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• Arts and Culture

Duty in Afghanistan prevented flyover for Arbutus Fourth of July

After flyovers kicked off the Arbutus Fourth of July Parade for seven consecutive years, the 2012 Independence Day celebration went without because the Maryland Air National Guard was deployed in Afghanistan.

• Latest

Hazmat teams respond to BWI after flight attendant falls ill

Emergency response teams and hazardous materials crews responded to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Thursday afternoon after a flight attendant on an inbound Southwest Airlines flight fell ill, airport officials said.

• Maryland

Good afternoon, Baltimore: Thursday lunchtime lowdown

Penn State report faults Paterno in Sandusky scandal, Columbia teen dies in crash, and Green Party convention begins in Baltimore.

• Science

Middle School MSA results - 2012

• Human Interest

Elementary MSA results - 2012

• Maryland

Heat buckles Route 50, closes four eastbound lanes

High temperatures and intense heat caused the pavement of four eastbound lanes of Route 50 in Prince George's County to buckle on Sunday afternoon, forcing the State Highway Administration to close the lanes to traffic. The SHA will begin repairs and look for any structural damage starting Sunday night.

• Weather

Baltimore Co. man added to heat death toll

A Baltimore County man is the 12th victim of a storm and heat wave in Maryland, and 20,000 power outages remain.

• Weather

Heat wave intensifies in Baltimore

Temperatures reached 103 degrees at BWI Marshall Airport and 106 degrees in downtown Baltimore on Friday as a heat wave intensified over much of the eastern U.S.

• Baltimore City

Police investigated cannibalism suspect in machete report

Two weeks before a Morgan State University student was arrested in the killing of a housemate, campus police received a report that he had a machete.

• Maryland

Nine tornadoes tear through Maryland

Nine tornadoes tore through Maryland on Friday. Six counties saw twisters during Friday's storm.

• Business

Maryland braces for Memorial Day travelers

The Bay Bridge is the largest potential bottleneck for the Memorial Day weekend, with more than 1.8 million motorists expected to swarm Maryland toll facilities from Friday to Monday as part of the unofficial start of summer.

• Sports

Preakness notes: Trainers stress the need for a national horse racing comissioner

Controversy over Doug O'Neill 'milkshaking' allegations raises requests for a central governing body for horse racing.

• Maryland

Baltimore, other cities battle federal security funding plan

WASHINGTON — Local homeland security officials in Baltimore and across the country are fighting a proposal to change how $2 billion in federal emergency management money is distributed — a change they say would jeopardize regional efforts to respond to terrorist attacks, major storms and other disasters.

• Latest

Traffic: 5-vehicle accident on U.S. 50 westbound

Service delays on light rail line, MARC Penn line.

• Maryland

JFX jammed? Try these alternate routes to downtown

Turn-by-turn directions for getting downtown during lane closures on the JFX.

• Maryland

Industry group ranks Maryland transportation priorities

TRIP, a national transportation research group, ranks Maryland's 40 most-needed transportation projects

• Elections

Dyer ousted from Board of Education

Janet Siddiqui, Ann De Lacy, Ellen Giles, Jackie Scott, David Gertler progress to General Election; last spot between Patricia Gordon and Bob Ballinger too close to call.

• Readers Respond

The Red Line cure for gas price blues

As gas prices soar, Baltimore residents need to ask why we don't have a better public transportation system.

• Maryland

Southwest to launch new, and improved, jets this month

BWI will be one of the first airports to get new jets from Southwest.

• Colleges and Universities

Fourteen vying for three seats on school board

Profiles of 14 candidates for Howard County Board of Education

• Politics and Government

Editorial: For school board: one incumbent, five newcomers

Butler, DeLacy, Gertler, Giles, Kornreich, Scott endorsed for Howard County Board of Education

• Weather

Cool winds hold back record-setting heat

A cool front prevented Baltimore from nearing a March heat record, as expected, but temperatures remain 20 degrees warmer than normal.

• Opinion

Gas tax: Pay now or later

Gov. Martin O'Malley's gas tax plan may be unpopular but the outlook for Maryland commuters is far worse if lawmakers fail to support it

• Latest

Smoke returns plane to BWI

No injuries reported; flight scheduled to resume late Monday

• Bars and Clubs

African-American social club celebrates its centenary

Members of the Arch Social Club, at North and Pennsylvania avenues, are about to have a party.

