diplomacy

Vladimir Putin skips the G8 summit in an effort to show Obama who's boss.

Jessica Hill, 16, serves as youth ambassador for the Alzheimer's Association — a duty she'll perform at the upcoming Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29, at Oregon Ridge Park.

Mayor Craig Moe named fitness expert Carl Powell as the city's first health and wellness ambassador to promote health living and fitness in the city through free workout sessions and other activities.

Annapolis-based National Sailing Center and Hall of Fame to induct first honorees on Oct. 23

The alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington represents a dangerous escalation of Tehran's exporting of terrorist violence that demands the strongest possible response from the international community

The United States is justified on long standing legal principle to veto a Palestinian effort to gain statehood through a United Nations vote.

Anthony J. Konstant, a Harford County restaurateur who led the way in desegregating restaurants on U.S. 40 and later owned the Williamsburg Inn for many years, died Friday of heart failure at Oak Crest Village in Parkville. He was 87.

Anthony J. Konstant, a Harford County restaurateur who led the way in desegregating restaurants on U.S. 40 and later owned the Williamsburg Inn for many years, died Friday of heart failure at Oak Crest Village in Parkville. He was 87.

Mathilde B. "Mimi" Lee, who as the wife of Maryland Lt. Gov. Blair Lee eschewed the political life of Annapolis in favor physical activities such as hiking and swimming, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at Laurel Regional Hospital. She was 91.

In his latest effort to use baseball to communicate with young people around the world, Cal Ripken Jr. will host 16 students from Japan who live in areas affected by the March earthquake and tsunami.

Amanda Sanders as a high school student received the first registered nursing scholarship awarded by Keswick Multi-Care Center in Hampden, which paid for her college education. Now she's a nurse at Keswick.

Will Adams, freshman basketball player at Towson University, could be mad at the world about all the misfortune life dumped at his Philadelphia doorstep.

Even a state like Maryland, with its AAA bond rating, could see its borrowing costs increase if the federal government fails to raise the debt ceiling.

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