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Frank Mankiewicz brought honor, candor and wit to his work, whether in politics or journalism.

Dr. Robert E. Cooke, a retired Johns Hopkins pediatrician-in-chief who was a founder of the Head Start children's program and a presidential medical adviser, died of heart disease Feb. 2 at his Oak Bluffs home on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. The former North Roland Park resident was 93.

Imagine a Baltimore where key figures such as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake and Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services Sam Abed made it their resolution in this new year to think more creatively about community peace-building initiatives, starting with a significant increase in funding for youth development programs. Such a resolution would be a proactive investment in the social capital of our city's youth, an untapped asset that would bring boundless returns.

Despite the economy, the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program is going strong nationally and in Baltimore as it nears its 49th birthday on Aug. 20. Last week, the national director was in Charles Village to welcome 16 VISTAs, who will work in Baltimore for at least a year.

Operation that helped find Bin Laden also endangered health workers, children in Pakistan

The war hero turned peace candidate gave true meaning, rather than political rhetoric, to the word patriotism.

A few Howard County Republicans were among the thousands who flocked to Tampa for the RNC, held Aug. 27-30. Select Howard County Democrats traveled to Charlotte for the DNC, held Sept. 4- 6.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley used his prime-time slot at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday to make the case for Obama's record on jobs and the economy.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley offered pointed criticism of Republicans in an address to the Democratic convention on Tuesday, arguing that President Barack Obama is best suited to right the U.S. economy while GOP nominee Mitt Romney's policies would only move the nation backward.

A Bel Air elementary school student from Hickory, John Michael Kirk, 12, won the first ever Soap Box Derby held in Bel Air

Marian Shriver McSherry, long-time partaker in Maryland's Catholic aristocracy and mother of 12 children, died on July 24 of breast cancer at her home in Frederick, Md. She was 85.

Marian Shriver McSherry, long-time partaker in Maryland's Catholic aristocracy and mother of 12 children, died on July 24 of breast cancer at her home in Frederick, Md. She was 85.