• Thurgood Marshall

Where to see the candidates

• Latest

Glen Burnie woman, 70, allegedly had gun in luggage at BWI

.38-caliber gun found while woman was traveling through airport security, police say

• Obituaries

Llewellyn W. Woolford Sr., Social Security attorney

Llewellyn Washington Woolford Sr., a retired Social Security Administration attorney who was a past Howard County Human Relations Commission chairman, died of stroke complications Feb. 22 at his Columbia home. He was 81.

• Baltimore City

Md. Historical Society wants to identify subjects of Civil Rights era photos

Images of nearly 5,000 Baltimoreans are the life's work of a photographer who documented racial segregation of the era and early protests, and captured candid moments of now-anonymous brides, classmates, football players and black residents.

• Latest

Maryland will feature prominently in Smithsonian's latest museum

When the country's largest African American museum opens on the National Mall in Washington, D. C., people and places from Maryland will get a healthy share of the limelight.

• Politics and Government

Political Notebook: Lt. Gov. Brown speaks to Thurgood Marshall Democratic Club

As County Executive Ken Ulman spends more time making connections in other parts of the state, other gubernatorial hopefuls will be looking to make some connections of their own — here in Howard County.

• Crime

1908 Illinois race riot was impetus behind founding of the NAACP

The Baltimore chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded a century ago today, three years after the organization was founded in New York City.

• Obituaries

John B. 'Jack' Owens, boat builder

John B. "Jack" Owens, who had been a principal in Owens Yacht Co., the legendary Annapolis boat builder, and later started a family-owned real estate firm, died Saturday of heart failure at his Naples, Fla., home. He was 96.

• Latest

Traffic: 2-vehicle crash on I-95 north near Caton Ave.

Traffic: Accident on I-95 northbound near Caton Avenue

• Latest

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday

• Thurgood Marshall

No injuries or delays as private jet overshoots BWI runway

A small Gulfstream private jet overshot a runway Monday night at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, causing no injuries to the two people aboard and no commercial delays.

• Latest

3 teens killed in crash were recent high school grads

The three teens who died in a fiery head-on collision on U.S. 50 early Saturday were all recent graduates of two Anne Arundel high schools returning from a birthday party.

• Opinion

Most rural Marylanders say, 'War? What war?'

• Sports

More details on Camden Yards improvements, statues

More details on Camden Yards improvements, statues

• Southwest Airlines

False alarm on Southwest flight from Florida to BWI

The unidentified substance found Wednesday on a Baltimore-bound Southwest flight was determined to be not a threat, a spokeswoman for the airline said.

• Health

Laurel American Legion commander implements new programs

Shirley Luby, only the second woman to be commander at Laurel American Legion Laurel Post 60, reaches out to the community with expanded programs and new ideas

• Business

BWI plans a $100M expansion

BWI plans a $100 million expansion that will transform central section of the airport.

• Journalism

Maryland man jailed in Libya returns home

The Baltimore man who traveled to Libya in February, at the start of a political uprising there, returns to Baltimore

• Obituaries

Jaime Arbona

Jaime Arbona, former customs agent for the ports of entry to Baltimore, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Oct. 20 at his Cedarcroft home. He was 88.

• Howard County

Howard program helps students serve community

Leadership U is a part of Columbia-based Leadership Howard County, a nonprofit organization that helps Howard citizens improve their community through development of leadership skills and outreach programs.

• Defense

Civilian pilot strays into restricted air space over Washington

Air Force jets intercept and escort plane back to Baltimore

• Domestic Travel

Southwest offering double rewards on flights from BWI

• Health

Testimony heard in Arbutus parent's lawsuit to integrate Catonsville High

Thurgood Marshall represents an Arbutus man who brought suit against Baltimore County to allow his daughter to attend Catonsville High School

• Opinion

Baltimore's true identity: black history

Baltimore should celebrate and promote its unique cultural place among African-Americans

• Business

Post-9/11 buildup added billions to Maryland's economy

War on terror and Sept. 11 attacks mean more business opportunities in Maryland