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With food coming off the grill and going into Styrofoam containers, the food truck business is smokin' hot, sparking a nationwide culinary revolution. Over the last decade, the action has rolled south from Baltimore and north from Washington to Laurel, teasing and tantalizing discerning palettes from dawn to dusk.

With the tremendous explosion of information technology, the intelligence community lost control of its data, to the detriment of everyone.

When federal databases containing sensitive information on U.S. intelligence or nuclear weapons come under cyber attack, the agencies call on major companies like Lockheed Martin, Verizon and Booz Allen Hamilton – and a two-year old startup in Federal Hill – to shore up defenses.

Attorneys for two convicted robbers are challenging investigators' use of cellphone data, saying that it breached their privacy and that investigators should have used a search warrant to get it. Their appeals in federal court thrust the convicts into the center of a debate about police powers and the meaning of privacy in the digital age.

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.

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

The General Services Administration released a long anticipated list of sites on Tuesday it said could accommodate the FBI's requirements for a new home to replace the 39-year-old J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington. Two of the properties are in Maryland — one in Greenbelt, the other in Landover — and a third is in Springfield, Va.

Maryland companies raised $64 million in venture capital funding this spring, with the biggest payouts in the Baltimore area flowing to cybersecurity startups. More companies snagged funding, but the grand tally dropped sharply.

Inside Aberdeen Proving Ground, an estimated 21,000 people report to work on any given day, conducting research in massive new federal buildings. But outside the base, gleaming new offices completed in anticipation of economic spillover stand empty, a reminder of growth that has remained tightly contained.

A 32-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after he hit a National Security Agency police officer with his SUV while evading a traffic stop on Route 32 at Fort Meade, Maryland State Police said.

A decade ago, planners predicted that Laurel would see a surge in its population as civilian and enlisted military personnel, mainly from Virginia, were relocated to Fort Meade under the Base Realignment and Closure Act, or BRAC.

The Baltimore area has an outsized share of job openings in fields that make heavy use of science, technology, engineering or math skills, occupations that pay more and are harder for employers to fill, according to a new analysis.

WASHINGTON (AP) ¿ The United States wants to restart a cybersecurity working group that China shut down after the U.S. indicted five Chinese military officers on charges of hacking into American companies' computers to steal trade secrets.

APG tethered blimps necessary to spot potential rogue missile with a nuclear payload

Maryland's congressional delegation was expected to coast to victory in Tuesday's primary, leaving Democrats positioned to dominate the state's House seats even in a year that's shaping up to be promising for the GOP nationally.

State is investing wisely in innovation, research and entrepreneurship for the 21

The Army is planning to launch a pair of blimps over Maryland this fall to watch the Eastern Seaboard for incoming cruise missiles. It's what else they might be able to see from up there that worries privacy advocates.

In a nasty Republican primary, veteran Del. Steve Schuh has the edge over incumbent Laura Neuman because of his vision for Anne Arundel's future.

Latest report shows state's lackluster GDP is not the fault of high taxes or regulations but reduced federal government spending

Intelligence community has only itself to blame for running amok

County and state officials on Monday broke ground on the first step of a $180 million mixed-use project that will bring housing, office and retail space to a plot of land next to the Savage MARC station in Howard County.

Edward Snowden's leaks and the media hype surrounding them has done a disservice to the intelligence industry

Congressman has not been straight on NSA's actions

Baltimore police wrong to restrict rights of animal activists and others to share leaflets around Inner Harbor

After Edward Snowden's Wednesday interview on NBC, the jury is still out on whether he's a patriot or a traitor

NBC News and anchorman Brian Williams have not done journalistic work the quality of Wednesday night¿s exclusive interview with Edward Snowden in a long, long time.

Bongino: Sun's left-wing views are making print media irrelevant

For me, May is a month of remembering ¿ my mother who died this month 37 years ago; the Rosie the Riveters on National Rosie the Riveter Day, May 25; my good friend and mentor who died in 2003 whose birthday is this month; and all those who gave their lives for our freedom in all the wars our country has fought, from the Revolutionary War to the current war in Afghanistan.

Military veterans have a knack for building successful businesses, professionals say, but they have more trouble than non-veterans attracting investors. That's a challenge now being tackled by a new crop of Maryland-based initiatives aimed at helping veteran entrepreneurs.