Clarence Thomas

Google scored a major victory Thursday when the Federal Trade Commission announced it was ending its 19-month antitrust probe into the technology giant's search business. And that left FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz to explain why federal officials were not...

Words I never thought I'd say: Justin Bieber has a point. The pop star this week called on lawmakers to crack down on thuggish paparazzi behavior after a photographer was killed in a traffic accident while stalking Bieber's Ferrari in West Los Angeles....

Through three decades of fevered tabloid speculation and whispers of a deeper story, the official account never changed: Natalie Wood drowned accidentally. The 43-year-old star of "West Side Story," who couldn't swim, had been drinking the night before...

Catonsville developer Steve W. Whalen Jr. pleaded guilty Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to five counts of election-law violations for illegally funneling money to a county councilman's campaign and exceeding political contribution limits....

Logan Thomas has a huge decision ahead of him. Now that the season is over the junior quarterback must decide whether or not to leave school early and go to the NFL. His performance in the Russell Athletic Bowl encapsulated an up and down season. Thomas...

BOYLE  DISTRICT COURT Cases handled recently in Boyle District Court, listed by name, charge, fine and jail sentence, where applicable, include the following. Court costs also were assessed in most cases. Ages and addresses are listed if available....

Following a tradition going back more than six decades, the La Cañada Thursday Club held its Bal Blanc de Noel on Saturday, presenting debutantes who have spent 16 months preparing for the occasion as part of the club's Les Fleurettes program. The young...

Editor’s note: As we usher out 2012 and welcome 2013, The Herald-Mail has prepared a package of year-end stories that provide short recaps of some of the top stories of the year past. These stories will be published each day through New Year’s...

All evidence has been presented, and the defense rests – and Virginia Tech’s defense certainly deserves a break after bailing out Tech again Friday night in a 13-10 overtime bowl win against Rutgers. After seeing the final offering from an...

BOYS BASKETBALL     Winter Park 95, Cape Coral Ida Baker 25   Buzz: Will Ferrell scored 40 points, including 12 of 17 3-point shots, for Winter Park (9-5). The 12 3s are believed to be a school record. Elijah Farley added 14 points and 11...

Gov. Martin O'Malley named Maryland's chief utility regulator to the state's intermediate appeals court Friday while elevating a member of the Public Service Commission to be its chairman. O'Malley announced that he has appointed Douglas R.M. Nazarian,...

The shooting of a Martinsburg woman Friday was the fifth police shooting in the Eastern Panhandle in little more than a year and at least the sixth in the Tri-State Area. • Sept. 9 — Steven Wayne Taylor of Virginia Beach, Va., was shot and...