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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes

2013-05-18 12:11:54

Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...

Rabinowitz named new vice president at Upper Chesapeake Health

2013-05-13 11:26:40

Aaron Rabinowitz has joined the two hospital health system in Harford County as Vice President, General Counsel, Upper Chesapeake Health announced. Prior to joining UCH, Rabinowitz practiced as a health attorney at the Baltimore law firm of Ober Kaler,...

Author Lisa Scottoline talks grief, crabs, podiatry

2013-05-10 14:19:00

On paper, Lisa Scottoline is a little intimidating. She's got more than 30 million copies in print of her books, including 20 best-selling novels. She writes a weekly column, with her daughter, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She's a graduate of...

Brown to launch campaign for governor

2013-05-09 17:55:00

Seeking to emerge from the long shadow of Gov. Martin O'Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make official Friday what everyone in Maryland politics has known for a long time: He's running for governor. Brown, 51, will announce his candidacy in his...

Some push for Edwards to be permanent schools CEO

2013-05-08 07:49:53

Education observers were split Tuesday on whether the city's school board should launch a nationwide search to replace schools CEO Andr�s Alonso or give the job of taking on the district's daunting challenges to his hand-picked successor. Some, such as...

City schools chief Alonso resigns

2013-05-06 17:53:48

Baltimore schools CEO Andr�s Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city...

Cardin to meet with family of Russian lawyer

2013-04-17 17:19:00

Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive...

City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant

2013-04-16 17:37:37

The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...

Ayanbadejo says 'Ravens did the right thing, I have no problem with them at all'

2013-04-05 05:00:00

During an hour-long interview with The Baltimore Sun early Friday morning, former Ravens linebacker and special-teams ace Brendon Ayanbadejo emphasized that he doesn't believe he was cut from the Super Bowl champions' roster because of his strong advocacy...

Chief judge of Maryland Court of Appeals retiring

2013-04-13 16:42:00

Maryland's highest-ranking judge, Robert M. Bell, likes that his courthouse is dedicated to his predecessor, pointing out that the letters etching Robert C. Murphy's name on the building's exterior are filled in gold paint to make sure even nighttime...

'The Civil War and American Art' is one of the first in a wave of regional creative projects on the conflict

2013-03-22 16:25:00

The lone Union sentry stands atop Federal Hill, outlined against an ominous orange/red sky. In the distance, the tops of the Washington Monument and several spires rise above the city, as straight and determined as the rifle held in the soldier's left...

Abe Bortz, historian, teacher, book reviewer

2013-03-25 12:16:00

Abe Bortz, the Social Security Administration's first historian and a voracious book collector and reviewer, died Tuesday of lymphoma at his home in Pikesville. He was 93. Dr. Bortz grew up in Cincinnati, graduating from high school there in 1937 and...

Danny Zhuang readily admits he didn't get straight As in junior high school. "It was a developing time," explains Zhuang, of Aurora, who used the Bs in junior high to push himself toward excellence at Metea Valley High School. The strategy worked: Zhuang is set to graduate with a 4.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Carrie Sha has come so far since struggling to learn English as a 6-year-old Chinese immigrant. "It was just such a different world for me," said Sha, now an Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy senior with a 4.0 grade-point average, a slew of academic achievements and a near-perfect SAT score.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

's Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security and he speaks Spanish, French and Russian.

2013-03-15 14:22:12