Longshoremen Worry That Port Security Proposals Could Hit Them Hardest

BALTIMORE – Men with criminal pasts in need of a job have long turned to the one industry here that would take them — the waterfront

In Spring, A Young Man’s Fancy Turns to Baseball — Even When Posted in Kabul

PARKVILLE – The children in two Afghan orphanages that have been informally adopted by members of the 290th Military Police Company speak only basic English like “hello” and “how are you

BWI Check of Foreign Travelers Hailed as Model, But Others Urge Caution

WASHINGTON – A federal program that fingerprints foreigners as they leave Baltimore/Washington International Airport is working fine and could serve as a model for the rest of the country, Rep

Maryland, Delaware Churches Paid Millions to Victims of Sex Abuse by Priests

WASHINGTON – Catholic churches in the region paid $5

GOP Hopefuls Campaigning Hard in 5th District, Despite Long Odds

WALDORF – As campaign staff hung signs at the American Legion post here, Ken Lake Sr

Experts Struggle to Explain Drop in Maryland Drug Arrests

WASHINGTON – Drug arrests in Maryland fell by more than 1,000 cases between 2001 and 2002, to 51,623 arrests, and would have fallen even further but for an aggressive campaign in Baltimore to target drug users

Senate Calls Special Maryland Unit — Again — To Clean up a Deadly Situation

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Maryland-based Marines and sailors are scouring Capitol Hill office buildings, after the poisonous agent ricin was found in the Senate majority leader’s mailroom this week

Safety Advocates Urge Drivers to Keep the Stupor Out of Super Bowl Sunday

WASHINGTON – If history is any indication, Super Bowl XXXVIII will end with LXXXVI drunken driving fatalities on the nation’s roads but far fewer, if any, in Maryland, where there have just been III such deaths in IX years