President Obama's State of the Union Address in January was the highest-profile moment of post-Recession recovery bluster. As Obama noted in soaring rhetoric, "we've seen the fastest economic growth in over a decade, our deficits cut by two-thirds, a stock market that has doubled, and health care inflation at its lowest rate in fifty years." And more than the actual signs of recovery, national fist-pumping has sent a resounding signal that the country is in full-on comeback mode.

A suspect taken into custody for allegedly shooting at the National Security Agency building in Fort Meade, Maryland, may be linked to a string of other recent shootings in the area, according to the FBI.

Sometimes, athletes have to take photos in their uniforms for promotional reasons, but because they're not actually playing anything they just wear normal underwear and then walk into a room and stand in front of a camera and go about their days. Sometimes, because of this, you can see their dicks.

On Friday, a Maryland court ruled that Adnan Syed, the subject of last year's Serial podcast, will be allowed to appeal his 2000 conviction for the murder of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. According to Buzzfeed, the state's Court of Special Appeals will hear arguments on the case in June.

You likely haven't heard of Frederick County, Md., councilman Kirby Delauter, and that's exactly the way Kirby Delauter likes it. In a textbook example of the Streisand Effect—which should probably be renamed The Kirby Delauter Effect at this point—Kirby Delauter threatened a local journalist who dared to publish his name.

On New Year's Eve, Annapolis, Md., police officer Jason Shreves responded to a call about a man wearing a ski mask and a hoodie who was armed with a handgun and a rifle. The man, it turned out, was a 13-year-old boy, and the AR-15 and pistol were both airsoft guns. Somehow, the boy survived.

Outgoing Maryland governor Martin O'Malley has commuted the death sentences of the state's last four death row inmates. One more crack in the wall.

Three people are confirmed dead after a small plane crashed into a home in Gaithersburg, Md. this morning; three of the people who live in the home are currently unaccounted for.

On Halloween, 16-year-old Sash Nemphos planned to kill his parents, drive to school, use a handgun, homemade bombs, and a weapon he hoped to steal from a police officer to kill as many people as possible and commit suicide, police say. But then he got too drunk.

Drivers on Interstate 270 in Frederick, Md. were treated to a free-for-all cash-grab this morning after an armored car came open while driving, spilling a pile of cash onto the pavement.

Richard Henry Lee Elementary school in Glen Burnie, Md. will close at 9:45 a.m. today because—duh, of course, what else—a feral cat is currently terrorizing the campus.

Michael Peroutka is a former candidate for president of the United States. He's currently running as a Republican for a council seat in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Around 1:55 in the video above, watch him grab a guitar, ask everyone to "stand for the national anthem," and start belting out "Dixie."

Roger Ray Ireland was on the run from Anne Arundel County, Md. police when he saw the wanted poster-style image of him they'd posted on Facebook, seeking information that might lead to his arrest. Naturally, he left a comment.

As the national debate rages over what to do with the tens of thousands of Central American children who have flooded the U.S. border in recent months, one Marylander was brave enough to take a stand.

Maryland has become the latest state to get a revenge porn statute onto the books. Governor Martin O'Malley yesterday signed HB 43 into law. It makes the placement of nude photographs on the Internet without consent, and with the intent to cause emotional harm a misdemeanor punishable by two years in prison, or a $5,000 fine.

Today, the Maryland Transportation Authority added a platform to its Bay Bridge traffic-camera gantry, so ospreys may nest there without blocking the cameras. At noon four days a week, a camera will pivot to show the ospreys for 15 minutes. The ospreys appear to find the MDTA's terms of surrender acceptable.

The osprey, Pandion haliaetus, is a bird of character. The ancient poets knew this, and the Maryland Transportation Authority is discovering it the hard way. Last week, a pair of ospreys decided to build their nest on a platform overlooking the approach to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, where the MDTA keeps a traffic camera.

In House of Cards, Kevin Spacey plays a duplicitous, self-serving networker who masterfully manipulates the political process for his own career gain. He is now playing this role in real life, as well.

The co-owner of United Gun Shop in Rockville, Maryland, says 18-year-old Darion Aguilar—who purchased a 12-gauge shotgun at the store, then used it to kill two people and himself in a nearby shopping mall—"was an ideal customer."

Today at 11:15 a.m., someone opened fire inside the Mall in Columbia, in Columbia, Maryland, leaving three people dead including the person believed to be the shooter.