle with a BB gun while it was being driven by an officer, Prince George's County Police said Saturday. Andre Christopher Rivers, 16, of the 13500 block of Attleboro Court, was arrested Friday evening after an officer driving along Contee Road "heard a projectile strike his driver's side door" about 6 p.m. and immediately called for backup, police said in a statement. "The patrol officer believed he was being fired on and immediately requested a search of the area," the statement said.

When tickets to the third Grand Prix of Baltimore went on sale in December, race promoter Race On announced a drastic drop in the price for junior tickets. Now, some kids can watch for free. Race On announced Tuesday a revised ticket plan -- one already in place at other popular road races, officials said -- that will allow each adult with a general admissions ticket to bring one child 12-years-old or younger to the Labor Day event. “We know that Labor Day weekend is a time to spend with family, and we're excited to make it easier for families to attend one of the largest and most exciting sporting events on the East Coast,” said Grand Prix of Baltimore General Manager Tim Mayer in a news release.

Marylanders can knock up to $8 off the cost of a morning visit to Baltimore's National Aquarium, under a program announced Monday. The "Maryland Mornings" promotion discounts adult admission by $8 and child admission by $4 for visits that start before noon Sunday through Friday. "Maryland Mornings is one of the ways for us to show our appreciation to our fellow community members," Aquarium CEO John Racanelli said in a news release. "National Aquarium may have a reach that spans across the country and world, but our roots are in Maryland and many of our conservation and education efforts are based here.

Lawyers for Howard County and the Pack Shack took their long-running debate over the constitutionality of the county's adult business ordinance before the state's highest court yesterday for a judicial review with potential to affect similar laws elsewhere. In oral arguments before the Court of Appeals yesterday, lawyers for the Ellicott City business, who have been sparring with county officials for more than four years, said the 1997 law violates the Pack Shack owners' First Amendment rights and was created to drive it and a second adult store in the county out of business.

Traffic Morning commute snarled by accidents, including two with injury Several accidents, including a fatal crash in Baltimore County, hampered Thursday morning's traffic, according to the state Department of Transportation. The morning commute became snarled at 5:41 a.m., due to a deadly accident involving three vehicles that closed all lanes and both shoulders of the Interstate 695 inner loop near Belair Road in the Overlea area of Baltimore County, DOT said. One adult was killed in the accident, and at least one adult and one child were injured and transported to area hospitals in critical condition, a Baltimore County Fire Department dispatcher confirmed.

A 14-year-old has been charged as an adult in the death of his 7-month old sister, who was found unresponsive inside a White Oak apartment Friday, according to Montgomery County police. Police said Larissa Yanes was found unresponsive by her mother, who went to work Thursday night, leaving the infant with her bother, 14-year-old Jonathan Aguiluc. After Gloria Yanes left for work at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, police said Aguiluc beat his sister when she started to cry, and covered her mouth and nose with his hands until she stopped.