WASHINGTON – Four homes in pre-foreclosure, two bank-owned properties and one house up for auction in an eight-block stretch of 49th Street, Hyattsville, highlight the lingering effects of predatory lending and questionable decisions by homebuyers in Prince George’s County

WASHINGTON – Micro-finance institutions that serve an estimated half billion of the world’s poor could be in a unique position to prepare developing countries for climate change, according to a report by one St

WASHINGTON – The case of a military psychiatrist accused of 13 deaths at Fort Hood has prompted mental health professionals to examine whether those who treat patients with post traumatic stress disorder occasionally experience “secondary” symptoms of the affliction

BALTIMORE – Figurines small enough to swallow, a knight’s helmet with a high concentration of lead and play phones too loud for young ears are all toys on shelves this holiday season

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s unemployment rate rose in October to its highest point since the recession began, but there’s hope for jobs in a report showing seasonal retail positions may surpass 2008’s poor numbers

WASHINGTON – The world economy has reached a dangerous twilight at the end of the fossil fuel era, and urgently needs to change its energy sources, said Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda

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ANNAPOLIS – A patchwork of county alcohol regulations continues to frustrate Maryland’s winery owners, but that has not stopped newcomers from joining the state’s growing wine industry

WASHINGTON – Two Maryland congressmen flew to Germany in 1989 to take swings at the Berlin Wall and participate in the destruction of one of the world’s most visible signs of the Cold War

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