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Up to half of sexually active young people will get a sexually transmitted disease by the time they are 25, yet many don't seek testing because it may be difficult, costly or embarrassing. Public health officials nationally and in particularly affected cities like Baltimore, however, say they've found a method that seems to address the major hurdles — a website that supplies free in-home testing kits for three of the most commonly reported STDs. "The highest prevalence is in young adults, and we knew we had to reach these kids," said Charlotte A. Gaydos, a professor of infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Reality didn't set in for Orioles pitching prospect Kevin Gausman that he was heading to the major leagues until the moment he boarded his connection flight to Baltimore on Wednesday morning. "Then, I just kinda was thinking, you know, 'Wow, I'm really here. It's crazy,'" Gausman said. "I wish I had hugged this guy or said thanks and stuff like that, but it didn't really hit me until [then]. " After just 14 starts in the minor leagues, the 22-year-old Gausman arrived at Camden Yards on Wednesday afternoon, getting plenty of handshakes, high-fives and hugs from his new teammates in the Orioles clubhouse.

The count is in for 1990.Nine hundred thirteen video dealers voted for what they considered the best products of the year in the annual poll by Audio/Video International, a leading trade journal.The dealers, after all, are the most influential link between the product manufacturer and the consumer, the ones who guide customers toward the specific makes.Sunday's report covers television sets, which were evaluated according to five criteria: picture quality, general level of engineering design, reliability, precision and craftsmanship of manufacture, and cost-performance ratio.

After $1.1 million in Superstorm Sandy clean-up work, Ocean City is ready for Memorial Day weekend and beyond, said Mayor Richard Meehan. Even the damaged century-old Ocean City Inlet Fishing Pier, which was featured prominently in national TV storm coverage, will be opening Friday. Meehan will mark the occasion by making the first cast from the 489-foot structure. "People from all over the country watched as that angry ocean tore apart that pier. Now, it's back in business," the mayor said.

Jockey Rosie Napravnik (Hereford) closed out a career-best season Dec. 31, securing the highest spot ever for a female jockey on the North American leader board. Finishing the year with $12,451,713 in purse earnings and 193 wins with 191 seconds and 167 thirds in 1,200 starts, Napravnik finished eighth among the top jockeys in the nation in the year-end standings. Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone set the record in 1988 when she finished the year with a ninth-place finish. She finished ninth again in 1992, and the record stood for the past 20 years.

Mark your calendars. The Tiki Barge has set April 13 as its opening date for the season. Tiki's manager Bud Craven confirmed the news Thursday. Craven is still nursing his wounds from a March Liquor Board hearing that denied his plans to build a seafood restaurant and raw bar barge right next to the existing Tiki. At the time, the board concluded that the foot traffic to the combined barges would be too heavy for Harborview Marina.  When the old Tiki Barge re-opens next Friday, it'll be back to what fans have gotten accustomed to for the past two years, Craven said.

The fastest man on the planet says he'll attempt to play professional soccer once he brings his remarkable track career to an end. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt , the world and Olympic 100- and 200-meter champion, told BBC radio on Sunday that he believes he has four years left in sprinting, and in that time wants to lower his world record in the 100 to 9.4 seconds — a record he says would never be broken. "I'm definitely a good player — a defensive or attacking midfielder," the Manchester United fan said.

WESTMINSTER — Board of County Commissioners this month voted to adopt a single, uniform policy for Public Information Act requests and update a fee structure that officials said will more accurately reflect costs to the county. County Attorney Tim Burke said that policies have varied by department, and he recommended the board adopt one consistent policy for all. The updated fee structure will include a copying fee of 25 cents per page for requested information. The first two hours needed to respond to requests will be provided at no cost.

Gilman seniors Cyrus Jones and Ryan Ripken combined for 50 points in the Greyhounds' 67-59 victory over Annapolis Area Christian School in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association BConference semifinal Friday at the Finney Athletic Center in Roland Park. Jones' 27-point outburst made him the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,712 points and helped Gilman advance to the conference final against St.Vincent Pallotti on Sunday at UMBC at 1 p.m. —Nelson Coffin, Towson Times

I am a parent to triplet 7th graders, a stepchild, and a newborn son. I am also a lesbian. This week, two organizations in which my children participate, the Columbia Clippers Swim Team (run by the Columbia Aquatics Association) and the Lime Kiln Middle School PTA, held fundraisers in partnership with Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A has recently been the butt of a media firestorm for its more than $5 million in contributions to anti-gay groups, including one group that is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of certified hate groups.

