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• Politics

State lawmakers, ACLU consider legislation to regulate police surveillance

State lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are considering legislation that would regulate police surveillance programs — and require public disclosure — after the Baltimore Police Department ran a secret aerial surveillance program over the city for months.

• Job Layoffs

Nearly 500 Labinal Power Systems layoffs to start in July

Labinal Power Systems plans to cut nearly 500 jobs from its manufacturing plant in Salisbury starting in July, as the defense contractor intiates layoffs connected to the shutdown of its Eastern Shore operations.

By Natalie Sherman

May 8, 2015

• Maryland

Civil Air Patrol hosting open house

Civil Air Patrol Carroll Composite Squadron having open house from 7 to 9 p.m. May 12 at Hilltop Assembly of God church hall, 30 N. Cranberry Road, Westminster

• From The Community

Civil Air Patrol Squadron Holds OPEN HOUSE ..

Public Invited to OPEN HOUSE. APRIL 2015. Westminster, Md. The Civil Air Patrol Carroll Composite Squadron located in Westminster, Maryland, extends an open invitation to the public to attend an Open House May 12, 2015. The event will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hilltop Assembly of God Church Hall located at 30 North Cranberry Road in Westminster. Come see firsthand our programs and experience the camaraderie of the dedicated men and women who are the Carroll Composite Squadron. The Civil Air Patrol has three primary missions: aerospace education, cadet programs and emergency services. The Carroll ...

• Opinion

The Mideast's new reality

Navigating the violent upheavals in the Mideast will require deft diplomacy and a willingness to live with a certain ambiguity in our relationships with friend and foe

• Opinion

Iran nuke deal is no deal at all

The purpose of the Iran nuclear talks is less about stopping the bomb than launching a new era of engagement, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Obama is the Neville Chamberlain of our time

On Iran, Obama is the Neville Chamberlain of our time

• Opinion

Obama's Afghan exit

The president's decision to slow the pace of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was a bow to history's lesson that wars are easier to start than to end

• Theft

Man once convicted of spying pleads guilty to document theft

A Maryland man whose espionage conviction made headlines in the 1980s acknowledged a more common crime Thursday: theft.

• Opinion

Netanyahu wants war

Mr. Netanyahu wants the U.S. to forgo negotiations in favor of sanctions while Iran continues to build the infrastructure for nuclear weapons. The logical consequence of this chain of events would be war, because Iran would continue to develop its nuclear program unless negotiations prohibit it. Presumably, then, Mr. Netanyahu wants the next step to be a U.S.-led war in Iran

• Opinion

Brian Williams' lies are not equal to those of Fox 'News'

Brian Williams' lies are not equal to those of Fox 'News' -- they are worse, says Leonard Pitts.

• Maryland

A ship sinks and America rises

• Endangered Species

Plans to close Salisbury plant a blow to economy

A Salisbury manufacturing plant threatened with closure more than 20 years ago is once again slated to be shut down, a blow to the Eastern Shore city which is still working its way back from the recession.

By Natalie Sherman

Feb 2, 2015

• Politics

Obama budget calls for reversing deep spending cuts

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama revived his call Thursday for an end to deep cuts in federal spending, an appeal that fell squarely in the divide between Republicans in Congress who want to rein in costs and those who want to boost the Pentagon's budget.

• Scientific Research

UFO investigations in Maryland get second life in online trove of Air Force documents

UFO sightings cropped up all across the United States, including in Maryland, while the Air Force's Project Blue Book tracked them from 1947 to 1969. And now, many of the program's once-secret case files are receiving a second life online, after being posted online last week to UFO enthusiast John Greenewald's website blackvault.com.

By Kevin Rector

Jan 22, 2015

• Military Equipment

After hiatus, popular Andrews air show to return in September 2015

The air show at Joint Base Andrews, a popular annual event for more than 50 years until it was grounded in recent years by budget cuts, will return in September 2015, base officials said Tuesday.

By Matthew Hay Brown

Dec 30, 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: Baltimore's transit chief pleads guilty, Boyd Rutherford to forgo having his own staff, and more

• Maryland

Dec. 7: Remembering the infamy and the bravery

Carroll veterans reflect on the war on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

• Defense

Amid criticism, Pentagon unveils anti-rape plans

Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled new initiatives Thursday to battle rape and other sexual assaults within the U.S. military after the Pentagon released a report showing an 8% increase in reported incidents over the past year.

