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Earlier this month, Antonio “Mack” Hall was found guilty of murdering another member of the Westport neighborhood in South Baltimore — a man who had been accused of snitchin’. In light of that, we talk with Alexandra Natapoff, author of Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice, on the shadowy world of police, prosecutors, and criminals who get leniency in exchange for information.

When you think noir, do you think Baltimore? Maybe you should. One of the fathers of the genre, Dashiell Hammett, honed his detective chops in Charm City.

A look at the mayoral candidates’ proposals for handling education issues in Baltimore.

Emmitsburg writer Ann Hall Marshall on her debut novel, which she self-published at age 89.

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This week (May 27 & 28, 2011) on The Signal…

When you hear the lush, layered musical arrangements on Wendel Patrick’s new CD, Forthcoming, you want to know how many people are in his band… The answer is surprisingly simple: It’s all one man, Wendel Patrick, and he explains how he makes it happen with nothing but a keyboard and a computer.