It wasn't the average traffic stop on the Baltimore Beltway Tuesday morning. Maryland state troopers noticed a man playing a drum kit on the shoulder of the Interstate 695 inner loop, between Windsor Mill Road and Security Boulevard, around 10:30 a.m., a spokeswoman said. He told state police he had run out of gas and decided to set up and practice until assistance arrived. A State Highway Administration truck stopped and helped him refill his tank The drummer was not cited and continued on his way, she said.

Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And his outrage now -- however convenient -- is appreciated. But when people he views as his "enemies" complained about a politicized IRS, what did he do? Nothing. Imagine for a moment if black civil rights organizations, gay groups or teachers unions loudly complained to members of Congress and the press that the IRS was discriminating against them.

A hunter, a mother and a minister are featured in new advertisements touting Maryland's new gun law, which was signed last week and represents one of the nation's most sweeping pieces of gun-control legislation passed this year. The ads, released in advance, will begin airing on Baltimore-area television stations this week. Produced by proponents of the new gun law, the ads are intended to educate residents about the new law and protect lawmakers who voted for it.  The version to be broadcast nixes lines from earlier scripts that criticized Washington for inaction on gun-control.

Deputy state fire marshals on Sunday arrested a Joppa man who they believe set two small fires in a woman's apartment after getting into an argument with her. The Office of the State Fire Marshal said Ryan Lawrence Spann, 28, argued with a woman living at 209 Foxhall Drive, an apartment complex in Bel Air, before the woman left. Deputies said Spann then set two fires in the apartment with "ordinary household items," which the woman discovered when she returned home about 1 a.m. Sunday to smoke alarms sounding.

The Preakness Stakes post time -- the time the race is scheduled to begin -- is 6:20 p.m.  About 40 minutes before post, not long before horses and riders began heading to their gates, Pimlico officials said the tack's conditions were fast and firm. PHOTOS AND MORE Preakness infield party scene [Pictures] Preakness 2013 bikini contest [Pictures] Celebrities at Preakness 2013 [Pictures]  

The state boys and girls lacrosse championships are set for Tuesday and Wednesday nights at UMBC. All of the defending boys state champions return -- South River, Hereford and Fallston. Century is the only defending girls champion to make it into the final. The finals feature a pair of rematches of last year's title games on the boys side. South River defeated Westminster, 10-8, for the 4A-3A title last season, and Hereford topped Glenelg, 13-8, in Class 3A-2A. Hereford boys are going for their sixth straight championship and a boys state record nine titles overall.

The Susquehanna Hose Company will hold an open house Saturday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m at the Division 4 Firehouse, 911 Revolution St. in Havre de Grace. The open house will feature fire engine rides, aerial truck basket rides, an auto extraction demonstration and a car fire demonstration. Sparky the Dog also will visit. The Safe House Trailer from the Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire Department will be on site for kids to go through, and the Harford 911 Center will have an information table set up. Free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors will be given out, and there will be food and drinks for all in attendance.

Sarah Flynn (Towson) set a Stanford women's lacrosse record for career goals after scoring twice in the Cardinal's 12-10 win over Oregon on Sunday in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament championship. The senior's 144 goals break the record of 143 set by Megan Burker (Bryn Mawr) in 2006. Flynn has 48 goals this season for the No. 9 Cardinal. Stanford goalie Lyndsey Munoz (St.Mary's) was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, in which the Cardinal earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

The schedules have been set for this weekend's state boys and girls lacrosse semifinals. Five teams will try to defend their titles: South River, Hereford and Century boys and Century and Fallston girls. The winners will advance to Tuesday's and Wednesday's state title games at UMBC. Friday Class 3A-2A At Franklin C. Milton Wright vs. Century girls, 6 Hereford vs. Century boys, 8 At Annapolis Kent Island vs. Glenelg boys, 6 Queen Anne's vs. Marriotts Ridge girls, 8 Class 2A-1A At Bel Air Fallston vs. Northwestern boys, 6 Loch Raven vs. Winters Mill girls, 8 Saturday Class 4A-3A At Franklin Broadneck vs. Catonsville girls, noon Westminster vs. Churchill boys, 2 At Annapolis South River vs. Howard boys, noon Howard vs. Sherwood girls, 2:30 Class 2A-1A At Bel Air Patterson Mill vs.

It's (mostly) official: Govenor Charlie will run in the Preakness. Maybe. Trainer Bob Baffert told Pimlico officials Tuesday morning that he planned to run the colt, listed as “possible” since skipping the Kentucky Derby. But later in the afternoon he tweeted that the colt wouldn't be confirmed for a Preakness run until he boarded a plane from Louisville on Wednesday. The addition of the Baffert trainee would bring the field to nine and the number of new challengers for Orb to three.