Weird—I hadn't realized until just now how much I want to sublet a $250 room in Baltimore! If the marketing fairy is reading this post, hurry up and give the virtuoso who wrote this Craigslist ad a job. And if any of you are looking for a cheap, cute room in Baltimore, snap this one up so I can live vicariously…
In a twisted story that doesn't sound unlike a "Prison Break" plot line, 13 female prison guards have been accused of becoming deeply involved with a national gang in a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scheme that was operated from inside of a Baltimore prison.
Baltimore was the first city in the country to try to enact truth-in-advertising legislation against crisis pregnancy centers. The faith-based non-profits, which more often than not use deceptive means to try and convince pregnant women not to get abortions, are reeeeeallly good at defending their bullshit tactics in…
The end goal of every single one of the thousands of faith-based non-profit crisis pregnancy centers across the country is to convince pregnant women not to get abortions, often through disseminating false medical information (abortion causes breast cancer/suicide/ZOMBIES) and high-pressure counseling. (Jesus died so…
BALTIMORE, MD - OCTOBER 30: Members of the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders preform during the second half of the Ravens and Arizona Cardinals game at M&T Bank Stadium on October 30, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
A Baltimore newspaper has praised one local grocery store not for its food selection or its prices, but for the number of yoga-panted butts on display there.
A female sports reporter has sued one of her competitors for defamation, saying he and his employees made derogatory and false comments about her job skills and sex life. But he's denying everything.
Baltimore's evangelical pregnancy centers are now required to post signs if they do not provide birth control or abortions. So-called "crisis centers" are unhappy with the new law and argue that it infringes on free speech, StuartTV reports. [HuffingtonPost]
• Australian men are being asked to pledge that they will never commit, excuse, or allow violence against women. The "My Oath" campaign is part of White Ribbon Day, which aims to combat violence by reaching out to men. •
If ever a show deserved a paean, it's The Wire. Throw in the challenges of an interracial marriage, a battle with cancer and a moving love story? This is what "Modern Love" is all about.
Baltimore's Oblate Sisters of Providence, which celebrated its 180th birthday this year, was the first Catholic order in American to accept Black women as sisters.
