ENTERTAINMENT
By Richard Gorelick and The Baltimore Sun | January 17, 2013
My Thai, originally located in Mount Vernon's Park Plaza building, has reopened in The Tack Factory at 1300 Bank St. The new My Thai occupies the nearly 6,000-square-foot space formerly held by another Thai restaurant, Lemongrass, and features exposed brick, a 40-foot bar, dark woods, and a combination of high top communal tables and traditional seating. The restaurant is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, until midnight on Friday and Saturday. Developed by the husband-and-wife team of Brad and Varattaya "Pui" Wales and Jirat Suphrom-In, the original Charles Street restaurant, along with Donna's and Indigma, was destroyed by a fire in December 2010.
NEWS
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | January 7, 2013
A seven-month-old boy died after being hospitalized Dec. 31 with rib fractures and other injuries, making the infant Baltimore's first homicide victim of 2013. On Monday night, homicide detectives charged the child's father, 29-year-old Francois Browne, with first-degree murder, police said. Child protective services had contacted police on New Year's Eve, saying the child, Kendell Browne, was in the University of Maryland's pediatric center with multiple injuries and was unlikely to survive.
SPORTS
Courtesy of Inside Lacrosse | December 31, 2012
Syracuse sophomore Mike Daniello, who spent last season with Johns Hopkins before transferring, is reportedly recovering from serious head injuries suffered last week. Daniello was involved in an incident that left him with a fractured skull and a brain contusion, according to multiple sources. The nature of the incident is still unknown. Syracuse officials confirmed that Daniello was still being hospitalized as of Sunday but had no update on his condition at that point. The younger brother of Chris, a third-team All-American who helped the Orange to national titles in 2008 and 2009, and Nick, who played defense and long-stick midfielder at Stevens Tech, Mike Daniello played for the Blue Jays in 2012, appearing in eight games with three shots and one ground ball.
NEWS
By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun | December 29, 2012
Prince George's County police found a missing 20-year-old University of Maryland, College Park student dead Friday night. David Jonathan Scherr had not been seen since Dec. 19 near the College Park campus, thought to be driving a black 2013 Ford Escape. Police found Scherr unresponsive in the vehicle in a parking lot off of Route 50 in Bowie about 10 p.m. Friday. Police said they are investigating the death as a suicide. According to the university's student directory, Scherr lived in the 4700 block of Norwich Road in College Park and on Fencepost Court in Pikesville.
FEATURES
By John-John Williams IV, The Baltimore Sun | December 19, 2012
Rebecca Nagle and Hannah Brancato aren't interested in spilling Victoria's Secret. But the Baltimore-based artists and feminists do want the lingerie giant — and other cultural forces — to tell a different story about sex. Disturbed by societal messages about rape and consent, the pair have projected the words "Rape Is Rape" on the U.S. Capitol, joined in an art exhibit about sexual assault and created a line of underwear with messages emphasizing...
BUSINESS
By Tim Swift, The Baltimore Sun | December 18, 2012
After the past few days, America needs something to be mad at and quick. Luckily the NRA and Instagram have stepped in to help our rage cravings. The NRA has been unusually silent throughout aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Its Twitter accounts are collecting dust and its Facebook page has been shut down after pro-gun control commenters stormed the gates shortly after the shooting. In absence of them talking or defending themselves, they have become the perfect boogymen to vilify with impunity and the Internet has not passed up the opportunity.
NEWS
By David Zurawik and The Baltimore Sun | December 14, 2012
The performance of some of the biggest media outlets in the country Friday would be laughable if the story they were covering wasn't so horrific and tragic: 20 children slaughtered in their classrooms at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. And for several hours, AP and network and cable TV news misidentified the gunman to millions of readers and viewers as Ryan Lanza. They linked to his Facebook page and ran pictures and information from his account on the air and in print.
NEWS
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | December 11, 2012
State Sen. Bill Ferguson's car was vandalized overnight, and he said he suspects political enemies are to blame. Ferguson, a first-term Democratic senator representing south and southeast Baltimore, posted a picture on his Facebook page this morning, showing his car badly damaged from what he called "acid. " "Heard I had an opponent next election. Pretty clear its going to be same type of election as last time," Ferguson wrote on his Facebook page. "Last time this happened it was 2 weeks before election day. Not a fun way to start the day, and this time they used acid to destroy my car. " Ferguson said that in 2010, someone dumped food and horse manure on his car. This time, there was also manure on the hood of the car. Ferguson lives in Canton, and said the incident has rattled his family.
ENTERTAINMENT
by Richard Gorelick and The Baltimore Sun | December 10, 2012
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse will move next year from its Mount Vernon home of eight years to Station North. The collectively owned anarchist coffee shop and bookstore has signed a lease for the Station North storefront at 30 W. North Ave. News of the lease signing was posted on the coffee house's Facebook page and on a fundraising website and first blurted out on the City Paper blog . Depending on your donation, the perk...
NEWS
By Yvonne Wenger, The Baltimore Sun | December 4, 2012
The trial for a 17-year-old Bel Air teen accused of killing his father has been postponed for a second time until May. Robert C. Richardson III is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death Jan. 9 of his father. Richardson, who has been held without bail for nearly a year, is charged as an adult. The trial was postponed when Richardson's lawyer, Marc G. Snyder, turned the case over to the state's public defender's office. Snyder, who had accepted the case pro bono, said the case became too expensive for him to continue.