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GLEN BURNIE -- A 15-year-old boy died Saturday of injuries he received when he was pinned beneath several steel carts in a delivery truck he was helping his father unload, Anne Arundel County police said yesterday.Police did not release the youth's name.According to police, the father and son had just finished unloading supplies about 4 p.m. at the Checkers Restaurant in the 1400 block of N. Crain Highway when the accident occurred.The teen's father told police that he left the truck for a few minutes and when he returned he found his son beneath the carts.

With the wind whipping granules through the sweet-smelling air, Monday could have been just another day on the Domino Sugars docks in South Baltimore. But workers in orange coveralls unloading raw sugar from a massive cargo ship were making company history. In its nearly 90 years, the Domino refinery never before has received such a large single shipment of raw sugar - more than 95 million pounds. Moreover, Monday's arrival of the vessel Simon Schulte marked the largest single shipment of raw sugar ever to any port east of the Mississippi River, Domino officials said.

After years of relative solidarity among Baltimore's Longshoremen, a group of dockworkers trying to draw new business to the port is threatening to spark a labor war on the city's waterfront.They have formed a new unit, or local, of the national Longshoremen's union and promised to work for less money.The group wants primarily to load and unload steel, a cargo once plentiful in the city but now shipped mostly through competing ports with cheaper labor.Its leader will be the former head of a current dockworkers' local who was ousted after asking his workers to take pay cuts to bring the steel back.

Nicholas Piscatelli's annus horribilis seems to be extending into 2012. On Tuesday, the Maryland Court of Appeals sided against the developer in a four-year-old libel lawsuit against Baltimore City Paper.  Meanwhile, his former megaclub, Redwood Trust , is still up for sale, and at half the price from when it was first listed six years ago. Last year, Piscatelli tried to auction off 200 E. Redwood, the nearly 130-year-old building...

Driving over the Bay Bridge on his way to work about four years ago, Luis Elizondo routinely found himself thinking about the large ships he saw waiting in long queues on their way to Baltimore to unload their cargo. Elizondo figured the waiting that crews endure at ports around the world must be wasteful and costly. So he put his analytical mind to work. Researching the shipping and cargo industry, he and his partner, John Robert, came up with a new way for ships to move cargo around the world.

Quentin Jennings-White pulled up to Wolman Hall at the Johns Hopkins University yesterday at 8:51 a.m. in his black Lincoln Aviator, which was stuffed full of his daughter Paige's belongings. After driving nearly 530 miles from Detroit, spending almost $240 on gas, Jennings-White expected to spend the rest of the morning unloading boxes. Eight minutes later, he pulled away from the dorm as several Hopkins students pushed Paige's belongings inside. "What a wonderful system," Jennings-White marveled, a disbelieving grin on his face.

NORFOLK, Va. - The future of Virginia's biggest ports teetered precariously on the deck of the Chinese ship Zhen Hua 1 recently as it dwarfed yachts and tugboats alike on its way toward Norfolk International Terminals. Onboard, four of the world's largest and fastest container cranes stood fully assembled and upright as symbols of the port's commitment to grab a far larger share of global shipping business. The new Suez-class cranes will allow the port to unload gigantic cargo ships that even the nation's biggest ports cannot.

Salary: : $30/hour Age: : 49 Years on the job: : 31 How he got started: : Knowing he didn't want to go into the military or on to college, Tony Revels began working at the port of Baltimore as a longshoreman before he graduated from high school. His father also worked at the port as a longshoreman, and the two had a chance to work side by side until his father, Jesse, who has since passed away, retired in 1993. Revels calls that experience "awesome." The job is a union position, and Revels belongs to the International Longshoremen's Association Local 333. Typical day: : "Every day is different," Revels said about his job. He usually works 50 to 60 hours a week, but his days and hours vary and are determined by the number of vessels that come in and out of Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal or Dundalk Marine Terminal.

The Orioles' new effort to curb ticket scalping by inserting team employees as deal brokers at Camden Yards' scalp-free zone has become more than a little frustrating for fans hoping to unload tickets at games. Charles Branch sighed, rolled his eyes and threw up his hands as he paced the sidewalk last week. He had three tickets to sell for seats above the home team's dugout, the best seats in the house, he said. He eyed a stream of fans looking for tickets as game time approached. He could have brokered a deal more quickly under the old system, a free-for-all in which sellers could unload unwanted tickets by bombarding buyers and besting competitors' offers, waving their tickets like stockbrokers on a Wall Street trading floor.

