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The Rev. Monsignor James Vincent Hobbs, former rector of the Basilica of the Assumption who oversaw a two year $32 million restoration of the 200 year-old structure, died Monday of a cardiac arrest at his Thurmont home. He was 81.

After six months off to recover from the wear and tear of a North American record 22 straight victories, Rapid Redux will be retired next week to Kentucky Horse Park, his owner Robert Cole and trainer David Wells said.

Baltimore's Catholic archdiocese, the oldest in the nation, can once again claim one of the highest ranking members of the church hierarchy as its leader.

Archbishop O'Brien says that St. Joseph Medical Center should look for another Catholic hospital as a partner institution.

The Walters Art Museum has been putting its stamp on the nation for more than 77 years – but never in quite the way that it's doing this holiday season. "The Madonna of the Candelabra," has been chosen by the U.S. Postal Service as the official Christmas stamp for 2011 and 2012.

Stella Maris International Seafarers Center is a home away from home for international merchant mariners.

Charles S. "DC" Reed, former director of food service at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Greater Baltimore Medical Center, died July 24 from lung cancer at his Towson home. He was 79.

William Donald Schaefer was buried Wednesday after a warm and often humorous service attended by much of Maryland's political establishment past and present as well as citizens who felt a personal kinship to the former mayor and governor

Just two hours before he died Monday, a semi-conscious William Donald Schaefer was serenaded by a trumpeter who played "Maryland, My Maryland" over the phone to the longtime Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor.