Health Officials Say Holiday Stress Does Not Increase Suicides

WASHINGTON – It’s the holiday season

Sometimes A Friendly Voice Is Best Tool Against Suicide

WASHINGTON – Suicide rates drop over the holidays, but suicide prevention groups say they still take every call for help seriously

Maryland’s House Delegation Vote on Impeachment is Uncertain

WASHINGTON – As the House Judiciary Committee debates draft articles of impeachment against President Clinton, Maryland’s House delegation is split over the issue

Counties Fear Fiscal Impact of Paramedic Pay Ruling

WASHINGTON – Counties face a “major financial impact” in the wake of the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a case on how Anne Arundel County pays its paramedics, said local government associations

Anne Arundel Appeals Paramedic Pay Case to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is expected to decide Monday whether to hear Anne Arundel County’s appeal of a ruling that forced the county to pay overtime to its emergency medical technicians

Environmentalists Push for Federal Regulation of Farm Wastes

WASHINGTON – Environmental groups Thursday repeated demands for strong federal regulation of waste from industrial livestock farms, which they said is “quickly becoming an environmental and public health crisis

Retired Military Personnel Can Sue for Malpractice, Court Rules

A federal appeals court Monday said a widower can sue the government for medical malpractice in the 1992 death of his wife, a Navy corpsman who died at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda

USDA Asks Which Was First: Bigger Turkey or Unhatched Egg?

WASHINGTON – As turkey breeders produce heavier and heavier birds, the number of fertilized turkey eggs that do not hatch has also grown, causing concern among U

Project Could Turn Dredge, Poultry Manure Into Usable Soil

WASHINGTON – State and federal agencies hope to turn an environmental problem into a solution by combining poultry manure with harbor dredge to make a fertile soil substitute

Program Helps Wild Turkeys Make Comeback Across Maryland

WASHINGTON – Wild turkey populations are growing by about 5 percent a year in Maryland, the product of a turkey relocation program that has been so successful that state officials suspended it last year