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In an article about how some employers allow their employees to charge their electric cars at work, reporter Lorraine Mirabella describes the General Motors plant in White Marsh where employees can charge their cars as an employee benefit during work hours ("Plugging In On The Job", Feb. 19). The article is longer than it needs to be for what it describes and could be longer for what it didn't include. Nowhere in the article was it mentioned the average price a consumer would pay for the electric car. The article also stated that the company is part of a Department of Energy initiative to include charging stations for employees to use while at work.

Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she "struggled with mental health" issues, leading us to believe that it was those issues that resulted in the tragedy that occurred. Yet we get no further information on these "mental health issues. " The next sentence tells us she has Asperger's.

Today The Baltimore Sun is introducing a new typeface that will replace the current font used for the text of stories. The typeface is designed to improve the legibility of text in two ways: It prints a little darker and there is more space in between lines. The space between lines is intended to make reading easier by creating a less cramped appearance. Some other minor changes will accompany this design update, such as a bolder version of the same typeface for writers' names at the beginning of articles.

Steve Kilar's excellent article on Baltimore's local currency highlighted the process of launching and growing the BNote ("Baltimore's local currency, the BNote, is 2 years old," May 7). Missing from the article, however, was an assessment of the economic benefits of local currencies on communities. Local currencies stimulate the economy by encouraging local spending. A 2008 study conducted by Civic Economics showed significant economic impact from local spending in Western Michigan.

Re: "Teenagers in The White House," (July 10), it's interesting how one example of teenagers in the White House was left out of the compilation. While names like Monroe, Lincoln, Carter and Clinton are cited, the Bush twins are totally ignored. But it's not really surprising, seeing what side of the political fence The Baltimore Sun is on, practically choking up in their descriptions of the Obama clan. Cheryl Herman, Pikesville

Diana K. Sugg, a reporter for The Sun, was named winner yesterday of the 1997 A. D. Emmart Memorial Prize for "The Forever Children," a March 23 article on an aging man's struggle to care for his 43-year-old disabled son.Her article also won the 1997 Community Media Excellence Award, one of two awards given annually by The Arc of the United States, a national organization on mental retardation.The Emmart prize of $1,000 honors writing in the humanities published in a Maryland general-readership newspaper or magazine.

The on-again, off-again public spat between Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and State's Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy is on again, prompted by a blistering letter Jessamy sent to Esquire magazine deriding its laudatory article about O'Malley. Jessamy's two-page letter, sent to Esquire on Friday, is in response to an article in the magazine's "Best and Brightest" issue dubbing O'Malley "the best young mayor in America." The issue hit the newsstands last week. The magazine piece says O'Malley is dashing, frenetic and constructively explosive, while it says Jessamy "embodies the old-line culture of excuses."

VENICE, Calif. - This semester's final edition of Venice High School's student newspaper hit the stand last week, with one article conspicuously absent. Instead, the top headline read: "The Oarsman is Censored." For months, two Oarsman reporters collected records for a planned investigative story about a teacher who, a decade ago, had a relationship with a movie actor when the teacher was in her late 20s and the actor was a teen-ager. Their story used court filings, police records and other documents to detail the relationship between Terminator 2 star Edward Furlong and Jacqueline Domac, who teaches health at the school.

A Los Angeles Times article about a brutal 1994 attack on rap superstar Tupac Shakur was partially based on documents that appear to have been fabricated, the reporter and editor responsible for the article said Wednesday. Reporter Chuck Philips and his supervisor, Deputy Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin, issued statements of apology Wednesday afternoon. The statements came after the Times took withering criticism for the Shakur article, which appeared on latimes.com last week and two days later in the newspaper.

A Baltimore trial lawyer is again calling for the board that regulates Maryland physicians to investigate Dr. Ghevont W. Wartanian, an obstetrician-gynecologist who has been hit with 18 malpractice suits during the past two decades. The lawyer, Daniel M. Clements, said he was filing the formal request for an investigation on behalf of a half-dozen women who came forward as the result of a front-page article in The Sun last week about the doctor's malpractice history. The article raised questions about the way Maryland regulates physicians.

