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Once among the thousands of dogs roaming Baghdad, a city that considers strays a menace, Sara eluded traps set by police and survived a car accident — albeit with a broken leg.

In a ceremony at the Pentagon, hosted by General Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Jan. 6, Brigadier General Ralph O. Baker, an Aberdeen High School graduate, was promoted to major general in the United States Army.

Keeping Maryland National Guard in Afghanistan does not promote peace

Newt Gingrich: The candidate has vowed to take action on Day 1 that would launch the country into crisis

Maryland National Guard members are running convoys carrying weapons, munitions and equipment over explosive-strewn highways to combat troops in Afghanistan. Such work is helping to create the conditions for the coming U.S. handover of the country's security, American military officials say.

We celebrate the life and dream of a man of faith, courage and leadership

President Barack Obama says his new defense strategy will make U.S. military forces "leaner," but officials in Maryland say the focus of the local installations and contractors on intelligence, cyberwarfare and research and development is likely to protect the state from the cuts feared elsewhere.

A culture afraid to talk seriously about sex finds itself inevitably confronted with the darkest horrors.

The number of sexual assaults reported at the Naval Academy doubled during the 2010-11 academy year, and the percentage of midshipmen reporting unwanted sexual contact also doubled, from one in 12 to one in six, according to a report release Tuesday by the Pentagon.

The lawyers defending Pfc. Bradley Manning rested their case Wednesday morning after calling two witnesses. The parties agreed to reconvene Thursday morning for closing arguments.

Robert Koehler: In official statements and in media reporting, continued war and ongoing American domination are a given

New documentary tackles West Point and Annapolis, culminating with this year's Army-Navy football game

Jules Witcover: Obama fulfills a campaign pledge, but the country's future is uncertain

Defense cuts: Pentagon expert Michael O'Hanlon says that in an age of austerity, the U.S. needs a military framework that's less ambitious but more flexible and realistic

Bradley Manning's attorneys suggest the accused WikiLeaker was a skilled computer technician who struggled with mental health, emotional and behavioral problems.

They all reside at the Edenwald Retirement Community in Towson now. But on Dec. 7, 1941, that "Day of Infamy" when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they were all in different places when they heard the news, some of them thousands of miles from Towson.

Foreign aid: Proposed Pentagon cuts get all the attention, but slashing international development work would be just as dangerous

A demonstration in Washington reflected a new approach in the two-year campaign to win the release of Marylander Alan Gross from a Cuban prison.

Baltimore's Ron Smith is that rarity of talk show hosts, an independent thinker

Edward Standish "Brad" Bradford Jr., a career educator who had been headmaster of Boys' Latin School in the early 1980s, died Thursday from complications after surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 83.

American Legion Towson Post No. 22 will host a Veterans Day commemoration on Friday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m., at the Wayside Cross, at York Road and Shealy Avenue, Towson.

David R. Owen, an internationally known maritime lawyer and accomplished yachtsman, died Friday in his sleep at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. The former longtime Riderwood resident was 97.

Capt. Ryan Jean is one of as many as a dozen atheists in the process of applying for lay leader status, which supporters see as necessary to secure for nonbelievers the recognition, acceptance and support that they say Christians in uniform take for granted.

The struggle for equal rights ought to be a cornerstone of solidarity between blacks and gays, not a wedge

Rachel Marsden writes that America may be at a disadvantage when it comes to Libyan oil contracts because of President Obama's hands-off approach to the conflict there.

The U.S. military is trained to fight and kill enemy soldiers, not patrol our borders looking for illegal immigrants

Pictures: Print by Print: From Dürer to Lichtenstein -- the last major show at the Baltimore Museum of Art until the renovated Contemporary Art wing opens next fall -- includes 350 prints culled from the museum's own collection of more than 65,000 works on paper.

The Nov. 8 Bel Air town election is unlikely to generate much buzz

Our mission of planting seeds of democracy throughout the region has been accomplished; if Iraq's democratically elected leaders now want us out, we should respect their decision and go

Dorothy Lee says it will be good to get her grandson back home from Iraq. But the Havre de Grace woman will believe it when she sees him.

Rapid Refill, in Bel Air, is combining two days into one worthy community recycling effort through a partnership with Operation Paperback as a way to recognize both Veterans Day – Nov. 11 – and America Recycles Day on Nov. 15.

The Obama administration is addicted to the idea of reasonableness, but there are times when it pays to make the other side worry.

Radical cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki was a traitor, a terrorist and a legitimate target for the U.S. military

A former Naval Academy midshipman was sentenced to six months in military prison and dismissed from the Navy on Thursday after he was convicted of raping a female classmate.

To those of us who have lived in close proximity to Aberdeen Proving Ground for any length of time, that such deadly things are present so nearby is hardly shocking. Perhaps that's why only a handful of people turned out this week for a hearing on the military's plans for disposing of such chemicals.

G.I. Jobs has announced Harford Community College has made its list of 2012 Military Friendly Schools again. The list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools deemed to be doing the most to embrace U.S. military veterans as students.

Trying to cater to the whims of the Iraqi government has left the remaining U.S. troops there in the position of sitting ducks

Retired career Army officer and Vietnam War veteran

Retired career Army officer and Vietnam War veteran

The day whose solemn anniversary we mark this weekend, however, is one of those few whose frightening and painful memory, and whose hard legacy, can be brought to the forefront of any conversation simply by mentioning a date: 9/11.

Editorial: 9/11 anniversary hits close to home for Howard Countians

Doug Miller: 9/11 anniversary highlights a contrast in perspectives 9/11 anniversary

Like an overgrown teenager, America has a tendency toward recklessness

Dr. Walter A. Rafalko, retired professor of law and associate dean of the University of Baltimore Law School, died July 28 of congestive heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 91.

Dr. Walter A. Rafalko, retired professor of law and associate dean of the University of Baltimore Law School, died July 28 of congestive heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 91.