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WASHINGTON – Survivalists have stockpiled food and water

ANNAPOLIS – “Lightning” Mike Quackenbush crouches on the top rope in the corner of the ring holding Dino Divine’s shoulders

ANNAPOLIS – After years of acting, ballet and singing lessons, the jump to professional wrestling was easier for Denise Riffle to make than it was for her family to accept

ANNAPOLIS – In some states a bleeding professional wrestler could fall into the crowd, but not in Maryland, which has more stringent rules for professional wrestling than many other states

SILVER SPRING – Becky McDermott hadn’t planned on a millennium baby, so when she learned her first child was due on New Year’s Day, she was more worried than happy

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

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

WASHINGTON – Turn-of-the-century dreamers weren’t too off the mark when they predicted we would be riding in “airships,” traveling in express trains at 100 mph and living longer lives by the end of the 20th century

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WASHINGTON – A higher percentage of Maryland residents is behind bars now than at any time during the century, and criminal justice experts say the number will likely rise into the new millennium