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- Maryland National Guard Maj. Robert Marchanti was one of two U.S. military officers shot to death inside a secure Afghan ministry building on Saturday, officials said Monday.
- Maryland National Guard members are running convoys carrying weapons, munitions and equipment over explosive-strewn highways to combat troops in Afghanistan. Such work is helping to create the conditions for the coming U.S. handover of the country's security, American military officials say.
- Antonio Martinez pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with a terrorist plot to blow up a Catonsville military recruiting center in December 2010.
- Mourners of Airman 1st Class Matthew Ryan Seidler said the Westminster man had followed his dream of serving his country, found a band of brothers in the Air Force and died protecting his fellow soldiers in Afghanistan.
- A besieged al-Qaida, weakened by 10 years of war and the killing of Osama bin Laden and other leaders, is focusing much of its attention on inspiring recruits in the United States and other nations to carry out attacks the terror group itself might no longer be able to mount.
- A detonated bottle bomb was found in a mailbox attached to a Bel Air home.
- Charles Leo Coyle, a retired advertising executive for the Hecht Co. and the News American who was a World War II dive bomber, died of kidney disease Sept. 23 at the Hospice House of Williamsburg, Va. He was 88 and had lived in Towson for many years.
- Charles Leo Coyle, a retired advertising executive for the Hecht Co. and the News American who was a World War II dive bomber, died of kidney disease Sept. 23 at the Hospice House of Williamsburg, Va. He was 88 and had lived in Towson for many years.
- Federal prosecutors have revealed new information about the "full confession" Antonio Martinez allegedly made to FBI agents and how a confidential informant helped build the terrorism case against him
- U.S. drone strikes continue to leave a trail of devastated families and communities in their wake
- Bin Laden failed in effort to remake Muslim governments