Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)

F-35 fighter jet program reaches milestone with vertical takeoff

2013-05-20 17:19:00

The F-35 fighter jet, a nearly $400-billion weapons program under development for more than a decade, hit a major milestone when it completed its first-ever vertical takeoff. On Monday, aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. released a video in...

Ken Venturi, 1964 U.S. Open champion, dies at 82

2013-05-17 17:05:00

Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native and the 1964 U.S. Open golf champion, has died. He was 82. Matt Venturi says his father died Friday afternoon at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a two-month battle with a spinal infection, pneumonia and...

Mapping of zebra fish DNA expected to benefit humans

2013-04-18 06:00:00

Scientists have moved one step closer to understanding how genes drive human biology and disease — and they've done it by mapping the DNA of a tiny, decidedly non-human creature known as the zebra fish. In a study published Wednesday by the...

Doctor who lost license offers drug advice to FDA

2013-02-08 19:43:28

Iraq veteran on his double-arm transplant: 'It feels amazing'

2013-01-29 18:12:00

From the moment he entered the room at Johns Hopkins Hospital for his news conference, Brendan Marrocco was a picture of determination. He pushed his wheelchair using his arms and wrists and he smiled, showing off the new limbs. “It feels amazing,...

House Republicans call off vote on 'Plan B' fiscal cliff plan

2012-12-20 17:16:00

WASHINGTON --� House Republican�leaders abruptly called off a vote Thursday night on their "Plan B” tax proposal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, which ran into stiff resistance from the party's right flank. A tight vote on a preliminary...

Councilman mulls turning old parking meters into 'donation meters'

2012-12-11 12:44:44

Sharp words ahead of 'Plan B' tax vote

2012-12-20 10:21:00

WASHINGTON – As the House prepared to vote Thursday on Speaker John A. Boehner’s tax plan, party leaders blamed each other for the stalemate as little progress is made to prevent falling off the “fiscal cliff,” the automatic tax...

Sen. Daniel Inouye dies at 88; war hero

2012-12-17 23:03:00

When Daniel K. Inouye was 17, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. An aspiring surgeon, he spent much of the next week helping care for the wounded at an elementary school in his native Honolulu. He wanted to enlist immediately but couldn't. Japanese...

Letitia Baldrige dies at 86; etiquette expert, author, columnist

2012-11-01 00:00:00

Letitia Baldrige, an etiquette maven who served as social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and later wrote books and a syndicated column advising readers on good manners in contemporary America, has died. She was 86. Baldrige died Monday at...

Navy dog-handler from San Diego dies from Afghanistan combat injuries

2012-07-24 16:03:37

The anthrax killings: A troubled mind

2011-05-29 16:27:00

He roamed the University of Cincinnati campus with a loaded gun. When his rage overflowed, the brainy microbiology major would open fire inside empty buildings, visualizing a wall clock or other object as a person who had done him wrong. By the mid-...

A monitor at a Bethesda, Md., gas station shows the expected jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Montverde Academy's boys basketball team, shown in December, finished atop the national rankings after winning the National High School Invitational in North Bethesda, Md. (Phelan M. Ebenhack, Special to the Sentinel)

2013-04-09 00:00:00

Montverde Academy won the National High School Invitational tournament title with a 67-65 victory over Newark St. Benedict's at Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Md. on Saturday. (Randy Sager/Special to the Sentinel)

2013-04-06 00:00:00