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Prince George's County officials, who have authority over the water in Laurel Lakes, plan to dredge the upper lake in the next year, something many local residents have been calling for over the past 10 years.

The International Space Station will fly over Maryland this week, days after a successful Antares rocket launch.

The Elkridge-based GP Strategies Corp. is relocating its global headquarters to the former Ryland Group building in downtown Columbia beginning in August, the company and building owner Howard Hughes Corp. announced Monday.

Venture capitalists poured $286.3 million into 30 deals in Maryland, Washington and Northern Virginia during the first quarter of this year, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Retired naval officer takes on "Moby Dick" and environmental concerns in his 34th novel

The anti-cyberbullying "Grace's Law" appropriately targets those who would harm minors while preserving First Amendment rights

T. Rowe Price senior financial planner Stuart L. Ritter talks about parents' finances and how they can educate their kids about money matters.

The Waterfront Partnership and the Greater Baltimore Committee are embarking on a comprehensive study of the Inner Harbor, aiming to sustain it as a vibrant part of the city.

The Maryland Historical Society has pictures and other information on buildings from the grandest Mount Vernon mansions to the most humble West Baltimore rowhouses.

With a new survey finding the Chesapeake Bay's crab population at its lowest level in five years and reproducing poorly, Maryland officials announced Friday they would move to tighten catch limits on the region's iconic crustacean. The annual winter survey of Maryland and Virginia waters tallied 300 million crabs, down nearly two-thirds from the number seen the year before, the Department of Natural Resources reported.

Nicholas P. Jones, dean of the Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering, has been named the new executive vice president and provost at Penn State University, the college announced Friday.

A Goucher College study suggests that focusing on public transit and electricity use could best reduce Baltimore's ecological footprint.

The Benjamin Banneker Park and Museum on Oella Avenue is hosting an Earth Day celebration and the Children's Home on Bloomsbury Avenue will host an electronics recycling drive, both on Saturday April 20

The operators of Cook Volkswagen in Fallston are looking to expand the vehicle storage lot for their Belair Road dealership, but the property developer must resolve outstanding issues with state and federal agencies and work out an agreement with neighboring homeowners before they can proceed.

Starting this past Monday, people with business in the Harford County Courthouse are no longer sent back to their cars if they're carrying cell phones.

Two paper shredding events are scheduled this weekend to help residents and businesses recycle unwanted paper, or destroy sensitive materials.

Senator James Brochin wonders why Franchot didn't criticize Maryland

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Groups and special events taking place at Howard County library branches

The Chesapeake Bay and its rivers lost more than one-fifth of their underwater grasses last year, scientists reported Thursday, approaching low levels not seen since 1986 in a key indicator of the estuary's health. Scientists blamed the losses on an extended run of unfavorable weather, but acknowledged the declines demonstrated that the long-running bay cleanup campaign still has a long way to go.

Orbital Sciences Corp.'s commercial rocket launch from NASA Wallops that was scheduled for Wednesday but aborted has been pushed to Friday, at the earliest.

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Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive time.

Eugene "Gene" F. Kolb, a retired Bendix/Allied Signal mechanical engineer, died at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center on April 12 of complications from a head injury related to a fall at his house. The Kingsville resident was 84.

Cash rewards help fire the competitive spirit that leads to scientific advances

Baltimore officials announced Tuesday they have suspended the city's troubled speed camera program amid fresh reports of erroneous tickets, this time involving a new multimillion-dollar camera network. The Baltimore Sun found that one of those new cameras has been issuing invalid tickets to motorists on The Alameda, apparently because the camera was programmed with the wrong speed limit.

General Motors officially launched its new electric motor in White Marsh Tuesday, a milestone in domestic manufacturing — and a key part of the company's bet that the electric-vehicle market is poised to grow.

A privately owned rocket that is part of efforts to grow the commercial space industry will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Wednesday evening, and it will be visible from Maryland.

Mavis S. "Sherry" Sheedy, a retired Baltimore City public schools art teacher and museum docent, died April 4 from congestive heart failure. She was 74.

A pharmaceutical company, a data analytics firm and a lighting company learned Monday night that they won the top prizes at the state's inaugural competition for start-up firms — $100,000 each.

State officials went to Washington Monday to assure the administration that Maryland has both the means and the will to build two light rail systems.

A proposed partnership between UM College Park and Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art could benefit both institutions in ways neither could afford on its own

If doctors were better informed about the cost of lab tests, they would request fewer of them for their patients or look for cheaper alternatives, Hopkins researchers have found.

Dr. Christopher Dela Rosa has been appointed as chief information officer at Harford Community College. In this position, Dela Rosa will continue to provide leadership to staff and manage the day-to-day operations of Computing and Technology Services

Third annual Hats Off to Hampden, gala fundraiser for the Hampden Family Center, is Saturday. People are supposed to wear their best hats. Silent and live auctions for items ranging from a dinner for 10 cooked in your house by The Food Market chef, to tickets to see Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Sting.

Biodiversity conference opens in Baltimore

After finding the badly decomposed remains of Christine Jarrett beneath a shed in her own backyard, Howard County authorities moved swiftly to charge her long-suspected husband with the murder.

J. Thomas "Gus" Novotny, a retired Howard County entrepreneur who combined his love for golf and trains and turned them into businesses, died March 24 from cancer at his home in Palm Gardens, Fla. He was 75.

Development proposals, both public and private, have fallen through over the years, and the island has been overrun by thousands of birds. But members of the family that owns Fort Carroll and they still have hopes for it.

Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October.

President Barack Obama awarded Navy's football team with the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy on Thursday afternoon in the East Room at the White House.

Maryland scientists are at work on a three-year project funded by NASA to fathom the potential impact of dust on climate, following up a study published in the summer that quantified in a striking way the annual flow of mineral dust from abroad.

Honorary inductee Michael Phelps part of first Towson High Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony

Anne Arundel County education briefs

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A large section of brick fell seven stories from the face of a National Institutes of Health building on the campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on Tuesday, and officials at the federal agency are still trying to find out why.

The use of zoning laws have become a powerful way to reduce the number of liquor stores in cities, but too few government officials are utilizing the tool, Johns Hopkins public health researchers said in a new report.

A.J. Williams, a Penn State alumnus living in Cockeysville, balances his job as a research technician at Parexel in Baltimore with a budding boxing career

This week's Hopkins competition gives top students the opportunity to fend off hackers in real-world scenarios