SPORTS
By Childs Walker, The Baltimore Sun | May 11, 2013
As Orb charged to the wire at Churchill Downs last weekend, he established his clear superiority to the other 18 thoroughbreds on horse racing's biggest stage, the Kentucky Derby. But compared to Derby champions of the past, Orb's time is less impressive - his 2:02.89 run doesn't rank among the top 10 in the race's history. It is slower than the times of many winners from the 1950s and 1960s, and well behind Secretariat's 1973 record. Blame the muddy track? Fair enough, but none of the past decade's Derby winners recorded a top 10 time either.
NEWS
By JULIE BYKOWICZ and JULIE BYKOWICZ,SUN REPORTER | January 5, 2006
For nine days, Ross Hakim Telp asked police and news reporters to help him find his missing mother. The entire time, Baltimore prosecutors said at Telp's sentencing hearing yesterday, the 18-year-old knew precisely what had happened to Margo Antoinette Baker, 52, because he had stabbed her to death and dumped her body in Leakin Park. "Other relatives were hoping for a happy ending, when he knew all along there would not be one," Assistant State's Attorney Amir Gibbs said while asking a judge to sentence Telp to 33 years in prison -- the maximum penalty allowed under his agreement to plead guilty to second-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon.
EXPLORE
By L'Oreal Thompson | September 10, 2012
You've probably heard of Swedish, hot stone and deep tissue massages, but at Mason & Friends Salon & Spa in Columbia, clients are receiving a different kind of massage therapy that claims to help the body repair itself. “Bowenwork helps the body remember how to heal,” says Wendy Seiler, a practitioner at Mason & Friends. Developed in the 1950s by an Australian osteopath, Bowenwork seeks to balance tension patterns in the body. During a session, the practitioner places his or her fingers or thumbs over precise points on muscles, tendons or other soft structures.
NEWS
September 30, 2011
ELKTON - Natural Resources police have recovered a man's body from the Elk River. The body, which police said had been in the water for some time, was found Thursday afternoon near the slips at Triton Marina Services. The Cecil Whig reported that officials had no reports of missing boaters or swimmers. - The Associated Press
NEWS
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | October 1, 2012
Volunteers taking part in a cleanup at Leakin Park on Saturday morning discovered a decomposing body, police confirmed. The body was discovered off of the 4900 block of N. Franklintown Rd., in the Southwestern District, at around 11 a.m. Police said volunteers were cleaning the area when they noticed what appeared to be a body in "severe stages of decomposition. " There were no obvious signs of trauma or foul play, though a police spokeswoman said that was not unusual given the decomposition.
NEWS
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | February 7, 2013
A man's body was pulled from Prettyboy Reservoir in Northern Baltimore County Thursday, police said. The body of a 26-year-old male who was reported missing Wednesday night, was recovered by drivers around 11:30 a.m., said police spokeswoman Cpl. Cathy Batton. His identity has not been released pending notification of his family. Police have not found any signs of foul play, she said, but the medical examiner will determine the cause and manner of death. Batton said the man's vehicle was found in the area, as well as his phone, keys and wallet.