“Baltimore” on The Daily Caller

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The next chapter in the Peyton Manning saga could take a decidedly defensive turn. (more)

BALTIMORE (AP) — Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer’s grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the “Poe Toaster” shall occur nevermore. (more)

Hundreds of local and federal police officers who fanned out across Baltimore at dawn yesterday, hauling suspects out of homes and off the streets, announced at days’ end they had shut down one of the city’s major sources of illicit drugs and violence. (more)

A corrections officer from Baltimore says he was required to hand over his Facebook password to an investigator as part of a job reapplication process, and had to watch as his personal page and its postings were perused. (more)

Not so long ago, the young man accused of plotting to blow up a military recruiting station in Maryland had a mundane job selling children’s clothes at a mall. (more)

It was 19 years ago — and about 30 degrees warmer — when Cal and Billy Ripken played in the last game at Memorial Stadium. But on Tuesday, when they replanted home plate in its old spot off East 33rd Street, the past returned as if on a welcome summer breeze. (more)

BALTIMORE (AP) — Off-duty police officer Gahiji A. Tshamba was enjoying a summer evening in a historic neighborhood known for its nightlife when he encountered trouble around closing time. He was carrying his department-issued, semiautomatic Glock handgun – unfortunately, as it turned out. (more)

As NFL teams jostle down the stretch with the finish line fast approaching, several division grudge matches loom large in Week 13, games that will help shape the playoff picture. (more)

FreedomWorks, the conservative political organization that spent millions of dollars helping to elect tea party-backed candidates across the country, is hosting a retreat in Baltimore on Thursday and Friday to encourage congressional Republicans to stay true to the small-government principles they espoused during the campaign. (more)

FOXBOROUGH — Before this season, Patriots coach Bill Belichick removed all the pictures of New England’s past triumphs and big moments from the walls inside the football offices at Gillette Stadium. (more)

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — George Blanda, who played longer than anyone in pro football history and racked up the most points in a career that spanned four decades, mostly with the Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders, died Monday. He was 83. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — After a summer in the spotlight, the Jets are under scrutiny again. (more)

It’s time for the 91st NFL season to begin, but it wouldn’t be a real NFL season without some really bad predictions from me. I’m the one who picked the Browns to make the Super Bowl in 1995 (they had fans throwing dog bones at them by the end of the year, as they tucked their tails between their legs and slinked off to Baltimore), told you to take Danny Wuerffel as your fantasy quarterback in 2002 (he lasted all of 92 passes), and, well, the last time I picked the Super Bowl winner was, I think, when Lombardi prowled the Tundra. (more)

“But not a drop to drink”, completes the verse from the” Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Unlike the storied sailor whose thirst could not be quenched by the bountiful surrounding waters due to the ocean’s salinity, much of our nation faces decline in available potable water due to faulty and antiquated infrastructure and regulatory regimes. (more)

OMG, guess what? Obamacare has more hidden expenses! — Census is over, America is jobless again — Congress is going to make damn sure that Wall Street has its fair share of chicks — Pres. Obama is so tired of signing things, secretly hopes GOP will win the House — DoD drops a cool $4 million on administering gay survey — Every time Joe Biden is allowed outside, something bad happens  (more)

Somewhere there is a pile of oddly pilfered things from the Baltimore area: light poles, the doors to the downtown courthouse, Cal Ripken Jr.’s No. 8 statue. Oh wait, that one was recovered, and the three young men called morons by Baltimore’s police commissioner were convicted. (more)

There are new developments in the debate over a controversial beverage tax in Baltimore.  If it doesn’t pass, the mayor’s office says it will slash funding for some programs designed to keep the city clean. (more)

Employers in the Washington-Baltimore region offered part-time workers better perks this year, such as paid days off, in lieu of creating full-time positions, according to an annual survey of human resources officials to be released Tuesday. (more)

BALTIMORE (AP) — Every kid with a lacrosse stick envisions scoring the goal that wins the national championship. (more)

It didn’t take long, Miles Harrison said, for the familiar lacrosse stereotypes to resurface. Within a day after a University of Virginia lacrosse player was charged with murdering a female player, the Baltimore surgeon said somebody told him, “‘There are those lacrosse guys again.” (more)