For years, the ill effects of improperly dumped hazardous wastes was a hot topic in the media. However, it seems as though only big name corporations that get caught disposing colossal amounts of waste get covered today. Candy Thomson's recent report shows that there are still concerns when it comes to toxic dumping locally ("Baltimore man sentenced in hazardous waste case," April 29). The fact that the article reports on an average person and not a large corporation deserves applause.

The following letter was sent regarding the article written by Bryna Zumer and is published with the consent of the writer. I just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge with heartfelt appreciation that I and my family feel for the wonderful article you wrote regarding Joshua's case. So many people have told me that your article touched them so much and brought tears to them. I am so thankful that you took your time to come and sit there and wait as we saw the court system has their own agenda and schedule.

Regarding the article, "Towson leaders seek solutions to parking" published in the April 10 edition of the Towson Times, we at Pollard's Towing appreciate the Towson Times notifying the public of the change in parking policy at specific lots in downtown Towson. However, the article included several factual omissions. First, the parking meter was installed and proper signage - in compliance with local laws - posted about one month before any cars were towed. This was by design.

I read with interest the article "Fight against abuse" (April 5). I applaud any effort to stop the horror of domestic violence. However, I am concerned that the article's content reinforces the old stereotype of men as the aggressors and women as the victims. Men are often the victims of their girlfriends or wives. Ned Holstein and Glenn Sacks ("The violence we ignore," July 16, 2009) cite a 2007 Harvard study that says, "according to both men's and women's accounts, 50 percent of the violence in their relationship was reciprocal (involving both parties)

It is with great disappointment that I read The Sun's article on the Maryland State Police's recent "dragnet" targeting trucks in Baltimore ("State police safety dragnet takes 114 trucks off the road," March 28). Maryland Motor Truck Association (MMTA) and its member trucking companies are committed to efforts that improve safety on our state's roadways. We have worked cooperatively with the Maryland State Police as they developed the most extensive state enforcement program for weighing and inspecting trucks in the country, and we have supported expanded use of technology to enhance their enforcement efforts.

Regarding your story about "unconscious bias" against blacks in federal jobs, since blacks make up 13.1 percent of the population and 17.8 percent of the federal workforce how can this be an issue ("Study finds 'unconscious bias' against blacks in federal jobs," March 24)? Also, the article just talks about obstacles and bias. None of the "what to do" items in the gray box are actions blacks can take to help themselves. Once again, the root issue is not addressed. I recruited for many years at local colleges, and Morgan State University students were, on average, by far the least prepared to advance in the workplace.

Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she "struggled with mental health" issues, leading us to believe that it was those issues that resulted in the tragedy that occurred. Yet we get no further information on these "mental health issues. " The next sentence tells us she has Asperger's.

I read with interest the article "Fight against abuse" (April 5). I applaud any effort to stop the horror of domestic violence. However, I am concerned that the article's content reinforces the old stereotype of men as the aggressors and women as the victims. Men are often the victims of their girlfriends or wives. Ned Holstein and Glenn Sacks ("The violence we ignore," July 16, 2009) cite a 2007 Harvard study that says, "according to both men's and women's accounts, 50 percent of the violence in their relationship was reciprocal (involving both parties)

Editor: Regarding your article of March 6, "Rescuers break wrong door down. " I'm sure policies and procedures were followed. The medic unit was responding to a possible stroke victim. Often times, a person having a stroke is paralyzed and unable to speak. Several attempts were made to make contact with the occupant. The address was verified with emergency operations. Right address, possible stroke victim and no occupant response lead to forced entry. In my opinion, the decision of the on-site Fire and Ambulance Offices was spot on. Your article portrays the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company as uncaring: "These things happen.

I just finished reading Mary Tilghman's article "Church members vote to become Catholic" in the Feb. 27 issue of the Catonsville Times. The subject of this article is intriguing, to say the least. I've lived in the Catonsville community for over 50 years and teach history at a nearby high school so the news that the congregants of St. Timothy Episcopal Church have voted to join the Roman Catholic Church was indeed surprising. However, for all the information related to the nature of the congregational vote, pastoral support, and future plans, nowhere in the article was a very crucial piece of information mentioned: Why was this decision made?