Residents, Developer Move to Diversify Tract With Highest Share of Blacks

BALTIMORE – Raymond Johnson, who spends 10 to 12 hours a day working as the assistant manager of the Stop, Shop & Save, had to stop and search his memory when asked about the race of customers

Who Let the Dogs Out? Military Won’t, Until Adopting Families Are Screened

WASHINGTON – Once a dog is declared “excess” by the Defense Department, meaning it cannot be used in another capacity by the military, it becomes a candidate for adoption

Adoptions of Military Dogs Begins, But Not in Time to Save Robby

WASHINGTON – Help came too late for Robby

New Challenge to Maryland’s Death Row Cases Could Come This Summer

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s high court will hear a case early next month that has the potential to save the life of everyone on the state’s death row

Job Fair Brings Employers Together With Inmates Seeking a Second Chance

BALTIMORE – Roderick McFadden, who was jailed in December 1999 on drug charges, came to the job fair at the Eastside Career Center looking for “anything” Wednesday

Deregulation Leads to Surge in Maryland Power Plant Applications

WASHINGTON – Maryland has seen a boom in applications for new or expanded power plants since deregulation, despite predictions that suppliers would shun the state and its low-cost energy prices

Power Lines Are Not Straight Lines to the Consumer, Under Deregulation

WASHINGTON – If a new plant fueled by chicken waste is approved in Dorchester County, only about half of the power it generates is expected to be used by its owner, poultry processor Allen Family Foods

Student Arrested In Final Four Rampage; Police Hope Video Nets More Suspects

WASHINGTON – Police arrested a student athlete Thursday in connection with Saturday’s Final Four rampage in College Park, in which disappointed basketball fans set bonfires that caused more than $500,000 in damages