If you become the victim of a heart attack in Baltimore County, your chances of survival just got better.

The Baltimore County Fire Department announced Thursday morning that it received almost $2 million in federal grant money to purchase state-of-the-art lifesaving equipment for victims of cardiac arrest.

Last week, Congress passed legislation authorizing spending for our country's 16 intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The fact that the bill passed with little fanfare in this heated political climate makes a big statement.

BALTIMORE- The U.S. Mint unveiled the designs Wednesday for two limited-issue coins that will be available in March to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The $5 gold piece and the silver dollar pay homage to the national anthem, Fort McHenry and the Battle of Baltimore. The Mint issues only two commemorative coins annually, and many organizations vie for the recognition and funding from the sales. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, who sponsored the legislation for the bicentennial coins in the U.S. House, said he had to gather more than 250 signatures from colleagues.

WASHINGTON – Rep. C.A Dutch Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, and Republican committee Chairman Mike Rogers announced legislation Wednesday that would allow the government to share classified information on potential cyber attacks with American businesses.

SAN ANTONIO — The top two members of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Oct. 19 said U.S. launch costs must come down to help the United States maintain its intelligence-gathering capability during a time of reduced budgets.

Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) will welcome Maryland troops home from Afghanistan tomorrow, Saturday, October 15, 2011. About 60 members of the Maryland National Guard 313th Movement Control Battalion based in Curtis Bay served a 1-year deployment in Afghanistan developing ways to transport cargo and supplies by land, air and sea.

Maryland Rep. C.A Dutch Ruppersberger (D) says he has a plan to solve one sliver of the national debt problem:

Donations that the federal government accepts to pay down debt should be used for that purpose, and not to pad the government's checkbook, as they have somewhat blindly done for 50 years. Ruppersberger plans to announce legislation Tuesday that he says will fix the problem.

OCEAN CITY — Maryland has the potential to become the Silicon Valley of cybersecurity, but could miss out on a major economic opportunity unless it offers more programs aimed at recruiting students into a little-known field, experts said during the opening day of the annual Maryland Association of Counties conference.

On May 31, Scrivani and five others received the 2010 Congressional Volunteer Recognition Award during a ceremony held at 2nd District U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger's district office in Timonium. The honorees were selected by the Veterans Advisory Group, founded by Ruppersberger eight years ago.

Congressman C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger recently honored six volunteers from Maryland's Second Congressional District for their dedicated service to Maryland veterans.

The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed legislation written and introduced by Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger to help Maryland's National Guard soldiers currently serving in Egypt come home to visit their families.

Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger picked up his phone Saturday and found himself in a conversation right out of a spy novel. The line was not secure, so CIA Director Leon Panetta chose his words carefully

"You know that other thing we know about?" Ruppersberger recalled Panetta saying. "We're getting very, very close."

Baltimore officials announced this morning a grant to fight "bad guys with guns," the city police commissioner's central crime fighting strategy. The Sun's Julie Scharper covered the event and will have an update.

In the Second District, roughly the lower third of the county along the I-95/40 corridor, we recommend re-election of incumbent Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, the Democrat, over Republican Marcello Cardarelli. In the Sixth District, roughly the upper third along the northern tier, we recommend re-election of incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, the Republican, over Democrat Andrew Duck.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger has won the Democratic nomination for a fifth term representing Maryland's 2nd Congressional District.

Ruppersberger touts his years spent as a county councilman and then county executive in Baltimore County, and says that his experience in local government is an asset in D.C.

TIMONIUM, MD - Some small businesses could receive a little help. Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger is hosting a workshop on Tuesday in Timonium.

Language introduced by Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger to require the Navy to conduct a cost-benefit analysis before moving the hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort out of Baltimore has moved out of committee.

BALTIMORE -- The bottom of the Chesapeake Bay food chain is the focus of a new federally funded study.

On Monday, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger issued a $100,000 check to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to help researchers learn how the bacteria are affected by pollution.

A war broke out in November 2008 — not on the battlefield, but in 7 million computers across the world. The soldiers are computer geeks armed with state-of-the-art codes to eliminate the enemy, a dangerous worm quietly and quickly settling into unsuspecting hard drives.