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Former Harford County Councilman Bob Cassilly has filed as a candidate for the Maryland Senate, District 34.

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Security procedures at the Washington Navy Yard in the nation's capital were in the public eye this week after a shooting rampage left 13 people, including the gunman, dead Monday, especially after the shooter, 34-year-old contract worker Aaron Alexis, used his security pass to enter the facility.

The deadly shooting at one of the region's largest military facilities reopened a debate Monday about whether U.S. officials have done enough to secure the nation's massive portfolio of domestic bases.

Taymour Tamaddon discusses his first six months after becoming manager of Price's Health Sciences Fund.

John C. Stidman, an artist and pioneer of WMAR-TV who spent 38 years at the city's first television station as a director and producer, died Wednesday of complications from a fall at the Presbyterian Home of Maryland in Towson. The longtime North Baltimore resident was 90.

Universities across the country perform classified work for the federal government, balancing secrecy with academic freedom

Fort McHenry celebrates 199th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore this weekend

Grizell T. Parsons, a retired civilian employee of the Army Intelligence Command and a neighborhood activist, died Sept. 4 of a cerebral hemorrhage at her West Baltimore home. She was 88.

Col. Erland A. Tillman, a decorated career Army officer and noted civil engineer who helped design the Maryland Transit Administration's Metro subway from Owings Mills into downtown Baltimore, died of complications from heart failure Sept. 6 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.

It was not until later in life that I learned that not only was Belle Fringer an amazing teacher, but she was also a true American hero, who quietly endured great sacrifices for our country.

Johns Hopkins University edged closer to the top 10 of national universities on the U.S. News and World Report annual rankings, which were released Tuesday.

Joseph G. Finnerty Jr., a highly-regarded trial lawyer who had headed what is now DLA Piper's litigation department and later over saw expansion of the firm to Philadelphia and New York city, died Thursday of Alzheimer's disease at Copper Ridge assisted-living facility in Sykesville. He was 76.

Mack Statham, 78, of Laurel, organist at First United Methodist Church and a composer whose "Trilogy of Dreams" was performed each of the last six years at Laurel's Sing for King commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, died Sept. 2.

"Aunt Millie" as soldiers receiving care packages in Afghanistan affectionately refer to 95-year-old Vivian "Millie" Bailey doesn't see an end in sight for the work her group does. Yet she and her volunteers are more than willing to take on more.

Salvatore J. Russo, a retired Bethlehem Steel timekeeper and World War II veteran, died of diabetic complications Sunday at Emeritus Senior Living in Towson. The Cockeysville resident was 94.

In the Laurel Leader's monthly History Matters column, a day in 1962 is remembered when the city welcomed home resident Lawrence R. Bailey, an Army major serving as the assistant Army attache in Vientiane who was shot down and held prisoner in Laos for 17 months.

Jeanne D. Granofsky, a registered nurse who worked for the Baltimore City Health Department for 30 years, died Tuesday of heart disease at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was 84.

The Labor Day weekend 50 years ago saw three Harford County residents die in highway accidents

Mark P. Becker, Bert J. Hash Jr., Robert "Bobby" Parker and Clark Turner have been announced as the Class of 2013 of the Havre de Grace High School Hall of Fame.

For a city the size of Havre de Grace to start moving in the direction of turning that job into a full blown department is probably premature at this point, though.

Former Baltimore judge Kenneth Johnson was an Army lieutenant charged with making sure the March on Washington stayed nonviolent

Fort Meade, home to the National Security Agency, the Defense Information Systems Agency, U.S. Cyber Command and other key organizations, was a net winner in the 2005 round of BRAC. By the time Army Col. Edward C. Rothstein took command, military spending was beginning to tighten again.

Kenneth Collins, a 78-year-old retiree from Crofton, had a front-row seat to history at the March on Washington 50 years ago, when he was a police officer assigned to protect Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

One day after being sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for espionage in the largest breach of classified documents in the nation's history, U.S. soldier Bradley Manning made a request of all of us Thursday: to stop calling him Brad, and start calling her Chelsea.

Seventy years ago, Pasadena resident William Tiernan was an 18-year-old sailor in the British Merchant Navy, participating in one of World War II's most dangerous assignments, the Russian Arctic Convoy.

The Army's Aberdeen Test Center will not contest any of the safety violations cited by the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration in connection with the death of a civilian diver at the post's Underwater Test Facility.

Bradley Manning, the junior Army analyst convicted of espionage for leaking thousands of classified documents, was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, reigniting a debate over how far the government should go to punish those who publicize secret information.

The 35-year prison term handed down to Army Pfc. Bradley Manning balanced compassion with the requirements of military law

The real out-of-control federal spending is on corporate handouts

Speaking for the first time in his court-martial, Pfc. Bradley E. Manning apologized that his decision to leak thousands of secret documents hurt the United States and told an Army judge Wednesday that he was "dealing with a lot of issues" at the time.

Isabel H. Klots, widow of the noted painter Trafford Klots who was a major benefactor to the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Maryland Institute College of Art, died Thursday of heart failure at Roland Park Place. She was 96.

Pfc. Bradley E. Manning's attorney focused on the former Army analyst's mental health and whether his superiors adequately probed his fitness to serve as the defense opened its case in the sentencing portion of his trial Monday.

Col. Brian P. Foley assumed command of Fort Meade during a ceremony Thursday morning.

David Keller Leighton Sr., the former Episcopal bishop of Maryland who ordained his diocese's first woman priest and led other church reforms, died of respiratory complications Wednesday at the Fairhaven Retirement Community in Sykesville, an institution he helped found. He was 91.

The Pentagon on Tuesday cut the number of furlough days for 650,000 Defense Department civilians from 11 to six — a welcome surprise for workers who have been saddled with a 20 percent pay-cut since early July.

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) welcomed cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point this summer to work on chemical and biological defense projects

The federal government's workplace safety watchdog has found "serious" violations in the January death of a civilian diver in the underwater testing facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

The general who led the Pentagon's review of the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history told a military judge on Wednesday that their publication revealed tactics, strained relations with some allies and caused some Afghans to stop cooperating with Americans.

A military judge ruled Tuesday that Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning violated the Espionage Act when he gave a trove of classified material to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks to publish online. But Col. Denise Lind found the onetime Marylander not guilty of aiding the enemy.

Investigators do not suspect foul play in the death last week of a service member's spouse at Fort Meade, a base spokeswoman said.

Towson University hosted Family Fund Day Saturday, part of the university's program called Operation Guardian Tiger.

What military veterans really appreciate is help finding a job

The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground is conducting training exercises this week that could involve weapons firing and related activities, the post announced.

Grand Prix aims to prove city without Fortune 500 company can support growing sports scene

Lloyd M. Bunting Jr., an All-American lacrosse player who was one of the outstanding Johns Hopkins University players of the late 1940s, died Saturday from complications of a staph infection at the Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson. He was 87.

Earl Johnson, the founder of Operation Oliver, an advocacy group that works to improve the troubled East Baltimore neighborhood of Oliver, has resigned from the board of an associated veteran-led organization after it was revealed that he had misrepresented his military record and criminal history.

David E. Traub, who photographed Baltimore for nearly six decades for the postcard and tourist souvenir business he founded, died of cancer complications Monday at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Slade Avenue resident was 91.