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Milton K. "King" Hill Jr., a well-known Baltimore trial attorney who enjoyed sailing the Chesapeake Bay, died Sunday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 87.

Three years ago, Senior Airman Gideon Connelly decided to have his left leg amputated below the knee. On Thursday, Connelly ran the 200-meter dash in 29.4 seconds.

Louis S. "Lou" Rizzo, a retired Domino Sugar supervisor and a World War II merchant marine veteran who was a longtime volunteer aboard the Liberty ship SS John W. Brown, died Monday at the Gilchrist Center Howard County in Columbia of pulmonary fibrosis.

Though recognition that all are equal remains an ideal, that ideal is closer to being realized today in the U.S. than ever before, thanks to sacrifices and heroics by the likes of Sgt. Hilton on and off the field of battle.

One longtime Army unit remaining at Aberdeen Proving Ground could be shipping out for good within a year or two, further reducing the dwindling ranks of soldiers on post.

Judging from the rush of developers to produce new apartments and the surge of office and hotel construction, Baltimore is seeing what looks like a new renaissance — fueled by two generations of urban dwellers who have come on the scene since the renaissance of 1960-80, when the city was re-invented by the "crown jewel" of the Inner Harbor.

Tonight, the stars chose their favorite songs. So we start the show with head judge Len Goodman dancing to his jam, "Come Dance with Me."

William A. Seiler III, a retired real estate developer who was a U.S. Professional Tennis Association coach, died of liver failure in his sleep Aug. 30 at his Monkton home. He was 80.

Mr. and Mrs. David Harvey, of Sykesville, celebrated 25 years of marriage Aug. 23, 2014.

Baltimore-area high school football players to watch during the fall 2014 season.

Polyurethane foam could be used to stop fatal bleeding from deep wounds

The National Institutes of Health has announced the first clinical trial of a vaccine to protect healthy people from infection by the Ebola virus, which is responsible for an estimated 1,550 deaths throughout West Africa.

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Dennis J. Healy, a retired bindery and graphic salesperson, died Aug. 12 at Johns Hopkins Hospital of complications following open-heart surgery. The Perry Hall resident was 73.

Army Maj. Gen. Bruce Crawford says he regularly sees people come up and thank soldiers and he wants to make sure that continues.

Jacksonville Senior Center celebrates its 35th anniversary with special events

Travis M. Lambert has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army after successfully completing the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and graduating with a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University

Lt. Col. K. Weedon Gallagher has graduated from the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks and earned a master's degree in strategic studies.

Dunbar Brooks, who was the first African-American president of the Baltimore County school board and later served as the president of the Maryland State Board of Education, died Sunday. Mr. Brooks was 63. His daughter, Cheryl Brooks, confirmed his death.

Maryland's unemployment rate shot up in July when employers cut 9,000 jobs — one of the largest losses in the country, the federal government said Monday.

Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, who was shot to death last week as he visited Afghanistan's national military academy in Kabul, was laid to rest Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.

Officials with the Army's Test and Evaluation Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground and energy supplier Constellation Retail recently signed three-year agreement to explore alternative energy sources for the Harford County Army post as leaders across the military and federal government look for ways to reduce the amount of energy used at their facilities.

Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene had served more than three decades in uniform without a combat tour when he got the assignment last year: He was wanted in Kabul to help train the Afghan National Security Forces.

Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. official to die in Afghanistan since 2001, spent about four years leading two major organizations at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Highland resident Vic McCrary, vice president for research and economic development, Morgan State University, was selected to the 2014 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

While potential cuts of up to nearly 4,300 military and civilian jobs at Aberdeen Proving Ground are far from a done deal, Harford County leaders stressed the need Monday evening for local residents to get an early start on letting the Army know about the impact any such cuts will have on the region's largest employer and on their community.

War is still not over for some families whose loved ones were classified as missing in action or as prisoners of war who never returned home. In the Korean War, which ended 61 years ago this week, 8,000 service members were classified as POW/MIA, and the recovery of their remains has been stalled.

The Ravens are experimenting with several defensive line configurations involving Pro Bowl nose tackle Haloti Ngata.

Brig. Gen. Bruce T. Crawford, commanding general of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command and Aberdeen Proving Ground's senior mission commander, was promoted to major general during a ceremony Monday.

Harford County's new office building in Bel Air was formally dedicated this week in 1964. The ceremony, which featured a historical address by C. Milton Wright, had an estimated 500 people in attendance.

Prisoners housed at Guantanamo deserve their day in court

A spray painted message exposes the political heart of the furor over undocumented minors crossing the southern border.

Terence T. Finn, a retired NASA executive whose passion for military history led him to write four books on the subject, died June 27 of complications from a rare blood disorder. The Chestertown resident was 71.

Dr. James W. McCauley was sworn in July 1 at the Harford County courthouse as a new member of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees, serving as representative for county council District F.

Patrick DeGroodt, who oversaw the development of a communications system for the Army that allows soldiers on the battlefield to communicate with the same ease that the rest of us have with cellphones, has been named a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal.

The July 4 2014 Independence Day events in Bel Air offered fun, patriotic splendor, and educational interest to the entire region.

A one-of-a-kind deal between the federal government and a cash-strapped Maryland university was supposed to deliver big benefits for both agencies. But interest so far has been minimal, with only about 300 federal workers nationwide signed up for online courses this summer. Advocates for the new program are not daunted.

Edward J. Rasmussen, a retired insurance broker and Japanese writer-translator, died June 20 of pneumonia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 95.

Henry F. Cerny, a dentist who had a practice in Westminster for nearly 30 years, died June 28 at the Golden Living Center in Westminster. He was 94 and died of complications from a fall.