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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes, died Tuesday from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at his Lutherville home. He was 53.

Upper Chesapeake Health Announces New Vice President

'Don't Go' writer to appear in Sun Book Club series

Seeking to emerge from the long shadow of Gov. Martin O'Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make official Friday what everyone in Maryland politics has known for a long time: He's running for governor.

Several prominent city leaders are pushing for the school board to name interim city schools CEO Tisha Edwards the permanent superintendent, rather than search for an outsider to take on the district's sometimes daunting challenges.

Baltimore city schools CEO Andres Alonso, whose bold yet divisive reforms led to a drastic shift in the city's educational landscape, has resigned his post.

Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive time.

The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run.

Robert M. Bell, who went from civil rights activist to chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, is retiring.

Brendon Ayanbadejo distanced himself from his interview Thursday night with Newsday at a Straight for Equality Gala in New York where he was honored along with Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, where he seemed to suggest that his beliefs were one of the reasons that he was released earlier that day.

Abe Bortz, the Social Security Administration's first historian and a voracious collector of books, died Tuesday of lymphoma at his home in Pikesville. He was 93.

As the 150th anniversary of the war continues, artists look for ways to re-examine this painful chapter in our nation's history and show its relevance to modern times.

As the 150th anniversary of the war continues, artists look for ways to re-examine this painful chapter in our nation's history and show its relevance to modern times.

Concerns about utility smart meters are frequently dismissed as tinfoil-hat paranoia. But it's not so easy to dismiss Jonathan Libber, which is why the people with concerns wanted him on their side.

Paul Capriolo and the crew at Social Growth Technologies are looking forward to graduation, having spent years getting ready for the world outside this one-story beige building in Columbia. The Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship is not a school, but it does cultivate business and launch its charges onto bigger things.

About 800 people turned out for a panel discussing black student achievement in Howard County. The panel included Howard County Superintendent Renee Foose, State Superintendent Lillian Lowery and Executive Director of Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research Jon Fullerton.

Johns Hopkins University's medical school fell one spot to No. 3 in the nation, while its education school rose to No. 2, according to the latest U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings.

Long Reach High School senior Rhea Malik is pioneering efforts to bring biodegradable trays to school cafeterias, and to compost food waste.

Researcher Charles Limb tracked the areas of the brain that light up and shut off when jazz pianists are improvising

If not for Gilman senior Michael East, Aria Fazelimanesh would have had great difficulty landing at what he considered the perfect school for him: Friends. The two met at a national squash junior tournament in September of 2010 at Harvard University and immediately struck up a friendship.Fazelimanesh lived in San Jose, Calif., at the time, but they stayed in touch.

Georg H.B. Luck, a retired professor of classics whose career at Johns Hopkins University spanned two decades, died Sunday from complications of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 87.

World Championships can set players up for lifelong success but, for some of the 2001 Ravens, it can also serve as an insurmountable monument to future satisfaction

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Supporters of embattled David J. Wilson appear before board to demand his retention

Johns Hopkins students press university to drop fossil energy stocks from endowment as part of national campus divestment campaign seeking action on climate change.

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Charles Carey Deeley, a retired sales executive of a dental supply business and World War II veteran, died of complications from congestive heart failure Nov. 13 at the Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson. The Roland Park resident was 88.

Dr. Moreland Perkins, a philosophy professor who had taught at the University of Maryland, College Park and was also former mayor of Riverdale Park, died Nov. 7 of pneumonia at St. Joseph Medical Center.

Baltimore's newest theater company seeks to redefine the relationship between the performers and audience.

Nearly 150 people turned out for the first public hearing on Superintendent Renee Foose's proposal for 2013 redistricting for Howard County elementary students. Her plan was in turn lauded and lambasted Tuesday night, and critics said her abbreviated process denied public input.