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Education advocates, retailers prepare for bottle tax showdown

Teachers, students, retailers and beverage industry lobbyists are preparing for a showdown Wednesday as the battle over raising Baltimore's bottle tax to fund school repairs moves to a skeptical City Council committee.

Dan Rodricks: Retailers: Turn bottle tax from a bane into a boon

Students call on city leaders to pass bottle tax

Woman dies after crash with suspect pursued by police

22-year-old woman was killed and her infant daughter injured after man eluding police ran a red light and plowed into her vehicle

Two die, one injured in shootings Monday night

Arundel police arrest Lothian man in hit-and-run of officer

Man fatally shot in bar packed with 80 patrons

KIPP Ujima math educator named Baltimore City's Teacher of the Year

Judge awards whistleblower $462,500 in high-seas pollution case

Three arrested in May 2011 shooting of 12-year-old boy

Dixon ready to be roasted

The purloined gift cards. The fur coats. The bicycling tours. And the famous shoe incident.
Maryland Film Festival

The 1700 block of Charles St. bustles more than usual when the festival returns May 3-6.
Baltimore's Rev. Jamal Bryant

Bryant's work on behalf of Trayvon Martin and his parents.
• Balt. celebs in hoodies

FindLocal: This week's top events

Baltimore Farmers' Market and Bazaar

Sundays : 7 a.m. - noon (ends December 23rd) (or sell out)

Johns Hopkins University Spring Fair

Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus

April 20th ...

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Baltimore City salary database

Search our database of salaries paid to Baltimore City employees from 2007-2009 Quick search
• Highest base salary ($100,000+)
• Most net overtime ($50,000)
• Highest total earnings ($130,000)
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Note: this data was released by the City of Baltimore, and has not been verified by The Baltimore Sun. City officials say pay that exceeds base salary is almost always attributable to overtime, but could also be from promotions, stipends and shift differentials.

City homicide map