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Ronald J. Schaefer, a retired Northrop Grumman Corp. contracts manager and avid bicyclist, died Oct. 6 from prostate cancer at his Timonium home. He was 78.

Federal spending in Maryland dropped by nearly $1.4 billion last fiscal year, the largest decline in 14 years, new Census Bureau figures show.

The engineer accused of taking down more than 70 pro-slots signs during last fall's heated referendum on whether to allow slot parlors in Anne Arundel County was fined $5,000 Thursday by a judge and granted probation before judgment on a single conviction of theft.

As hiring begins to pick up, workers who held onto low-paying, unfulfilling or bad jobs through the recession now are starting to test the job market, workplace experts say.

When NovaSom Inc. was looking to produce its diagnostic kits for measuring sleep apnea, the Glen Burnie-based company didn't look to factories in Asia or Mexico. Instead, it found a manufacturer right off the Beltway in Woodlawn.