Kim Bracey makes history in town with a troubled past

Town with troubled past faces forward

Mayor-elect Kim Bracey is cheered by well-wishers as she arrives at her election-night party Tuesday in York, Pa.. Bracey, 45, made history Tuesday when voters elected her the first black mayor of York, a city with an ugly racial past. Forty years ago, a black woman and a white police officer were killed as riots convulsed the city, but it took decades for anyone to be brought to justice.

 

Muslims, Arabs worry about reprisals

Fort Hood shootings stir concern about reputation for Arabs and Muslims in Maryland and across the nation


Mark Hughes, a reporter with The Independent, a national UK paper, visits Baltimore to examine if police officers, drug dealers, prosecutors and politicians were accurately portrayed in 'The Wire;' The Sun's Justin Fenton heads to London to compare crime trends between the two cities.

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Dixon's legal fees

Should Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon be reimbursed by taxpayers for her legal fees, if she is acquitted of the charges against her in her upcoming trials?

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