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The Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law, Baltimore's funniest celebrity named, and Census figures show Baltimore is still shrinking.

A 31-year-old man with a violent criminal past has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting a city police officer in Baltimore¿s downtown, which sparked a running gun battle with tactical officers who pursued the gunman up North Calvert Street.

A Havre de Grace man is using the Towson Fourth of July parade to set a Guinness World Record for most people simultaneously blowing bubbles.

Fire company says hospital will not be a problem

As speed cameras spread throughout the Baltimore area — there are roughly 100 across the region doling out $40 tickets — vandals have exacted their own form of justice against them.

Donna Heller, 61, has been director of heath services with the Howard County Public School System for 10 years, and has worked in the schools for 30 years. She is now retiring.

After more than 40 years in education and eight as superintendent of Howard County schools, Sydney Cousin looks ahead to retirement.

An Annapolis teenager is facing arson charges stemming from the weekend fire that investigators say was deliberately set in Anne Arundel Medical Center, county fire officials said Wednesday.

Maryland's public beaches have better water quality than most coastal states, but lag Delaware and Virginia, environmental group finds.

FDA approves new weight loss drug Belviq which activates receptor in brain that makes people feel full faster

Dr. Argye Elizabeth Hillis of Johns Hopkins Medicine discusses the language disorder aphasia, which is most common in stroke victims

Harris Interactives surveys everyday people about health care reform in advance of expected Supreme Court decision Thursday

Anya Trumler and Edward Sebring announce their marriage May 30 in Nassau in the Bahamas

Randal B. Edwards and Laura L. Edwards,of Street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Brook Edwards, to Christopher David Becker, son of Joy L. Becker and the late Ronald D. Becker.

Saint Agnes Hospital banned smoking in all but a few areas of its campus in 1978 and went completely smoke-free about five years ago.

Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens on Thursday dedicated a new Garden of Valor, an area of the cemetery for sole use of police officers, firefighters, and other emergency responders.

Bumblebees, native to North America, do a good job of pollinating plants that require pollination to produce fruit. They have fuzzy spurs on their hind legs that trap and deposit pollen from the flowers they visit while feeding on nectar.

Two people, including a pregnant woman, suffered minor injuries after a fire caused the partial collapses of a vacant home in the 1200 block of W. Baltimore St. around 4 a.m. Wednesday.

I want to know what you think the Orioles¿ five-man rotation should be by, say, the start of the second half. I¿ll let you pick one guy out of the organization, but only one.

A man was shot in the head in Northwest Baltimore Tuesday night, according to police. Homicide detectives were investigating the scene because of the seriousness of the man's injuries. His condition could not be determined late Tuesday night.

A Waverly couple who sued Johns Hopkins Hospital for malpractice last year after their son was born with severe physical and mental disabilities following complications during his birth was awarded $55 million dollars by a Baltimore City Circuit Court jury.

Amid an increased awareness of concussions in sports — the NFL and Ivy League universities have limited football practices involving contact, the Maryland state school board is questioning whether action is needed to prevent head injuries in young athletes.

Baltimore city school officials released Tuesday the results of an exhaustive assessment of more than 150 school buildings, where roughly $2.4 billion in infrastructure needs were identified.

DLA Piper chairman leaves Johns Hopkins University and Medicine posts

It took Springfield Hospital staff and volunteers hours of research through copious records, often illegible, written in faded ink or pencil and dusty. Finally they were able to match the names of deceased patients with the numbered stones that have served as grave markers.

The investigation into a fatal 2003 shooting in Baltimore appeared to be a simple case of a man protecting his home and family from an intruder. But the case remained open for nine years — until last month, when prosecutors ruled the shooting a case of justifiable self-defense.

"I would certainly say my short game has been something that has taken a hit," Woods said Tuesday at the Congressional Country Club, where he will play the role of host and favorite when the AT&T National begins Thursday.

A 35-year-old Pikesville man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Tuesday for conspiring to deal drugs and to commit a string of armed robberies at fast food chains and a Dollar Tree store, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Baltimore's Board of Estimates is expected to award an $80,000 settlement Wednesday to an elderly man who was injured after tripping on a damaged city sidewalk.

Law enforcement agencies suspect prescription drugs or heroin in recent deaths

A 19-year-old man charged with assaulting a Baltimore County police officer remains in critical condition after the officer struck him in the head with a flashlight when the man fought with officers when they tried to arrest him Tuesday, the department said.

The Aegis police blotter lists the most recent arrests, crimes and other police reports.

A former Howard County Police officer has published the first book on the horrific 1992 murder of Pam Basu of Savage

A northwest Baltimore man is in critical but stable condition at Greater Baltimore Medical Center after suffering a head injury while resisting arrest in Towson.

Charles Osborne Fisher, a prominent Carroll County attorney and World War II veteran whose legal career spanned more than six decades, died Friday from complications of a broken hip.

Build It Now is a community based organization of concerned families of Harford County that has been advocating for the replacement of the County's aging mulit-building elementary schools.

Recently Jordan Yaffee, a student at The Gilman School and a local resident, put together a special project for his Bar Mitzvah service.

Charles Osborne Fisher Sr., 95, a long standing Westminster attorney, bank director, past chair of the Health Services Cost Review Commission and last surviving co-founder of Carroll Hospital Center, died June 22 at his home after a brief illness.

Baltimore's Archbishop Lori says Catholics' right of conscience is under assault by the federal government

A legislative task force appears headed toward a policy that holds all dogs ¿ not just pit bulls ¿ to a strict liability standard.

A Waverly family wins a $55 million malpractice judgment, a funeral is planned for the victim of an accused cannibal, and Gov. Martin O'Malley appears on Page Six gossip column.

Baltimore County police are investigating an early morning shooting in Essex.

Grant to fund Baltimore Health System's plan to coordinate behavioral-primary care

A large high school graduation party at a home in Severn on Sunday turned violent when a fight broke out, leaving one teen shot, three stabbed and another wounded after being struck by an unknown object, Anne Arundel County police said Monday.

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Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold underwent successful surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital Monday morning to remove a herniated disk placing pressure on a nerve in his neck, the Orioles announced.

State offers testing and educational campaign for HIV Testing Day

Low-income families face tremendous obstacles accessing basic dental care