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New regulations let Owings Mills couple program unmanned aerial vehicle to shoot photos

As the political convention season is about to unfold, along comes a book by Stan M. Hayes, a Baltimore attorney, who chronicled the convention years 1832 to 1872.

What if Baltimore-Washington area had landed the 2012 Summer Games?

Centuries-old Wayside Inn, in Ellicott City, is for sale, and its days as bed and breakfast may be numbered

On July 9, 1920, the now-defunct Union Bridge Pilot reported at length about a baseball game in town, but took special note that "Easily the most outstanding feature (of the Fourth of July) was the army airplane in charge of Lieut. Philips, one of the most daring in the Aviation service…

With health care decision, Supreme Court joins those doing damage to U.S. Constitution

The emphasis on crowning a champion — even in high school — is perverting youth athletics.

Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including Baltimore, where the scheme unraveled last summer.

Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast.

Harford Technical High School holds commencement ceremony

Jamal Lewis filed for bankruptcy in Georgia in April, claiming $14.5 million in assets and $10.6 million in debts — among them, a more than $350,000 judgment on a defaulted loan from the bank whose name hangs over Ravens stadium.

Bel Air's Class of 2012 celebrates commencement.

U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford has for years chosen to live in Baltimore when stateside. He has embraced the city's culture and character, which fit his personality far better than Washington ever could.

History Matters: Just what does that O stand for, anyway?

Tench Tilghman, Revolutionary War aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington and one of Maryland's most famous patriots, carried the news of the British surrender in 1781 at Yorktown, Va., to the federal capital in Philadelphia, in a ride that has been compared as being only second to that of Paul Revere.

It was Sarah Tilghman Hughes, the Baltimore born and raised federal judge, who swore in President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the nation's thirty-sixth president, after the Nov. 22, 1963 assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich paid a morning campaign visit to Annapolis, receiving a warm welcome Tuesday in the Maryland Senate, taking a tour of the historic State House and getting in a slam at Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed gas tax increase.

Reiter Boldt, a senior at Catonsville High School, has always been interested in politics and history and finally got the chance to see just how the process works as he served as a page in the General Assembly.

Document thief Barry Landau may have sold more of the national treasures he stole from museums — including the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore — than previously thought, according to the National Archives inspector general, who says his investigators have uncovered new evidence.

Elizabeth M. "Betty" Dugan, a volunteer and World War II veteran, died Feb. 29 of heart failure at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson.

The Baltimore school system will deploy testing monitors to all schools administering the state assessments next week, the second year that CEO Andres Alonso has ordered the measure amid a flurry of cheating scandals.

The men behind Downforce Racing have to pull together an expensive and elaborate racing festival in just six months.

Obama's theology irrelevant

A proposal to construct an assisted living facility for the elderly on three adjoining parcels, opposed by many in the quiet community, threatens to kill a bill expanding water and sewer services.

Mount Clare Mansion, the historic 1760 Southwest Baltimore home of Charles Carroll the Barrister, will now be operative jointly between the B&O Railroad Museum and the Maryland Society of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

Now that Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow and we've all declared our love for family, friends and others at Valentine's Day, it won't be long before local Christians begin the six week observance of Lent.

Highland/Fulton: A few weeks back, the PTA of Hammond Elementary School sponsored its second annual basket bingo. Denise Simmerly, a parishioner at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish of Fulton, was kind enough to fill in the details

Now that Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow and we've all declared our love for family, friends and others at Valentine's Day, it won't be long before local Christians begin the six week observance of Lent.

All those who seek to wrap themselves in the mantle of Ronald Reagan should consider his very pragmatic beliefs in reasonable restrictions on gun ownership.

While there are arguments that favor term limits for legislators, there are also good reasons to keep watchful legislators in office for the long haul. And if they stop being watchful, they're a lot easier to get rid of than career bureaucrats who stop being service-minded.

Day trips: President's Day weekend

Barry H. Landau pleads guilty in federal court to stealing historic documents from museums in several states including Maryland. Meanwhile, the Maryland Historic Society is having a news conference in which staffer who caught Landau is speaking for the first time.

As a resident of Strawbridge Home for Boys in 1950, Jim Mathis, at age 13, found himself working on a full-fledged farm with cows, hogs, chickens and horses.

This column is in honor of my mother, Margaret Copeland Vought Smith, who died at age 90 on Dec. 11.

The last of the scaffolding that enclosed the dome of the State House since summer will come down Friday — leaving Annapolis with an uncluttered view of its most famous landmark just in time for Christmas.

Councilwoman Sandra Landbeck says McGrady hijacked city election and council

The Columbia Association, which operates 23 pools in Howard, will join other communities that have created women-only swimming times to create a more welcoming atmosphere for Muslims and others.

Baltimore's inaugural Grand Prix was successful as an event but less so financially. The race's local promoter, Baltimore Racing Development, is heavily in debt, and now the city has to decide whether to keep maintain its relationship or change partners if it hopes to stage another race next year.

100th anniversary of the Anne Arundel chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, with emphasis on the historic Rising Sun Inn where they've been headquartered since 1916. They meet at the inn every Monday at 10:30 a.m.

Full Circle Dance Co. performs 'B.A.R.E.' at Baltimore Museum of Art

Minister, rabbi and imam bring their message of tolerance to Maryland

A discovery sparked a debate that pitted preservationists against each other and made it to highest levels of state government: Should a repainted State House reflect cozy Americana or radical pastel?

Torture: Cheney and Yoo to the contrary, there is no justification for abusing our enemies

Inspectors from the Maryland Department of Agriculture's Weights and Measures program work to make sure customers are correctly charged — at stores and at the gas pump.

The arrest of Barry H. Landau and Jason Savedoff for stealing presidential documents highlights both the mission and the dilemma of historical archives: They are devoted to making artifacts accessible to the public, but that means someone can make off with valuable pieces of history.