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Daniel W. Hubers, a retired real estate broker who was also a competitive sailor, died Saturday at Franklin Square Medical Center. He was 96.

Behind the scenes, the Orioles front office relies on a range of contributors, from old-school scouts who gauge talent by watching players compete to younger executives adept at the statistics-driven approach captured in "Moneyball," the best-selling book and motion picture.

A biography of former Baltimore banker Ed Hale is set to detail his rise from a Sparrows Point upbringing to exploits in real estate, sports business and banking – working covertly for the CIA and surviving plane crashes along the way.

Former home of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church now used by nondenominal congregation

The FBI was asked to investigate author Tom Clancy's background as he was being considered for a consultant position with the White House Space Council.

John "Jack" M.E. Hasslinger Jr., an accountant who managed a well-known family seafood business, died of heart disease Tuesday at his Mount Airy home. He was 63.

Robert Gately Keenan Sr., a retired Baltimore County public schools agriculture teacher who was a Roman Catholic deacon, died of a brain tumor Tuesday at Stella Maris Hospice. The Parkville resident was 77.

With the increasing reliance on email and social media slowing the flow of letters to a trickle — and many students ignoring what little comes through — officials at Loyola have scrapped the school's entire student mail system.

By securing the naming rights to the Baltimore Arena, the Baltimore conveniece store chain Royal Farms, which has grown slowly for decades, took to a bigger stage stage with its marketing.

The Baltimore Running Festival consistently generates about $40 million in economic impact each year, according to official estimates, and at its peak, the Grand Prix of Baltimore pumped $47 million into area hotels, restaurants and stores. But city officials say this week's Star-Spangled Spectacular — which marks 200 years since troops in Baltimore beat back a British invasion in 1814 — could surpass all those totals.

Towson University, like other colleges in Maryland and around the country, has had longstanding issues with underage and binge drinking, and the tensions caused when college students throw large house parties in residential neighborhoods.

There were few surprises for local colleges and universities in the oft-quoted U.S. News and World Report annual rankings released Tuesday.

Louis A. Zupnik, a retired automobile dealership general manager who later opened an antiques shop, died Aug. 27 at his Shrewsbury, Pa., home of lung cancer. He was 68.

Albert Asbury "Ab" Logan, a retired Boys' Latin School teacher who worked in Baltimore neighborhood organizing in the 1970s, died of cancer Aug. 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Cockeysville resident was 70.

Barbara Dreyer, the chief executive officer and co-founder of an online educational business that served students who were not in traditional classrooms, died of breast cancer Tuesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The White Hall resident was 59.

While the Obama administration presses colleges and universities to respond more aggressively to sexual assaults, students who are attacked at Baltimore-area schools still are unable to get rape kits on their campuses.

Val Jean Slowinski, a retired Towson University professor who had been active in Cockpit in Court Theater in Essex for more than two decades, died Wednesday at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin of a stroke. She was 78.

Karen A. Stuart, a Library of Congress archivist who earlier had been head librarian at the Maryland Historical Society, where she also was associate editor of the Maryland Historical Magazine, died of cancer Aug. 19 at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 59.

Albert T. "Tom" Rochfort Jr., a retired Baltimore County public school educator, died Monday at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center of an aortic aneurysm. He was 65.

While the roles of depression and addiction in Robin William's suicide were the focus of most news stories about his death, perhaps the headlines should have focused on his recent diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, highlighting the intricate relationships between neurological diseases and mental health conditions. The U.S. health care system is woefully inadequate at addressing the overlap between the body, mind and soul in these patients.

Five questions for Stephen H. Morgan, executive director of The Arc Baltimore, who has seen major shifts in the way people with developmental disabilities are taught and work.

John J. "Jack" Ray, a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. administrator of quality assurance who was a founding member of St. Thomas More Roman catholic Church in Northeast Baltimore, died July 12 of acute myeloid leukemia at his Parkville home. He was 82.

Nelson Carey, the genial publican of Belvedere Square whose Grand Cru wine bar has been a popular destination, died early Tuesday of a heart attack at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 50.

Stoneleigh swim coach Brian Loeffler would have been ecstatic with a team of just 200 swimmers.

James J. Connolly, a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. manager, died July 4 of liver cancer at his Towson home. He was 85.

Sister Mary Mark Walsh, a retired teacher who was a member of the Sisters of Mercy for nearly 78 years, died of heart failure Saturday at the Villa, her order's Baltimore County retirement home. She was 97.

Peter Winkenwerder, a retired financial consultant and a Glyndon farmer, was killed June 6 in an automobile accident on Greenspring Avenue in Owings Mills. He was 73.

Baltimore startup Bitsie is seeking to boost uptake of digital currency bitcoin, beyond local businesses like bar Bad Decisions.

Silicon Valley's deals for two Columbia firms — the proposed Micros Systems acquisition last week and Sourcefire last year — strike local entrepreneurs as wins rather than losses. They want more California tech giants doing business here, more billion-dollar-plus acquisitions, more companies spinning off with the money from those deals.

Robert M.S. Menzies Sr., president and CEO of Easton bank and Trust Co. and a civic leader, died Tuesday of multiple myeloma at his Easton home. He was 67.

As one of summer's busiest weeks for holiday travel approaches, officials in Baltimore are warning visitors and commuters of multiple construction projects causing major congestion on several city thoroughfares.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will sign a pact with several leading universities and hospitals Wednesday to work together on some of the city's most vexing challenges, officials said.

We welcome Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's Anchor strategy initiative, to be announced Wednesday. It includes partnership agreements between major Baltimore higher education and medical institutions and the city government to advance economic development in various communities through increased cooperation relating to the four priority areas of public safety, local hiring, local purchasing, and quality of life issues that affect us all. . It is everyone's responsibility to actively and

Baltimore author Karsonya Wise Whitehead transcribes three diaries from 1863-65 kept by a young seamstress

More millennials are creating their own jobs, either as a response to a continually crummy economy in which they can't find work, or because they would rather be their own bosses and run their own businesses.

Coverage of HonFest 2014 includes St. Luke's Lutheran Church, on The Avenue, holding Sunday services on the lawn to take advantage of HonFest and nice weather.

Jeanne G. Clapp, a retired educator who was a founding faculty member of the Odyssey School, died Thursday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 70.

Fights between small groups of black and Latino students are recent events – but inclusiveness, tolerance and a positive climate are present daily in classrooms at Digital Harbor. In my 44 years in Baltimore City Schools, I have not experienced a more diverse or vibrant school. Judge us by our long-term record, not by isolated incidents.

Thomas M. "Tom" Gibbons, former president and CEO of Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Companies who also served on boards of business and educational institutions, died Sunday of complications from a stroke at The Terraces of Bonita Springs Retirement Community in Bonita Springs, Fla. He was 88.

As thousands of Baltimore-area college students accept their diplomas this spring, many will have found themselves profoundly transformed by the experience.

Edward Leo Healy III, the former manager of the Perring Place Restaurant, died of sepsis after hernia surgery May 9 at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 55 and lived in Northeast Baltimore.