SEWELL AND JANIS HOLD DISCUSSION AT PACKED BOOKSTORE  IN HAMPDEN C-SPAN reruns BookTV video Oct. 17   By Alan Z. Forman   The culture of crime in Baltimore’s inner city will not change significantly until “the borders of the city are opened up to the state,” a forum filmed and aired live online by […]

BALTIMORE ROWING CLUB IN  MIDDLE BRANCH PARK IS SCENE OF WEDNESDAY EVENING SHINDIG Rolley  raises  ‘more than any unelected individual’ in city’s history, announces ‘return’ of  comedian Bill  Cosby Hot on the heels of Otis Rolley’s announcement last week that he has raised “an unprecedented amount for a mayoral challenger who has never held public […]

5.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE REPORTED NORTHWEST  OF  RICHMOND, VA. Homes and buildings in the city shake for nearly a minute just before 2 p.m. Baltimore was shaken Tuesday afternoon by an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude that struck in Mineral, Va., about 35 miles northwest of Richmond, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey. Tremors from the […]

VoB SELECTS: INVESTIGATIVE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB UPDATE (Oct. 20):   GADHAFI KILLED IN HOMETOWN BATTLE;  REBELS REJOICE Read the AP story  of the Libyan dictator’s  death Thursday in Sirte, Libya  (click here) UPDATE (Wed.):  $1 MILLION PRICE TAG ON GADHAFI’S HEAD UPDATE (Tues.):  REBELS STORM TRIPOLI COMPOUND FORCES LOYAL TO GADHAFI LOSE GROUND;  REGIME  […]

BLOOD FOUND  AT  MARYLAND AVE. RESIDENCE OF ACCUSED MURDERER OF STEPHEN PITCAIRN BELONGED TO VICTIM, COURT IS TOLD FRIDAY   By Alan Z. Forman   UPDATE MON. AUG. 15:  HOMICIDE DETECTIVES TESTIFY                                        AT PITCAIRN MURDER TRIAL Primary detective Gregory Boris tells court murdered man’s mother said her son had “voluntarily offered up his wallet and cellphone.” […]