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Out of the Blue, an a cappella group of Oxford University students, get viral hit singing Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie."

The violence the children are fleeing in Central America is not our problem. It was our problem in the 1980s, but Americans have overwhelmingly decided that it isn't our problem now.

The Rev. Francis Gignac, a good friend of the South Laurel/Montpelier community, passed away June 4, 2014 at a Jesuit retirement community in Clarkston, Mich. Father Frank, as he preferred to be called, traveled from Catholic University each weekend for 29 years to say Masses at St. Nicholas Church on Contee Road.

"Marshlands" is praised by such literary power-brokers as the New York Times and Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes

Parishioners of St. Nicholas Church bid farewell to the Rev. Frank Gignac, S.J. on his retirement

The Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department will host a blood drive Thursday, June 27, 3-8 p.m., in the fire hall at 6275 Old Washington Road.

Vegans and vegetarians live longer than meat-eaters

The legacy of the Catonsville Nine is that the 'single most powerful anti-war act' in 1968 still resonates.

In the meantime, we have the power to raise our own life expectancy by adopting a meat-free diet. An Internet search provides ample resources.

Manifold Greatness

A new study on the risks posed by consuming red meat is just one more reason to go vegetarian.

Author of "Ghana Must Go" is being compared to multicultural literary It-Girls Zadie Smith and Jhumpa Lahiri

Herbert W. "Bill" Acker, a retired regional managing partner for Price Waterhouse Coopers LLD, died Friday from cancer at his Stone House Farm in Churchville. He was 70.

Millions of people got a long-distance view of the "Lincoln Bible," one of those used by President Barack Obama for his second inauguration on Monday. Starting tomorrow, you can get a closer look at the velvet-covered Bible that was used for Abraham Lincoln's oath of office on March 4, 1861.

Steven Muller, former president of the Johns Hopkins University and a major figure in American higher education, died Saturday of respiratory failure at his Washington home. He was 85.

The former president of the Johns Hopkins University and a major figure in American higher education, died Saturday of respiratory failure at his Washington home.

Epidemiologists worry of a shrinking arsenal of antibiotics to fight drug-resistant bacteria, but researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are betting on an emerging weapon to prevent infections: robots.

Two students at the Naval Academy and one person from Howard County are among the 2013 Rhodes Scholars.

Old Town Laurel resident Stasia Manak has a list of accomplishments that belie her 22 years.

Dr. Bertram Wyatt-Brown, an acclaimed and influential professor of American history who wrote widely on Southern history and culture and whose book on honor in the antebellum South was a 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist, died Monday of pulmonary fibrosis at Roland Park Place. He was 80.

Health organizations have spent millions in the developing world attacking a worldwide epidemic of anemia in pregnant women. This year, a team of undergraduates from Hopkins has invented a device that could help turn the problem on its head.

Marylander Rachel Carson's book launched the modern environmental movement 50 years ago

Baltimore and Washington should pass on the idea of bidding on the 2024 Olympics.

Protest against prominent Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who disputes theory of evolution, is misguided

Israeli opposition to Palestinian state is unwavering despite U.S. 'engagement'

Parents can beat obesity if they insist children eat less meat and more vegetables

Author Wes Moore reflects on Sun article that changed everything.

The Rev. James Ashton Devereux, a Jesuit priest who served as provincial of Maryland Province, died of Parkinson's disease Dec. 19 at Manresa Hall in Merion Station, Pa. He was 83.

Ben jealous of naacp talks about troy davis execution at um school of social work anniversary

Bare Contemporary Dance Collaboration, Stephanie Yezek, debuts new piece at Dance Place

Although it's un-American to say so, the British monarchy gives that nation certain advantages over our form of government.