Russia is the kind of place where Vladimir Putin can be counted a moderate.Cheer up. Art Modell will unload the Ravens in all probability by 2004.The campaign entered its mature phase when the candidates began arguing about the mode of their argument.Somebody forgot to tell that old warrior Philip Berrigan that the war is over.Merry Christmas.

A man was killed Sunday morning as he was unloading vehicles at a Towson car dealership, Baltimore County police say. The man was taking vehicles off a car-carrier at the Heritage Hyundai dealership on York Road around 9:50 a.m. when he somehow became pinned under the carrier, Cpl. George Erhardt said. Police are investigating how the incident occurred. The man, who had driven from New Jersey, was pronounced dead at the scene, Erhardt said. His identity has not been released.

A young man from Baltimore County was found dead Monday morning, buried by a coal shipment in central Florida, police said. Christopher Francis Artes, 25, was found around 5 a.m. at Lakeland's City Power Plant by workers who were unloading coal from a train that had arrived from Terre Haute, Ind., according to a statement Wednesday from the Lakeland Police Department. Artes grew up in Timonium and began traveling the country in June, said his mother Susan Artes. "He was very loved," she said by phone Wednesday evening.

Frank Gore motored to his right before running into a road block. He slammed on the brakes and took a detour to his left, leaving one Ravens defender in his dust before defensive end Cory Redding spun him down in the backfield for a one-yard loss. That negative run was a microcosm of Thursday night for the San Francisco running back, his wheels spinning in place -- and the 49ers offense stuck in the mud -- in a Ravens' 16-6 win. Gore ran for 39 yards on 14 carries against a Baltimore defense playing without linebacker Ray Lewis (toe)

— Hundreds of industrial buildings in Maryland owned by the federal government — from warehouses at the Antietam National Battlefield to a machine shop in Curtis Bay — would be sold or demolished under a White House initiative to dispose of excess government property. In an effort to save billions of dollars annually in upkeep and energy costs on the often-vacant buildings, the Obama administration proposed last year ditching 14,000 properties the government no longer needs.

Baltimore County police on Monday released surveillance photos of two of the three men suspected of a carjacking last month in which a man's car was taken at knifepoint. The victim was unloading groceries in his driveway on the 5400 block of Edmondson Ave. shortly after noon on Feb. 16 when he was approached by three men about 18 to 21 years old, police said. One of the men displayed a knife and demanded the victim's car keys. They also took an undisclosed amount of money and his Independence Card, a state-issued card that enables people to obtain cash and food benefits, according to a police account of the crime.

Two Perry Hall High School students have been charged as adults with possession of a firearm after an unloaded gun was found in one of the students' book bags at the school about 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to Baltimore County police. A school resource officer took the 16- and 17-year-old students out of class, searched the bag and found the weapon, according to Detective Cathy Batton. She said police believe that no one in the school was in danger and that there was no intent on the part of the students to injure or threaten anyone.

At last, a Politically Correct Nobel Peace Prize. Well, the Nobel Peace Prize ought to be politically correct, right?Ross Perot stands revealed as a one-debate candidate. Putting him in the second was cruel and unusual for him and audience alike.The Orioles had to unload Cal Sr. He is old-Baltimore, Memorial-Stadium, cheap-beer. Doesn't sell in Washington.George could always join Jimmy Carter in the home renovation business.

It's only May (remember when it was "only April"?), and it's not like Dan Quayle is president or anything, so it's still probably a little early to panic. But, tell me, what do you think of the Mickey Tettleton for Jeff Robinson trade?I mean, right now.Do you think it was a good idea to unload the Mick to make way for Ernie Whitt et al?Do you think Jeff Robinson is headed for the bullpen?L Do you think Frank Robinson is headed for a deep depression?It's only May and statistics are not yet what you'd call meaningful, but, as of now, Tettleton is off to a Tettleton-type year, which, for good or ill, is a lot more than any of the Orioles' catchers can say.To examine the offensive, uh, production of the three Orioles catchers, one should first avail oneself of a magnifying glass.

Driving over the Bay Bridge on his way to work about four years ago, Luis Elizondo routinely found himself thinking about the large ships he saw waiting in long queues on their way to Baltimore to unload their cargo. Elizondo figured the waiting that crews endure at ports around the world must be wasteful and costly. So he put his analytical mind to work. Researching the shipping and cargo industry, he and his partner, John Robert, came up with a new way for ships to move cargo around the world.