Tugboats Involved in Most Bay Accidents, Falling is Biggest Injury

WASHINGTON – Falling was the most common type of accident for Chesapeake Bay boaters and falling into the water accounted for two of the three boating deaths in the area in 1996 and 1997, according to data from the U

Baltimore’s Mix of Pedestrians and Cars Raises Number of Hit-and-Runs

WASHINGTON – Walking after dark in Baltimore City? Be careful crossing the street

Minority Enrollment Up Sharply on State’s College Campuses

WASHINGTON – Minority enrollment at Maryland’s public colleges has risen from 20 percent to almost 32 percent since 1983, reflecting the growth of the state’s minority population and the increasing success of those groups in high school

Massive Federal List of Potentially Privatized Jobs Nears Completion

WASHINGTON- The federal government has identified 420,000 jobs that could be contracted out to the private sector, and tens of thousands more are likely to be added by end of this month

Student Leaders Say Diversity Does Not Automatically Bring Acceptance

WASHINGTON – Devon Duggins was upset when the Black Student Alliance at Frostburg State University received hate mail a few years ago

From First-Aid to AIDS, A Doctor Reflects on Medicine in the 1900s

WASHINGTON – Marion Friedman was “a sickly child” in the early 1920s, when the doctor would drop by his house every week to check on him

10 Fingers, 10 Toes, $1 Million? Not Likely, But Parents Dream Anyway

SILVER SPRING – Kenny Beath dismisses all the rumors his friends tell him, that the first baby of 2000 will win a free education, a $1 million prize or other windfalls

Medical Advances Helped Double Life Expectancy Over 20th Century

WASHINGTON – Diseases that could be cured today with a trip to the doctor’s or a short hospital stay were deadly business — literally — in 1910

Hospitals Are Prepared, Promise Smooth Landing for Y2K Babies

SILVER SPRING – As if there weren’t enough potential Y2K computer problems already, Debbie Hagopian has to grapple with the possibility that she may be giving birth when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve

Maryland Churches Brace for Brisk Business as Millennium Nears

WASHINGTON – Survivalists have stockpiled food and water