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• Weather

Forecasts take Tropical Storm Arthur farther offshore, after brushing N.C.

The latest forecasts for Tropical Storm Arthur show it well off the coast of the Delmarva peninsula as it passes by on the Fourth of July, but before that it could strike the Outer Banks as a Category 1 hurricane.

• Weather

Tropical Storm Arthur looms over Fourth of July celebrations, but expected to stay off shore

Tropical Storm Arthur is forecast brush the mid-Atlantic coast on the Fourth of July, while a cold front could deliver storms and heavy downpours.

• Weather

Tropical Storm Arthur forms, but impact on July 4 in doubt

The season's first Atlantic tropical depression has formed and could become Tropical Storm Arthur on Tuesday. But its potential impact on July 4 celebrations remains unclear.

• Business

Eastern Shore encouraged to cash in on Wallops Flight Facility

Maryland government officials should try to get more economic ripples from the Wallops Flight Facility — just over the line in Virginia — by capitalizing on space tourism and the potential from unmanned aircraft, according to a new study.

• Cape Canaveral

Maxx Davis fills in at goalie, leads STX to win over Maverik in LXM Pro

After an early hand injury to starting goalie Matt Russell (Navy), Maxx Davis (Friends, UMBC) moved from his usual midfield spot to the cage, making 15 saves to lead Team STX to a 19-13 win over Maverik United on the LXM Pro Tour on Saturday.

• Cape Canaveral

Krum's 3 goals lead Maverik to comeback win on LXM Pro Tour

Erik Krum (Salisbury) had a hat trick and Maverik United came from behind to beat Team STX, 13-12, in the LXM Pro Series at Heritage Park in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nev., on Saturday.

• Weather

NASA rocket lights night sky over Maryland

A rocket streaked through the sky Tuesday night in Maryland and for hundreds of miles across the eastern U.S. as NASA launched a mission from the Delmarva peninsula.

• Health

Y2K-like glitch thought responsible for Deep Impact's demise

Scientists suspect they lost contact with the spacecraft Deep Impact because of a software glitch similar to what caused the "Y2K" panic in 1999, when a system is built to accept only limited parameters of time.

• Opinion

The Eastern Shore's space-age opportunity

With the launch of two high-profile rocket missions from Wallops Island this month, Maryland's future as a gateway to outer space looks bright

• Baltimore City Paper

This may sound like Sacrilege, but if Manny Machado keeps laying the leather like he has been, he could become the greatest third baseman in Orioles history.

• Obituaries

Joan B. McClernan, real estate broker

Joan B. McClernan, a retired real estate broker and animal lover, died May 23 from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 79.

• Maryland

Cruise passengers return to Baltimore after harrowing voyage

They left Baltimore on Friday by cruise ship and came back Tuesday by charter jet. The passengers from the Grandeur of the Seas arrived safely and with sea stories to last a lifetime.

• Obituaries

William C. Brubaker, founding Colts band member

William Charles Brubaker, a retired aeronautical engineer who was a founding trombone player in the Baltimore Colts Marching Band, died at Sinai Hospital Feb. 12 of complications of injuries he suffered near his Lutherville home. Family members said he had been struck by a vehicle while walking last year. He was 91.

• Harford

Aberdeen: It all depends upon the weather

Our holiday celebrations were altered this year. Dinners were held later or earlier because of bad weather predicted. Meetings were canceled. Schools delayed or canceled.

• Maryland

Residents warned to be prepared to lose electricity

Hundreds of thousands of Baltimore Gas and Electric customers could lose power during Hurricane Sandy, officials warn.

• Science

Weird Science: Hopkins physics lab celebrates 70 years

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in North Laurel, has come up with a wide array of scientific firsts and grown to be Howard County second largest ...

• Business

The Interview: Bentley on a maritime promise lost

Q&A with Helen Delich Bentley, who believes U.S. lost upper hand in merchant shipping by not pursuing nuclear-powered commercial vessels like the N/S Savannah.

• Weather

SpaceX rocket carries Maryland science project into space

The Dragon, the world's first commercial space capsule to dock to the International Space Station, is carrying with it a Maryland high school student's science project

• Weather

SpaceX launches rocket to International Space Station

SpaceX is trying to become the first private company to dock a spacecraft with the International Space Station

• Opinion

SpaceX pushes back the final frontier

The SpaceX mission to resupply the International Space Station marks a new era in space flight.

• Environment

Atlantic offshore oil & gas exploration gets hearing

Hearing in Annapolis on Atlantic offshore oil and gas exploration

• Latest

Hopkins launches new space science minor for undergraduates

Johns Hopkins has long been know for its association with top space researchers. But for the first time, the university is creating a path of study for space-obsessed undergraduates.

• Baltimore City Paper

For 25 years, anarchist, "psy-ops clown," and former Baltimore club promoter Vermin Supreme has occupied the narrowing gap between the candidates and the cops.

• NASA

Fingers crossed for Mars launch at Goddard

NASA facility in Greenbelt built key instrument package

• Obituaries

Dr. Joseph Vincent Brady, behavioral neuroscientist, dies

Dr. Joseph Vincent Brady, an internationally known behavioral neuroscientist and pioneer in human space research who established the department of behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Friday of multiple organ failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 89.

• Health

Dr. Joseph Vincent Brady, behavioral neuroscientist, dies

Dr. Joseph Vincent Brady, an internationally known behavioral neuroscientist and pioneer in human space research who established the department of behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Friday of multiple organ failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 89.

• Baltimore City Paper

On the 42nd anniversary of the first moon landing, City Paper arrived at my door.

• Satellite Technology

Tuesday rocket launch from Wallops postponed

Weather postponed Tuesday's launch of the ORS-1 satellite attached to the Minotaur 1 rocket, according to NASA officials, leaving spectators in the Mid-Atlantic to wait for another day.

• Satellite Technology

Rocket launch set for Tuesday at Wallops will be visible for most of Mid-Atlantic

ORS-1 satellite will ride Minotaur rocket