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A look at Maryland defensive end commit Jesse Aniebonam.

Nearly 70 years ago, Harper Griswold, 88, was one of the 160,000 Allied troops taking part in the fight to liberate France from German occupation during World War II.

Dayton Oaks Elementary School's reading specialist Deborah Castleman is proud to announce that Jocelyn Baker, Imirie Billey, Merina Billey, Rishi Khosla, Poppy Knerr, Anya Nguyen, Tevi Sanchez and Isabel Sowry were the school winners of the Maryland Young Authors contest.

The U.S. Navy has demoted the master diver of the Navy company that lost two men in a training dive last February in Aberdeen, according to The Virginian-Pilot.

President Obama proposed new safeguards for the government's vast surveillance of communications in the U.S. and abroad, adding additional judicial review and disclosure requirements, but largely leaving in place programs that he said were needed to "remain vigilant in the face of threats."

For the second time in recent months, Baltimore residents will see an unfamiliar aircraft flying above the city as part of surveying work by the federal government. This one will be scanning for radiation.

Angelo J. Nopulos, who with his brother co-owned and operated the Double T Diner in Catonsville for nearly 30 years, died Saturday of a heart attack at his Arbutus home. He was 98.

A former Army intelligence specialist pleaded guilty Monday to destroying his computer in an attempt to cover his tracks before flying to Africa in a bid to join the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab.

Sing for King, a Laurel celebration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will take place Sunday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Laurel High School auditorium, 8000 Cherry Lane.

A pipe at the Canal Creek Groundwater Treatment Plant at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground burst early Monday morning because of cold temperatures, sending about 29,000 gallons of untreated groundwater into a nearby storm drain, APG officials reported Tuesday.

It was the kind of mission that Warrant Officer George Carlton Bloodworth flew daily in Vietnam. But on Sept. 20, 1969, it went badly wrong.

Katherine E. Rafalko, who was a retired Stella Maris nursing supervisor who had been a World War II Army nurse and treated Battle of the Bulge casualties, died of heart disease Monday at her Timonium home. She was 91.

Maj. Gen.-promotable Robert S. Ferrell, the former senior commander of Aberdeen Proving Ground, has accepted a promotion to the Pentagon after less than two years at the helm of the Harford County Army installation.

Environmental activists warn that construction of a 21-mile natural gas pipeline through northern Baltimore and Harford counties could affect the region's drinking-water system, as the $180 million project would cut across more than three dozen streams that feed into Loch Raven Reservoir.

Five local high school football players are set to play in national all-star games this week.

While I left Charm City for good in 1955 (long before the advent of that moniker), I still subscribe to Major league Baseball's Extra Innings so I can watch the Orioles on TV all summer. And for years I tried to put a hex on the Indianapolis Colts for sneaking out of town with our name in he middle of the night. But that feeling eroded after the Ravens came to town; and all year I have been proudly strutting around New Jersey wearing my Ravens Super Bowl Champions jersey.

George H. Lazzaro Jr. was diving at 127 feet to retrieve testing equipment in Aberdeen Proving Ground's Super Pond shortly after 1:30 p.m. last Jan. 30, when he told his dive mates via radio he was "losing air, losing air fast."

After 21 years of service growing and overseeing the viability of the town, Chris Schlehr is set to throw in his hat as administrator for Bel Air.

Fort Meade officials identified the man who was found dead in his home on Friday in Laurel as Johnnie Sutton III, 38, a sergeant first class from Florida.

The U.S. Army has concluded that the death of a civilian diver at Aberdeen Proving Ground earlier this year was accidental, according to a report obtained by the Associated Press.

The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro football first-team defense

Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, once the chapel for the Sulpician Fathers as the centerpiece of St. Charles College, a Catholic seminary, the Italian Renaissance-style chapel, is now the cultural hub and spiritual sanctuary for the Charlestown retirement community and serves as a parish to local residents, as well.

There were 82 reported cases of alleged bullying and/or intimidation in Harford County Public Schools in the 2011-12 school year, according to a state-mandated reporting process.

The 115th Army-Navy game is scheduled to take place at M&T Bank Stadium on Dec. 13, 2014, the first time the game will be played in Baltimore since 2007. It will be back here again in 2016.

Tthe Towson Elks Lodge No. 469 packs and gives out 500 to 600 bags to veterans at three Veterans Affairs hospitals in the area each Christmas. Part of the mission of the Elks is to serve veterans, said Joe Lancaster, chairman of the Veterans Service Committee for the Towson Elks.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill Monday to begin a critical week of budget negotiations with wide-ranging economic implications for Maryland — on issues from Baltimore harbor dredging to pre-school classrooms to the Eastern Shore's poultry industry.

William A. Miller Jr., a seasoned newsman who was the first managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, died Wednesday of heart disease at Gilchrist hospice Care in Towson. He was 88.

Lifelong resident of Aberdeen reminisces about seeking the president open the highway that today bears his name.

O.J. and Chanda Brigance, co-founders of the Brigance Brigade Foundation - an organization that supports ALS patients and their families, were the featured guest speakers Wednesday morning at an Aberdeen Proving Ground event honoring the contributions disabled or differently abled Americans make to our country.

The lingering issue of the millions of tons of sediment trapped behind Conowingo Dam – and what should be done about it – was a major point of discussions Wednesday during a public information session at Harford Community College on the re-licensing process for the hydroelectric dam on the Susquehanna River.

Soprano Sharon Cheng opens the Montpelier Classical Recital series, Sunday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. at Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road. Known for her comic talent and high notes, Cheng recently starred in two sold-out performances of Lucia di Lammermoor for Baltimore Concert Opera.

Anthony Dennis Williams II is accused of sexually abusing two minor males in 2010 and 2011, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said.

Lieutenant governor's plan to exempt most military pensions from state taxes may make him popular with vets but it's not prudent for Maryland

Hanna served in Operation Desert Storm

A few dozen veterans and their families braved the crisp November wind to honor Bel Air men and women who risk their lives for the good of their country.