Editors: This is the sixth in a series of stories on federal Web sites. Emma McNamara can be reached at 202-260-1522.

WASHINGTON – It’s supposed to be for kids, but it’s pretty fun for grown-ups, too

Wanted: Volunteers to Clean Up Potomac River Shorelines

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Marylanders are expected to clean up trash Saturday morning along the Potomac River and its tributaries, from Fort Frederick State Park in Washington County to the Potomac’s mouth in St

Homeless Head Out Before Dawn For Day-Labor Jobs

WASHINGTON – By 5:30 a

Homeless Trio Protest Round-the-Clock Outside White House

WASHINGTON – Teamwork allows three of the District’s most durable peace activists to protest within yards of the White House in a 24-hour, in-your-face-mister-president vigil

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Passes House Overwhelmingly With Help of Three Marylanders

WASHINGTON – Three of Maryland’s four GOP congressmen Thursday helped the House pass a ban on partial-birth abortions by a veto-proof majority

Changes In Toxic Waste Cleanup Program Could Harm States, Says Md. Official

WASHINGTON – Congress should not force the states to pay for cleaning up the worst toxic waste sites, Maryland’s top environmental official told a House committee

Panel Of Experts Says Cloning Of Humans Unlikely

WASHINGTON – A panel of experts speaking Wednesday before a congressional committee expressed doubts that the cloning of humans would ever take place

Washingtonians Not Surprised 24 Percent of Them are Obese

WASHINGTON – Washingtonians don’t seem to be too surprised to learn that close to 24 percent of them are obese

Morella Calls Hearing to Probe Ethics of Cloning

WASHINGTON – A congressional panel headed by Rep