Maryland

• Scenic route to the Shore

• Body of man who may have drowned pulled from harbor

• 16-year-old shot, wounded in Northeast Baltimore

• Read Street blog: Vandalism reported at the Pratt library

Sports

• Terps' Steffy driven to make most of final season

• Faceoff: Who's on the hotter seat, Williams or Friedgen?

• Merriman will forgo knee surgery, play this season

• U.S. Open: Jankovic outlasts Arvidsson; Roddick advances

Nation

• Obama pressured to go on attack

• For Md. convention delegates, day starts with a bang

• Glitch in FAA grid delays hundreds of flights

• Professor's body found inside Idaho home damaged by wildfire

World

• Gustav kills 23, stalls over Haiti; New Orleans makes evacuation plan

• U.S., Russia anchor military ships in Georgian ports

• Hijackers of Darfur jetliner surrender after 22-hour standoff at desert airfield in Libya

• 90 Afghan civilians killed in airstrike, U.N. team reports

Celebrity News

• Celebrity spotting at the DNC

• Mackenzie Phillips arrested at airport

• Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty make nice while filming '90210'

• Rage Against the Machine draws hundreds in Denver

Lifestyle

• Budget cuts

• Rob Kasper: Be a happy eater in September

• Table Talk: There's a method to menu design

• Greens put to good use

Health & Wellness

• Arctic sea ice melts to second worst on record

• Small business, big break

• Invention could help some migraine sufferers

• Walk, do not run, to the nearest marathon: Races see more walkers

Business

• PSC rejects utility's conservation proposals

• No desire to be taken over, Provident says

• Jay Hancock: Simple version of the slots referendum

• Southwest to eliminate 200 flights, 14 at BWI, next year

Opinion

• Loch Raven in balance

• Home cooking at school

• Defining the golden hour

• Gambling on black gold

Letters to the Editor

• Is nudity what it takes to get a play noticed?

• Vaccine is critical to controlling measles

• Faithful people right to query candidates

• Use new technology to curb alcohol's toll

Weird News

• Michigan man continues Cadillac-a-year tradition he's kept up since 1955

• Jailed Texas man tells deputies that he allegedly grew his own marijuana in a cost-saving move

• Lawsuit says man got 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked salmon at Chicago restaurant

• Puerto Rico man gets last wish: his corpse kept upright for 3-day wake