• Opinion

The U.S. must strengthen its ballistic missile defenses against Iran

The U.S. must strengthen its ballistic missile defenses against Iran

• Opinion

Saluting Vietnam veterans

Nearly five decades after their service, veterans of the Vietnam War deserve to be honored and embraced by their countrymen

• Opinion

JLENS: securing our coast

Two giant JLENS blimps are set to watch over the east for attacks, unless Congress won't fund them.

• Obituaries

Robert B. Temple, TV technician

Robert B. "Bob" Temple, a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. technician and a Korean War veteran, died Friday at the Longview Nursing Home in Manchester of complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was 84.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 22, 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

Unlikely Allies

• Maryland

Civil War Day comes to Village

Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table hosted Civil War Day at Carroll Lutheran Village, in Westminster, Sept. 20.

• Obituaries

Brian K. 'Kim' Webb, insurance executive

Brian K. "Kim" Webb, a semi-retired insurance executive who remained a lifetime supporter of McDonogh school, died Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro, N.C., of cancer. He was 77.

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: The CDC gets it wrong on e-cigs, more trouble for the B-1, and more

• Opinion

The Ebola threat [Editorial]

Stronger measures are needed to control the spread of the deadly virus

• Maryland

Exterminate terrorist threats

• Maryland

The road took a fork 13 years ago

• Opinion

The Tallinn declaration [Editorial]

President Obama needed to put Russia on notice that NATO is resolved to resist its aggression in Ukraine

• Maryland

Carroll agencies receive M16s, office furniture from military surplus program

The majority of Carroll County law enforcement agencies have taken advantage of a Department of Defense program which offers surplus military equipment at no cost, including everything from weapons to office furniture.

• Opinion

Eyes in the sky [Editorial]

Courts eventually will have to sort out the legal issues regarding the use of drones by police, but there's no turning back the clock

• Maryland

Pendulum swings on arming cops

• Sun Investigates

More police departments considering the use of drones

Departments across the country are increasingly exploring uses for the technology, including Baltimore County police, where officials have discussed with a local company to view a drone, though they say they are still in the exploratory stages.

• Wrestling

Man who used wrestling, lifting to overcome cerebral palsy visits Ravens

Ben Jackson, a Pennsylvania man featured in a Gatorade commercial that detailed his use of wrestling and power lifting to help him spastic cerebral palsy, visited the Ravens Thursday.

• Opinion

The U.S. needs Russia [Commentary]

The U.S. needs Russia. This may sound peculiar coming from a person who spent 25 years at the NSA, almost half of those fighting communism. But our approach to Russia since the end of the Cold War has been unimaginative and aggressive. Politicians in Washington put on their Cold-War glasses any time Russia makes noise. It's time to archive those in the Smithsonian.

• Maryland

Air power can stop Isis

• Baltimore City Paper

Droning On

• Authors

Thriller author Fesperman explores capacity of drone warfare, spying

"Unmanned" is a cautionary tale exploring the consequences of drone warfare

• Military Equipment

University of Maryland opens drone test site

The long-planned site is to be based near Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Southern Maryland, long a key research site for the Navy

• Obituaries

Adm. Charles R. Larson, former Naval Academy superintendent, dies

Obituary Charles R. Larson

• Opinion

Putin on the hot seat [Editorial]

Russia's proxy war in Ukraine has backfired with the downing of a Malaysian airliner by separatist rebels

• Opinion

There is no proportionate response to terror [Letter]

Israeli response to Gaza rockets is overwhelmingly one-sided because that's the only way to respond to terror attacks

• Obituaries

Terence T. Finn, author and retired NASA executive, dies at 71

Terence T. Finn, a retired NASA executive whose passion for military history led him to write four books on the subject, died June 27 of complications from a rare blood disorder. The Chestertown resident was 71.

• Harford

The Great War [Editorial]

Living history of what was once optimistically called the War to End All Wars may have faded, but we'd be foolish to allow our understanding of this key event in human history to be forgotten.

• Maryland

Rethink military aid policies

• Weather

Season's first tropical storm possible to brush East Coast around July 4

A rainy system off the coast of Florida could become Tropical Storm Arthur and sweep up the East Coast late this week into the weekend.

• Maryland

Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty before judge

• Maryland

Iraq's top cleric calls for deal on PM by Tuesday

BAGHDAD (AP) ¿ Iraq's top Shiite cleric stepped up the pressure Friday on politicians to agree on Iraq's next prime minister, after incumbent Nouri al-Maliki lost the confidence of former allies in the fight against Sunni militants.