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Rep. James Moran can't stop saying dumb things.

Josephine C. "Jo" Miller, a civic activist who was a member of the League of Women Voters for 50 years and a Baltimore City Zoning Board watchdog for the Citizens Planning and Housing Association, died March 22 of esophageal cancer at her Roland Park Place home.

Fort Hood shooting another indicator that U.S. should invest more in helping returning vets

Military returns to air show in Ocean City

Recent failed prosecutions at Fort Bragg and the Naval Academy are the products of a breakdown in the military's lawyer-centric system. Military lawyers were responsible for the advice that allowed the commander to send the sexual assault allegations to trial. Military lawyers were also responsible for the presentations of evidence that resulted in an acquittal in one case and a surprisingly light sentence in the other. An enormous amount of time and money was invested in each of these cases

So much organizational history is to be found in old programs and brochures that were printed many years ago. Fortunately, we have received many such documents from the Printing Press, where they were stored

Today, the Army Reserve's mission benefits from the leadership, resiliency and technical proficiency of over 45,000 female soldiers — 22 percent of the Reserve force. This includes approximately 36,000 enlisted, 8,000 officers and 500 warrants in 305 diverse career fields. Our team must maintain its combat edge during this period of persistent conflict and constrained resources; this would not be possible without the contributions of its female soldiers.

Harford legislators are spearheading a bill to create a 3D printing authority in collaboration with the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

North County resident Jim Turfler, 97, still plays golf and exercises every week day at Jacksonville senior center.

Guard gets no respect from the Army

The court-martial of a Naval Academy midshipmen accused of sexually assaulting a classmate got under way Tuesday morning with prosecutors telling a judge they plan to prove that the woman was so drunk that she could not have consented to having sex.

After more than a dozen years fighting side by side in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army and the National Guard now are battling each other over budget cuts.

Georges R. Garinther, a retired Army civilian engineer who studied ordnance noise and once examined the acoustics of the John F. Kennedy assassination, died of complications from heart disease and Alzheimer's disease March 9 at his daughter's Havre de Grace home. He was 79.

Christian Rojas wants to get his paralegal certificate. Then, he figures, he'll go into business for himself, helping people write their wills and file motions in court. He dreams of earning a law degree, eventually, and practicing law. First, though, he has to get out of prison.

Richard A. Hartman, former president and CEO of the Automobile Club of Maryland who fought at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, died Feb. 28 of complications from cancer and renal failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 91.

George B. Brosan, a career law enforcement officer who had been Maryland State Police superintendent, died Thursday of cancer at his Annapolis home. He was 78.

The recently announced U.S. troop cuts are an important step toward right sizing today's forces to meet the current U.S. Defense strategy, which calls for defeating major adversaries by denying their objectives or imposing unacceptable costs, thereby deterring others from following the same path. It also calls for the ability to conduct smaller-scale, albeit highly important, missions such as humanitarian relief and counter terrorism.

Dr. Raymond Seltser, former associate dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health who was the author of seminal articles on smoking, stroke and radiation, died Feb. 16 of pneumonia at Sibley Hospital in Washington. He was 90.

Hagel's defense budget cuts would put the U.S. at risk.

The U.S. military is due for an overhaul that leaves it more sustainable and better equipped to meet contemporary threats

A week after the University of Maryland was the victim of a data breach, President Wallace D. Loh announced Tuesday that he is extending free credit protection services to the 309,000 students, alumni and employees affected from one to five years and forming a task force to identify any other vulnerabilities.

The Army would shrink to its lowest troop levels since just before World War II under a budget proposed Monday by the Obama administration that seeks to downsize the Pentagon in ways that could have a significant impact on service members and contractors in Maryland.

The Army-Navy rivalry coming to women's lacrosse as Army plans to add the sport for the 2016 season.

As the NFL scouting combine kicks off today at Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of the Indianapolis Colts, several draft prospects with local ties have been invited to audition for coaches, scouts and executives.

When I think of ice skating in this area, I immediately go to Patricia Muth, who has taught the sport her and in Laurel for more than four decades.

Agriculture part of area's ties to Isthmus

Franklin S. Dail Sr., a retired general Motors executive who enjoyed tennis and running, died Thursday of pneumonia at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 82.

Emergency crews rescued a man who was tangled in a rope and trapped at the bottom of the Atkisson Dam in Harford County on Wednesday morning.

Two days after receiving an award for his work with the U.S. military, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh left for a trip to the Middle East to meet with troops.