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Lisa J. Heiser, vice dean for faculty development and equity at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Monday of leukemia at her Annapolis home. She was 56.

Mykola "Mike" Koropeckyj, a noncommissioned career Army officer who later worked at the Social Security Administration, died June 5 of lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia. He was 70.

While the loss of endangered red knots is alarming, a complete ban on the harvest of horseshoe crabs appears premature

A string of GOP heavyweights, including several presidential candidates, have campaigned in Maryland in recent months, despite the state's reputation as a Democratic stronghold. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is to visit this week.

Former State Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, who served West Baltimore for 28 years, died, according to city officials.

In a lengthy and often emotional meeting, the Anne Arundel County Board of Education on Wednesday approved the fiscal year 2012 operating and capital budgets, realigned funds for additional classroom teachers, heard nearly two hours of public testimony and said goodbye to two of its members.

Elkridge residents don't want the once-per-decade redrawing of County Council district lines to dilute their political clout