Maryland

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

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

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

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

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

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

ANNAPOLIS – There are more men and women drivers on the roads these days, but the fairer sex is involved in a bigger share of fatal crashes than 20 years ago, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics

WHEATON – Nikita Chernyakov does not drink often, but said he is often asked if he likes vodka

WHEATON – Immigrants made up 6