Mark Kelly

Why annihilate the GOP?

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Still reeling from the Republican defeat in the 2012 presidential election, House Speaker John Boehner warned in a Ripon Society speech the other day that the re-elected Obama administration is now out to kill off their party. The embattled speaker...

We deserve a vote

2013-02-18 03:00:00

Much of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address this week was a fairly ho-hum affair, with the usual laundry list of programs and goals (most so familiar that it could have been a recycled campaign speech from 2012, or maybe 2008) and the...

Baltimore Co. chief joins fight in Congress for gun control

2013-01-30 16:11:00

Speaking at an emotional hearing on federal gun control proposals, Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson urged lawmakers Wednesday to close loopholes and ban assault weapon sales or risk more tragedies like the recent elementary school shooting...

Astronaut Capt. Mark Kelly speaks at SCALE fundraiser

2012-12-11 08:28:00

Donald Cormack hasn't driven a car since his stroke last spring. He walks with a crutch. Most frustrating, he can hardly speak, because the words seem stuck in his head and it takes all of his energy to get them out. "I talk so much, I have a headache,"...

Books for the under-15 set: Justin Bieber, Stephen Colbert and Mark Kelly

2012-02-21 14:54:00

A flurry of new children's books is headed for the shelves, and the authors carry some very familiar names, including Stephen Colbert. A look at the future: -- Colbert's book, "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" is scheduled for a May 8 release, according to...

Jeffrey Zaslow, co-author of The Last Lecture and Girls from Ames, dies

2012-02-10 17:38:00

Sad news today -- Jeffrey Zaslow, who wrote such popular non-fiction as "The Last Lecture" and "The Girls from Ames," died today in a car crash in Michigan. The Wall Street Journal, where he has worked as a reporter, said that he died after losing control...

Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords releases book on shooting, recovery

2011-11-15 09:06:00

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords, who was shot in the head in January, was on TV last night with Diane Sawyer, in a runup to today's release of the memoir "Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope." On the TV interview, it's touching to watch Giffords,...

Review: U2 at M&T Bank Stadium

2011-06-23 03:36:00

The next time the Ravens win a game at M&T Bank Stadium, they should be so lucky to get the kind of response four 50-something Irish guys got there Wednesday night. Thousands of fans - the stadium estimated some 80,000 - welcomed U2 for their first...

Last Endeavour crew to speak Thurs. at Hopkins

2011-08-02 16:22:11

The last NASA crew to fly the space shuttle Endeavour will speak at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg Center on Thursday, Aug. 4. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.Astronauts scheduled to participate include Commander........

Restoration effort provides a glimpse into the past

2011-05-25 00:00:00

Giffords accepts Kennedy 'Profile in Courage' award

2013-05-05 17:04:00

Courage comes in many guises. In Boston on Sunday, Gabrielle Giffords was praised for having the courage just to carry on. "It’s been a hard two years for me, but I want to make the world a better place," said Giffords in receiving the 2013...

Gabrielle Giffords' story a different kind of profile in courage

2013-05-06 08:28:00

Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 16: Shooting victim and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) (2nd R) and her husband and retired astronaut Mark Kelly (R) join Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (L) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 16, 2013 in Washington, DC.

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords

2013-03-26 11:21:19

Mark Kelly, the husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in the mass shooting that killed six people in Tucson, Ariz.

2013-02-20 15:20:00