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Frederick W. Brune Jr., a retired Gilman School educator who had been a Marine Corps pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II, died. He was 93.

Efforts have begun in Baltimore to prepare the city's workforce for about 1,700 jobs that are expected to arrive with the late-summer opening of the Horseshoe Casino on Russell Street.

Nathan "Bodie" Barksdale, an inspiration for drug dealing characters in "The Wire," pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon in federal court to heroin conspiracy charges.

Imagine a Baltimore where key figures such as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake and Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services Sam Abed made it their resolution in this new year to think more creatively about community peace-building initiatives, starting with a significant increase in funding for youth development programs. Such a resolution would be a proactive investment in the social capital of our city's youth, an untapped asset that would bring boundless returns.

At 1:30 p.m. on a sunny December weekday, just down the hill from the prestigious Baltimore City College high school, shattered glass and blood stained the street.

After decades of writing about television and media, this is the year that I have lost journalistic faith in two TV news institutions in which I have long believed: 60 Minutes and CNN.

As the female-centric 'Hunger Games' movie is set to premiere, star Jennifer Lawrence girds for fame in the role of the resourceful Katniss Everdeen